Weight Problem I need some Help (Calling All weight Loss Masters)

[Turkey22]

The biggest thing about mornings is the fact that you havent consumed anything yet. If you feel the need to eat before you can just much less than normal. I can't get up in the morning, but for the most part studies have said it's more effective. The other thing is spreading it out during the day. If you have the time for morning and then again after work (school, whatever) even if you are talking just an additional walk or light jog. Btw since my last post on the 30th I've cut out juice as I read the calories can really add up. I've lost another inch or so and another 12 pounds in addition to the original 15. Btw dont be so concerned with your actual weight when you are using weight training, because the weights are going to cause you to put on some mass. Ideally you should try to find a good bmi calculator, I have the link at home, but I think I got it off of the johnstonefitness website.

Btw you dont need to go 45 min before fat burning occurs, I havent done cardio for that long since high school. Use HIIT instead and you will save time and get better results. Heck I only do minimal HIIT for now (maybe 10-15 min) with my lifting and its peeling off at a couple pounds a week. 2300 seems kinda high for weight loss. I try to stick in the 1700-1900 range, only on cheat days do I ever reach 2300 (and boy do I feel guilty, but those breakfast burritos were so good. mmm bacon).

 

[edro]

It's AAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL about diet. Eat 6 times a day, 300-400 calories per meal. It is tough, but it's the only sure fire way.

As for you having man-tits, you just need to cut fat. Doing weight lifting for your chest will help, but it will get bigger before it gets smaller. Some guys grow fat in their breast area, I am one of them. My pecs are really big compared to what they used to be, and the fat has dwindled a ton. You cannot target fat loss, but you can develop the muscle under the fat, which in turn, will burn the nearest fat.

Good luck.

 

[StageLeft]

There may be some truth to this, but I'd wager it's a far bigger deal for most people to work out at all, much less worry about what time of day to do so.

Agreed. I wouldn't put much effort into planning what time of day in terms of how the workout benefits you - just make sure it's done and is convenient enough that it's not skipped.

 

[Darkstar757]

Originally posted by: edro13
It's AAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL about diet. Eat 6 times a day, 300-400 calories per meal. It is tough, but it's the only sure fire way.

As for you having man-tits, you just need to cut fat. Doing weight lifting for your chest will help, but it will get bigger before it gets smaller. Some guys grow fat in their breast area, I am one of them. My pecs are really big compared to what they used to be, and the fat has dwindled a ton. You cannot target fat loss, but you can develop the muscle under the fat, which in turn, will burn the nearest fat.

Good luck.

So did you pecs go down or got bigger.

I want mine to get smaller. Should I stop pumping iron?

BTW im posting body pics tonight.

I hope you all dont laugh me off the planet

 

[edro]

If you start lifting weight seriously, and changing your diet, your pecs will stay about the same size for a while, then they will slowly shrink down. For me, the first place I can remember being fat, was my chest (as a little kid). They say that the first place fat develops, the last place it will come off. So for me, my chest is the hardest place to cut the fat.

I'll send you a PM with pics...

 

[StageLeft]

Don't worry about your pecs having too much muscle. Most of the weight there is fat, and if you get your body weight down it's generally not difficult to tell the difference between chesticles and real pecs - so I'd keep at it for strength and shape, for when your bodyfat does go down. Keep at it hard with the iron and cardio, and diet is incredibly important.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: edro13
It's AAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL about diet. Eat 6 times a day, 300-400 calories per meal. It is tough, but it's the only sure fire way.

As for you having man-tits, you just need to cut fat. Doing weight lifting for your chest will help, but it will get bigger before it gets smaller. Some guys grow fat in their breast area, I am one of them. My pecs are really big compared to what they used to be, and the fat has dwindled a ton. You cannot target fat loss, but you can develop the muscle under the fat, which in turn, will burn the nearest fat.

Good luck.

So did you pecs go down or got bigger.

I want mine to get smaller. Should I stop pumping iron?

