Hi,
I would like to introduce myself as somewhat of a reformed slob.
In september this year I decided that my weight of 220lbs (over 15.5 stone) was a bit too heavy for a 23 year old at a height of 5 11' so I decided to go on a diet and also join my local gym.
Now just over 3 months later after dieting and going to the gym 3 times a week I weigh in at a healthier 180lbs (just under 13 stone).
Recently I changed my fitness training in the gym to focuss less on weight loss (as I previously concentrated on machines such as cross trainer and treadmill) and to move more towards muscle building (whereby I would do a 4k run on the treadmill before concentrating solely on weight machines/lifting for the rest of the session).
At the minute I am still on a strict diet in which I would eat no more than 1 meal a day (if that). I don't particularly restrict what type of food I eat during that meal apart from avoiding obvious junk food such as KFC and Burger King.
I have quite an active social life in which I maybe drink alcohol 3 nights a week (mostly beer) which obviously hasn't helped my situation - this would probably explain slower progress on weight loss than would be expected for such a regime but in all honestly I remain unrepentant over this lifestyle choice and very much intend to continue to enjoy myself.
I believe that I still have too much excess fat (my belly is a bit flabby with excess skin and while I can feel hard muscle building at the top of my arms, the underneath still very much has a bit of hanging fat.) but at the same time when I look in the mirror I pretty much like the size and shape of my body - I just need to turn the bits that wobble to hard muscle.
I was wondering has anyone got a similar experience to me and would be able to give me any advice on how to tone my wobbly bits into hard muscle. I believe that my diet doesnt help muscle building but also it is maybe still necessary to get leaner - some sort of workout or diet which balances the two would be obviously a preferred solution. Really I am wondering if spending 1 hour busting my ass on the weights is the most efficient thing I can be doing right now without the right dietary suppliments when I could be spending that time on the cross trainner getting leaner?
thanks.
I would like to introduce myself as somewhat of a reformed slob.
In september this year I decided that my weight of 220lbs (over 15.5 stone) was a bit too heavy for a 23 year old at a height of 5 11' so I decided to go on a diet and also join my local gym.
Now just over 3 months later after dieting and going to the gym 3 times a week I weigh in at a healthier 180lbs (just under 13 stone).
Recently I changed my fitness training in the gym to focuss less on weight loss (as I previously concentrated on machines such as cross trainer and treadmill) and to move more towards muscle building (whereby I would do a 4k run on the treadmill before concentrating solely on weight machines/lifting for the rest of the session).
At the minute I am still on a strict diet in which I would eat no more than 1 meal a day (if that). I don't particularly restrict what type of food I eat during that meal apart from avoiding obvious junk food such as KFC and Burger King.
I have quite an active social life in which I maybe drink alcohol 3 nights a week (mostly beer) which obviously hasn't helped my situation - this would probably explain slower progress on weight loss than would be expected for such a regime but in all honestly I remain unrepentant over this lifestyle choice and very much intend to continue to enjoy myself.
I believe that I still have too much excess fat (my belly is a bit flabby with excess skin and while I can feel hard muscle building at the top of my arms, the underneath still very much has a bit of hanging fat.) but at the same time when I look in the mirror I pretty much like the size and shape of my body - I just need to turn the bits that wobble to hard muscle.
I was wondering has anyone got a similar experience to me and would be able to give me any advice on how to tone my wobbly bits into hard muscle. I believe that my diet doesnt help muscle building but also it is maybe still necessary to get leaner - some sort of workout or diet which balances the two would be obviously a preferred solution. Really I am wondering if spending 1 hour busting my ass on the weights is the most efficient thing I can be doing right now without the right dietary suppliments when I could be spending that time on the cross trainner getting leaner?
thanks.
