re: Stubborn belly fat

Understanding belly fat


This article isn’t very in-depth, but touches on a lot of the causes of belly fat. Each one deserves it’s own article.

First understand the “why”, then you can adress the “how”.

So much easier when I was a young man, lol.

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Im 5'7 and 152-155 depending on the day. You def need to drop 30lbs unless you are jacked.

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It really depends on his goals and his frame. I’m 5’8” myself, and if I were 152-155 I’d look like a starving marathon runner. I look best around 180 and still hit my lifting goals each week.

For OP, cut out the cookies and protein bars. Shakes generally have less sugar and fillers and they’re cheaper too if you’re buying in bulk. Cut it down to one piece of bread if you must have it and eat more meat.

Also, try doing some wind sprints. If you’re anything like me, you probably hate distance running because (a) it sucks, and (b) you don’t want to lose those strength gains. Start off with a few 100 meter sprints and go from there. 20 minutes once or twice a week at most does the trick for me.

Let's get some other details, OP.

Age
Avg Sleep hrs each night
How's your stress?

I’m 5’11 and I still look fat at 175

Going to get down to about 165. Don’t think I’ll have a problem as I will be a starving marathon runner.

Yeah, it all has to do with frame. I have a 44 inch chest and wear 33 inch pants. I’m a short fricker but I’m wide.

Sprints is something I have to do. I need to do some track work. I guess I started this thread to hear a lot of the things I knew but was too lazy to do. I’m determined to capture my youth by hook or by crook.

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AT 155 Im fit and toned.

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And for me 5'7'', that is fat for me

You provided some solid advice here bro .

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I’m 5’11 and I still look fat at 175

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Yeah I'm 5'11" and 180 and I'm not at all satisfied with how I look. I'm also targeting 165 lbs. But I've lost 12 lbs throughout the last month and a half, so I'm making progress. It's really encouraging when you start to see results.

I need to lose 19 lbs...

I bench 315 and have a 44in chest and wear a 33 size pants. Even when I had a 6 pack I never weighed less than 165lbs. I bet you dollars to dimes I have a much wider frame than you. If you met me, you would not describe me as fat. I’m currently at 18% body fat. At 170 I would be at 9%. If you are absolutely shredded, you are probably at 6%.

2 eggs
1 piece of jalapeño sausage
2 pieces of toast
1 pat of butter
Coffee
Calories: 528

Protein shake
2 hands of nuts
Calories: 410

Green beans
Peas
Chicken quarter
1 1/2 pork chops
Calories: 684

Total Calories: 1623

MACROS:
Carbs 23%
Fat 42%
Protein 35%

I am going to work on getting the protein up and trim the carbs. I need to go grocery shopping, lol.