New here (Also a BFC member)

[T///Mac325is]

What up guys, I recognize a few of you from bf.c
Anyway, I've been working hard on gettin back in shape this semester, and I've found this forum pretty useful, hence the joining.

So.. goals for this semester, get from 20%-->15% body fat by April. I hope this is a realistic goal for the amount of work I have been putting in so far. I am also weight lifting a lot which is why I haven't chose to monitor my progress by weight.

Heres what I've been doing:
-Completely cut out all sodas and artificial fruit juice, now I basically drink water all the time (Along with gatorade for working out, milk and premium OJ once in a while, and beer once or twice a week)

-Eating about 5 small meals each day.. as compared to last semester where I ate one meal all day(usually chipotle)!

-Start each day with a decent breakfast, as oppose to not eating breakfast

-Atleast 20 or so mins of cardio each day (working back up some stamina), and aiming to work up at 30 min/day by the beginning of Feb.

-Power Bar before lifting

-Lifting about 3 or 4 times a week

-Basically cut out ALL junk food

Thats all I can think of for now.

Is 5% body fat loss an unrealistic goal for this plan? or can it be easily achieved? I'd like to lose more than that if possible

[Surgeon General]

welcome! im from bf.c aswell (328i bmw recently back partially from my ban as Slick Willi)

[Sportsmedjosh]

Originally Posted by T///Mac325is

What up guys, I recognize a few of you from bf.c
Anyway, I've been working hard on gettin back in shape this semester, and I've found this forum pretty useful, hence the joining.

So.. goals for this semester, get from 20%-->15% body fat by April. I hope this is a realistic goal for the amount of work I have been putting in so far. I am also weight lifting a lot which is why I haven't chose to monitor my progress by weight.

Heres what I've been doing:
-Completely cut out all sodas and artificial fruit juice, now I basically drink water all the time (Along with gatorade for working out, milk and premium OJ once in a while, and beer once or twice a week)

-Eating about 5 small meals each day.. as compared to last semester where I ate one meal all day(usually chipotle)!

-Start each day with a decent breakfast, as oppose to not eating breakfast

-Atleast 20 or so mins of cardio each day (working back up some stamina), and aiming to work up at 30 min/day by the beginning of Feb.

-Power Bar before lifting

-Lifting about 3 or 4 times a week

-Basically cut out ALL junk food

Thats all I can think of for now.

Is 5% body fat loss an unrealistic goal for this plan? or can it be easily achieved? I'd like to lose more than that if possible

When you look at 20 to 15 the numerical value is only 5. One thing you have to think about is that this isn't a small value 5 in this instance is a percent. Depending and where you are now will have a huge impact. For the avg male adult 20 is not that bad of a bodyfat to have, for an athlete it is considered pretty high. If your looking into dropping down from 20-15% in a semester your looking at more than 1% per month. I would give yourself a little more time than what you've given yourself. Dieting is going to be a huge factor in this venture. Especially when what your looking to do is cut down on subcutaneous fat. I would try to cut out your beer and replace it with someone else.

[T///Mac325is]

Originally Posted by Sportsmedjosh

When you look at 20 to 15 the numerical value is only 5. One thing you have to think about is that this isn't a small value 5 in this instance is a percent. Depending and where you are now will have a huge impact. For the avg male adult 20 is not that bad of a bodyfat to have, for an athlete it is considered pretty high. If your looking into dropping down from 20-15% in a semester your looking at more than 1% per month. I would give yourself a little more time than what you've given yourself. Dieting is going to be a huge factor in this venture. Especially when what your looking to do is cut down on subcutaneous fat. I would try to cut out your beer and replace it with someone else.

I don't know if this is possible

I haven't really looked into any supplements, because I'd prefer to pull this off the old fashioned way and I don't really think any of them work without some side effect, but does anyone have any suggestions?

[Najonairpic]

Originally Posted by T///Mac325is

I don't know if this is possible

I haven't really looked into any supplements, because I'd prefer to pull this off the old fashioned way and I don't really think any of them work without some side effect, but does anyone have any suggestions?

Welcome.

Supplements-- NO-Xplod to bulk, and Redline to cut (this is what I'm taking now...)

[T///Mac325is]

i know about NO Xplod from some friends. Whats the deal with Redline, i keep hearing about it, but how does it work and is it relatively safe?

[Sportsmedjosh]

its pretty much an energy drink and should be treated as such, at least in my eyes.