6'6/300lbs/24yrs old/22%BF

[UpSerb]

I quit smoking cigs about 10 months ago i used to be 240lbs in ten months i gained roughly 60lbs

i have decided and planed my meals out and my exercise regiment as such:

weight train 4 days a week

run 30mins 7days a week


i am gunning for a complete life change and am sticking to it i used to be 220lbs playing rugby
everyday for 5 years and am disgusted with myself now, my goal is to lose 80lbs-100

my question is how much weight is possible to lose a week/month?

i am gunning for 4-5lbs a week..is that too much? basically is 20 pounds a month attainable?

i have a gut, with a lot of stretch marks cause i gianed weight way too fast..will i have saggy skin if i lose weight too fast?

im tired of being a fat **** my whole life!

[truushot]

I quit smoking cigs about 10 months ago i used to be 240lbs in ten months i gained roughly 60lbs

i have decided and planed my meals out and my exercise regiment as such:

weight train 4 days a week




i am gunning for a complete life change and am sticking to it i used to be 220lbs playing rugby
everyday for 5 years and am disgusted with myself now, my goal is to lose 80lbs-100

my question is how much weight is possible to lose a week/month?

i am gunning for 4-5lbs a week..is that too much? basically is 20 pounds a month attainable?

i have a gut, with a lot of stretch marks cause i gianed weight way too fast..will i have saggy skin if i lose weight too fast?

im tired of being a fat **** my whole life!

Unless you have a **** ton of muscle your bf% is much higher than you think.

Safely lose weight... well I've been anywhere from 15-10 pounds a month last 5 months. Slowing some each month.

[UpSerb]

Unless you have a **** ton of muscle your bf% is much higher than you think.

Safely lose weight... well I've been anywhere from 15-10 pounds a month last 5 months. Slowing some each month.

thanks for the reply brah i am tall and the weight is spread out pretty evenly

i used to be very fit running 5km 3 times a week and weight training every other day..i can bench 220 pounds to this day

i have a lot of muscle under it all. if anything it might be off 2-3% but not much more than that max 25% bf

[hiimnotcool]

300 pounds with 22% body fat??? You'd be a monster with 234 pounds of lean mass. How did you come up with that figure?

Anyways, at 300 pounds I'd say 4 pounds a week would be alright as long as you're lifting.

[ColemanKubi]

300 pounds with 22% body fat??? You'd be a monster with 234 pounds of lean mass. How did you come up with that figure?

Anyways, at 300 pounds I'd say 4 pounds a week would be alright as long as you're lifting.

Maybe he has that mass? Who knows.
Also @ OP. To avoid these kind of things the best thing is to upload pics.
Nobody is going to laugh at you and we'll have an easier time deciding.

[genius1265]

People keep missing the 6'6" part.... I am almost 6'5"ish and I am in the 25% range and i am a monster and it is not impossible to be in this range... Its just hard work... you can find everything you need on this site.. And its just going to be difficult. You just need to buckle down and do it. Its tough work and you can use us and this site to vent frustration and for other motivation... but really its all here for you and it comes down to just doing it.

[truushot]

People keep missing the 6'6" part.... I am almost 6'5"ish and I am in the 25% range and i am a monster and it is not impossible to be in this range... Its just hard work... you can find everything you need on this site.. And its just going to be difficult. You just need to buckle down and do it. Its tough work and you can use us and this site to vent frustration and for other motivation... but really its all here for you and it comes down to just doing it.

We didn't miss it. You are 55 pounds lighter with similar height and 3 percent higher BF. I'm 6'4" at 210 and at 22+ percent BF. I'm a gambler, I'll bet 100 to win 10 his bf isn't 22%.

Wait, thinking about it even more, I'd bet 1000 to win 10. No F'n way.

[284Shooter]

We didn't miss it. You are 55 pounds lighter with similar height and 3 percent higher BF. I'm 6'4" at 210 and at 22+ percent BF. I'm a gambler, I'll bet 100 to win 10 his bf isn't 22%.

Wait, thinking about it even more, I'd bet 1000 to win 10. No F'n way.

