Getting Pinched Tonight

[seanb1979]

Honestly to see abs I would have to be at 12 to 10%.

At 15 my stomach is just flat but I still have love handles.

know these feels, I'm at about 15 right now with a goal of 12 by spring

[TBO1313]

Kind of opposite here

Made a pancake one time, ended up being massive. Took me a day and a half to get through it. Didnt chit for 4 days, someone recommended prunes & prune juice. The resulting chit was the size of my arm.

When I was a kid I refused to use any type of public bathroom for #2 cause they were disgusting and I wasn't gonna put my bare azz on those nasty piss tinted seats. I went to a basketball camp that lasted for a week and I held it the entire time. I ate tons of food and ran up and down the court for hours every day. On the way home we stopped at Wendy's and I got a triple quarter pounder and smashed it. When I finally got home it was like Revelations in that bathroom.

[Blazenwave]

Leo you're full fridge mode. I can compare you to my uncle who's the same age, tradie never goes to the gym and looks more built than this.

[Critter5592]

26%

[leoslayer1]

How much weight have you lost in the last 2 years Leo ?

I fluctuate between 198 and 220 probably over the last two or three years. But I exercise year round.

In my 30s I was 257lbs and wore size 44 to 46 jeans.

I haven't worn bigger than 36 in 9 years. Most of the year I wear 34.


I gain a little during the season. This season was particularly brutal I got carpal tunnel and my hands were numb because my forearms got too tight.

So I took most of Sept to Nov off from gym.

During that time I'd go in 2 times a week and only do 3 sets bench and 3 sets pec dec. Or 3 sets lat pull down and three sets rows

1 to 2 push and 1 to 2 pull days a week till the feeling in my hands came back.

[whatsupfriendo]

1800 to 1827 except for that refeed which was 2477.

Not gonna lie, I was in a rut like you. I got on every single site out there and filled my head with all the internet had to offer...Intermittent fasting, keto, paleo, etc. You name it and I was balls deep in whatever I could do to make it happen. In the end I gassed out because I over complicated the process and here I am now, starting with a simple plan of calories in/calories out. So far the scale is tilting in my favor so I am happy for that. More power to you, hope you can find out what works for you and get where you need to be with your body image.

[martoch]

23%

No way that's 18% with that belly flab.

[leoslayer1]

Not gonna lie, I was in a rut like you. I got on every single site out there and filled my head with all the internet had to offer...Intermittent fasting, keto, paleo, etc. You name it and I was balls deep in whatever I could do to make it happen. In the end I gassed out because I over complicated the process and here I am now, starting with a simple plan of calories in/calories out. So far the scale is tilting in my favor so I am happy for that. More power to you, hope you can find out what works for you and get where you need to be with your body image.

One of the reasons I am using bf is because I am squatting for the first time in years. My squat has gone up 50lbs since Jan 2. So I think I have been getting some leg gains that have offset the fat loss on the scale.

[SWDeath]

Id say ~25.
The fat you have is making you wide, not necessarily protruding forward.

[leoslayer1]

Id say ~25.
The fat you have is making you wide, not necessarily protruding forward.

It's pretty even with the front of my rib cage from the side relaxed.

[jonmcd46]

why does it matter? is your goal to be 15% but still look fat? or is your goal to get rid of your belly? actually bf% doesn't matter, its about how you look.
Also you seem too obsessed with this, weighing yourself multiple times a day, stressing over calories and keep asking for advice(and ignoring it all).
you look at least 25%, my avi is closer to 18% than you are

[AK5426]

why does it matter? is your goal to be 15% but still look fat? or is your goal to get rid of your belly? actually bf% doesn't matter, its about how you look.
Also you seem too obsessed with this, weighing yourself multiple times a day, stressing over calories and keep asking for advice(and ignoring it all).
you look at least 25%, my avi is closer to 18% than you are

[leoslayer1]

why does it matter? is your goal to be 15% but still look fat? or is your goal to get rid of your belly? actually bf% doesn't matter, its about how you look.
Also you seem too obsessed with this, weighing yourself multiple times a day, stressing over calories and keep asking for advice(and ignoring it all).
you look at least 25%, my avi is closer to 18% than you are

I've said a thousand times why it matters.

It let's me accurately track what I'm doing so I can get out of my head.

Once I get checked I just use that tracking for everything.

Yes I would like to get abs. But even if I don't get below 15% it's still a win for me.

[VoxExMachina]

I've said a thousand times why it matters.

It let's me accurately track what I'm doing so I can get out of my head.

Once I get checked I just use that tracking for everything.

Yes I would like to get abs. But even if I don't get below 15% it's still a win for me.

Even though you're attention whoring big time around here, I'll give you some solid advice.

1. First, you're fat. Maybe not obese, but by any sort of "bodybuilding" or fitness standard you are overweight. Not chubby, not at the peak weight of a bulk, but plain old fat. Accept it and do something about it, or don't.

2. Your estimates of your BF % are ludicrously off. You're 25% plus, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was pushing 30%. You can't even see 18% from where you are without a telescope.

3. How you look in the mirror is what matters. Getting calipered is the least accurate method of measurement, highly variable, and isn't going to be useful to you for any kind of "tracking". It's nowhere near repeatable enough. Might as well just use the mirror.


Now, all that might have come across as mean, I dunno. But you asked. Put the cookies down and get in the gym if you really intend to make progress. Stop worrying about dialing in an accurate number until you're much leaner. Until that time, your metrics for success should be calories in, calories out, tracking progressive overload of weight / reps in the gym, number of active minutes per week, etc.

