So I’ve been on a weight loss mission and upto now lost 2.5 stone!l since Feb, Arms and legs are toning and moobs are going down but I just can’t seem to shift the belly! It’s massively shrunk but anyone got tips on toning and muscle definition.
Seems to be a lot harder at 40.
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"What's your diet generally like? That's a big part of it"
Very good tbh mostly home cooked fresh meat and veg and no fried foods. Not to say I don’t have the odd bacon butty but it’s usually Greggs so that’s baked not fried.
Any stir fry is 1 cal fry light cut the fat off meats and avoid processed food.
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By *_Yeah19Couple
over a year ago
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Not a gym ‘guy’ but hey!
Fat comes off everyone differently, not really anything you can do about it. You can do ab exercises but then you’ll just have stronger and potentially bigger muscles still behind a layer of fat so not massively useful.
Just stick with it and btw, there’s nothing wrong with fat so tuck in to that chicken skin and chuck that frylight crap away.
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By (user no longer on site)
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Exercising your abs will not get rid of flab round the mid riff,you need fat burning exercises for that,in other words anything that makes you out of breath,swimming is great,I burn 530 calories in just over half hour |
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You can do 1000 sit ups, it wont look any different.
Its all in the diet and portion size
Fastest way to do it
*quit booze (or just drink one night aweek)
*quit fizzy drinks (swap fizzy for orange cordial)
*reduce portion size ( its better to eat every few hours in smaller amounts than eat 2 big meals)
*learn to eat slower (you will be amazed how you quickly you become fuller before your plates empty)
*dont be afraid to leave food on your plate.
*drink water/squash when you get peckish instead of a snack (our brains can misinterpret food hunger/drink hunger)
*cook fresh, eat less fruit (common mistake people make when dieting is overloading with fruit/sugers)
*by lean in 15 book its great quick easy and tasty to cook from
*love porridge (great fat burner)
*dont drink sugar free drinks.. aspartime in diet drinks ae very depressive
*keep a balanced diet have a takaway day dont cut out those naughty foods.
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"You can do 1000 sit ups, it wont look any different.
Its all in the diet and portion size
Fastest way to do it
*quit booze (or just drink one night aweek)
*quit fizzy drinks (swap fizzy for orange cordial)
*reduce portion size ( its better to eat every few hours in smaller amounts than eat 2 big meals)
*learn to eat slower (you will be amazed how you quickly you become fuller before your plates empty)
*dont be afraid to leave food on your plate.
*drink water/squash when you get peckish instead of a snack (our brains can misinterpret food hunger/drink hunger)
*cook fresh, eat less fruit (common mistake people make when dieting is overloading with fruit/sugers)
*by lean in 15 book its great quick easy and tasty to cook from
*love porridge (great fat burner)
*dont drink sugar free drinks.. aspartime in diet drinks ae very depressive
*keep a balanced diet have a takaway day dont cut out those naughty foods.
Hope this helps bud"
Cheers for that pal!
I don’t drink alcohol and don’t have fizzy drinks too often probably once or twice a month.
I may have to try the little and often as tbh I usually just have breakfast and tea.
Porridge I love so will definitely eat more. Milk or not to milk though?
Thanks guys it’s been a graft to lose what I have but I know I can loose the rest as I have an incentive soon as I feel happy with the result then we’re off for our first club!! 
Alex is fine it’s just me letting the side down atm but not for long! PMA!!!
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I'm not a gym guy either but my greatest losses around the middle were after deliberately replacing bread with things like crackers and crispbreads. Cutting down on cake and biscuits helped too. I will never lose it completely as I like my food too much.. |
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"So I’ve been on a weight loss mission and upto now lost 2.5 stone!l since Feb, Arms and legs are toning and moobs are going down but I just can’t seem to shift the belly! It’s massively shrunk but anyone got tips on toning and muscle definition.
Seems to be a lot harder at 40.
AJ "
Your body is holding far more fat than you think
And it is lost from all over your body
For the average 5 foot 10 chap you have over one and a half square meters of skin
1 cm per m squared equals about 8 kg
Some areas will look tighter more quickly than
Others but it still takes a long time
I dropped to 8 percent body fat this summer for almost six weeks I could not see any difference in my stomach area however realised that my leg skin was becoming thinner also don't under estimate how much fat is above your hips at the rear and how much your arse carries
I will 're iterate almost no one realises just how much fat their body contains , and at a sensible loss rate of 300 cals to the negative daily and 8000 cals ish to the kg it takes a while to lose what you really did not realise is there
So when you think you have lost a fair amount and you're still losing a kg or two a month realise that a kg is about the equivalent of one mm across your entire bodies surface skin area
If you pinch over two inches that's 25 mm of fat (skin doubles over , and skin wit.out fat is really really thin trust me )
So weight loss can take years on a daily calorie deficit which is psychologically draining thus most people cannot sustain what is required.
My advice
Forget your weight
Forget toning
Do think muscle maintaine
Do think eat balanced diet of whole nutritious foods
Do think exercise for both heart health muscle and bone strength. Xxx
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"So I’ve been on a weight loss mission and upto now lost 2.5 stone!l since Feb, Arms and legs are toning and moobs are going down but I just can’t seem to shift the belly! It’s massively shrunk but anyone got tips on toning and muscle definition.
Seems to be a lot harder at 40.