^^^This, I am 6'3"-6'4" tall and when I started at ~285#, I just knew I would be ripped at 220. But that did not happen, I am not a small guy, and have decent muscle, but just had higher fat than I though.

OP, not 22%.

[csb5731]

I think when the OP says in his OP that he is looking to lose 80 - 100 lbs, it kind of has to mean he is higher than 22% BF atm: 80 lbs is almost 27% of his weight right now.

It's best to simply disregard %BF estimation, at least for a while.

[StayNattyBrah]

OP will be mind=blown when he realises he's 30%+

[Ammex]

Came in to LOL at 22%...



.... LOL


BRB 1% bodyfat when he was 240.




Benefit of the doubt giving him 15% at 240 (probably 22% then), means he's 32% now. Maybe it was a typo????

[bama5584]

OP, just to give you something to judge by, I'm ~20-22% in my avi. I'm about 4" shorter than you, but I'm 80lbs lighter. I'm with everyone else here. It's unlikely you're 22% unless you're some genetic freak. That said, don't worry about the numbers... unless you're sub 10% the numbers don't really matter. Just judge your progress by the mirror and the way your clothes fit. Read up in the nutrition section, figure out your macros, hit the weights hard and you still start seeing results soon!

[KingOfAllCosmos]

Yeah, unless you put on an enormous amount of muscle mass during your 10 month eating binge, then your BF% has got to be a lot higher than 22.

The part where you say "im tired of being a fat **** my whole life!", makes me think you were probably ~20% pre-binge. That's ~198lbs. lean mass (nothing to sneeze at). So, I would say you're in the ~32% range now.

[bradstearns]

I'd suggest not worrying about bodyfat percentage right now, nor target weight. Just start your exercise/nutrition program and start losing. I alsways suggest slow weight loss, no more than a pound a week (really) to minimize muscle loss and assure your don't throw your hormonal system (both glugogon/insulin and hunger/sated) out of wack. In you're case, it will also allow more time for your skin to adjust to the weight loss.

Consistant work will get you where you want to be. In most cases, to much to soon backfires, both physically and psychologically. Work, observe, and adjust as you go and never, never, never give up.

As your body fat drop into the lower teens, you can start to plan a realistic target weight.

Start today, now!

Best of luck.

[nithos]

I am going to say it was a typo and should have been 32% vs 22%.

Bradstearns suggestions are spot on. Worry about the lifestyle change first, the weight loss will follow.

As a bigger guy, you can probably swing 10 pounds a month without negatively effecting your metabolism, until you get under 250.

[Bliz19]

thanks for the reply brah i am tall and the weight is spread out pretty evenly

i used to be very fit running 5km 3 times a week and weight training every other day..i can bench 220 pounds to this day

i have a lot of muscle under it all. if anything it might be off 2-3% but not much more than that max 25% bf

have to agree with the others. If you had that much LBM you would be benching far more than 220. I can bench more than 220 and have far less lbm than that.

Forget the %'s for now and just get to it.

Best of luck!!

[carbonium]

thanks for the reply brah i am tall and the weight is spread out pretty evenly

i used to be very fit running 5km 3 times a week and weight training every other day..i can bench 220 pounds to this day

i have a lot of muscle under it all. if anything it might be off 2-3% but not much more than that max 25% bf

If you post a profile pic it will motivate you to get in shape and people will have a better understanding of your size.
I'm closer to 6'4" than 6' 3" and 265lbs in my profile pics. It's been 15 months since I've been to the gym as I've been training 6-7 days a week in other sports that cover over 100-200 miles a week combined.
Look at my profile pics and if you look like you have much more fat than me you're nowhere near 22%. That back picture I'm probably around 16% fat.

[msm00b]

A picture is worth a thousand words.

6'6" is really tall, but 300 is pretty damn heavy. If I were a betting man, you're probably closer to 40% than you are to 20% (ie over 30%).

[wannalose70]

You can do it! i started at 315 i am 244 now. lift heavy with high reps worked for me. and you cant out train a bad diet, so stick with a diet. all the info you need is here on the best website!