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An average deficit of 1K per day is aggressive, but doable. Once your BF gets low though it might be hard to maintain. I had trouble with it at about 13%.

Good luck!

Agreed, not 15% for sure, but I think he'd have a belly at 25%

20% sounds about right.

I think you should throw some cardio in there. This balls to the wall cardio you speak of? No. However, a short 2-3 mile run a few times a week would be a good thing for you.

Height and weight?

I am going to guess at your age you need to take advantage of your growing body and eat more and lift.

Going to try to add on to this thread and not start a new one...

So I was a lil late for the summer, but I slimmed down to a body scanned 10% at about 161lb (had to scan with clothes on...still...

Isnt there a deloading procedure the program has you do when this happens? Take the weight down and slowly build back up, don't go changing everything cause you had a bad day at the gym.

Man...I have a list below

Caloric Deficit
Coffee
Cans of tuna
lots of water
lots of cardio
lots of sleep to avoid eating
weight lifting to keep muscle
knowing when to slow it down to a...

Over 35%, but you are tall. Hopefully you wont have to cut down to a crazy low number because of your height.

I tried the one listed above and it is waaayyyy off for me. Off by about 7% When I was tracking body fat percentage I just used the same inaccurate reading. As your BF goes down so will your weight...

Agreed.

Woooord. I did it at Cat 2 and it wasn't a big deal. Cat 1 I failed at about day 6 or so. I gave it a rest and did it again at Cat 1 just so I can say I finished, but it is NOT for everyone.

Good...

I think it depends on your muscle and BF %. I had abs from about mid 170s and of course all the way down to low 160s @ 5 11. If you have more muscle than me, you'll look the same and weigh more,...

Take progress pictures and watch the scale. A 5lb loss is a good thing. I seriously doubt you lost 4lb of LBM in that time period. My scale measures BF and like others have mentioned it varies...

You killed it

We're the same height, I had to get to 162ish to hit 10% (dexa scan). Skin fold, accumeasure and other various tests had me way under 10% I agree, that looks like 12-13 and another 10lbs should do it.

Am I reading this right? So 10lb to go at .5lb a week... 20 weeks to go? Yikes!

Uncharted waters for me, but since no one else chimed in my guess is as long as you are not at a crazy low BF or on...

Congrats on the 100 lb weight loss. You need to count your calories. IMO, I do not need to see what you are eating, I need to see average calories, protein, carb, and fat intake. Research a beginner...

We all gotta start somewhere. Like Serp said, to gain muscle and add weight to a lifting program you are going to want to be in a surplus. 1500 calories is not going to do it, that is a deficit for...

Good job! 25%?

A cut on an average of 2900 calories seems like a lot of food. Hard to tell without knowing your current weight.