BTW im posting body pics tonight.

I hope you all dont laugh me off the planet

Dude the more Muscle Mass you have the more calories you burn naturally. I see plenty of guys who are your height and weight as you and are not the least bit fat. The scale is not always the best way to tell if you are in shape.

Weight Training will give you results but it won't be as quick as going on a starvation diet. However in the long run it will be easier to maintain a good physique if you stick with weight training than it will be if you do the Yo Yo diet thing. Most people didn't get out of shape in 3 or 4 months so don't expect to get in shape and keep it in 3 or 4 months. Patience and a Lifestyle change is the best way to go.

 

[Darkstar757]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Don't worry about your pecs having too much muscle. Most of the weight there is fat, and if you get your body weight down it's generally not difficult to tell the difference between chesticles and real pecs - so I'd keep at it for strength and shape, for when your bodyfat does go down. Keep at it hard with the iron and cardio, and diet is incredibly important.

Im worried that they wont go away damm this pec fat. I hate it with a passion. I have teased all my life about them. Dammit i want them gone.

 

[Darkstar757]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Don't worry about your pecs having too much muscle. Most of the weight there is fat, and if you get your body weight down it's generally not difficult to tell the difference between chesticles and real pecs - so I'd keep at it for strength and shape, for when your bodyfat does go down. Keep at it hard with the iron and cardio, and diet is incredibly important.

Im worried that they wont go away damm this pec fat. I hate it with a passion. I have teased all my life about them. Dammit i want them gone.

 

[Darkstar757]

ok Skoorb


and others here are the fat shots


🙁

Here I am

 

[MomAndSkoorbaby]

Your pecs aren't that bad! Man, I was thinking after reading what you wrote that you had BREASTS or something!

You can do it! Skoorb and others have given you some great advice...just take it one week at a time and be patient! Remember: fat takes a while to go on and therefore, takes time to come off.

Good luck!

 

[GrumpyMan]

Your pecs aren't bad at all, it's that stomach you have to work on. You need to lose weight. You'll see once that stomach is trimmed down the pecs will be fine even in your eyes. Just follow the advice given here and watch that diet carefully and for the rest of your life.

 

[virtuamike]

geekfitness.com

Your main goal is weight loss so concentrate on cardio and cut the lifting for now, your gym time is better spent burning fat. Your muscles are plenty big, burn the fat so we can admire them.

When doing cardio, monitor your heart rate. Maintain 140-150 BPM for 25-30 minutes, minimum 4 days a week. Doesn't matter how you do it (exercise bike, stair climber, jogging, elliptical, etc) as long as you maintain HR.

As far as diet goes, 1700-2000 clean calories spread over 4-5 meals should do it. Drink only water. Juice has just as much sugar as soda, and we don't want empty calories. If you get the munchies, then snack on something healthy (like carrot sticks or celery). Be very strict with the diet for the 1st 2 weeks. Once your body adjusts, everything will go a lot easier.

I've maintained 1600 calorie diet w/ 5-7 days of cardio (45-60 min) per week, losing an avg of 2 lbs per week for over a month now. Give it some time, you won't see any differences overnight. About 6 weeks into it, people will definately take notice 😀

 

[Red Dawn]

Darkstar a year from now!

 

[Darkstar757]

Originally posted by: GrumpyMan
Your pecs aren't bad at all, it's that stomach you have to work on. You need to lose weight. You'll see once that stomach is trimmed down the pecs will be fine even in your eyes. Just follow the advice given here and watch that diet carefully and for the rest of your life.

Well today I had a protien shake a omlete with cheese. For lunch I had a subway turkey breast water and a oat meal bar.


Thats is all is this bad?

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: GrumpyMan
Your pecs aren't bad at all, it's that stomach you have to work on. You need to lose weight. You'll see once that stomach is trimmed down the pecs will be fine even in your eyes. Just follow the advice given here and watch that diet carefully and for the rest of your life.

