Lose the Belly

donalg1

If i want to lose a bit of fat from around the belly yet not became too skinny what would be the best way really i just want to tone a bit more, i know running or walking in the evening would be a good start, are there any weights exercises i should be doing or what would be good dinners to have,

I had fish with a few veg last nite
and it will be chicken fillet with veg tonight, thats about the limit of my decent meals book!!!

gymsoldier

Unfortunately you cannot spot reduce fat from one area.

What are you stats and current daily diet?

donalg1

I am 28 six foot about fourteen stone most of which seems to be gathering on the belly. I generally have cereal for breafast, rice krispies or weetabix, sometimes a bagel with philadelphia, lunch is more often than not a ham and cheese sambo, dinners range from stir fries to omelettes to meat and potatoes, or chicken and black bean is a fave, very rarely have anything in between the main meals at all

gymsoldier

Well at the moment, your diet is, well... Well its crap to say the least.

Have a read through the stickies, mock up a new diet for yourself, come back here, and post it up for tweaking. Don't go too mad with the diet, design a diet which you know you can stick to.

donalg1

What do you mean by stickies, i am very new to boards sorry

Plazaman

donalg1 wrote: »

What do you mean by stickies, i am very new to boards sorry

They are the threads at the very top of the Health & Fitness forum and usually have "Sticky" to the left (means they stay at the top as they are accessed the most often)

Dotcomdolly

The threads at the top here with the padlock and starts with "sticky:"

donalg1

thanks will have a look through them and see whats the best for me

donalg1

Just had a quick look and was thinking instead of cereal for breakfast I might switch to scrambled eggs and some brown bread maybe.

Then for lunch instead of sandwich i was thinking a salad a few days per week.

careca11

excercise is the key (walking/jogging,running whichever one you can manage comfortably),
half an hour a day 5 days a week,
when you up your fitness levels you could do 1 hour workout 3 times a week

porridge and fruit for brekkie

small amount of lean meat and salad for lunch

healthy dinner (if you can homemake it all the better)
plenty of water.

stay away from takeaway's sugary foods like biscuits etc , Alcohol and bread.

donalg1

Cool thanks for that, i will have a go at sticking to that plan its good to know what to be eating for breakfast and lunch.

Thanks again

irishmanmick

Hi donal,

Was in the exact same boat as yourself at start of year. 6 foot tall and shamefully 14 edging toward 15 stone. Knew I had to do something about it. For last few months have just cut back on any sugery foods - choc, fizzy drinks (was a demon for an ol' coca cola!) and stick to three square meals a day. My breakfast will be some cereal, lunch is a sandwich and dinner I just make sure to not eat too big a portion of carbs and a good bit of veg. If I really want something I'll still go and get it but I don't have bars/buiscuits in the gaff anymore. If I want it I've to go out and get it. Never seems worth the effort then.

I'm sure there are healthier diets out there but it's a big improvement on my old one and very easy to maintain. Just need to make sure you plan ahead and have the right foods ready. Been doing this now for last few months and would never go back to way I use to be. Going round to shop at lunch starving in a shop all too ready to sell me expensive crap food! Always make sure to prepare my sandwich at home and bring it with me. Same with dinner, always have my ingredients ready so I not coming home to find I've nothing to eat cos that's when the takeaways come calling.

If you can add in some excercise to that the weight will fall off you! I've started running home from work in the evenings. Started off just running about 5 miles and getting bus the rest of way home but have worked up to doing the full 8 miles home at a good pace. As another poster said, excercise is the key. I've lost over 2 stone so far and it doesn't feel like I'm trying to lose weight it's just happening! Plus the jog home really clears the head of work cobwebs!!

Best of luck with it

donalg1

brilliant thanks very much for that you sound like my clone!!! thats great to know that its possible to do it without killing myself eating foods i hate, thanks very much mick