garethxxx

A comment very appreciated from Mark...

Welcome to the forums Chrisboysmith, its always great to have new people come and join us.

Firstly can I ask what weight you are now? How much you want to lose? And are you interested in joingin a gym (pretty much gonna be a necessity!)

Basically, if you have a beer belly like I had (When I was 18stone 10lbs) then firstly, I would say you need to set some golas and achievements that you want to focus on, this is really important. Set the goals and dont try to excel them. If you are anything like I was I was setting my goals further away all the time.

Its been 11 months now since i started and I am weighing in at now...13stone dead. A proud day I have to say. My bodyfat is now about 16% which I am very pleased, but I must take a week off as I have become lathargic. This is a classic symptom of overtraining, remember this well because if this happens to you, you will need rest!

What we need to do is put you on a really high protein diet. This helps maintain and build muscle in your body. We are going to however make you eat carbs, i.e. not the Atkins Diet because you become very ill on that!

Start your day with 3 meals before midday! Make it oats, Wheetabix or any other cereal of your choice for meal 1, 2nd and 3rd meal, make sure they have carbs in (2nd bowel of cereals, 3rd your choice, baked potatoe?). After Midday stiock with pure protein. White fish, Chicken, Turkey, Tuna the best possible, Protein shakes, Steak. Sticking with this will allow your body to absorb all of the protein throughout the rest of your active day, burning off more caloreis throughout the day helping you lose more fat and maintaining muscle.

This is important! Atleast 1 day a week, normally a Sunday, have a binge day on whatever you want. This can include a takeaway if you want.

Get yourself down to Holland & Barratt and buy yourself some KLB6 and a protein shake (I swear by Weider's Muscle Builder). The KLB6 will help get rid of excess body wat and will help pass fat out of your system when you burn fat! The protein shake needs to be taken straight after a workout, as it contains some carbs but not much.

Now burning fat, you need a fat burner to help you out. You dont HAVE to take it, I did because I was very overweight. If you can find something with ephedrine take it. But I would recommend Hydroxycut or Lean System 7. Take the tablets a half hour before cardio.

Do a good 30 minutes cardio with 2-3 layers on tops and jogging trousers. This will help get rid of a lot of water, and will enhance the fat burning proceedure. Make sure you do more cardio time than weights, you need to do some weights otherwise you will shrink and still have the belly. Stick light and loads of reps, with 4 sets per exercise.

If I were you look at the rest of the forums to see some of our members routines, some of these guys really know their stuff, so dont be afraid to ask. Im your diet guy from the feedback I get from everyone so feel free to ask for any more help!!

BEst of luck and let us know the info!!