It's called "diet and exercise".
Down to 15% Body fat and 170 lbs 6' 1" I have a personal trainer and he worked my ass off and it still was there. So some of us just sometimes can't get that pouch down to nothing. I will say I was 225 in my college days, but even then I was more muscle than fat. So don't know if it is left over from then. I have heard of different methods and just asking for ideas. Thanks for yours but I have tried that one.
At 170lbs and 6'-1", it seems highly unlikely that you have much of a fat pad and certainly not 2 inches.
What you might have is excess skin, but I'm not sure you lost enough weight to have that issue. If it is skin, then there are surgical procedures available to address that.
PS: If it is excess skin, then surgery is the only real option as it cannot be exercised away and will not ever shrink on it's own.
Random website that discusses this subject:
Skin Removal Surgery Post Weight Loss | ABCS
Random website that discusses this subject:
Skin Removal Surgery Post Weight Loss | ABCS
Coolsculpting works pretty well. I have talked to a couple people who had it done and plan on getting it done after I finish with the ipl hair removal. I have he same issue, 5'11 177lbs who looks thin but that area is the last to budge. Even worse than the love handles which were stubborn. It dropped to about 1.25 or so but it is still puffy.
I was about to mention coolsculpting as well. Good option.
Have you had it done? If so, how many inches did it reduce your pad and how many treatments and how much. thanks for information.
MilfBanger78
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I have the same issue i just seem to hold fat there. I'm bulked up now 260, but even yrs ago when I leaned down to 180 @ 11% bodyfat I still had some of the fat pad. I'd love to get it lipo'd when I do another cutting phase lol. I feel like I'd have another 1.5" of visible dick
I haven’t done it yet. But one of my clients has. I do high level fitness coaching. He’s done it twice and got rid of his love handles.
I used to be a bodybuilder and did a couple of amateur shows as a teenager. I’ve been fat… and I’ve been cut… I can say with 100% accuracy that some “problem areas” do not even start to go away until we dip below 12% fat.
The average man carries between 18–23% body fat and that range is technically considered “healthy” even though clinical and medical obesity begins at 25% body fat for men.
So yes, there is a total chance that a man can have a 1-2 inch fat pad at 15% body fat. 15% body fat is like a “lifeguard” body. Dipping below 12% is when the abs really start to pop… and our problem areas start to vanish.
Not just calories in calories out… but it’s also “mass in mass out”. Starches have more solid mass than fats or proteins (unless you’re talking about protein powder or powdered cream or MCTs). A steak is mostly water… flour has hardly any water to it. You will urinate the excess water your body does not need.
We don’t just convert calories for fuel or heat… but we convert solid mass into carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide turns solid at -78.5C… your exhalations have mass to them.
In order to lose weight, we need to take in less mass than we expend through exhalation, burn for fuel and burn for heat. Calories are not the true target even though we should aim for consuming around our BMR.
The concept of mass in and mass out is why people lose weight with the keto and carnivore diets. By consuming less starchy foods (the carbs in vegetables do not count)… potatoes, rice, bread and pasta… we reduce the total solid mass we take in. Like mentioned before… meat is mostly water.
Cutting calories for endomorphs does not work… mesomorphs can cut calories and lose weight but not endomorphs. Endomorphs have sophisticated and highly active fat storage mechanisms and their metabolisms will simply lower to meet their calorie cut… resulting in very little weight being lost and a possible loss of lean tissue.
Endomorphs have to reduce the solid mass that they take in… and obviously less starch consumption lowers insulin levels which in turn allows body fat to be burned or consumed. Carbohydrates raise insulin levels and insulin is a fat storing hormone.
Eat animal protein, eat animal fats, olive oil and avocado oil is okay… some coconut oil is okay. Absolutely no seed oils and keep starches under 100 grams a day. The lower the better. Cycle the carbs a bit where at least one day a week you have zero starches and one day a week you have 120 grams of starches. I do the higher starch day the day before my most difficult weight workout if the week (my weakest muscles or the muscles I want to enhance the most) which gives me a little glycogen boost.
Sardine fasts are a great way to reduce insulin resistance by lowering insulin levels and getting the body to produce ketones. Obviously you can have veggies with sardines and can include some other animal protein but 2-3 cans or more of sardines a day will make us feel full and satiated while lowering our glucose, insulin and getting our bodies better at producing ketones. The real hack is eating a can of sardines as an appetizer which will allow us to eat less of our meal and feel satiety while doing so.
The average man carries between 18–23% body fat and that range is technically considered “healthy” even though clinical and medical obesity begins at 25% body fat for men.
So yes, there is a total chance that a man can have a 1-2 inch fat pad at 15% body fat. 15% body fat is like a “lifeguard” body. Dipping below 12% is when the abs really start to pop… and our problem areas start to vanish.
Not just calories in calories out… but it’s also “mass in mass out”. Starches have more solid mass than fats or proteins (unless you’re talking about protein powder or powdered cream or MCTs). A steak is mostly water… flour has hardly any water to it. You will urinate the excess water your body does not need.
We don’t just convert calories for fuel or heat… but we convert solid mass into carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide turns solid at -78.5C… your exhalations have mass to them.
In order to lose weight, we need to take in less mass than we expend through exhalation, burn for fuel and burn for heat. Calories are not the true target even though we should aim for consuming around our BMR.
The concept of mass in and mass out is why people lose weight with the keto and carnivore diets. By consuming less starchy foods (the carbs in vegetables do not count)… potatoes, rice, bread and pasta… we reduce the total solid mass we take in. Like mentioned before… meat is mostly water.
Cutting calories for endomorphs does not work… mesomorphs can cut calories and lose weight but not endomorphs. Endomorphs have sophisticated and highly active fat storage mechanisms and their metabolisms will simply lower to meet their calorie cut… resulting in very little weight being lost and a possible loss of lean tissue.
Endomorphs have to reduce the solid mass that they take in… and obviously less starch consumption lowers insulin levels which in turn allows body fat to be burned or consumed. Carbohydrates raise insulin levels and insulin is a fat storing hormone.
Eat animal protein, eat animal fats, olive oil and avocado oil is okay… some coconut oil is okay. Absolutely no seed oils and keep starches under 100 grams a day. The lower the better. Cycle the carbs a bit where at least one day a week you have zero starches and one day a week you have 120 grams of starches. I do the higher starch day the day before my most difficult weight workout if the week (my weakest muscles or the muscles I want to enhance the most) which gives me a little glycogen boost.
Sardine fasts are a great way to reduce insulin resistance by lowering insulin levels and getting the body to produce ketones. Obviously you can have veggies with sardines and can include some other animal protein but 2-3 cans or more of sardines a day will make us feel full and satiated while lowering our glucose, insulin and getting our bodies better at producing ketones. The real hack is eating a can of sardines as an appetizer which will allow us to eat less of our meal and feel satiety while doing so.
Thanks for the help. I will try it. The Sardines are a no go for me. I hate the taste of them! but will use the ideas. I appreciate your help.
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