I am currently dieting and exercising to get a sixpack ASAP. I think I have to lose about 5-10 more lbs of fat.I've been aiming at 2-3 lbs. per week through reducing my daily calorie intake to about 1000 calories under normal-activity maintenance and doing around an hour of calisthenics each day, plus more walking etc.Am I going to lose a lot of muscle getting these last few pounds of fat off? Is there a better way to go about this?
Hard work & determination.Inb4 HIIT.
Yes, if you aim to lose weight...Do it by bodyfat percentage blaah blah blah HIIT blah blah low carbs blah blah protein blah calorie deficit.
>reducing my daily calorie intake to about 1000 calories under normal-activity maintenanceEAT MORE DAMMITWHERE THE HELL DO YOU PEOPLE GET THIS SHIT
>>232785Well, this is unexplored territory for me. Right now I'm about at my lowest bodyfat level ever, and I'm worried that the rules change when you get close to a sixpack.But thanks. It sounds like the rules don't really change. I will continue with my program as long as I see progress on a week-by-week basis.
>>232798Seconded, the amount of adults that should eat less than 1000 calories per day are few.
>>232806The principal is still exactly the same, burning more fat than you replace. i.e. eating enough calories to restock glycogen in muscles but trying to replace as little of your fat stores as you can.
>>232798It's a fat-loss diet aimed at losing 2 lbs of fat per week. 1 lb. of fat is 3500 calories. To lose 2 in a week you have to cut 7000 calories of food energy.I do err some what on the side of eating too much, but I haven't had low energy or a problem with hunger.Everything I've read tells me that this is a responsible rate of fat loss and a reasonable diet.I'm not trying to build muscle yet. I just want to have a sixpack before the summer's completely gone.
>>232813No, I try to eat around 1,500-1,800 calories per day. That is, as I said, about 1,000 calories under what I think my normal-activity maintenance diet is: about 2,500-2,800.I know not to eat < 1,000 calories total.
>>232820BMR, dude. Google it. Find out what your BMR is, add your amount of calories burned exercising, and then subtract 500 calories, that should be the amount you should be eating daily, considering you exercise 5 times a week. That's 1lb a week deficit, which is enough.
>>232828Oh. Nvm then. You phrased that really weird, just say "1000 calorie deficit" next time.
OP, are you me?
keep fighting the good fight, op