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starting to work out again need advise to get ride of love handles. details continued...
Posted on 3/8/23 at 10:45 am
Posted on 3/8/23 at 10:45 am
24 year old male, 185lbs around 5'8-5'9 height. I when I was 17 i weighed 245-250 when I was still playing HS sports. Got motivated going into my senior year to cut off much of the fat I put on in my first couple decades here. I cut down to 170-175 by the time I got moved into LSU my freshman year 2017.
My folks thought I was at a good weight and it would be unhealthy to lose more (Even though i still showed plenty of love handles). so I stopped the intense dieting and workouts not long after starting school at LSU.
I have tried to get back into a consistent system like I did at first, but it seems the handles stick around through it all.
I think at this point it has more to do with my diet than anything right?
Thank yall for any help or advice!
My folks thought I was at a good weight and it would be unhealthy to lose more (Even though i still showed plenty of love handles). so I stopped the intense dieting and workouts not long after starting school at LSU.
I have tried to get back into a consistent system like I did at first, but it seems the handles stick around through it all.
I think at this point it has more to do with my diet than anything right?
Thank yall for any help or advice!
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Posted on 3/8/23 at 10:49 am to Grad92
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I think at this point it has more to do with my diet than anything right?
Yep. Love handles seem like the slowest fat area to disappear. Just keep at the dieting.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 10:49 am to Grad92
You need to order one of those electric massage belts off the internet that specifically targets abs and love handles. It might take a few months but you just have to stick with it. I wear mine everywhere and can definitely tell a difference after a couple months
Posted on 3/8/23 at 11:13 am to Grad92
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I think at this point it has more to do with my diet than anything right?
Yes, I am in the same boat as you and I am going to keep with Keto until they disappear.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 12:30 pm to Grad92
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need advise to get ride of love handles
I feel like this is a LSU777 alter and he's testing us.
Posted on 3/8/23 at 12:30 pm to Grad92
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I think at this point it has more to do with my diet than anything right?
yes. you wont out exercise a bad diet. Your in that age range where most guys metabolism is becoming normal adult metabolism and not a crazy teenage one.
Adjust as needed. figure out a good plan for you. Dont turn into a food nazi and make yourself miserable. Keep up a good cardio and strength program.
Develop these good habit early in your life now and your body will thank you in years to come.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 10:34 am to Grad92
People tend to underestimate how much weight they need to lose to be lean. At 5’8” and a normal amount of muscle for a dude, you probably need to be 150-160 to get rid of love handles completely and have a six pack. You can make your abs look visible at a higher bf% by exercises (hanging leg lifts for lower abs and cable crunches for upper abs are my recommendation) but I the recipe is eat less (but get lots of protein), move more, and lift heavy weights to preserve your muscle as you lose weight.
I wish there was a trick to avoid that cause it’s a slow (if you preserve your muscle during weight loss) grind.
I wish there was a trick to avoid that cause it’s a slow (if you preserve your muscle during weight loss) grind.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 11:58 am to Grad92
1. Get a free carb counter like Carb Manager. Log everything you eat and drink. Keep yourself in caloric deficit. Eat protein, lots of it. Do not drink calories and avoid EtOH, it breaks your willpower. Lose one to two pounds a week. If you stall cut calories more but keep protein up. Avoid all processed food and seed oils.
2. Lift heavy weights at least three times a week but you are young so more. Walk an hour on days off.
2. Lift heavy weights at least three times a week but you are young so more. Walk an hour on days off.
Posted on 3/9/23 at 8:57 pm to Grad92
Making pretty good progress here.
Boiled down:
Eating well and burning more calories than intake. Don’t miss a workout.
Boiled down:
Eating well and burning more calories than intake. Don’t miss a workout.
Posted on 3/13/23 at 6:56 pm to Grad92
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My folks thought I was at a good weight
Your bmi at that weight says you are overweight.
What happens here is people are going to weigh more than you and feel bad, but they will try and make you feel bad about losing weight. It’s fricked up, just ignore them.
This post was edited on 3/13/23 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 3/18/23 at 12:19 pm to Grad92
Try fasting.
Posted on 3/18/23 at 4:05 pm to Grad92
You're gonna have to for sure cut a large amount of weight unless you are absolutely jacked. I'm 5'9" and some change (can't quite claim 5'10" barefooted) and am at 157 right now that keeps around 13-14% BF. You're probably gonna have to get somewhere close to that if you want to eliminate love handles.
My advice is keep lifting heavy on some type of plan and some cardio (walking will do the trick if you do enough) and really shore up the diet. Weigh your portions, count every calorie and be particularly honest with yourself. Without going on too much of a deep dive, I would try to get in around a 500 cal/day deficit and increase your protein to somewhere around 1 gram per pound of body weight per day (at worst use your goal weight for this number). I would suggest marginalizing carbs and come as close to cutting out junk carbs and processed foods as you can. Do plenty of ab work as part of your gym routine, matters that you are doing the work more that what the specific ab exercise is.
TLDR: Account for your calories, get in a significant daily deficit, lift heavy, do some walking.
My advice is keep lifting heavy on some type of plan and some cardio (walking will do the trick if you do enough) and really shore up the diet. Weigh your portions, count every calorie and be particularly honest with yourself. Without going on too much of a deep dive, I would try to get in around a 500 cal/day deficit and increase your protein to somewhere around 1 gram per pound of body weight per day (at worst use your goal weight for this number). I would suggest marginalizing carbs and come as close to cutting out junk carbs and processed foods as you can. Do plenty of ab work as part of your gym routine, matters that you are doing the work more that what the specific ab exercise is.
TLDR: Account for your calories, get in a significant daily deficit, lift heavy, do some walking.
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