The Pot Belly

RizzlaRebel

I have a very slight belly which I have had for years. Doing a lot more gym work again and soccer and would like to try to loose it.

I eat very healthy, not much fat but have made a few changes that hope will help, what do ye think??

have now started to eat and drink low fat dairy products was on normal before and also I have changed from Guinness to Carlsberg ( not going to give it up).

Khannie

RizzlaRebel wrote: »

also I have changed from Guinness to Carlsberg ( not going to give it up).

Out of interest, why do you think this will have an impact?

Calories in a pint of guinness: 170
Calories in a pint of carlsberg: 182

Also, if you're drinking 5 pints of it, those 12 calories x 5 are gonna make fup all impact on the whopping 910 calories you've just downed.

Anyway, what's a bitch belly?

RizzlaRebel

Khannie wrote: »

Out of interest, why do you think this will have an impact?

Calories in a pint of guinness: 170
Calories in a pint of carlsberg: 182

Also, if you're drinking 5 pints of it, those 12 calories x 5 are gonna make fup all impact on the whopping 910 calories you've just downed.

Anyway, what's a bitch belly?

according to VHI calorie counter Carlsberg and all lagers have 174 and guinness has 222, even before I checked this I always thought stout was a lot higher.


Calling it a bitch belly is very sexist of me actually :-), not too sure why it is even called this as men seem to suffer even more from the pot belly

RizzlaRebel

there we go title changed, no more trolling, actually wanted a serious answer to this

Burkatron

RizzlaRebel wrote: »

I have a very slight belly which I have had for years. Doing a lot more gym work again and soccer and would like to try to loose it.

I eat very healthy, not much fat but have made a few changes that hope will help, what do ye think??

have now started to eat and drink low fat dairy products was on normal before and also I have changed from Guinness to Carlsberg ( not going to give it up).

Right, best thing yo can do is post up your gym routine & typical diet see what your definition of healthy is. You say you dont eat alot of fat,thats not too healthy as theres essential fats aswell as bad fats so 1st thing thats possibly wrong is your missing out on these!

On the drinking part,how often would you have a few pints?Whats a few pints to you? Do you mostly stay in or go out?If you go out do you get a feed after?All these things add up & the info you're giving is too minimal for anyone to give advice especially if you wont cut out the booze for a while!

MelonieHead

RizzlaRebel wrote: »

not too sure why it is even called this

I've never heard of a pot belly being referred to in this way.

RizzlaRebel

Burkatron wrote: »

Right, best thing yo can do is post up your gym routine & typical diet see what your definition of healthy is. You say you dont eat alot of fat,thats not too healthy as theres essential fats aswell as bad fats so 1st thing thats possibly wrong is your missing out on these!

On the drinking part,how often would you have a few pints?Whats a few pints to you? Do you mostly stay in or go out?If you go out do you get a feed after?All these things add up & the info you're giving is too minimal for anyone to give advice especially if you wont cut out the booze for a while!

Here you go

Exercise

3 times a week gym - 2 sessioins 45mins of weights, 1 session 60mins weight +cardio

1 game 5 a side soccer for an hour

1 30min run per week

with work do around 2 hours walking a week


Typical Diet

Breakfast - glass orange juice, kiwi/yoghurt, fruit n fibre

Lunch - sandwich on wholemeal bread consisting of salmon, chicken or ham
3/4 pint of milk, clemintine

Dinner - alot of salads, steak, chicken balti, bolongnese
pint of orange dilute

Might have a few crackers with cheese spread later in the evening
Also would eat walnuts, raw carrot every 2nd day and have around 1 litre of water


Drinking- out once a week, prob 8 pints stout, every 2nd weekend prob go for Macdonalds


Any advice would be appreciated

Burkatron

RizzlaRebel wrote: »

Typical Diet

Breakfast - glass orange juice, kiwi/yoghurt, fruit n fibre

Lunch - sandwich on wholemeal bread consisting of salmon, chicken or ham
3/4 pint of milk, clemintine

Dinner - alot of salads, steak, chicken balti, bolongnese
pint of orange dilute

Might have a few crackers with cheese spread later in the evening
Also would eat walnuts, raw carrot every 2nd day and have around 1 litre of water


Drinking- out once a week, prob 8 pints stout, every 2nd weekend prob go for Macdonalds


Any advice would be appreciated

I'm stuck on this 1,Im sure 1 of the more experienced heads in here will be able to spot something.
How long has your diet being this way? Im just asking because as you said its not bad and anything I'd critique would be just nitpicking dietwise!

Breakfast:The only thing I can see wrong is alot of sugar so your going to be spiking your blood sugar & insulin levels. Fruit n Fibre is kellogs and afaik they're stuff is vey processed.Maybe try some porridge oats or a different brand of Muesli,something low GI! Do you take sugar with your cereal?Orange juice,kiwi's & yogurts all have sugar! There's also VERY little protein.