Well today I had a protien shake a omlete with cheese. For lunch I had a subway turkey breast water and a oat meal bar.


Thats is all is this bad?

Try keeping a log of exercise, your daily weight, and food. If you find you're not losing weight, go back as figure out what you can do about it. Most people have one or two sources of junk calories they could cut out and/or up the exercise intensity and duration.

Just be patient; "healthy" weight loss is a couple pounds per week at most. As your body fat drops, your chest fat will go away as well.

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: GrumpyMan
Your pecs aren't bad at all, it's that stomach you have to work on. You need to lose weight. You'll see once that stomach is trimmed down the pecs will be fine even in your eyes. Just follow the advice given here and watch that diet carefully and for the rest of your life.

Well today I had a protien shake a omlete with cheese. For lunch I had a subway turkey breast water and a oat meal bar.


Thats is all is this bad?

Darkstar, what is your job/career? Being active in the day makes a huge difference. The fastest I've ever lost weight was two years ago when I had a tech support job that had me running up and down stairs and all over a building 8 hours a day.

Your eating habits sound simliar to mine. I really like food, especially sweets. Removing pop and having no ice creams, cookies, cake, or other forms of chocolate in the home were key to helping me lose weight. Get used to drinking water all the time. It's hard at first (when you are used to drinking sugar drinks) but once you get used to water drinks with a lot of sugar will taste syrupy and won't be as appealing.

Good luck!
-DAGTA

 

[Turkey22]

Yeah looks awfully familiar to where I started, its a slow process just keep at it. Even after weeks you probably wont notice the difference as much as other people. A nice way to see if its noticable is to go see someone who you havent seen before starting working out. I just saw my chiropractor yesterday after a month and she was amazed at the results and to me it seems very slow, but to her it was night and day. Nice little confidence boosters like that can really help out.

There is absolutely no reason to stop weight training. More muscle = more calories burned regardless of what you are doing. You want the foundation of muscle underneath for when you lose that fat.

 

[Darkstar757]

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: GrumpyMan
Your pecs aren't bad at all, it's that stomach you have to work on. You need to lose weight. You'll see once that stomach is trimmed down the pecs will be fine even in your eyes. Just follow the advice given here and watch that diet carefully and for the rest of your life.

Well today I had a protien shake a omlete with cheese. For lunch I had a subway turkey breast water and a oat meal bar.


Thats is all is this bad?

Darkstar, what is your job/career? Being active in the day makes a huge difference. The fastest I've ever lost weight was two years ago when I had a tech support job that had me running up and down stairs and all over a building 8 hours a day.

Your eating habits sound simliar to mine. I really like food, especially sweets. Removing pop and having no ice creams, cookies, cake, or other forms of chocolate in the home were key to helping me lose weight. Get used to drinking water all the time. It's hard at first (when you are used to drinking sugar drinks) but once you get used to water drinks with a lot of sugar will taste syrupy and won't be as appealing.

Good luck!
-DAGTA

Well I am a IT guy who sits most of the day. I hate all this sitting too it sucks arese.


Im trying so hard to loose this weight. I wonder why its so easy to pack on but so hard to loose.

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: Darkstar757Well I am a IT guy who sits most of the day. I hate all this sitting too it sucks arese.


Im trying so hard to loose this weight. I wonder why its so easy to pack on but so hard to loose.

Yup, that job is going to make it harder to lose weight and be in shape. I work from home now doing my own business and am on my laptop about 12 to 14 hours a day. The weight is harder to take off when you're very inactive all day. I try to take small walks every few hours for a break and to get my blood moving again.

 

[MAME]

exercise and eat less more often

stop drinking too

 

[virtuamike]

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: GrumpyMan
Your pecs aren't bad at all, it's that stomach you have to work on. You need to lose weight. You'll see once that stomach is trimmed down the pecs will be fine even in your eyes. Just follow the advice given here and watch that diet carefully and for the rest of your life.

