carb belly needs getting rid of...

positivenote

hi all,
im a newbie so please bear with me...
im 5.9 and am hitting 15 stone. basically i think that it's all gone to my stromach. I played football for years but in the last 3 years i have basically stopped doing any exercise at all. I drive everywhere and 90% of my working day is behind a desk. I really want to loose the belly that i have aquired and get fit.... this is the unfittest i have ever been. I tend to eat alot of carbs during my meals, but have very picky tastebuds.. dont like tomatos, spicy food, ayo, vinegar etc...
I have tried walking for twenty or so mins a day and find that i tired, which has never happened befor.

i am posting a usual daily food intake below and would love to get rid of this stomach... i drink most weekends but its guiness rather than larger....
any help advice etc would be appreciated

thank you in advance

Usual Day
wake at 7 drive to work
have coffee in car and Knore Vie compressed fruit and veg shot then have banana

1-2 lunch sandwich (ham/chicken/cheese or turky) four white sliced pan and choc bar and cup of tea

6.00
drive home from work, have packet of crisps in car

7.30
dinner: striploin steak mashed potatoes (alot of...) carrotts/corn pint of water

8.30 - 10
between this time i have tea and a couple of biscuits

This stays the same monday to friday, all that changes is dinner...alternate between:
posrk chops, mash and carrots
burger chips (bread with chips)
pizza
chicken breast and chips or mash...

PLEASE HELP... feeling a bit depressed writting this.

ali.c

positivenote wrote:

I drive everywhere and 90% of my working day is behind a desk. I really want to loose the belly that i have aquired and get fit.... this is the unfittest i have ever been.

I have tried walking for twenty or so mins a day and find that i tired, which has never happened befor.

Well if you dont use it you lose it. Quite simply your body is no longer used to walking for 20mins. You need to build back up your fitness.

Your diet is pretty bad tbh, breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day Knore vie and coffee and a bananna are not going to give you the right start to the day. Yes your diet is full of processed carbs (which are not good for you as you noted) and loads of stuff that you dont need me to tell you is not going to help in the getting the bf down. There is loads of good diet and nutrional info in the stickies. have a read through it.

Okay so you wanna lose the belly, but how much do you want it and what are you prepared to change to do so? For example, Are you preparted to give up booze for a while or at least cut down? or Are you prepared to monitor you food intake? or Are you prepared to eat 6 times a day and reduce processed carbs in your diet? or Are you prepared to increase your excercise and work your ass off?

Now i am not saying that if your not prepared to do all of the above you wont lose the belly but you need to determine for yourself how much you want this and what you are going to do about it.

Have a good read through the stickies and come up with a diet plan that you think is healthy and achievable for you, you can post it up for feedback!

Floyd Soul

Try getting up fifteen minutes earlier and cooking a bowl of porridge. Thats full of complex carbs that will give you a good start to the day.

Also you could switch from white to brown bread at lunch.

Atleast you know where you need to make changes. Thats the first step.

Good luck.

positivenote

thanks for the advice thus far.
I'll start getting up a little earlier and having a bowl of cereal and using brown instead of white bread.
There is a lot of talk of 5-6 meals a day on the forum ... could anyone recomend a sugested example breakdown of such a plan for someone who doesnt eat sauces, tomatos, vinegar, mayo or spicy food... i know im a bit picky when it comes to what i eat... i have also started to go for walks, only 15/20 mins but it is at least a start.... i hope:o
any other sugestions would be great
thank you

PeakOutput

positivenote wrote:

thanks for the advice thus far.
I'll start getting up a little earlier and having a bowl of cereal and using brown instead of white bread.
There is a lot of talk of 5-6 meals a day on the forum ... could anyone recomend a sugested example breakdown of such a plan for someone who doesnt eat sauces, tomatos, vinegar, mayo or spicy food... i know im a bit picky when it comes to what i eat... i have also started to go for walks, only 15/20 mins but it is at least a start.... i hope:o
any other sugestions would be great
thank you

im a complete amatuer but my meals for monday will be

porridge with milk and a bannana

morning snack bannana and apple

lunch ; 3 slices brown bread 6 slices of lean ham lettuce and 1 tomato~(leave it out if you dont like it)

lunch snack ; bagel with low fat cream cheese

dinner; quorn with mushroom red peppers onion and spagheti

evening snack ; protein shake

there isnt alot of protein for most people but im looking at burning fat so i think its ok

ali.c

1. Porridge Seeds and 1 apple
2. Hard Boiled egg too slices of wholemeal bread,
3. 2 pieces of wholemeal bread and peanut butter (100% peanuts) and 1 glass of milk
4. small steak and veg
5. PWO 1.5 scoops of RAM

Something like that would be a kinda typical day for me. Other things i swap in are tuna pitta bread, chicken salads etc.

positivenote

just thought id post what ive been eating this week for some feedback if thats okay....
mon
7.30 weetabix
drive to wrk: coffee banana

11.30
tea

13.30
brown bap with lettice and plain chicken

16.30
kellogs apple ceral bar (only 128 cal according to packet)

19.00
dinner: over cooked breaded cod and satteed potatos (small amount)

2lt water over the day

tues
7.30 + drive the same as mon

11.30
kellogs apple ceral bar

2.00
brown bread sandwhich lettice, red onion and plain chicken

18.00
slice of soda bread with low fat butter

20.00
Mince buger (home made and grilled)

22.00
tea digestive biscut (only 1)

1.5lt water over day


thats it so far i plan on keeping it up for the week and would love some feedback on what im eating. I have purchased some lean packets of ham which im going to eat with soda bread for my lunch and have got corn flakes to replace the weetabix...

thannks in advance

ali.c

its going in the right direction, the most obvious thing i see is the cereal bar, in general whilst this may be low in cals they are msotly comprised of sugar and weetabix are a better option than cornflakes btw. Anyhow its going in the right direction but you need to eat more regularly (there is a 12 hour gap between dinner and your next meal!) and more protein!!

positivenote

thanks for the advice, the ceral bar is called a kellogs nutri-grain bar if this makes any difference. regarding the 12hr gap, i was under the inpression that you shouldnt eat late at night? should i start using protein shakes ay night.... akthough i've never even seen one or tasted one
thanks