live2pump

It seems no matter how strict I am with my diet I can't seem to get rid of pesky belly fat. As of right now I'm 17.5% bf. I'm sure some of the problem is I don't get enough cardio into my workouts, but I hit the gym at 5 am and that gives me enough time for the weights only. I keep telling myself when I get home from work (5-5:30 pm) to get on the bike or do something but by that time I'm wiped from getting up so early.

Now my diet. I consider pretty strict for a recreational body builder. By no means do I compare my diet to that of a pro BB. Routinely I will eat either Quaker Oats oatmeal (w/ brown sugar or honey) with turkey bacon or an 2 egg sandwich with cheese and soy sausage for breakfast. For lunch I always eat salad w/ grilled chicken with egg, shredded cheese, and honey mustard salad dressing. Dinner is normally the lightest meal of the day since it's close to night time. The dinner menu is normally chicken, red meat, with a vegetable. Once maybe twice a week normally on the weekend I will have a cheat meal that is high caloric. I drink water with all my meals with the exception of a glass of juice with breakfast.

As someone looking through the glass which part diet or cardio needs to stepped up? Another things is I don't want to lose quality muscle so getting in the single digit bf % is not ideal. I do think the 11-13% is obtainable.

crazy_enough

Id be tempted to say tweak your diet for a while....Caloric distribution and intake can make a huge differenc in how ur body burns that damn fat. (Im thinking eat more often and make better choices...) Do do cardio, but doing shitloads could do nothing but make you overtrain if your diet isnt right in the first place.

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musclepump

17.5% is high for bodyfat, which is why you still have your gut. And I certainly hope you're using fat free Honey Mustard.

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shiznit2169

ya i have 16.4 BF% and is no where close to seeing my abs. You have to space out your meals more (eat like 6 small meals a day) and cardio is very important to burn off fat. Maybe try eating some new foods that u havent tried yet (like cottage cheese) and mix it up.

thinman

Once I started doing manual labor the belly fat I got over the winter layoff disappeared like magic. I knew a guy who did cardio 3 hours every evening to keep his BF down.

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TYSON_20

yeah cardio is cool

joesmooth20

^ good first post

Fitgirl70

Hey Thinman...good to see you here.

I think cardio is key! I know for me, it takes a lot of it to help me maintain or to burn extra fat. I usually do cardio about 3 or 4 times a week.

You also need to look at what else is going on in your body, medically speaking. Are you diabetic, do you have a strong family history of heart disease or high cholesterol? All of this stuff plays a role in your physique. You can be naturally gifted or not.

Good luck!

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LAM

I would definetly try to clean up the diet. one technique that you can use that really doesn't involve counting cals etc. is to design your meals so that they consist of only either protein/carbs or protein/fats. so for example your first 3 meals could be protein(s) and carbs and the last 2 or 3 could be just protein(s) and fats.

you may also want to look into using and ECA stack. ephedrine can do wonders for abdominal fat stores when used in conjunction with a clean diet and a little cardio...

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BulkMeUp

I would first very carefully look into your diet and count cals to make sure that you are getting enough to keep you going but not so much that it prevents you from burning fat. Also eliminate any/all simple carbs and sugars or items that may contain sugars/corn starch..etc. Also rework your training schedule to accomodate some reasonable amount of cardio.

BulkMeUp

When is it best to take this stack? Just before wo? I have a meal (oats+whey+flaxmeal) ~1.5h prior my wo. Should it be taken with the meal?

TJ Cline

Do you drink beer?, even if I'm at 10% body fat, if I'm drinking beer my stomach seems to hold allot of fat.

shutupntra1n

My best diet lesson I learned so far is that no matter how good you think your diet is... if you aren't yielding results with fat loss, it probably could use a change of some sort. I would say relook the diet.

LAM

3x a day. starting 1st thing in the am, then before lunch, last serving early afternoon (before 4 pm). sometimes taking a full serving in the afternoon effects peoples sleep, if it does try taking 1/2 dose then.

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BulkMeUp

Thanks LAM. I have some caffeine pills of 200mg. So if the ratio E:C is 1:10, That would make it 20:200 3x a day. Is that right? seems a bit much, dosent it?

Benson

Cardio is a must. You might want to also consider adding some high dose fish oil and/or sesamin to your diet. Once you get your BF down a few more points, a topical product like Ergopharm's Skulpt or on of Avant Labs lipoderms can help get you over the last hurtle.

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LAM

E/C/A - each dosage is 25 mg/200 mg/300 mg - taken 3x a day

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live2pump

Do I drink beer...unfortunately YES! I only drink on the weekends which really means Sat night. I neglected to say that in my earlier post because I know it is a contributor to stomach fat. Then again if I'm drinking beer I don't normally drink 8-9 in a sitting. I'm a shot person