Is this realistic losing fat?

[jaydee16]

Ok guys, my body fat percentage is around 22% and my target is 12%, i am wondering is it possible to lose 1-2% of body fat per week ? and if i was to lose this, how much weight would that be roughly? eg, how many pounds would be around 1% of body fat? thanks.

[cyco85]

Depends on what you weigh, obviously. If you're 600 lbs, it's gonna be much different than if you're 200 lbs, right?

[th3pwn3r]

Ok guys, my body fat percentage is around 22% and my target is 12%, i am wondering is it possible to lose 1-2% of body fat per week ? and if i was to lose this, how much weight would that be roughly? eg, how many pounds would be around 1% of body fat? thanks.

Not realistic and not a good idea. Also, you'd have to be dead to be around 1% body fat.

[ryanthestark]

lol OP you need to start paying attention more in math class. 1% of bodyfat is 1% of total weight, so 1% of 100lbs is 1lb, 1% of 200lbs is 2lbs.

Welcome to maths 101

[TelusLob]

Ok guys, my body fat percentage is around 22% and my target is 12%, i am wondering is it possible to lose 1-2% of body fat per week ? and if i was to lose this, how much weight would that be roughly? eg, how many pounds would be around 1% of body fat? thanks.

Not realistic at all.

[tanajerner]

lol OP you need to start paying attention more in math class. 1% of bodyfat is 1% of total weight, so 1% of 100lbs is 1lb, 1% of 200lbs is 2lbs.

Welcome to maths 101

umm how can that be right? body fat and total weight are two different things

body fat = fat

total weight = muscle, fat, bone, organs and everything else

[th3pwn3r]

umm how can that be right? body fat and total weight are two different things

body fat = fat

total weight = muscle, fat, bone, organs and everything else

Assuming someone is only 1% body fat his math is correct.

[ryanthestark]

umm how can that be right? body fat and total weight are two different things

body fat = fat

total weight = muscle, fat, bone, organs and everything else

I'm pretty sure he's not asking how much someone with 1% bodyfat would weight but how many pounds he would have to lose to lose 1% of his total body fat

[cyco85]

I'm pretty sure he's not asking how much someone with 1% bodyfat would weight but how many pounds he would have to lose to lose 1% of his total body fat

Still phrased incorrectly. He's actually asking how many lbs he'd have to lose to drop 1% BF.

[jaybc]

lol OP you need to start paying attention more in math class. 1% of bodyfat is 1% of total weight, so 1% of 100lbs is 1lb, 1% of 200lbs is 2lbs.

Welcome to maths 101

That is not accurate.
to see how much weight one need to lose to achieve a certain bf% the formula is:
bw = lbm/(1-bf% in decimal form)

The formula for lbm is:
lbm = bw x (1-bf% in decimal form)

So if the op is 180lbs 22%bf to drop 1% bf he will need to be at a bw of 177.7lbs (assuming he retains all of his lbm). The higher the bf% the more weight one will need to lose in order to drop 1%. A person who is 200lbs 10% has to lose less weight to drop 1% than someone who is 200lbs 30%.

@ the op your goal is likely not realistic and we cannot answer your other questions without your stats.

[Jetigen]

Ok guys, my body fat percentage is around 22% and my target is 12%, i am wondering is it possible to lose 1-2% of body fat per week ? and if i was to lose this, how much weight would that be roughly? eg, how many pounds would be around 1% of body fat? thanks.

It might be perfectly possible to achieve what he wants if he means 1-2% of 22% body fat.
So, 1% is 0.22% of body weight. 2% is 0.44%.
Say if he weighs 200#. Then he loses 0.44# (at 1%) or .88# (at 2%) per week.

Is that unrealistic to lose .44 - .88 pounds of fat a week?

[th3pwn3r]

A person who is 200lbs 10% has to lose less weight to drop 1% than someone who is 200lbs 30%.

To be a technical douche, they have the same weight to drop. But different amounts of fat in terms of %. You were missing the term body fat in there after "1%". I think we're all getting too far into this. OP needs to just lose some damn fat.

[Jetigen]

It might be perfectly possible to achieve what he wants if he means 1-2% of 22% body fat.
So, 1% is 0.22% of body weight. 2% is 0.44%.
Say if he weighs 200#. Then he loses 0.44# (at 1%) or .88# (at 2%) per week.

Is that unrealistic to lose .44 - .88 pounds of fat a week?

Rereading his post, it's obvious he meant exactly that. How else would you interpret "is it possible to lose 1-2% of body fat per week?"

[jaybc]

To be a technical douche, they have the same weight to drop. But different amounts of fat in terms of %. You were missing the term body fat in there after "1%". I think we're all getting too far into this. OP needs to just lose some damn fat.

Do they? I could be wrong but doing the math I get.

200lbs 10% ---> 197.8lbs 9% a loss of 2.2lb
200lbs 30% ---> 197.2lbs 29% a loss of 2.8lbs

the guy with the higher bf% has to lose a little over half a pound more to drop 1% (assuming no lbm loss); But I guess that's not really a significant difference.

[th3pwn3r]

jaybc, you have to use terms like "pounds of fat" or "% of body fat" because people here are easily confused. Just because you're trying to be so technical I figured I'd mention that you need to be a bit more specific. Sheer weight is weight, losing weight doesn't specifically mean losing fat. 200lbs is 200lbs no matter how you slice it.

[Mightymuff]

lol OP you need to start paying attention more in math class. 1% of bodyfat is 1% of total weight, so 1% of 100lbs is 1lb, 1% of 200lbs is 2lbs.

Welcome to maths 101

Maybe it would be a good idea if you went back to maths class

[cyco85]

i think we're all getting too far into this. Op needs to just lose some damn fat.

qft

[jaydee16]

sorry lads for the confusing post, basically i meant is it possible to lose 1 or 2 % of my 22% body fat per week, for example bring it down to 20% after a week. my weight is 13 stone 6 pounds and was wondering how many pounds i would need to lose to take off a percentage of body fat of my body

[nlite2000]

sorry lads for the confusing post, basically i meant is it possible to lose 1 or 2 % of my 22% body fat per week, for example bring it down to 20% after a week. my weight is 13 stone 6 pounds and was wondering how many pounds i would need to lose to take off a percentage of body fat of my body

a)please use the imperial system, because most of us are thick americans and don't like to do math. Stone? What the cock is that???

b) Can you do simple arithmetic? If you are x pounds, and y percent of that is your bodyfat, you can't figure that out? You're 17 and from a first world nation. Don't be dull.

c) Just lose weight and worry about the mirror.

[drsogr]

Mathmatically it is possible, realilistically it really isn't. I have been losing 0.5% a week, and I think that is pretty good. Losing 1% a week every week would be really hard to do. Look around on this website and see how many people you see go from 22% to 10% in 12 weeks....it doesn't happen!

[TelusLob]

Aim for 1-2% per month. That is realistic.