cutting progress...Is there any??

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Okay, so I have been cutting for a little over a month now and I am seeing much improvements on the scale. I took the first photos about a month ago and weighed somewhere around 184 at the time of the pictures.

This morning I was 173...11 pounds!! My goal is 160 so I figured that I'm halfway there so I might as well take some halfway pictures. Well it was frustrating to look at the befores and halfway photos side by side.

Although I have seen much progress on the scale, I'm not seeing it in my body. I'm going to attach the pictures and get some other opinions. Thanks a ton!

Hopefully you can guess which ones are from which time period...lol...and now that I see them side by side, I can see a tad difference.
Matt
 

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Hang in there man your doing awesome! You lost 11lbs. in about a month and I know from personal experience that it's very hard to see those changes some times but your half way to your goal and I can defiantly tell a huge change in the pecs & obloquies. Keep it up!!!
 
Hi Matt,

congrats on the weight loss so far. You can definitely see the difference.

what is your exercise/workout routine like?

-Jarrod
 
JTM said:
Hi Matt,

congrats on the weight loss so far. You can definitely see the difference.

what is your exercise/workout routine like?

-Jarrod
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Well to tell you the truth, it has changed since I first started. The first two weeks I was doing a full body workout every three days and I was still seeing progress. Then I saw a post on this site that was linked to a navy seal workout...It is like a 9 week program. I have started doing that for the last two weeks and it seems to be working better for my goal at this point which is to lower my body fat percentage. I'm still doing the routine for week one because I can not complete it yet.

I'm running about 1.5 Mi every M W F but I am increasing the distance that I run each day by a small amount.

I do 4x15 pushups, but I can only do 1 x 15, 1 x 15 and then 1x 10 and 1x8, however I do see this number increasing.

Same deal as above with situps.

THen I do 3x3 pullups.

This workout may not be sculpting every one of my muslces, but it is still burning a lot of calories. I will probably post again at 165 and once more at 156-158 which will hopefully put me at my goal of 9-10% body fat.
 
The Great Progress:


You have made great Progress
You have shown much finesse in shedding the excess
We must Profess this Success
The forum you will Impress

ROCK ON! Great Job! Keep up the great mastery of yourself.



Chillen
 
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I do have one tip for the future though, try to take your pictures in the same room, with the same lighting, same camera, and same distance from said camera. :)
 
jacketfan89 said:
The scale says between 18 and 20%. Does that sound accurate?
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What sort of scale are you using? Get some calipers to check your skin fold for a more accurate way of measuring. This I would imagine isn't 100% accurate but is the most cost effective way for somebody to check themselves.
 
Its one of those that sends some kind of current through your body. You input your height age and gender and it estimates the bf%. It seems accurate because at 186 I was 26%. It said I was now at 19% so the difference of 7% would be about 13 pounds. I am now at 173, so I think its pretty accurate.
 
I personally wouldn't trust any sort of scales to tell me my BF%, but I don't know what other peoples opinions are. These things are probably not very accurate atall. Can you get a set of calipers off ebay or get it taken professionally by somebody at your gym? :)
 
ATM, (since I'm still cutting) my exercise plan is based mostly on bodyweight exercises (pushups crunches and pull ups), SS cardio and HIIT. I've found this to show more results than a full body workout 3x a week...but thats just me.

As for my diet, I have to buy my own groceries every week because the stuff my parents by isn't particularly healthy.

Breakfast I normally have some light whole grain toast with sugar free strawberry preserves, a bowl of special k with some skim milk, and one egg.

Then depending on what time I wake up, I may eat something between breakfast and lunch...usually a lowfat cup of yogurt or a lowfat string cheese.

For lunch I normally have some kind of sandwich on the light bread. I eat it with some sort of fruit and some sort of vegetable...usually mandarin oranges and salad.

I usually don't need a snack between lunch and dinner because I eat dinner early. For dinner I usually eat what my parents cook...but I pick and choose. I.E I won't eat the roll and Ill take the hamburger off of the bun and cut it in half. Then I'll get a plate full of veggies and fill up on those and then eat my half of the hamburger.

For drinks, I try to stay away from soda. I treat myself to one 20 oz maybe once or twice a week. (It tastes better that way.) I drink a ton of water and sometimes sweet tea.

Speaking of sweet tea, is that okay for you? I know the tea alone is fine, but what about when all of that sugar is added?

OH and BTW...170 this morning!!!
 
DanHarris said:
I personally wouldn't trust any sort of scales to tell me my BF%, but I don't know what other peoples opinions are. These things are probably not very accurate atall. Can you get a set of calipers off ebay or get it taken professionally by somebody at your gym? :)
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I agree, that type of scale always brings me out at between 10-12% regardless of any obvious fat I've gained around the waist
 
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