I’ve finally dedicated myself this year to lose weight before reaching 200lbs which I was so close to becoming. I’ve successfully managed to lose almost 40lbs from 195 to what I am now 149. Classified as ‘healthy’ weight according to BMI for my height of 5’8. However I still carry some fat on lower back and belly. My belly isn’t ‘squishy’ much though. It’s more hard when pushed. Does that indicate anything?
Right now I am happy with my progress and especially how I look in clothes. Fashion has always been a big part of my identity, I’m happy I can feel more confident in my clothes now, even though I am what people call “skinny fat.”
I’ll let you all judge for yourselves!
My overall/interim goal (for now) is to gain muscle mass (especially in my arms) as well as to lose some remaining fat. I’d be ecstatic if I can reach 15% body fat one day.
I’m well aware that spot reduction isn’t possible, I’m not in the right state of mind to keep cutting nor begin bulking right now, this is when I came across the term ‘body recomp’ and decided it’s best to try it out now, well at least until summer is over here (southern hemisphere folk here).
My plan is to focus on progressively lifting (it’s already been almost 2 months since I started) while focusing on getting 150-160g protein eating at maintenance. I’m mostly focused in my compound lifts.
6 week progess:
All lifts I had started on bar weight only (44lbs). The bar weight were all fairly light btw.
Current lifts:
Squat: 152
Bench: 110 (struggling with the most imo)
Dead: 132
Overhead: 66
I wanted to add, pull up went from 1 to 11 which I’m proud of.
The point of this post was just to check in with my progress and asking for some re-assurance. How does my sound? Thanks!
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/jzbeq0/maintenance_recomp/
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