Can you really get in shape in 3 months?

[LickableTortillaChip]

Not really sure were to post this thread so I'll post it on the diet forum since diet is what gets us in shape.

You've all seen those pictures on magazines that Bill Phillips made a fad for the supplement companies. Before and after in a three moonth span. The before pics, they look very at and the after pics they look very defined. Is it really possible to make such a dramatic change in three months?

The reason I ask is because I am at 20% and need to desperately get back to 10%.

 

[Lifterforlife]

3 months is 12 weeks. This is enough time for most of us who live a healthy lifestlyle to make a drastic change in our bodies asthetically.

So, if you are somewhat in shape, then yes, this can be done.

If however you are starting out incredibly out of shape, very high bodyfat, then safely and to levels touted, no, you can make a change, but not to the levels these "salesfolks" show you.

Then it depends on what you are calling "getting in shape". This has different meanings to different folks.

 

[jenscats5]

While very good progress can be made in a 3 month span, just remember that those photos are taken under different poses, lighting, makeup (ie a tan) etc etc - you've got to take those ads with a grain of salt....

 

[Tweakle]

Most of those people had plenty muscle under their fat before their 'transformation'.

Take a natural meso who's worked out for years and who has a pretty good metabolism and feed him up with crap for a couple of months. Then put him back on the diet and cardio for 3 months and boom.

take the average out of shape, obese couch slug who has very little muscle, terrible insulin sensitivity, health problems, joint pains, high BP and who hasn't exercised since the 6th grade and you're looking at years, not months to correct the damage. 2 completely different creatures

 

[nikkita]

take into account that pictures in magazines promoting such amazing transformations use athletes some are even pros. So to get those results in 3 months, either you have an athlete background or you have gifted genetics.

 

[alex2678]

Yes. A lot of those magazines have people who were in shape for most of thier lives, who recently put on some bodyfat. They all have a lot of muscle underneath the fat and will look a lot better than the average person who goes about losing weight.

12 weeks however can give you a nice change to your appearance. If you're 200 pounds and 20 percent bodyfat, it sure is a reasonable goal to lose a little over 1.5 pounds of fat per week to get down to 10 percent bodyfat in that time period.

 

[*Bunny*]

12 weeks however can give you a nice change to your appearance. If you're 200 pounds and 20 percent bodyfat, it sure is a reasonable goal to lose a little over 1.5 pounds of fat per week to get down to 10 percent bodyfat in that time period.

Agreed

I would ask - How dedicated are you? and say yes... I do think it is possible

Depends on where you are starting from & your determination to get to where you are going .. # goals are nice, but overall health should be the driving force IMO ... and 3 months is plenty of time to get in better 'shape' ...