Well today I had a protien shake a omlete with cheese. For lunch I had a subway turkey breast water and a oat meal bar.


Thats is all is this bad?

How many calories in the shake? How many eggs? How many calories in the subway sandwich? How many carbs from the oatmeal bar?

When you're on a diet, you need to keep track of these things. How much you eat matters just as much as what you eat. Be as exact as possible.

 

[masterxfob]

i used to run 5 days and pump iron 3 days a week, and i was 155lbs at 5'7". i then moved out last fall with some friends and gained about 20lbs in a matter of 5 months before moving back home due to financial problems.

anyhow, i just started trying to get back into shape about 5 weeks ago and have lost 10lbs already. all i did was hook up a tv and dvd player next to my treadmill and watch a movie while walking at about 4mph 5 times a week. if i'm watching a good movie, i don't even realize that i've been walking for nearly two hours.

i'm also pumping iron 2-3 days a week, but i doubt that that's helping me lose the weight. i eat a lot of smaller meals and i can't really say that it's all healthy. i still eat fast food, sweets (ice cream!), and drink quite a bit on the weekends.

if i had the money, i'd probably eat healthier, but those $1 wendy's double stacks are cheap and good!

healthy food = $$$$
not so healthy food = $

hth 😛

 

[Darkstar757]

what kind of protein shakes should I be drinking.


who makes the best and the best tasting

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Fausto

Originally posted by: Darkstar757

Originally posted by: GrumpyMan
Your pecs aren't bad at all, it's that stomach you have to work on. You need to lose weight. You'll see once that stomach is trimmed down the pecs will be fine even in your eyes. Just follow the advice given here and watch that diet carefully and for the rest of your life.

Well today I had a protien shake a omlete with cheese. For lunch I had a subway turkey breast water and a oat meal bar.


Thats is all is this bad?

Try keeping a log of exercise, your daily weight, and food. If you find you're not losing weight, go back as figure out what you can do about it. Most people have one or two sources of junk calories they could cut out and/or up the exercise intensity and duration.

Just be patient; "healthy" weight loss is a couple pounds per week at most. As your body fat drops, your chest fat will go away as well.

Great advice. Keep a log.

I've no doubt darkstar that you can get thin and ripped if it's really your goal, and you don't have man-tits in sofar as you'd need surgery I shouldn't think. I've seen guys with breasts, and they need surgery, but I don't think that's your problem. When you trim up things will even out, as everything appears proportional now.

Protein shakes take just whey protein which you can mix with water or milk. Most of the brands taste pretty good. If you go to a place like ultimat nutrition you can get a 5 lb tub for $30 or so.

I'll give you an example of what I eat for 1800 calories/day. Remember to keep up on the cardio too!

6am: scoop protein & skim milk & multivitamin
200 cal
9am: dito and also two pieces of 40 cal/each bread (try and stuff the stomach a bit!)
300 cal
11am: cup of fat free cottage cheese, one piece bread, banana or apple
300 cal
1 pm: protein bar like metrx or something (designer bars have good protein, but the rest is junk calories, more so than a met-rx, which is more of a meal replacement effort
300 cal
5pm: supper perhaps a 250 cal bagel with a can of canned turkey on it. Also a piece or cup of fruit
500 cal
8pm: half bag of Act II low-fat popcorn
150 cal
before bed: scoop of protein powder or another cup of cottage cheese
150 cal

That's 1900 calories, but supper could have been trimmed down. I keep my food in a little lunch bag at work with an icepack. You can also use a cup of tuna, or some grilled chicken or anything like that. Lunch is quick to prepare and pretty cheap.

A more ideal supper, to get some healthiness going on, would be a hunk of chicken breast and a cup or two of frozen vegetables, or a salad with the chicken cut up on top with fat free dressing.

This diet is ok, though I won't pretend I am not semi-hungry all day, but it does work and I'm used to it now, plus with the cheat day 1-2 week (eat like a fool), my sanity is kept, and I lose weight.