My Weight Loss Journey!

Office jobs can lead to sedentary life or provide ideal recovery time from high intensity training.
I don't think sitting makes your stomach or sides hold more fat, these are common on most whose consumption is higher than output, including builders etc.
Your loss is going well and you will be trimming. Belly fat is often slower to leave than elsewhere, this is annoying but not a bad sign. Just patience and perseverance to get rid of it, you are showing these so far and it's working.
 
 

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Definitely showing progress. You didn't get fat quickly and you won't lose quickly, but if you build good habits with food and exercise, you are likely to keep the weight off over time. Please take this as it is intended (with good will) - if you worked on your posture in everyday life and while sitting in class and at work, you will be healthier for it, and in your pics it will look as if you lost another 10-15 lbs.
 
Sure! said:
Definitely showing progress. You didn't get fat quickly and you won't lose quickly, but if you build good habits with food and exercise, you are likely to keep the weight off over time. Please take this as it is intended (with good will) - if you worked on your posture in everyday life and while sitting in class and at work, you will be healthier for it, and in your pics it will look as if you lost another 10-15 lbs.
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Are there specific things I can do to help with my posture?
Thanks for the feedback! It's greatly appreciated, I know everyone here is helping :)
 
My favourite activities for improving posture is deadlifts and practice.
Deadlifts hit every postural muscle and a few others as well. Goldfish will undoubtedly have posted videos on this too, I think I did on my slo-mo training a while back, the stuff with fat gripz was posted because I knew it wouldn't be right so go for slo-mo on guidance.
Practice makes permanent, think of having a sergeant major telling you shoulders back, chest out, stomach in and keep doing it. It may seem stupid but this will put you in good posture, putting curves in your spine where needed without overdoing. Don't try to have a straight back, it's not designed to be straight.
 
New Bicep Routine:
Preacher Curl (12 reps, 40 pounds, 4 sets, 30 second rest)
Twenty One's Bicep Curl (21 reps, 25 pounds, 4 sets, 30 second rest)
Close Grip Curl (12 reps, 25 pounds, 4 sets, 30 second rest)
Wide Grip Curl (12 reps, 25 pounds, 4 sets, 30 second rest)
 
That's a lot of bicep work for one session. Worth remembering how small the muscles are you are working. But if it's working for you and you are enjoying it carry on, more people will quit due to disliking what they do than overtraining, in fact most regulars here over train, not me though of course!
 
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Practice makes permanent, think of having a sergeant major telling you shoulders back, chest out, stomach in and keep doing it. It may seem stupid but this will put you in good posture, putting curves in your spine where needed without overdoing. Don't try to have a straight back, it's not designed to be straight.
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Yep, this exactly. Great posture needs to become a habit. Typically in that position (shoulders back/chest out/stomach in) your head will naturally align over your spine, but be aware of its position. Try doing this in front of a mirror to provide some feedback to yourself, so you can feel the difference in your body. It takes energy to change your posture, but doing so puts your body into a far healthier alignment which is good for breathing and can even aid digestion. It is certainly better for your back!

The reason I made the posture comment is in looking at all of your progress pics - in nearly every view, your shoulders are rounded and slumped down. You might try this - take a picture standing as you normally do, then take one after following the drill sergeant instructions and note how different your body looks. Compare too how different the size of breath is that you can take between the 2 standing positions - much healthier to be able to breathe deeply.
 
Lol I like doing Biceps, it's probably the favourite workout. I don't know why :p... I split my workouts into:
1. Biceps
2. Chest and Triceps
3. Shoulders and legs
4. Back
 
Doing well.
Weight is a rubbish monitor of progress anyway so it is very good that you are using pictoral as well.
If your weight is constant and you are trimming down that is perfect, it means you are replacing excess fat with lean muscle mass.
 
lol that's what i hope is happening haha :p
i just wanted to ask you guys something that i've been reading a lot over the internet lately and that's to avoid doing high reps (8-12) and instead shoot for (4-6) to get better fat loss, was wondering how that affects my fat loss/muscle growth
 
The ideal range for fat loss is to some extent genetic, but 4-6 is in power and performance range not aesthetic, certainly not fat loss for most. Of course if this was all you did and you took in less calories than you ate there would be fat loss, but I would say this would only be optimal as part of a varied program.
One that could be good if you want benefit of both is super setting a set of 4-6 of one exercise followed by a set of 8-12 of something else working similar body parts. Example is 4-6 bench press followed by press ups or incline bench.
If you build muscle and strength fast building will be great for fat loss. Stamina bods like me lose best on prolonged runs etc. because I can maintain higher intensities longer than most.
 
I haven't been able to update this thread in a while and for that I apologize! I have been really busy and my weight loss journey hasn't been going all that well. But now that I have time, I'm going to make an effort to try to get back on my weight loss journey and hopefully see some good results soon!
This is my twelfth week into my weight loss journey!
Current weight: 162.5
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Welcome back to the bandwagon :)
 
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