Stellar. I quit drinking and now I eat way more and I’ve lost 20% of my bodyweight in under six months. I was drinking tons every day, maybe 1500-2000cal.
My belt that almost didn’t fit around my belly, I’m at the final hole before I have to get a smaller belt. My pants fall down if I’m not wearing it tightly. My watch band almost needs to be replaced with a smaller one. I feel awesome every day.
I have stretch marks but no loose skin, so I’m thankful. I hope the stretch marks stay. My chest is smaller, which is totally great. I’m just starting getting back into exercising, but I feel just excellent about myself now!
I fully support this idea for everyone else, this is clearly the right way to approach the topic.
Doesn't stop me personally from trying to transform a few more kilos of fat into muscle though. My excuse is that it is for health reasons, but deep down I know vanity is a relevant factor.
I hear ya! I try to stay active enough in general throughout the year for health and vanity reasons myself. Just not interested in piling on extra self-loathing for summer alone haha
I live in a place where it gets up to 110+ F/43+ C regularly in the summer, my summer body is molded by hiding from the sun and waiting for the sweet release of night.
I discovered that the amount of carrots I can eat before I am uncomfortably full is like 150 calories worth of carrots, which means I can nearly double the amount of beer I can drink while still running a small calorie deficit.
I’m trying to shed about five kilos before the heat really hits. Not for any sort of beauty reasons, I just wanna make forty degree summer days suck slightly less.
I dunno, for men that compete they are usually at like 7% I think... best I ever got down to was like 8. If you're not actively trying to cut it down men are usually around 15-20, women 20-30
Edit- I did not google this, top of my head numbers
Men that compete go much lower than 7%. If you stepped on stage with 7% you would get laughed at, I've gone that low as a hobbyist that doesn't compete (see my profile picture, that was my lowest ever bodyfat last summer, bulking through summer this year)
Dangerous as in unhealthy over the long term, or as in acutely life threatening? For women 15% is already unhealthy, but not acutely dangerous.
For men 15% is pretty much ideal for health, but you can get as low as 8-10% before it starts becoming unhealthy.
To be acutely dangerous you need to go much lower as a male, about 4%. That's how low bodybuilders go, and you occasionally see them collapse on stage (although usually because of dehydration, not low bodyfat)
I had some time off work recently and had a big plan to work out and get back in shape during my break... But got a bulging disk in my back the weekend before it started. Still was able to get some running in, but everything else got put on hold
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CombatWombat@feddit.online · 52 pts · 109d
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 109d
Correct, im working on it
CombatWombat@feddit.online · 9 pts · 109d
If you figure out the lobster claw, lemme know -- that's the one I want most.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 109d
Personally, I'm going for a round, hydrodynamic shape with a thick layer of blubber for diving and hunting below the thermocline.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 109d
So walrus or narwhal, toothy?
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 108d
Xander Crews could probably arrange that.
flying_sheep@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 109d
There, you missed a part
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 108d
No i have a hat full of them right here
robotica@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 108d
It wasn't even "asshole", just "anus", which is a technical word
Banana@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 109d
Mine looks like fat titties and not giving a fuck about societal standards
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 109d
Hell yeah
TommySoda@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 109d
Hell yeah
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 95d
Hell yeah
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 109d
Stellar. I quit drinking and now I eat way more and I’ve lost 20% of my bodyweight in under six months. I was drinking tons every day, maybe 1500-2000cal.
My belt that almost didn’t fit around my belly, I’m at the final hole before I have to get a smaller belt. My pants fall down if I’m not wearing it tightly. My watch band almost needs to be replaced with a smaller one. I feel awesome every day.
I have stretch marks but no loose skin, so I’m thankful. I hope the stretch marks stay. My chest is smaller, which is totally great. I’m just starting getting back into exercising, but I feel just excellent about myself now!
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 109d
Congrats!
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 109d
I've got a body and it's going to be summer. It's perfect :D
NotAnonymousAtAll@feddit.org · 6 pts · 109d
I fully support this idea for everyone else, this is clearly the right way to approach the topic.
Doesn't stop me personally from trying to transform a few more kilos of fat into muscle though. My excuse is that it is for health reasons, but deep down I know vanity is a relevant factor.
velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 109d
I hear ya! I try to stay active enough in general throughout the year for health and vanity reasons myself. Just not interested in piling on extra self-loathing for summer alone haha
TommySoda@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 109d
Hell yeah
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 12 pts · 108d
Have gone down to the beach every day, but still waiting for a body to wash up
Deestan@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 109d
What could be a more summery shape than that of half melted ice cream?
Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 109d
I live in a place where it gets up to 110+ F/43+ C regularly in the summer, my summer body is molded by hiding from the sun and waiting for the sweet release of night.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 108d
Was hoping for a 6 pack, ended up with a keg.
aviation_hydrated@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 105d
Kombucha?
zxqwas@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 109d
My summer personality is nothing to write home about either.
TommySoda@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 109d
I'm down from 228 to 220. Not really that great, but I'll keep you posted lmao
I miss the days of being 150 lbs. I felt like I had so much energy I could run a marathon. Now I feel like a quick run could kill me. :D
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 109d
Once I'm put in the smoker I'll render down quite nicely.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 108d
My collection is coming along fine
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 109d
My ideal summer body is replacing this rotting flesh husk with cold, hard machine precision. But that's not really an option yet :(
wdx@feddit.org · 9 pts · 109d
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 108d
I have a body for radio, and a personality for print
socsa@piefed.social · 5 pts · 109d
I discovered that the amount of carrots I can eat before I am uncomfortably full is like 150 calories worth of carrots, which means I can nearly double the amount of beer I can drink while still running a small calorie deficit.
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 108d
If you change your clock to Southern Hemisphere Time, its getting to winter. No need for a summer body.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 109d
i got a tan for the first time in my life (at least that i can remember). it was the first spring not mostly spent in front of computer screens. :)
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 109d
Hell yeah
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 108d
Have to start training my horse like almost every day, so I'll prolly end up with a half decent bod by the time winter rolls around again lol
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 108d
I bought a bike last summer. It's been out of commission for 5 of those months, but 700 miles is pretty damn good for a year.
Etterra@discuss.online · 4 pts · 108d
Mine's in a shape.
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 108d
I'm getting chubby and my boobs are humongous and I love it.
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 108d
waow (basedbasedbased)
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 108d
Sir this is a Wendy's
eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 108d
I'm a chick
Magnum@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 108d
Everyone knows women aren't real.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 108d
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 108d
awesome let's hang out
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 108d
Big hell yeah
tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 109d
I’m trying to shed about five kilos before the heat really hits. Not for any sort of beauty reasons, I just wanna make forty degree summer days suck slightly less.
brownsugga@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 109d
Got my ass back in gear after gaining 80lbs during Covid. Not going to win any competitions, but I'm in shape and sub-15% fat
Eheran@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 109d
Below 15%? When does it start to get dangerous?
brownsugga@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 109d
I dunno, for men that compete they are usually at like 7% I think... best I ever got down to was like 8. If you're not actively trying to cut it down men are usually around 15-20, women 20-30
Edit- I did not google this, top of my head numbers
Anivia@feddit.org · 3 pts · 108d
Men that compete go much lower than 7%. If you stepped on stage with 7% you would get laughed at, I've gone that low as a hobbyist that doesn't compete (see my profile picture, that was my lowest ever bodyfat last summer, bulking through summer this year)
Anivia@feddit.org · 2 pts · 108d
Dangerous as in unhealthy over the long term, or as in acutely life threatening? For women 15% is already unhealthy, but not acutely dangerous.
For men 15% is pretty much ideal for health, but you can get as low as 8-10% before it starts becoming unhealthy.
To be acutely dangerous you need to go much lower as a male, about 4%. That's how low bodybuilders go, and you occasionally see them collapse on stage (although usually because of dehydration, not low bodyfat)
bagsy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 109d
I look like im really good at the internet.
meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 109d
Like a suckling pig ready for the spit
doingthestuff@lemy.lol · 2 pts · 108d
I'm looking forward to the farmer tan I'll be getting on the beach this summer.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 109d
I had some time off work recently and had a big plan to work out and get back in shape during my break... But got a bulging disk in my back the weekend before it started. Still was able to get some running in, but everything else got put on hold
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 108d
I practiced stretching last few months for no particular reason.
My body still looks like that of a LOTR dwarf shoe-mender but I can at least do w-sitting as an adult now.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 109d
It's the same body, only a bit darker and more wet
dwemthy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 109d
Warm in the winter, shady in the summer
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 109d
Belly is aaaalmost gone.
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 108d
It's 'winter' now.
Now excuse me while I be frozen cold at 23c.