This weight loss blog is about me documenting my body fat loss from a dangerously high level to a low level. But if you search around the web and study body fat percentage a little more you will find that the average body fat for a male my age is around 11% to 17% (I’m 35 yrs old). When I see this, this gives me even more focus and determination to lower my body fat percentage and lose the skinny fat look that I’m now sporting at the moment.
When I see that the average body fat is at this percentage its makes me a little mad with myself for many reasons. How did I let myself get to the stage I was at, at the beginning of my body fat loss journey. I have put on so much body fat due to my many years of eating junk food and yo yo dieting that I should of learnt my lessons many years ago. I am now working my ass to lose this body fat, but even now after a 35 pound weight loss and over 3 months on. I have still got a long way to go even before I reach the average body fat percentage of a male of my age. This sucks big time, even though I am seeing good results week after week I am getting a little inpatient. But I know that if I stick at it I will reach my goal before the end of 2009.
Even though I’m now at my target body weight, I’m feeling good that I’ve been able to shift the excess 35 pounds of body weight so quickly and easily. Its losing this fat now that I’m concentrating my efforts on 100%. Losing weight and losing fat are two totally different things and each one requires a different diet plan and exercise routine to obtain the best results. When I ask myself the question am I overweight the answer is simple no I’m not, but if I ask myself the question am I fat the answer to this is yes.
I have really underestimated how hard and slow this journey was going to be. I’m going to spain next weekend for my friends stag weekend. At the beginning of this journey I fully expected to lose the weight that I wanted to before I go to Spain. Which I’m please to say I’ve achieved But to be truthful I expected to be well below the average body fat composition of a male of my age and I am not. I’m going to Vegas in July which gives me just over 12 weeks to lower my body fat percentage even more. Will I do it, I guarantee you I WILL. I’m looking to be at around 13 to 15% body fat come Vegas. Its going to be hard but with the focus and determination that I’ve now got I will give it my best shot and you can’t ask more than that can you.
