how much weight i need to lose to get to 8 percent body fat

[Deleted member 23359]

96 kg around 14 percent body fat

i want to push my limit and drop down to 8 perecent body weight but at the same time i don't want to lose alot of weight cuz body dismorphya would be kicking my ass

 

[einzigartig]

you need to lose 5,76 kg of fat

 

[Hero of the Imperium]

About 7.18kg needs to be shed actually

To make it simpler, imagine that he weighed 100 kg with 14% body fat. That means he has:

• 14 kg fat, and
• 86 kg lean mass

If you just remove 6 kg of fat, imagining that solves the problem, well, now he is:

• 8 kg fat + 86 kg lean = 94 kg total. And,
• 8 kg fat / 94 kg = 8.5% bodyfat

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Now given his actual weight, if he needs to lose 7.18 kg fat:

each kg = ~2.2 pounds
each pound of pure fat is ~3500 calories

need to shed ~ 55,279 calories of pure fat while maintaining lean mass

at ~500 calorie daily deficit will take about 4 months. Realistically will be longer

I had fun writing this textbook problem