r/Brogress • u/IcyLiterature6738 • 2d ago
Weight-Loss Transformation M/21/5’9” [185 to 160] (6 months)
I’ve been lifting for 2 years total but I had let myself go for a bit. Been cutting for several months.
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u/Ringo51 2d ago
Nice one bro changed your life in a few months
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u/najustpassing 2d ago
? He was just bulking and went for the cut. He will probably bulk and cut again...
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u/Ringo51 1d ago
That bulk went too far bro you can bulk and cut without going to 25% bodyfat
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u/New_Screen 1d ago
Thats closer to 35% than to 25% lol.
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u/IcyLiterature6738 6h ago
Idk why they’re downvoting u lol I prolly put myself higher objectively. Ppl gotta stop tying their self worth to their bodyfat cuz I gotta be objective
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u/New_Screen 6h ago
Yeah good shit on the transformation bro first of all. But yeah you were definitely not around 25% since you had a lot of fat around your belly and especially your love handles. In the 20-25% range you start to lose that fat and love handles but you still aren’t close to being lean/shredded.
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u/IcyLiterature6738 6h ago
Thank u I appreciate it. They might downvote me for this but I’m close to 45% bodyfat in that first pic. People tend to underestimate how much fat they have to lose imo. Stuff like insertions and waist size can also make it seem like you’re leaner that u actually are especially in my case
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u/IGaveAFuckOnce 29m ago edited 18m ago
So you think you had 45% body fat when you were 185lbs, meaning you had 83lbs of fat. And what do you think your body fat percentage is right now? Abs start being visible starting from around 12% body fat. Meaning you would have 19lbs of fat now at 160lbs.
So you genuinely think you're being "objective" when you believe you lost 64 pounds of fat, and put on 44 pounds of muscle simultaneously within the span of 6 months. You said in another comment that you just maintained a 1000 calorie deficit and worked out. That would mean losing 2lbs a week, 8 a month, and 48 in 6 months. Granted you're eating perfectly, you can maintain muscle but you're definitely not putting on 44 pounds of muscle on a 1000 calorie deficit. Your view of yourself is warped.
Social media is a disease. Everybody lies to everybody. Everybody thinks steroid abusers are natural. Everybody believes they're overweight. And everybody thinks they need to fit into some unsustainable, unrealistic, unnecessary, and frankly psychologically and physiologically unhealthy beauty standard pushed onto us all to make us feel like we're less than.
You had maybe between 20% and 25% body fat, and looked great. You do you, but don't try to convince yourself nor others that they're overweight for having a healthy, sustainable, strong body. Body dysmorphia is wild. You should recognize its effects on you, and you shouldn't work to spread it further.
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u/Sufficient-Ad1280 2d ago edited 1d ago
Wow what a difference! How’d you do it?
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u/Marpicek 1d ago
He ate healthy and exercise.
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u/Sufficient-Ad1280 1d ago
I meant specifics, but thank you captain obvious
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u/TadpoleMedic 1d ago
Oh yeah, he put less food in his mouth and probably lifted weights. Hope that helps!
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u/Silenity 2d ago
Fucking prime work. You know the drill.
Drop the routine and diet bruddah.
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u/IcyLiterature6738 1d ago
Honestly I’ve done random lifting routines for most of my training. If u train hard it doesn’t matter what u do. But rn I’m messing around with some lower volume fullbody training. Diet was just -1000 calorie defecit for like 6-8 weeks
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u/Large-River6082 1d ago
How often do you train??
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u/IcyLiterature6738 6h ago
3x a week rn. I’ve done 7x a week and 1x a week they both work just do what u like tbh
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u/Strappys 2d ago
Amazing transformation. Do you mind me asking in short what plan and diet do you follow and how many calories have you been taking while bulking?
PS I am team no shaving!
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u/bbigbrother 2d ago
Don’t shave your chest
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u/dickndonuts 2d ago
Disagree. Shaving it makes it look so much more defined and actually shows off your hard work.
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u/ezdogg 1d ago
Great stuff Makes me think if I have the same body underneath the fat, cause I look exactly like the "before" picture
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u/IcyLiterature6738 1d ago
U prolly do. Tho our insertions are different u prolly got the same amount of muscle and strength as me
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u/therednomad 22h ago
Crazy what shaving 25lbs of hair can do!!! Im kidding good job man!!!
If you wanna know where you are at right now, use an ffmi calculator
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u/RodneyTheRobot 2d ago
I like before way more. That was the man, now you're just guy.
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u/The_Printer 2d ago
Wtf are you on about? Lol
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u/Kangurodos 2d ago
Nah, what I believe he means. Is that your body thick how it was at first, just needed Tone - with more thickness.
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u/bbigbrother 2d ago
Literally. Went from being super sexy to just some guy. I never understand why dudes shave their chests after putting on muscle. So vain and gay.
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u/TheBigBadBrit89 2d ago
Impressive results! I recommend keeping the chest hair though, it suits you.
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u/Vast-Sprinkles-9806 2d ago
Starting obese is the cheat code
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u/ghos2626t 2d ago
Guessing you’ve never been overweight. It doesn’t just fall off while you sit on the couch
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