Lose the belly!!

K09

Hi,

I am carrying a bit of a belly and fat right around my waste.
I have been doing a lot of running/cycling the past few wks but the gut is still there.

Any suggestions??

My diet is pretty decent. Very little junk food and maybe 6 pints max on a weekend.

Thanks

Bigjez

It's a bit drastic I know but i went very low carb for about a month and cut out the drink. I was just eating meat and vegtables. Come to think i dont know how i did it. But i lost 4 kg and tightened up around the waist. Youll need to long runs. They say you loose more weight quicker by a) splitting an hour run into 2 No half hour runs b) Interval training fast 1 min slow 30 secs.
Dont know about you but 2 runs a day does not fit into my schedule.

EileenG

Diet is key to shifting fat. Post what you are eating, and we'll help tweak it. 6 pints is quite a lot if you are cutting.

Generally reducing carbs helps to shift belly fat better than higher carb diets.

Cardio is essential, but lifting weights can be cardio and really helps to get you in shape.

K09

Hi,
I have been doin a good bit of running - averaging 4 times a week.
I have also been doing 20-30 push ups averaging 3 times a week.
Should I be doing more???

My diet is typically this...
Breakfast 8:30am - Porridge with honey and banana; Glass of orange juice or Berocca or something similar
Mid morning (10:30am) - 3 slices of wholemeal bread with jam and tea
Lunch(1:30pm) - Brown bread sandwich - chicken, cheese, and either coleslaw or lettuce and tomato. And a packet of crisps.
Snacks - banana, apple
Dinner - Either pasta with salmon; spag bol; fish fingers & beans & waffles; chicken stirfry; and once a week either pizza/chinese/japanese/ or meal out.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

#Smokey#

try doing 40-60 pushups a day every day and also try higher reps in sets

EileenG

K09 wrote: »

Hi,
I have been doin a good bit of running - averaging 4 times a week.
I have also been doing 20-30 push ups averaging 3 times a week.
Should I be doing more???

My diet is typically this...
Breakfast 8:30am - Porridge with honey and banana; Glass of orange juice or Berocca or something similar
Mid morning (10:30am) - 3 slices of wholemeal bread with jam and tea
Lunch(1:30pm) - Brown bread sandwich - chicken, cheese, and either coleslaw or lettuce and tomato. And a packet of crisps.
Snacks - banana, apple
Dinner - Either pasta with salmon; spag bol; fish fingers & beans & waffles; chicken stirfry; and once a week either pizza/chinese/japanese/ or meal out.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Way too much bread. I'd keep bread for before your workout only, eat better food the rest of the time. I'd also ditch the OJ in favour of a real orange.

At lunch, keep the chicken, cheese and salad, but eat a lot more green stuff (buy a bag of washed spinach or mixed salad leaves) and eat that instead. Ditch the crisps. Way to get a really unhealthy combo of high-gi carbs and transfats in one handy package.

Snack: fruit is fine if it's before a workout, if not, try some raw nuts.

Dinner: are you eight? No? Then stop eating like an eight year old. Salmon and broccoli, not fish fingers and waffles. Base your dinner on fish (preferably oily like salmon, mackerel, trout, sardines etc), meat, chicken and green vegetables, with a small serving of brown rice as an optional extra. You can make a lovely bolognese sauce, but eat it with vegetables, not piles of pasta. Chicken stirfry could be a great dinner if you pick the right ingredients.

Keep the pizza or takeaways for a once-a-week treat.

Running and press-ups are good, but throw in some lower body work too. Squats and lunges are great. Fill some green bags with books or water bottles and do deadlifts.