Dinner:If youre still struggling to cut weight leave the likes of Pasta,potato based foods,rice & bread out & replace it with extra veg for a few weeks.Sve your carb intake for Breakfast,lunch and PWO

You also need to keep your metabolism ticking over so add some between meal snacks,try eating every 3-4 hours.Nuts & fruit are great snacks for between meals. After dinner & between brekkie is a long time not to eat so again a slow release of protein before bed & through the night will help you from your body from getting hungry & storing food as fat the next time you eat. If you do eat pasta or rice go for wholegrain over white. I'll have a look again after training. As I said though these are small suggestions that might help!

RizzlaRebel

Thanks for the reply, usually have a boiled egg as well sometime before lunch.

Do you think changing to a lager instead of stout and changing to low fat dairy products would make a difference?

have been eating roughly like this for 1 year, but the gym work has only kicked in again in the last month. was eating porridge for breakfast, but used to put a lot of honey in it, need that sweet taste in the morning! :-)

Burkatron

RizzlaRebel wrote: »

Thanks for the reply, usually have a boiled egg as well sometime before lunch.

Do you think changing to a lager instead of stout and changing to low fat dairy products would make a difference?
have been eating roughly like this for 1 year, but the gym work has only kicked in again in the last month. was eating porridge for breakfast, but used to put a lot of honey in it, need that sweet taste in the morning! :-)

Did you lose weight/fat initially when you started eating like this?Your body has probably gone as far as it can with your diet alone,your calories in/out are at a constant state. Excercise could be the key here.Do you mind laying out your exact routine?

Off the top of my head low fat milk has a higher protein & carb content then full fat milk as they use additives & I just came accross this article here http://www.thelocal.se/6019/20070108/ & here http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20050227/ai_n11844437/
Google is your friend
On the beer question have a look here:
http://www.dietbites.com/CalorieInBeer.html

rccaulfield

Tis a well known fact guinness is 180 cals carlsberg-about 220! Do a search for fat loss tips!

RizzlaRebel

Burkatron wrote: »

Did you lose weight/fat initially when you started eating like this?Your body has probably gone as far as it can with your diet alone,your calories in/out are at a constant state. Excercise could be the key here.Do you mind laying out your exact routine?

Off the top of my head low fat milk has a higher protein & carb content then full fat milk as they use additives & I just came accross this article here http://www.thelocal.se/6019/20070108/ & here http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20050227/ai_n11844437/
Google is your friend
On the beer question have a look here:
http://www.dietbites.com/CalorieInBeer.html

I am so confused now I think I will keep running around in circles and maybe that will do it! :-)


I have always been very lean no matter what I eat but my diet has always been relatively good but in the last year I have made it a bit stricter. Made me a small bit leaner but the pot belly is still there, now it is fairly small but those situps ain't showing except in the upper stomach.

As for my routine usually consists of the following:

Monday - 45 mins weights, free weights
Wednesday - 45 mins weights, free wieghts
Thursday - 1 hour 5 a side soccer
Friday - 30 min run
Saturday - gym, 15 min run, free weights, machine weights for legs

Just to give you an idea I am just over 6' and weigh just under 12 stone, so very lean except for me little pouch! Trying to add a bit of weight through doing weights.

Burkatron

RizzlaRebel wrote: »

I am so confused now I think I will keep running around in circles and maybe that will do it! :-)


I have always been very lean no matter what I eat but my diet has always been relatively good but in the last year I have made it a bit stricter. Made me a small bit leaner but the pot belly is still there, now it is fairly small but those situps ain't showing except in the upper stomach.

As for my routine usually consists of the following:

Monday - 45 mins weights, free weights
Wednesday - 45 mins weights, free wieghts
Thursday - 1 hour 5 a side soccer
Friday - 30 min run
Saturday - gym, 15 min run, free weights, machine weights for legs

Just to give you an idea I am just over 6' and weigh just under 12 stone, so very lean except for me little pouch! Trying to add a bit of weight through doing weights.

When you say your doing free weights,are you doing heavy weights low reps?Light weight high reps?Or middle of the road stuff? Do you do functional lifts like squats,deads,militarys or do you do isolation work?

I use to have a problem getting definition in my abs until I started squatting heavy,doing planks & leg raises.Planks(pilates in general) are great aswell as they hit the abdominal wall differently to crunches. Reverse crunches on the swiss ball are also great.So as you lower yourself down you do a negative. Leg raises on a bench into a kickup are also great for the lower abs

Edit:Just read your post again and saw machine weight for legs.Try Barbell Squats,deads & lunges & see how you get on!

So my abdominal circuit (at the moment, & I keep coming back to it)after lifting twice a week is:
Swiss ball crunches 20 full/20 negatives
Standing Weighted sidebends 25 each side w/ 12-15kg depending how I feel
Lying leg raises (on the bench) x 20
I just stretch my back out for 60 seconds/back raises deoending if Ive done dead lifts or not!
I sometimes throw in plank for 2 minutes if Im feeling ill!
I do 3 circuits of this for 5-6 weeks at a time
This mixed w/ core lifts works for me. I also feck about w/ swiss ball stabilization time to time which is just staying on the ball on your knees aslong as you can.I'll evnentually be able to stand on it & join the circus!

Edit:If you wanna put on lean muscle you'll need to up your protein!