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You mind sharing your before/after weight and roughly how lean you were? If your metabolism is already dialed in (i.e. you were not obese) this might totally wo

You mind sharing your before/after weight and roughly how lean you were? If your metabolism is already dialed in (i.e. you were not obese) this might totally work and be very effective for fat loss.

vkazanov 4y ago
93kg to 78kg, 180 cm. Did not look fat, but my face got round and belly was forming. Haven't seen my abs for years and years by then. Surprisingly, 80 kg was like no abs at all and 77.8kg was a 4-pack already. I wrote earlier that reforming my diet to protein-centric, 1800-2000cal a day + 15k steps walking + some lightweight kettlebell work was enough to get things going. I used myfitnespal, really useful. It wasn't too hard, to be honest, as I am relatively used to training. For some ppl even walking 10k a day is a challenge.
- exfatloss 4y ago
  Especially for people who are very obese :) For comparison, I recently went from 132kg (290lbs) to 111kg (245lbs) in the last 5 months without counting calories, on a very-low-protein, ultra-high-fat diet. Re. the abs, I've never had them but my impression is they're hidden by basically the last 5lbs of fat you'll lose. So nothing and then they're suddenly there makes sense. Congrats!
  - vkazanov 4y ago
    Congrats! That's huge! I know it's a very liberating feeling, both physically and psychologically. My collegue went from 115kg to 85kg some time ago. I know it's a different kind of game. Took a year for him. He was younger, in his late 20s, so running was still an option for him. I am In my late 30s, and traumas accumulated so i had to accept that calorie counting was the only remaining option. Also, I'd suggest still working from a high-protein approach. You get to keep you muscle, especially if you do some reasonable amount of training.
    - exfatloss 4y ago
      My entire hypothesis this time around is that protein is making/keeping me fat, and I went super low protein on purpose :) Of course it could also be something else. Everybody freaks out about the low protein though haha.
  - vkazanov 4y ago
    And yes, abs are not the most important thing. Depends on genetics, max weight, fat distribution. Doesn't really matter In practice. Back when i doing boxing in early 20s I was as low as 69kg, and still didn't see the full 6-pack. Go figure....

You mind sharing your before/after weight and roughly how lean you were? If your metabolism is already dialed in (i.e. you were not obese) this might totally work and be very effective for fat loss.

vkazanov 4y ago

93kg to 78kg, 180 cm. Did not look fat, but my face got round and belly was forming. Haven't seen my abs for years and years by then. Surprisingly, 80 kg was like no abs at all and 77.8kg was a 4-pack already. I wrote earlier that reforming my diet to protein-centric, 1800-2000cal a day + 15k steps walking + some lightweight kettlebell work was enough to get things going. I used myfitnespal, really useful. It wasn't too hard, to be honest, as I am relatively used to training. For some ppl even walking 10k a day is a challenge.

exfatloss 4y ago
Especially for people who are very obese :) For comparison, I recently went from 132kg (290lbs) to 111kg (245lbs) in the last 5 months without counting calories, on a very-low-protein, ultra-high-fat diet. Re. the abs, I've never had them but my impression is they're hidden by basically the last 5lbs of fat you'll lose. So nothing and then they're suddenly there makes sense. Congrats!
- vkazanov 4y ago
  Congrats! That's huge! I know it's a very liberating feeling, both physically and psychologically. My collegue went from 115kg to 85kg some time ago. I know it's a different kind of game. Took a year for him. He was younger, in his late 20s, so running was still an option for him. I am In my late 30s, and traumas accumulated so i had to accept that calorie counting was the only remaining option. Also, I'd suggest still working from a high-protein approach. You get to keep you muscle, especially if you do some reasonable amount of training.
  - exfatloss 4y ago
    My entire hypothesis this time around is that protein is making/keeping me fat, and I went super low protein on purpose :) Of course it could also be something else. Everybody freaks out about the low protein though haha.
- vkazanov 4y ago
  And yes, abs are not the most important thing. Depends on genetics, max weight, fat distribution. Doesn't really matter In practice. Back when i doing boxing in early 20s I was as low as 69kg, and still didn't see the full 6-pack. Go figure....