your body found a loophole and has acclimated to your bullshit.
increase your workout intensity and slash 1/4 to 1/2 off of your meals.
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Trying to loose tummy fat is the worst
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your body found a loophole and has acclimated to your bullshit.
increase your workout intensity and slash 1/4 to 1/2 off of your meals.
Alter_Fridge
Member
This seems pretty arbitrary, any reason why?
Not all of us.
Alter_Fridge
Member
Why do people find fat squishy asses attractive?
Easystride
Member
How are you guys measuring body fat %? I don't think I've ever had mine measured.
Deviousx
Member
Yeah, losing that stomach fat can be a fucking bitch. I used to do a lot of cardio but it became boring after a while. So I got into weight lifting (Squats & Deadlifts were money) and then mixed in cardio in between. I had a friend who played wide receiver in college and we would do what he called "explosive" or "burst" cardio which was a complete slay-fest but the results were great.
Stick to it fam. Diet and exercise.
Stick to it fam. Diet and exercise.
Alter_Fridge
Member
Yeah, losing that stomach fat can be a fucking bitch. I used to do a lot of cardio but it became boring after a while. So I got into weight lifting (Squats & Deadlifts were money) and then mixed in cardio in between. I had a friend who played wide receiver in college and we would do what he called "explosive" or "burst" cardio which was a complete slay-fest but the results were great.
Stick to it fam. Diet and exercise.
100% agree with the explosive cardio. Sure fire way to get shredded if you work hard enough
Why do people find fat squishy boobs attractive?
Feel similar. Been working out hard the past 2 years doing weights and cardio. Nice shoulders and arms and legs,but feels like my gut has gotten bigger.
Wonder if it's due to my ab muscles around there getting larger? Stomach area definitely feels a bit tight when I'm full.
Wonder if this is normal? Like when I huff in fully and expand the gut it got that tightness feeling I've not felt before in the past.
I eat out daily due to work though. What options should I be picking to help? Feel like every item on your standard restaurant in America is a trap lol, especially the salads.
Wonder if it's due to my ab muscles around there getting larger? Stomach area definitely feels a bit tight when I'm full.
Wonder if this is normal? Like when I huff in fully and expand the gut it got that tightness feeling I've not felt before in the past.
I eat out daily due to work though. What options should I be picking to help? Feel like every item on your standard restaurant in America is a trap lol, especially the salads.
Common Knowledge
Member
What are some examples of "explosive" cardio? Like what exercises and for how long typically with each rep? I assume sprinting is one.
Beer Monkey
Member
It's been said already, but it all starts in the kitchen!
This prep stuff of eating cloned meals is some bodybuilder shit that just makes normal people give up because it makes life sad.
Just count calories there is no need for meal prep. If you feel hungry increase your fat and protein intake.
Also: think of basic hunger (which is NORMAL and people have felt it forever but we are spoiled and fat and think it is wrong) as your body burning fat and getting healthier. Just like thinking of muscle soreness as normal when lifting and exercising.
You don't count calories. I guarantee it.
Want it done legit? Get a DEXA scan or similar tech.
It's been said already, but it all starts in the kitchen!
Damn, I need to start doing this more. My work schedule impacts my meal decisions a bit.
Does it being frozen and then re-heated impact much of the nutritional value of the meal or is that just a myth?
Id agree with this. Nothing I have ever tried has had more impactful results than yoga in my experience.
theofficefan99
Junior Member
There are some days where I eat like 5000+ calories in a row and then I look in the mirror and my abs are more noticeable... makes no sense lol
Anyways, it really is all about your diet. I have no doubt that if I fixed my binge eating I would have abs rn (well, no shit)
Anyways, it really is all about your diet. I have no doubt that if I fixed my binge eating I would have abs rn (well, no shit)
BurritoBushido
Member
Keto got me down from 300 to 195 doing it on and off the last few years. I maintain pretty decently without being in ketosis all the time. It's just made me a lot more mindful of all the carbs I eat throughout the week.
Considering the OP is only doing cardio, and not doing any resistance training while cutting weight, it's likely that they've lost muscle mass. Part of the weight loss will be from that instead of fat, which could leave him with a higher BF% than he'd desire.
