Naxis
05-23-2001, 12:20 PM
I have a situation that I am hoping to get some advice on. Here's the "skinny". I am 25 years old and have been working out for about 2 and a half years. I lift weights 3 days a week and hard cardio 3 to 4 days a week. I do not eat red meat or pork and keep daily caloric intake around 1200 to 1800. Yet I still have a chuncky belly and a stubborn layer of fat all over, which is disappointing now that I have some real muscle going for me. I only weigh between 130 and 135, but I have a very small bone frame and I'm on the "heavy side" of my healthy weight range. Thermogenics have zero effect and I'm stumped. Any thoughts?
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Just 2 Built
05-23-2001, 03:35 PM
Ok are you eating at least 5-6 meals per day? How is your carb intake? Are you drinking enough water?
Naxis
05-23-2001, 03:54 PM
I eat something about every 2 hours. I drink between 100 and 150 oz of water every day. I stay away from sugars, breads and pastas, so carb intake is at a minimum, unless before and after lifting. (Even then I keep it below 50g with shakes) Im really in the best shape I have ever been in. Now, I'm pretty sure I have a low-ish metabolism by heredity - though it used to be ridiculously high - and I know being female counts against me, but as far as I know... Im doing everything right.
JCM
05-23-2001, 03:58 PM
You may not be taking in enough calories. If your burning 500-600 calories a day and your only taking in 1200 or so, your body may thinks its starving and it will hold onto the fat it has and burn muscle insted.
JCM
05-23-2001, 04:03 PM
It sounds like your exercising enough. What I suggest is that you keep a record for a 2 weeks of everything you eat (Including amount) and when you eat it. If you like you can send it to me and I can have a nutritionist take a look at it, or if you know one yourself, show it to them, see what they have to say.
Naxis
05-23-2001, 04:16 PM
I have been keeping track for over a year. I started when I was changing eating habits for allergy reasons. I'm a lot more likely to be careful if I have to keep record of it, so it's just habit now. If you know a nutritionist, I'll take you up on that offer.
Just 2 Built
05-23-2001, 06:37 PM
Your diet looks good. What time of the day do you do cardio? I suggest as soon as you wake up. Also don't eat anything 3 hours prior to bed. What kind of thermogenic did you go on? I suggest a ECA stack.
Naxis
05-23-2001, 07:08 PM
I workout after work. I get up too early to do it before. I don't eat anything before bed and I have tried several types of thermogenics. Hydroxycut, Twinlabs Diet Fuel, several others I can't recall... The side effects aren't worth trying new kinds to me. All they do is make me edgy. Same ingredients, different mixtures. I am starting to think I am just broken?
Just 2 Built
05-23-2001, 08:30 PM
My only suggestion is to try it in the morning.....