The dreaded beer gut - Weight Loss Message Board

stevoNYC · 02-01-2006, 08:30 PM

Hey all, i'm a 20 year old college student. I'm 5'10 and approx. 190 lbs. About 3 years ago I was in the best shape of my life weighing about 155-160 with good muscle mass, due to home renovations i had to get rid of my excericise equipment and i cant afford a gym membership, i slowly declined excercising and i gained fat. I'm getting ready to enter a law enforcement career but the hiring standards require someone 5'10" with a medium frame to not exceed 175 pounds, I need help getting this weight off, especially in my stomach where the most flab is, but i dunno where to start, i barely even have enough room on my bedroom floor to do crunches.

F.R.O.S.T · 02-02-2006, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by stevoNYC

i barely even have enough room on my bedroom floor to do crunches.

Crunches won't get rid of your gut if that was what you were thinking.

aquatilly · 02-02-2006, 04:23 AM

Lay off the booze, do cardio (jogging, speed walking, tennis, swimming, basketball etc.) anything that works up a sweat. Also crunches are great, but spot treatment doesn't work. If you are doing a heavy regimen of cardio along with crunches you will lose the fat and gain muscle which is always good. I know when my cousin went into law enforcement she did 1 hour of cardio every day combined with 30 minutes of weights and crunches. It did the trick.

Lenin · 02-02-2006, 09:16 AM

God,

If they threw out all the cops on the force that were OVER 175#, the entire country would be defended by the one guy they called "Skinny Harry!"

stevo,
It all starts with calorie control...you must cut back on your food intake. Exercise is a nice plus but it's more productive weightwise to attack the INPUT (eating) rather than the OUTPUT (exercise)!

BOTH however is good but diet is absolutely necessary!

I'm curious...how do they define a "medium frame?"

stevoNYC · 02-02-2006, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Lenin

God,

I'm curious...how do they define a "medium frame?"

I was curious about this too, the best i could come up with is im guessing your natural size, maybe like how broad shoulder or naturally muscular you are. Some people are very skinny and lanky, then theres your average which i assumed i fit into to, then naturally bigger framed people