If you wan to lose FAT instead of just lose weight you always have to resistance train. That means virtually everyone should resistance train. If you have to pick between cardio and weights to lean out, choose weights.
Theonik
Member
You are better off doing strength training than cardio for burning fat, cardio is nice for burning calories but what you actually want is to boost your muscle mass early on so the energy goes there. That usually increases your metabolism that will help with burning the fat off quicker. Otherwise what you end up doing is the caloric deficit translates in muscle loss that reverses any progress you've made.
I have cut out a lot of carbs (e.g. bread, crisps) processed sugars (chocolate, alcohol) and moved to exercising 5x times a week (2x runs; 2 xHIIT and 1x weights) and I have lost seven pounds (three kilos) in two months.
Anything that makes you feel hungry is burning something (could be muscle though, so you might need more protein), but it's working for me.
Not all calories are the same. Cut out the shit and watch your exercise regime double in effectiveness - I thought I was fit, I was but the fat was retarding my real ability. Last night I sliced three minutes off my personal best 10K.
When it happens it's awesome, but it takes time and cut the shit out!
Anything that makes you feel hungry is burning something (could be muscle though, so you might need more protein), but it's working for me.
Not all calories are the same. Cut out the shit and watch your exercise regime double in effectiveness - I thought I was fit, I was but the fat was retarding my real ability. Last night I sliced three minutes off my personal best 10K.
When it happens it's awesome, but it takes time and cut the shit out!
Wow. I want to to get from 97KG to 90KG. Your target is huge. Better get translating all those saved calories into money for your new wardrobe because your clothes won't fit you any more!
davidwhangchoi
Member
i eat baby carrots instead of chips. worked so good.
johancruijff
Banned
Cosmetic cream like somatoline works better than training fat spots
Chinbo37
Member
Ya it's already like that. All my clothes were xl before and size 36 pants. Now I need large and size 34.
Right now I bought a couple smaller things but I'm just mostly tightening my belts literally. Need to go shopping.
Man I miss boxing so much. The gym I went to had to close because the students weren't paying the fees...can't really stay open when that happens. No other places near me. Some of the best exercise you can get.
I wanna do boxing but the gym is 75 bucks a month. Really pricey.
Do it. It's worth it. I don't think there is any better exercise. I would enrol at my local club but I have along commute and can't always get there in time.
But if you can (and you will keep it up) go for it. Nothing beats the sweet science.
Gai Murakumo
Member
It is funny OP I also have reached a plateau and mostly every part of my body is thinner except for my belly. It sucks man.
Bolivar687
Banned
Man, I just don't get it. I worked out and probably ate around 1200 Calories yesterday, maybe. I wake up and weigh myself and I'm 2 pounds heavier. I have the worst metabolism. I'l have this tummy forever
You can weigh yourself five times a day and get five different numbers. The key is to eat at a consistent caloric deficit so as to make real progress over the long term. Do away with cheat days or try to at least scale them down a bit.
My diet has been turkey salad, low carb pita wrap turkey sandwhiches, an apple, and cottage cheese for weeks. The worst thing I"ll do is eat a few tortilla chips with hummus or something. There's also the half serving of almonds with a half serving of dark chocolate chips. Maybe the chocolate chips is making this harder. I'm just venting really.
It can just be frustrating when I count my calories and carbs and results don't show at all.
FreddieQuell
Member
All kinds of stuff can impact your weight at any one instance. You shouldn't be saying to yourself, "I ate X calories yesterday, I should weigh Y pounds less today". You've got to be consistent at look for results over time instead. I use an app (Libra on Android) that tracks my weight and graphs a smoothed trend line. This helps me forget about the day to day fluctuations and just look for the consistently downward sloping line.
The Greek Freak
Member
1. You can't spot reduce fat unless you are literally going surgical.
2. Properly lifting weights (aka heavy, not "let me do 60 curls of 10 pounds!") is a great calorie burner compared to the same amount of time doing cardio.
3. Some fiber/some protein/multivitamin + Calories in calories out matters more than any gimmicky diet unless you have a genetic issue with salt or gluten etc.
2. Properly lifting weights (aka heavy, not "let me do 60 curls of 10 pounds!") is a great calorie burner compared to the same amount of time doing cardio.
