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Fat. James Fat.

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Hey, everybody! The name's Fat. James Fat. ;)

OK, so, just a little about myself - I'm a guy turning 18 next Wednesday, weighing just under 234 pounds (~106kg) on a 6'3'' body.
What I want to achieve? Lose about 55-57 pounds of fat. And, after that, ''build-up'' about 33 pounds of lean muscle mass.
Now, this is where this forum comes in to play - SOMEONE please help me! :D
But seriously, how can I burn the amount of fat I want in 3 months (preferably)?

Thank you, I hope you can help me out. :)

P.S. I'm doing this for a girl, so sorry if I sound a little desperate and/or crazy... :leaving:
 
First step taken, by joining up.

It is possible to lose the weight safely and quickly, but the only thing I would say is do it for YOU not a girl.

loads of great threads on here to help, what i would suggest (I am about 195, from 220 heading to about 170 or whatever feels good) is exercise and diet, more muscle will help to burn more calories so it is a win win for you, less fat and more muscle.
 
Anything that motivates us to make ourselves healthier is good in my book.

I calculate your current BMI to be 29.2.

It would actually a/ help people to help you and b/ help to motivate you if you set up a ticker in your signature showing your weight and BMI. The instructions are in a sticky by Korrie in the newcomer section...

The best kind of weight loss is not (as you might imagine) the quickest. This is because some of the weight loss systems that you see advertised as giving large numbers of pounds lost in a week involve you losing muscle as well as fat. You want to lose the fat - but you do not want to lose the muscle. That muscle helps you to burn calories, it also looks good and most importantly helps you to stay healthy because the heart for instance is a muscle.

It is vital that you complete the project at least as healthy as you started it - preferably a lot healthier. You do not want to be skinny and unhealthy.

A good rate of weight loss at a healthy level is about 1% on average a week. In the 3 months time frame that would probably amount to about 30 pounds and bring you down from the border between overweight and obese to the border between healthy and overweight. That is a pretty good result for a three month time frame.

Because we all tend to lose a bit of water weight at first you could reasonably hope to lose a bit extra weight in the first couple of weeks - and since sodium often causes people to retain water it would probably be a good idea to keep an eye on your sodium levels.

Get a free account from and set up your profile information. Log your food and exercise and you will see the calorie balance which is basically what determines the weight loss that you deserve.

Read the nutrition section - and study the sticky threads there and hone the nutrients according to what you have learnt. You want to ensure that you hit your targets for things like protein, fibre, calcium, healthy fats.

Read the sticky threads in the exercise section too.

Start a diary and visit one or two other people in their diaries and leave a message. They may visit you back in your diary. When people visit your diary - visit them back. Join clubs and challenges and make postings. This is how we make friends which form our support network. They keep you on track on those difficult days that we all have from time to time.
 
Well, yes, I know that, in terms of losing weight, slower is always better. I would just want to be done with it as fast as I can so I can start building muscle, which isn't nearly a ''painful'' process as weight loss. :D
The tricky part for me is to have a balanced diet, with about 2000 calories a day. I tend to under-eat (not enough calories) now that I have cut fried foods out of my diet.
With my exercise routine, I have a calorie deficit of about 1000, if I eat the recommended 2000 calories a day. But I don't, and that's the problem with me. I realize that, without proper nutrition, my body will just not be able to do what I want. Are there any ''sample diets'', not just numbers and calculations in this forum (Yes, I've tried searching :D)? Because that would help a LOT, giving some visualization of what those numbers mean.

P.S. WOW! Judging by your Weight Loss Ticker, you have done a magnificent job achieving your goal. Simply amazing! :)
 
Geordie said:
First step taken, by joining up.

It is possible to lose the weight safely and quickly, but the only thing I would say is do it for YOU not a girl.

loads of great threads on here to help, what i would suggest (I am about 195, from 220 heading to about 170 or whatever feels good) is exercise and diet, more muscle will help to burn more calories so it is a win win for you, less fat and more muscle.
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First of all, if it weren't for that particular girl, I wouldn't be trying to get healthy and fit... She's what keeps me focused on what I want to achieve. :beating:

As I wrote in the post above, diet is the main concern for me. Would you mind sharing what you do on the diet part? :)
 
to be honest the best thing I have done is started a diary, it amazed me the amount of junk food I ate, from that point onwards it means you are far more focussed.

there are lots of threads on here for exact amounts of protein and carbs per pound you should try to eat, but I am not that advanced yet.

My diary has helped to remove a lot of the junk food, i am eating 3 meals per day swapped junk snacks for fruit and i am noting my exercise in the diary so i can try to better my previous times etc.
 
Well, I don't actually eat any junk food. I ate fried food, yes, but I cut that stuff out of my diet a while ago, and have since (a couple of weeks) lost ~ 4.5 pounds, just by changing my diet.
 
Thanks for the compliment.

Building muscle will work out better if you follow general forum advice. Losing weight too quickly and losing muscle by doing that does not make the building of muscle at the end any easier.

Losing weight healthily is so much more than simply counting calories. You need to sort out the nutrition that makes up those calories. You could eat 2000 calories worth of chocolate and it would not be the same as eating 2000 calories of protein, veg, fruit, yoghurt etc. On one plan you would be eating healthily and on the other you would be malnourished. Many people eat thousands of calories but are malnourished.

The best thing that you can do is log today's food via fitday and see where you stand.

Then evaluate that according to what you learn in that nutrition section.

In the meantime - I used some of the things that I do as bonuses in a challenge that I ran recently. The challenge is now over but you may want to work through the bonuses as if you were taking part. You could even try to incorporate the bonuses more swiftly than a week at a time if you found any aspects too easy. They would certainly help you to get your nutrition onto the right track.

http://weight-loss.fitness.com/club-challenges/32212-summer-shake-up-challenge-scoresheets.html
 
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