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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 by Grad92
Member since Feb 2023
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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!
Posted by FieldEngineer
Member since Jan 2015
2123 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 10:49 am to
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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 by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
52977 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 10:49 am to
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 by Grad92
Member since Feb 2023
1027 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 10:51 am to
I wear two of them, I have one around my waist and a smaller one around my middle finger
This post was edited on 3/8/23 at 10:52 am
Posted by bad93ex
Member since Sep 2018
27190 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 11:13 am to
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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 by Grad92
Member since Feb 2023
1027 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 11:20 am to
Is this the most effective way?
Posted by Grad92
Member since Feb 2023
1027 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 11:22 am to
Do have to keep up the intense workouts? or would it be good to just focus on diet for a month first?
Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2013
22164 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 11:31 am to
Just keep going, it'll happen.
Posted by Grad92
Member since Feb 2023
1027 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 11:44 am to
thank you mom
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35115 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 12:30 pm to
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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 by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
4882 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 12:30 pm to
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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 by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
4882 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 12:32 pm to
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I feel like this is a LSU777 alter and he's testing us.



Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2013
22164 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 12:52 pm to
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thank you mom



I'm daddy
Posted by BilbeauTBaggins
probably stuck in traffic
Member since May 2021
4395 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 1:29 pm to
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Yep. Love handles seem like the slowest fat area to disappear. Just keep at the dieting


abdominal workouts and dieting are the only way to lose any fat around love handles, sadly
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
52977 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 2:04 pm to
Yep you have to do special crunches to target the love muscle and melt the fat
Posted by GhostofLesticleMiles
High Plains Drifter
Member since Sep 2019
953 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 3:38 pm to
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Yep you have to do special crunches to target the love muscle and melt the fat


Posted by BilbeauTBaggins
probably stuck in traffic
Member since May 2021
4395 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 3:43 pm to
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Yep you have to do special crunches to target the love muscle and melt the fat

I mean when you do bicycle kicks, crunches w/ twists, or anything that is more than a standard crunch/sit up, you will be activating more of your body, so you are correct to a point.

Ideally, you do more full body work to work muscles everywhere that help keep fat off all areas.
Posted by bricksandstones
Member since Nov 2015
1584 posts
Posted on 3/8/23 at 4:27 pm to
Find a guy called V-Shred on Youtube and do his 15 minute ab workouts to have a six-pack in no time!
Posted by Canuck Tiger
Member since Sep 2010
1726 posts
Posted on 3/9/23 at 10:34 am to
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.
Posted by Mizooag94
Hillbillyville, MO
Member since Sep 2018
1636 posts
Posted on 3/9/23 at 11:58 am to
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.
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