3. Some fiber/some protein/multivitamin + Calories in calories out matters more than any gimmicky diet unless you have a genetic issue with salt or gluten etc.
Stallion Dan
Member
No wonder it is so tough to overcome it.
I'll try installing that.
ZackieChan
Member
Eww, don't freeze. It'll keep for 4 days or so, so just plan to do meal prep twice a week for an hour or two. Sunday night and Wednesday night, for instance.
maximum360
Member
I think the first part here talk about the flaw in following the calorie reduction hypothesis: https://idmprogram.com/how-do-we-gain-weight-calories-part-1/
Once a week for at least an hour.
Of course more is always better. Yoga should basically be an entire workout by itself. Just like chest day or leg day, there should be a yoga day which hits everything. If you lift 4 days a week (I do too by the way) then yoga should be an additional 5th day somewhere in there, not necessarily at the end. A good "place" to put yoga is one day before whatever day you intend to workout your legs. But there is no wrong place in your schedule to place it.
I can't speak about all foods, but for vegetables, freezing and nuking them definitely ruins some nutritional value.... as does steaming or burning them.
Raw, nutrient dense veggies are incredibly important.
You need to diversify your diet and shock your metabolism a bit more. Less turkey in general too - that shit is so sodium laced it will keep on water weight. Plus, you don't want all those preservatives in your system. The cottage cheese also isn't doing you too many favors (although it's certainly not too bad either).
Vegetables dude. Eat them.
Wild salmon or cod every couple of days couldn't hurt either.
Get rid of the sandwiches and start eating quinoa for carbs. Try sticking to unprocessed whole foods in general. Bread (even most whole wheat breads) are just enriched white bread flour which doesn't have the stuff you really need. True whole grains contain endosperm, germ, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
If you're eating whole wheat bread from a package and the first ingredient is anything other than "Whole wheat flour," then you're eating garbage.
Man, I just don't get it. I worked out and probably ate around 1200 Calories yesterday, maybe. I wake up and weigh myself and I'm 2 pounds heavier. I have the worst metabolism. I'l have this tummy forever
That's just how weight works. It fluctuates a lot. If you want to actually see what progress is happening you need to weigh yourself consistently every day at about the same time and look at trends over time. Otherwise you'll just keep frustrating yourself when you randomly pop on the scale. You can sometimes eat very little and pop on the scale the next day and weigh more. You can eat a ton and hop on the next day and it did nothing or even dropped. You can't look so closely, though. You need a broader picture.
one apple and one pack of cigarettes per day
It isn't though. The benefit is actually in building additional muscle mass in a caloric surplus or maintaining the same level of muscle on a calorie deficit. When people cut, the mistake they make is lowering their weight training and continuing with cardio. What you actually want is the opposite which seems counter-intuitive but it works.
You want to still lift heavy (at maintenance, don't increase) to preserve muscle mass and eliminate general cardio while on the deficit. Light cardio like walking is fine.
I did this earlier in the year and managed to go from around 15% to around 11-12%. That's when you start to see really see lower ab definition but also just general definition all over your body due to the drop in body fat.
I've personally found intermittent fasting works the best for me in terms of caloric restriction, but it took me a long time to build up to long fasts. Also I counted absolutely everything I ate on a cut too, with MyFitnessPal. You have to, it's basically critical to measure out everything.
Beer Monkey
Member
"Fresh" produce at the grocery store is picked before it is ripe which reduces the overall nutrients. Frozen produce is more likely to be picked ripe, and freezing locks in the nutrients.
Because of this some frozen vegetables may actually be higher in nutrients than fresh.
If you get something from a farmer's market, and it's local (not everything at a farmer's market is local these days) it was probably picked fresh. Of course it's not feasible to eat all or even mostly local produce, nor should most produce be grown locally, but that's another subject.
Good to know.
Man, I just don't get it. I worked out and probably ate around 1200 Calories yesterday, maybe. I wake up and weigh myself and I'm 2 pounds heavier. I have the worst metabolism. I'l have this tummy forever
Don't use the tape measure, or the scale; use the mirror. It takes time, and the weight is going to have slight fluctuations. If you stick to your diet and stick to your exercise routine, you will see results in time.