AJ "
either at the gym or get a pull up bar for at home.
start doing leg raises and pull-ups holding your legs out. go easy to start with though lol
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"I'm not a gym guy either but my greatest losses around the middle were after deliberately replacing bread with things like crackers and crispbreads. Cutting down on cake and biscuits helped too. I will never lose it completely as I like my food too much.. "
Bread is my Achilles!!!! I love bread! I have to walk down the bread isle in a supermarket just for the smell! Lol
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Porridge is great swap sugar for banana in it or blueberries.
Just keep working away at it.
I've slipped a bit and gone back over 20st but there will always be set backs before gaining weight loss. |
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"Sorry if this is a silly question, but does sparkling water count as a fizzy drink?"
No! I drink lots of sparkling water Pellingrino is my favourite ice cold with some sugar free juice in too.
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"Leg raises "
Seriously do not do leg raises for almost everyone they are pointless !
What they actually do is ,
One place tension on the abdominals , but not enough to do much
Two as you lift the leg you are actually using your rather small hip flexors
I say small in the respect they don't consume much energy
Ok so a tiny bit of isometric work on your abdominals and hard work on your tiny hip flexors
Most people have weak long glute muscles , your ass
If you work strengthen and shorten for no purpose your hip flexor with weak glute muscles then you create a hip in balance leading to all sorts of problems as you age
And they won't help your fat problem or health one bit x |
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Chip baps and kickboxing
That I can do! Lol
Aj "
But seriously fat burning cardio, ask the man at the gym the best setting for the bike machines, the rowing machines and the cross trainer / ski fuckin things.
Point for the wise, rowing machines are often behind the cross trainer / ski / step ass exersiing machines all the ladies love.  |
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I like you have dropped much weight (3 stone since January), core work is what you need
I’m currently running 3 tes a week, swimming and also a trampoline based boot fit workout twice a week.. |
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latest thinking is that cardio is good but only while you’re doing it, the body returns to base setting pretty much straight after you finish. Big thing now is full body work outs with lots of complex movements, either with a barbell of one discription or another or just body weight. Apparantly with this type of exercise your metabolism continues to race for a few hours after your exercise. Also I read that a quick burst of body weight exercise mid morning and mid afternoon helps to keep your metabolism running. I do 15 press-ups in the disabled toilet (yea I know) but the same number of squats works just as well plus helps with the toning etc. I’ve lost 1 1/2 to 2’’ of my belly in 6 weeks or so doing the above. I get my exercise ideas from Men’s Health on Facebook.
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"I like you have dropped much weight (3 stone since January), core work is what you need
I’m currently running 3 tes a week, swimming and also a trampoline based boot fit workout twice a week.. "
According to your op core work is NOT what you need
You need a calorie deficit ?
Core work is exceptional for health and agility however to lose belly fat it it a waste of your time! Honestly the best combination for fat lose and body health is good diet and either , swim , cycle or row
Really really,really really is that simple , everything else is either niche. Specialised , or fad
Based upon the op
You need patience do exactly what you have done , bear in mind whatever you have done diet wise you need to be more strict and whatever you have done exercise wise you need to do more as your body has now adapted
Ignore all specific body part training advice or specific food advice
If you have lost two stone you will have a lower metabolic rate
You will need to
A , eat less calories than yesterday
B, burn more than yesterday
How you do that is
Whatever methods enable you to meet your goal consistently and by default keep you happy xxx
Ps I recommend you use dark chocolate from time to time xxx
But if you hate that other drugs and cheats are available , I use chillies xxx |
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My diet that I lost 2 stone on and inches on the first bout. Then another couple in round 2, round 3 just starting.
VLCD (very low calorie meal replacement shakes)
I bulk but this in three big bags from Myprotein I’m not bigging them up it’s just ok and cheaper than slimfast etc.
CLA
Green tea
Lots of water.
Gormet meals for one.
The shakes are 200 calories per helping.
The meals say what calories are in each one.
Aim for about 1,200 a day.
Cycle 20 - 30 minutes
Do some core
Row 20 - 30 minutes
Do some core
Brisk jog 10 - 20 minutes
Then I interval train on a heavy bag and a shaped bag.
Then chill out with a swim. |
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"So I’ve been on a weight loss mission and upto now lost 2.5 stone!l since Feb, Arms and legs are toning and moobs are going down but I just can’t seem to shift the belly! It’s massively shrunk but anyone got tips on toning and muscle definition.
Seems to be a lot harder at 40.
AJ "
Cardio is the way. Doing sit ups will only make it look bigger as the muscles grow behind the fat. I read your diet sounds okay. Loosing weight isn't a fast thing unless you go on an intense diet then just have patience. It's coming off as you said. Loosing weight and toning at the same time us very hard to do. I'd loose the weight and then tone maybe. Lexi |
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Thanks guys for all your input! It’s much appreciated
I’ll be putting it all to good use! Especially the weight loss befor toneing advice!
I look forward to PROUDLY uploading some fit photos when I get there!!
AJ |
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By *MP3Man
over a year ago
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"Thanks guys for all your input! It’s much appreciated
I’ll be putting it all to good use! Especially the weight loss befor toneing advice!
I look forward to PROUDLY uploading some fit photos when I get there!!
AJ "
Consistency in both training and diet is key. Form good habits and everything else will follow  |
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