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How to lose my gut?!
06-05-2012, 10:46 AM
I've no problem putting on size and whatever but everyone in my family has a belly. Im playing it down to genetics but are there certain rules or foods or whatever i should live by to have a flat stomach?
At the gym i only compound exercise but my diet isnt the best. what should i cut to keep off my love handles? Bitches be like ahhhhhh!
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06-05-2012, 12:01 PM
Just eat to lose fat, and that fat loss will include your stomach/love handles.
If you need help planning a diet to lose fat, there a bunch of different ways but you need to have a caloric deficit allowing for periodic refeeds, while keeping protien intake high, and getting enough fats.
Keep protien at 0.8-1.5 grams per pound of bodyweight. Take your bodyweight and multiply it by 14-16, and then subtract 500. Use that for your daily caloric intake. If you're not losing weight, lower calories by a few hundred more. If you're losing a drastic amount strength/muscle, raise your caloric intake by a few hundred. If you're losing weight, but also losing a *little* strength, that might just be something you have to accept. Just adjust as you see fit.
After that, deciding what your meal frequency is, whether to go low carb or not (I don't like the ideal of going low fat), paleo, or whatever is trendy now, is up to you, but in the grand scheme of thing I don't think it's that important. It can help (it can slo make things needlessly difficult), but you should be following the guidelines above first.
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How to lose my gut?!
06-05-2012, 12:24 PM
No carbs or fat at night. No alcohol. Go to bed with an empty stomach. No fast food or processed food.
You belly will get smaller.
Diet is more important then cardio!
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06-05-2012, 02:48 PM
I've been doing this bicycle pedaling exercise for a while that shrunk my bell down. I don't
have a 6 pack or anything like that. But no beer belly sticking out.
Basically lay on your back on the floor. Hands behind your head. Feet 6 inches off the floor.
Just alternate your legs in and out as if you're pedaling a bicycle. Knee to chest then extend
all the way out but keep your feet 6 inches off the ground.
Do as many as you can til you run out of steam and drop your feet. Take a break for 10-15 minutes.
Keep count of your reps. Do 3-4 sets everyday. Once you get used to it add some ankle weights.
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How to lose my gut?!
06-05-2012, 04:24 PM
I could do with loosing a bit of a beer belly as well but I don't know how you guys can go to bed on an empty stomach, I can't sleep if I'm hungry. As of today I've cut out the carbs in an effort to lose some weight / my gut and I've been hungry all day regardless of what I've eaten.
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06-05-2012, 06:42 PM
calorie defecit is the only option. anybody who tells you doing situps or ab exercises without diet either doesn't know any better or is trying to sell you something.