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Sup /fit/.

So I've been working on dropping weight - am a few months in. Finally got a scale yesterday. It reports back 194. Now I'm 6'1 and still fat, as you can see from the pic, so this seems really fucking lowball to me. Double checked it at my girlfriends, same.

Anyone want to give me a rough area of what weight I'm going to have to get down to for my heigh to acheiee a relatively skinny figure before I start serious resistance training?
>> Anonymous
160
>> Anonymous
>>55975
horrible pic is horrible,but probably more like 170, 175.

But you can start resistance training now.
>> Anonymous
>>55977
In fact, I lost something like 50lbs of body fat while gaining 20lbs of muscle back in college over the course of a year. So my weight went from like 265, fat, round, and benching 145lbs to 220, more defined, benching 300.

I gained some pudge back, and some more muscle, and am stronger than I've ever been.
5'10"
236lbs
BF: 17.5%
bench: 350
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>>55978
I've been paranoid about how soon I start lifting because of having it ingrained in my mind repeatedly that the combination a of larger food intake need and muscle building under the fat making you look bigger.

Also, yeah, the pic is terrible but I'm on my laptop and it's all that's on here except this one, which is a week old and practically the same.
>> Anonymous
>>55983
Oh, and just as a note: I don't wear the same clothes every day, I have just been using the same set for each weekly pic.
>> Anonymous
>>55983
Problem with the pics is we cant really see anything other than baggy clothes.

You don't have to eat more to gain muscle. You have to eat more to gain weight/mass. But losing fat and gaining muscle at the same time is possible. I know, I've done it.

However many calories you're eating now, just stick with that. Make it mostly protein. Start lifting weights. Resistance exercise is great for fat burning too.

After you reach your desired weight if you want to bulk back up, no problem. Up the calories and keep working out. No reason to delay lifting. A few months from now you'll be healthier and stronger than you would be if you just did cardio now.
>> Anonymous
>>55983
well, you wont enjoy lean bulk, and you will definitely lose some muscle going down from 200s to 170s- muscle you have to put back on anyways.
>> Anonymous
>>55990
Don't get me wrong - I'm not cold turkey from lifting. I lift daily but in heavy moderation and light weight high reps. Just enough to maintain atleast some of the muscle I know I'm losing as I slim down.

When I say I'm not lifting, I'm mainly referring to full fledged at-the-gym-every-day lifting, because I don't want to simply be skinny at the end of the day. Was under the notion that I was pretty much forced to slim down first.
>> Anonymous
>>55991
Its a common misconception. Slimming down takes X time. Bulking back up takes Y time. So its X+Y before your goal.

Slimming down on fat while building muscle takes Z time.

X+Y > Z

Losing fat is mostly about diet, followed by exercise. Building muscle is mostly about exercise and protein, followed by calories.
>> Anonymous
PROBLEM WITH THE PICK IS WE CANT SEE FUCKING ANYTHING.

TAKE OFF YOUR GODDAMN SHIRT, PUT SOME LIGHTS ON AND TURN OFF THE FLASH FUCKING RETARD.