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leovolpe OP t1_iwfm7zm wrote
Reply to comment by bad_syntax in [OC] A year of trying to reach 78kg (172lbs). I'm 25 years old, male and 188cm tall (6'2). More info in the comments by leovolpe
I still want to eat healthy and have a sustainable diet. There is no point in rushing it by eating fat and sugar for a year a d probably compromise my health. I rather take it slowly but healthy.
leovolpe OP t1_iwfldpg wrote
Reply to comment by TotallynottheCCP in [OC] A year of trying to reach 78kg (172lbs). I'm 25 years old, male and 188cm tall (6'2). More info in the comments by leovolpe
How? A meal of chicken and vegetables is like 400kcal, how the heck am I going to reach 3000kcal a day. If I eat too many vegetables I get full and I can't eat all my calories. So I have to make the decision to eat healthy or to eat less healthy but 3000kcal
Edit: probably we also have different metabolisms and I burn more calories
leovolpe OP t1_iwcujm1 wrote
Reply to comment by ImprovedPersonality in [OC] A year of trying to reach 78kg (172lbs). I'm 25 years old, male and 188cm tall (6'2). More info in the comments by leovolpe
To make an example, 2 years ago I couldn't do a pull up and I weighted 69kg. Now I can do 15 in less then a minute
leovolpe OP t1_iwcre44 wrote
Reply to comment by domestic_omnom in [OC] A year of trying to reach 78kg (172lbs). I'm 25 years old, male and 188cm tall (6'2). More info in the comments by leovolpe
It's a body type thing. I have a friend that is also about 5'7 and weights a little more than me. But if you see him you would never guess so because he doesn't appear fat at all and is quite fit
leovolpe OP t1_iwc9gay wrote
Reply to comment by vtriple in [OC] A year of trying to reach 78kg (172lbs). I'm 25 years old, male and 188cm tall (6'2). More info in the comments by leovolpe
No, the big problem for me is the diet more than the workouts. I tracked my macros for two weeks and I eat about 100-150g of proteins a day and 2500-3000 kcal
leovolpe OP t1_iwc0ek2 wrote
Reply to comment by One_Idea_239 in [OC] A year of trying to reach 78kg (172lbs). I'm 25 years old, male and 188cm tall (6'2). More info in the comments by leovolpe
First af all, my body fat was always low so increasing it few % points actually looks good on me.
Second, to gain muscles (which was my primary goal) ideally you have to be in a caloric surplus, which will inevitably lead to fat gain.
Third, I think my scale has an algorithm like more weight-->fat gain. You can see this from the extremely good correlation between the fat graph and the weight graph. And also, when I got covid I lost like 2-3kg in 2 days which was mainly a water loss, but the scale thought that it was a fat loss, which would be impossible given the short period of time. So I think I actually gained less fat than what the scale is showing.
leovolpe OP t1_iwbz95c wrote
Reply to comment by Prudent-Host-3656 in [OC] A year of trying to reach 78kg (172lbs). I'm 25 years old, male and 188cm tall (6'2). More info in the comments by leovolpe
Yes it was. But I also wanted to change my phisique to look more muscular.
leovolpe OP t1_iwblb3x wrote
Reply to [OC] A year of trying to reach 78kg (172lbs). I'm 25 years old, male and 188cm tall (6'2). More info in the comments by leovolpe
Data collected with a cheap BIA scale. The graphs were created with excel after exporting the data from the scale app. The black line is a 5 point moving avarage
I'm a skinny guy and started working out 2 years ago. A year ago I bought a BIA scale to track my progress. The most reliable graph is the weight graph. The other two have to be taken just for reference because I don't think a cheap scale can get those parameters really precisely.
[OC] A year of trying to reach 78kg (172lbs). I'm 25 years old, male and 188cm tall (6'2). More info in the comments
leovolpe OP t1_iwg76yh wrote
Reply to comment by blahahaX in [OC] A year of trying to reach 78kg (172lbs). I'm 25 years old, male and 188cm tall (6'2). More info in the comments by leovolpe
Nope hahaha. I just have a fast metabolism and I'm active