belly and manboobs !!!!!!!!!help !!

twincamman

hi all im a 27 year old lad im 17stone ,6ft1 ,i want to get rid of my big belly and manboobs,whats the best way to do this .i eat fairly healthy ,i excercisr quiet a bit,i walk about 2 miles a day and ive started cycling 8 miles and night aswell.i dont drink or smoke eat fast food,choclate,sweets etc .any help would be grateful as im sure im not the only one in this bother

Gummy Panda

Post up a truthful account of what you eat in a day.

Diet will be the major force that helps your situation.

corkcomp

as mentioned you should post your diet and how long you've been following said diet and cycling 8 miles a night, to be fair if youd been doing that for yours you wouldnt have moobs so it might be that you need to be patient and stick with it.

twincamman

diet would be 3 weetabix in morning,low fat milk,
dinner roast chicken,or baked fish,2 spuds max,no butter or salt,supper id have homemade brown bread,5 fish fingers max,2 rashers,all grilled,lettuce tamatos,cup of tea,mit hae a low fat yougurt later ,i drink lots of water,its been like this for 2 years

accensi0n

twincamman wrote: »

diet would be 3 weetabix in morning,low fat milk,
dinner roast chicken,or baked fish,2 spuds max,no butter or salt,supper id have homemade brown bread,5 fish fingers max,2 rashers,all grilled,lettuce tamatos,cup of tea,mit hae a low fat yougurt later ,i drink lots of water,its been like this for 2 years

The first thing I'd do is focus on making your diet healthier:

Breakfast: Something like porridge or eggs or low sugar muesli

Lunch: Maybe have one instead of not having! Do you find you get tired during the day?

Dinner: Less of the crap like fish fingers and bread. Maybe drop back to single potato. Eat loads more veg like spinah, kale, cabbage, brocolli, carrots, peppers etc.

ratracer

In terms of diet, swap the 5 fish fingers for a fillet of fish with no batter.

In terms of exercise, walking two miles a day or cycling 8 miles a day is grand, but what intensity are you doing it at? Try increasing the pace, even just a little bit for now, so that you are at least raising your heart rate and burning more calories.

If you have been doing this for the last two years, as you say, you should have an ok base level of fitness, so why not increase your walk/cycle distance. Also try doing something different, maybe swimming or circuit training once a week just for variety and for training different muscle gropus.

King of Kings

twincamman wrote: »

hi all im a 27 year old lad im 17stone ,6ft1 ,i want to get rid of my big belly and manboobs,whats the best way to do this .i eat fairly healthy ,i excercisr quiet a bit,i walk about 2 miles a day and ive started cycling 8 miles and night aswell.i dont drink or smoke eat fast food,choclate,sweets etc .any help would be grateful as im sure im not the only one in this bother

to be honest - after doing this for 2 years you should be at a level where you don't even count a 2 mile walk or an 8 mile cycle as exercise.
What i'm trying to say for somebody starting off that's fine, but after 2 years you need to be pushing on a lot more.

Unless you are old or infirm in soem way(and at 27 you are not) I would classify somebody who walked as not exercising - ok if it's hiking or competitive walking . harsh but true.


I'd refine you diet as follows:

each more much fruit and veg.
ditch the bread and weetabix (has added sugar and salt)
Cut down on the spuds - no need to eliminate them
eat the butter it's good for you.
Dunno what your sugar intake is

eat more protein sources - meat, fish, eggs, nuts

that said don't eat them as part fo a processed meal - ready made food is for the most part not good for you.

do you hold the same diet at wend?

You don't eat fast food, sweets or drink?
It's not that i don't believe you t but I find it hard to understand how you weight 17 stone and don't eat any junk or drink booze.
Sorry I just don't see (unless you eat monster portions) how that diet (flawed as it is) can have you at 17stone.
Have you just quit sweets/booze/fast food recently?

paulmclaughlin

Where are you guys getting the 2 years from?

twincamman wrote: »

i excercisr quiet a bit,i walk about 2 miles a day and ive started cycling 8 miles and night aswell.

twincamman

twincamman wrote: »

diet would be 3 weetabix in morning,low fat milk,
dinner roast chicken,or baked fish,2 spuds max,no butter or salt,supper id have homemade brown bread,5 fish fingers max,2 rashers,all grilled,lettuce tamatos,cup of tea,mit hae a low fat yougurt later ,i drink lots of water,its been like this for 2 years

Wher are you getting 2 yrs from? HERE

twincamman

King of Kings wrote: »

to be honest - after doing this for 2 years you should be at a level where you don't even count a 2 mile walk or an 8 mile cycle as exercise.
What i'm trying to say for somebody starting off that's fine, but after 2 years you need to be pushing on a lot more.

Unless you are old or infirm in soem way(and at 27 you are not) I would classify somebody who walked as not exercising - ok if it's hiking or competitive walking . harsh but true.


I'd refine you diet as follows:

each more much fruit and veg.
ditch the bread and weetabix (has added sugar and salt)
Cut down on the spuds - no need to eliminate them
eat the butter it's good for you.
Dunno what your sugar intake is

eat more protein sources - meat, fish, eggs, nuts

that said don't eat them as part fo a processed meal - ready made food is for the most part not good for you.

do you hold the same diet at wend?

You don't eat fast food, sweets or drink?
It's not that i don't believe you t but I find it hard to understand how you weight 17 stone and don't eat any junk or drink booze.
Sorry I just don't see (unless you eat monster portions) how that diet (flawed as it is) can have you at 17stone.
Have you just quit sweets/booze/fast food recently?

i havent had a pint in almost six years,chips or anything like it for 2 years.as for 17 stone i was 21 stone when i started dieting

Kadongy

Eat loads of vegetables. Undressed salad with lean meat is tasty, filling and nutritious. Lots of various roast vegetables can form the main part of a delicious dinner. Vegetables fill you up and are highly nutritious and generally have very low calories.

Resistance training is very effective for losing weight. Free weights or body weight exercises are much better than machines. Alreay a surplus of information about effective weight training on this forum really.

I agree with not skipping lunch. It's hard not to overeat later if you skip a meal. If you do weight training this will be doubly true.

daveyc21

Just based on the info I got from reading this:

At 17 stone you are not particularly overweight for your height. I would agree that at this stage of having controlled your diet reasonably well and engaging in some moderate exercise that it is simply a case of increasing intensity. I would suggest teaming up with someone else who is at a similar level and pushing each other, joining a sports team or a gym in that order of preference. The cycling is a good start and should help you through your plateau. Congrats on dropping four stone to begin with.

Kadongy

17st is pretty overweight for 6'1 unless you've huge muscles.

King of Kings

twincamman wrote: »

i havent had a pint in almost six years,chips or anything like it for 2 years.as for 17 stone i was 21 stone when i started dieting

ah ok. you lost 4 stones - goods stuff. I misunderstood your 2nd post as in you've been doing all this for 2 years staying the same.

Then you just need to follow the advice already given and try and do more exercise and you'll see more progress.