woodinator

Hi all.

After taking your advice im going to be eating more meals a day.

This is what ive came up with so far:

8am - 2 wheetabix, glass of semi skimmed milk

10.30 am - 1 chicken breast, 1 apple

1pm- 1 Ham/Beef salad sandwich on wholemeal bread

3.00pm- 1 Chicken sandwich on wholemeal bread

5.30pm - Steak and homemade potato wedges (using fry lite spray)

8.00pm - TRAIN (mainly weights 5 sets of 20 on dumbells, tricept push downs, shoulder press etc...500cals on cardio after)

10pm - 1 fat free yogurt

(i will also be consuming water throughout the day)


I hope this works...as ive lost 1 and a half stone now and i want my podge around my gut to go completely away.

Do you think there will be a visible difference by the summer? Im not expecting miracles, just would like to see a bit of a difference in my body!

(i will be posting pics later)

ParaManiac

Hello mate,diet is poor and training has no structure.

You will make better progress using a tried and trusted routine such as upper/lower split or push pull legs keeping the reps between 8-12.

Diet wise lacking in protein(especially brekky and post workout/before bed) also veg and fats need adding

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woodinator

but i thought fats were bad??

gym rat

all fats are not bad mate, you should look into healthy fats such as fish oils, nuts and eggs, their used as an energy source if carbs are low, if i was you get yourself some efa's(essential fatty acids)and take one capsule 3 times a day, even better get udo's oil or fish oil caps. i think these healthy fats can also breakup fat storages in the body, im not 100% possitive but im sure i read that somewhere

Artemis

depends what ur end goal is besides ur beer gut loss!

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13stonetarget

GR's right, you should eat fats when dieting but you need to make sure you eat good fats which are not saturated fats or trans fats.

Some studies have suggested that fish oils (omega 3's), can help you lose weight. They're also bloody good for your body in other ways.

Starving your body of fat during dieting can only be a bad thing though, because by not giving your body fats, it tells your body in a roundabout way that it should be storing them, not using them as an energy source.

woodinator

Well to be honest i want the gut gone...completely, i just want a flat stomach, but its not v good that it just doesnt seem to go away!!

If i can have it gone, i would like to get bigger arm muscles and better upper body strength.

I can do push ups no prob.

But i cant do pullups. I can do about 3 max!

Also i dotn have scales that measure body fat so im not sure what my body fat percentage is?

Ill post up pics later of my gut - its not mega big or anything...but a buldge is noticable!

I appreciate all the advice given to me so far.....id be lost without you guys.

Should i stop eating low fat mayonaise too? Im also a sucker for nando sauce...although dont have it everyday? Should i just cut that right out of my diet?

Thus the only fats i should have in my diet are those tablets right? They would make things alot easier i guess...and if you reccomend them then they must be good!

gym rat

dont cut anything which you suggested mate, nandos is fine and so is low fat mayonaise(in moderation), if you cleaned up the diet and added in more cardio there is no reason why you couldnt lose the belly and gain extra muscle, il try dig you out a sample diet mate, the key in this game is to eat every two to three hours or so to keep metabolism high therefore keeping the body in a fat burning zone

irwit

Some advice for you mate is to get your head burried in anything and everything to do with diet. Read up on diets, wether they are body building, Low GI diets, atkins, anything really, Dont just read about what these diets say to eat, read about WHY these foods should be eaten in what quantities and when and how they effect the body. Please dont take this as an insult as most people have very little idea on what a good diet is and even if they do know they dont know why its a good diet.

Once you have a better idea on how the body works, how it copes with different foods, what it needs to survive, how it adapts to excess food and lack of food. Then youll know exactly what to eat and when you should be eating it.

A good idea to get you going however would be small meals often but more whole foods, oats, brown rice and pasta. Lots of vege. Oily fish and nuts. And lots and lots of protein!

Artemis

the diet u mentioned is good for fate loss. yer u need vedge to be honest, but the amount of protien these guys normally eat is to make sure u loose as little muscle as possible during a diet. if ur not much of a muscle builder and really just wana loose the gut then cutting out **** carbs, fats and dairy (exept skimmed milk) and ull loose it. Good carbs like brown rice, rye bread, fruit and Bran are exellent though..eat 6 time per day, dont eat after 8pm, keeps the portions small and get as much acrdio in as u can...if u wana grow muscle or maintain muscle during this process then yer some kinda Whey protien, eggs and Tuna, chicken, some meat fats as well as Glutamine can really help u not loose size as well.

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woodinator

Thankyou very much i appreciate you doing that alot!

As for the other comments, i know im a newbie, dont have a clue about bodybuilding, and im just looking for help at the mo, maybe i should research into foods, but i mainly come up with portein such as any kind of animal meat and eggs...i was just concerned as i dont want to put on more wight around my gut area, and i want to be doing things properly so i know im definately giving it my best shot.

If anyone has had a beer belly before you'll know how frustrating it is to get rid of it! ive been going to gym since Jan and at 1000calories 2/3tiems a week everyweek and it still not being gone its q disheartening! But im going to perservere and i WILL get the results i want. Even if it kills me!!

JawD

You need fats. They play a vital role. I can eat 70-90g of fat per day. The important thing is where you get this fat from.

Avoid Hydrogenated fats (trans fats) found in cakes, sweets, pastries, biscuits, etc
Aim for fats found in: Nuts, Flaxseed oil, Fish oils (salmon, mackrel etc).

Also, be careful with low fat foods, you'll often find that they are loaded with sugar. A low fat yoghurt being a fine example.

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gym rat

hey mate i was in the same boat as you, although i was only 18 and had a gut which made me look pregnant.lol, they used to call me davey five belly's at school. it does take a while for the fat to go... its a slow process but worth it nonetheless in the end,
as far as diet goes id go for something similar to what i used back then(about 5years ago)
meal 1 80g oats with milk and a chopped banana and wash it down with a protein shake
meal 2, 150g of chicken with sweetpotato, or tuna with wholemeal bread
meal 3, baked spud with either tuna, chicken or lean steak
meal 4, protein shake and banana with handfull of mixed nuts
meal 5, 60g pasta with 200g of minced beef and half a tin of cherry tomatoes, garlic and onion(healthy spag bol)
meal 6, 150g cottage cheese and protein shake

this diet should drop some fat while maintaining muscle, you could also experiment aswell by having a look in the weight loss recipes, another option is to do a search on carb cycling, alot of guys on here recommend it, all the best

woodinator

brilliant, thanks alot!

What kind of excercise did you do then? Did you trim down completely and then bulk? or did u just bulk? also how long did it take?

Any kind of advice would be great!!

Whats carb cycling?

gym rat

i just did a body part a day with weights and cardio straight after, a simple week would look like this
day1 chest and triceps,
day 2, legs
day 3, shoulders and traps
day 4 back and biceps,

yeah mate i trimmed down completely and built myself back up again, i dieted from just over 15stone down to twelve and now im back up to just under 16stone, took about a year to lose all the weight and get a reasonable body