[leoslayer1]

Even though you're attention whoring big time around here, I'll give you some solid advice.

1. First, you're fat. Maybe not obese, but by any sort of "bodybuilding" or fitness standard you are overweight. Not chubby, not at the peak weight of a bulk, but plain old fat. Accept it and do something about it, or don't.

2. Your estimates of your BF % are ludicrously off. You're 25% plus, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was pushing 30%. You can't even see 18% from where you are without a telescope.

3. How you look in the mirror is what matters. Getting calipered is the least accurate method of measurement, highly variable, and isn't going to be useful to you for any kind of "tracking". It's nowhere near repeatable enough. Might as well just use the mirror.


Now, all that might have come across as mean, I dunno. But you asked. Put the cookies down and get in the gym if you really intend to make progress. Stop worrying about dialing in an accurate number until you're much leaner. Until that time, your metrics for success should be calories in, calories out, tracking progressive overload of weight / reps in the gym, number of active minutes per week, etc.

Thanks I invite you to follow my cut progress log here

https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showt...hp?t=176540791


And my only caveat is I have been dunked and pinched by the same person in the same lab in the same session. It came out to about .7% discrepancy.

As fat as I am right now I don't want to pay the extra money to get dunked in the tank.

So because it will be the same exact person doing the pinching every single time it is close enough for me along with the mirror.

It makes me feel better (confidence wise) versus a scale.

Yes I know I'm fat AF from a bodybuilder standard. My ultimate goal would be Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool.

That's it or maybe Chris Pratt in GoG.

That's it. That would be the ultimate achievement for me.

[Schnitzl]

26% or more. lmao @ delusion, gjdm trolling

[leoslayer1]

Leo if you jump up and down nekkid and anything but genitals jiggles, you fat

Hope that helps

;D

That only counts for girls not boys.

[SSM12]

Idk man. Good luck. I am around 15% constantly and my abs still show around 18. I train them directly though. May just be my frame, idk, once I saw and kept definition, I stopped caring about bf%. I’m not competing.

I suppose it was cool to know, but not worth obsessing over and I always thought I was lower than what I was

[PowersKenny]

It's gonna be 25%, I'm about 20% right now due to winter,. But young bucks here don't understand...6 pack abs don't matter as much as they think..I'm in North Car too, and women are abundant...I don't understand FA *******s..I could pull a girl at Chili's..don't come here we are full

[ko300zx]

It makes me feel better (confidence wise) versus a scale.

Yes I know I'm fat AF from a bodybuilder standard. My ultimate goal would be Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool.

That's it or maybe Chris Pratt in GoG.

That's it. That would be the ultimate achievement for me.

Nice! Based on your own estimates, and the ludicrous numbers this guy is giving you, you only have to lose like 20lbs to be looking like Chris Pratt. Should be a walk in the park.

[Silencespeaks]

26% or more. lmao @ delusion, gjdm trolling

Sometimes I wonder if he may be trolling. But I think he is actually srs.

[SSM12]

It's gonna be 25%, I'm about 20% right now due to winter,. But young bucks here don't understand...6 pack abs don't matter as much as they think..I'm in North Car too, and women are abundant...I don't understand FA *******s..I could pull a girl at Chili's..don't come here we are full

RTP crew.

I do agree though. I went from 240 to thin. Got attention just not being fat. Now I’m in better muscular shape and the amount of attention is negligeable. Chicks do love it though, but it certainly doesn’t seal any deals that weren’t already won for me. In the best shape of my life now, but in a relationship. Such a waste. Kidding

[whatsupfriendo]

Leo if you jump up and down nekkid and anything but genitals jiggles, you fat

Hope that helps

;D

LOL, the image of the cup of water jiggling in Jurassic Park came to mind; thanks for that!

[leoslayer1]

Nice! Based on your own estimates, and the ludicrous numbers this guy is giving you, you only have to lose like 20lbs to be looking like Chris Pratt. Should be a walk in the park.

No last time he told me I'd have to probably cut to 167 I think. So that's a long hard road and I only have till June.

[leoslayer1]

LOL, the image of the cup of water jiggling in Jurassic Park came to mind; thanks for that!

Hahahaha that is funny.

[crackersmaker]

Nice! Based on your own estimates, and the ludicrous numbers this guy is giving you, you only have to lose like 20lbs to be looking like Chris Pratt. Should be a walk in the park.

lmao, op is crazy to be as cut as Pratt in Gotg he'll have to get down somewhere around 150-160lbs, at which point he'll look decent, (probably top 5% for his age) but won't be anywhere near as big as Pratt who looks like he's probably between 190-210lbs at that bodyfat

[whatsupfriendo]

No last time he told me I'd have to probably cut to 167 I think. So that's a long hard road and I only have till June.

Why only till June? Sounds like you need to cut down to 1400 a day to come close to that. Good luck and stay strong.

[cookiefiend]

She's working. She has seen me naked plenty of times.

Please pass on my condolences to her.

[BohemianSlav]

Mindblown how people fixate on inaccurate bs like bodyfat percentage. Why tf does it matter when you look the way you do? Will it somehow make you feel better if you find out you are 18% bf yet look fat asf?

[Frank Drebin]

No last time he told me I'd have to probably cut to 167 I think. So that's a long hard road and I only have till June.

If you're 20% at 207.4 that's 166lbs of lbm.

So you'd literally be Mr 3% @ 167, if you were 18% right now.