Here i am again, i lost about 10lbs, gained muscle in my press, but have not lost fat on my stomach or chest area, its still as flabby as ever. I still have some rolls. I am about 6"0 tall and in high school. I am abouto just give up, i have tried everything.
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Erind
02-26-2005, 04:01 PM
You are loosing fat but you do not notice it. Fat does not have to come off the areas that you are working out (ex: Work out stomach to loose stomach fat). You are loosing fat but on different areas. As you body need more calories, it converts some of the fat into energy to use for the working out. Work out more, and you will notice the fat going away gradually.
Erind
sdogg203
02-26-2005, 09:24 PM
so i need to exercise more? is what ur saying
schism
02-27-2005, 02:35 AM
Well, maybe... what are you doing for your workout currently?
Naxis
02-27-2005, 02:44 AM
And diet? Sounds like you're on the right track. Maybe you just need to give it a little more time?
NPC
02-27-2005, 03:03 AM
You need to do full body work outs, like running if you want to lose significant amounts of fat. Why total body? I once read an article that described the human body like a lake. The water in the lake represents the fat on your body, if you wanted to see what was below the water in a lake would you try to scoot out the water in that one part of the lake an expect to see the bottom in that one part of the lake more quickly? No, you would slowly lower the entire level of water in the lake. The same can be said for the human body, if you work only your abs, you ab muscles will get bigger an you will gain muscle but the fat will still cover those muscles an you wont see the gains you are making.
You will lose fat if you only work specific muscles like your arms or abs, but to really see results you need to run or do aerobics. Total body workouts like running will increase your metabolism an burn calories much more quickly than any other exercise. An thats how you lose fat with calorie deficit, burn more calories than you are consuming.
You also need to watch what your eating, exercise an diet are both equally important.
I used to be a bit over weight myself. I started out walking 2 min, light jogging 5 min, then walk 2 more min till I caught my breath again, then jogg again for 5 mins till I could jog 30-45 mins non-stop.
I weight train 30-45min then run/jog 30-45min 3-5 times a week, but at one point I was running 30-45 min 6-7 days a week. An making sure I was eating low fat/ low sugar diet with significant amounts of protien.
On the diet side, try to avoid sugar it hurts your body's ability to burn fat because your body produces insulin which is used to do 2 things. 1)Control blood sugar levels an 2) is also used to burn fat naturally in your body.
If your blood sugar levels are high, like you drink a soda before or after your workout, it will significantly dimish the fat burning you would get from your workout if you didnt drink that soda.
But there are 2 kinds of sugar one is ok the other one is bad. Sugar you find that occurs naturally in fruit wont cause large increases in your blood sugar level because its naturally occuring (fructose) an gets digested more easily than refined sugars you find in Soda, Candy, ect.
You most likely have wash board abs, you just need to melt that fat away in order to see them. If you killed yourself running an eating right, it could take ya a month or so but the results will come.
sdogg203
02-27-2005, 11:53 AM
Well my lacrosse coach, we weight lift every tues and thurs, i do sat also if i got the time. We run everyday, sprints and long distance. Weight lifting i do bench, curls, half squats, leg press, leg curls, calf thing, dumbell press, tricep machine thing, and back thing.
I only drink water, rarely anything else except for gatorade.
My diet- cereal for breakfast + a glass of water 7 am
Lunch- Chicken sandwhich, with fries or tator tots usually, and a bottle of water. lunch is at 11 am or 12:30 pm depending on class day. if 12:30 pm i usualyl grab a snack like pretzels or something.
After school is lacrosse practice.
I get home at 6 pm, i EAt dinner which usally is Chicken, and White rice, and peas or broccoli.
thats it
sdogg203
02-28-2005, 06:37 PM
is that good?
NPC
03-01-2005, 02:52 PM
What kinda cereal you eating? I would suggest getting more protein(20-30g) in the morning an also cutting down the fries/tatter tots an maybe adding another small meal in there around 3 pm. If your exercising its good to eat quality carbs for energy.
johnd
03-01-2005, 09:29 PM
You may not be eating enough.
odd as it may seem, eating to little will kick your body into a mode where it hangs onto every last bit of fat it can. Dont know how long/intense your practices are, but i know when we practice, i burn through calories like crazy (i play lax as well).
try plugging everything you eat into a calculater like fitday (do a ******, it should be right at the top) Also, white rice isnt the best choice if your looking for fat loss, nor is fries, tots, and maybe your cereal (depending on what kind it is) Just as a side note, i would consider putting off cutting fat untill the season is over. On a cutting diet your performance could suffer.
Is that all the water you drink in a day? i assume you drink some at practice, but you aught to be chugging it down throughout the day.
my 2 cents,
johnd
sdogg203
03-04-2005, 06:31 PM
Well, i drink water in the morning, at lunch , and after school. I eat Crispix cereal. I am not looking for a lean mean cut machine, i just want some fat loss in my chest and stomach area. I know if i went on an ultimate fat loss i would suffer my performance, which i am not going to do. Its just that i have rolls fat stomach but defined legs and arms but not in my chest or stomach area. I just feel its weird.