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Hi there, I've been a regular visitor to this site and it has certainly helped me along my way, thank you :)

I'm 32 and 6 foot 2 and started to go to the gym early January this year.

Before I started going to the gym I had been doing no exercise and eating all the wrong food. As a consequence I weight in at 107Kg on my induction with a 40-42 inch waist.

I've been training every weekday on my lunch break since joining and now weigh in at 99Kg, and I certainly feel better and my clothes fit a lot nicer :) and my waist is probably 36-38 inches now.

However, I've been at 99Kg for 2 months now and I don't seem to be loosing the weight anymore.

My workouts;

January 2004 (mon-fri)
10 minutes 'cross trainer' - HR @ 180-190
20 munites bike - HR 160-170

February 2004 (mon-fri)
10 minutes 'cross trainer' - HR @ 160-170
20 munites bike - HR 150-160

March 2004 (mon-fri)
15 minutes 'cross trainer' - HR @ 140-160
15 munites bike - HR 140-150

The last 2 weeks I've been doing the aerobic exercises on mon-wed-fri, and weights on tue-thurs.

Also, today I upped my cross trainer to 20 minutes which really felt like I'd worked out!!

Although I do feel slimmer, I've still got an awful lot of 'surface' fat on my body, especially on my chest, stomach and 'love handles', which I really really want to loose!

Should I keep a 5 day aerobic or do 3 days aerobic and 2 days weight training ?

Thanks in advance
J
 
Hi, thanks for the reply.

A also though the 3/2 split would be better too, but it just seems I'm working really hard on the aerobics.

Diet; well probably not so good as I'm the worlds worst eater. I probably eat far too much brown bread. Although I try not to eat any sweats or fatty foods. I do however drink a LOT of sugar free diluted juice. Maybe just water is better ?

I also drink 4-5 cups of coffee a day - is that bad ?

Any dietary suggestions would be apreciated.
Cheers
J
 
the key is to have a meal roughly every 3 hours to keep your metabolism up. the last thing you want it to do is slow down.

have a source of protein with each meal. items like chicken, lean red meat, fish, turkey, cottage cheese, eggs are excellent.

good carbs provide energy and fiber and are not evil like ppl make them out to be. brown rice, veggies, fruits, sweet potatoes or yams, whole grain breads, cereals and pastas, oats

and dont forget good fats: olive oil, nuts, peanut or almond butter
 
Remember too that part of this whole training thing is a phenomenon known as the plateau...it happens to every one. The diet advice here is good I suggest that in your training that you vary your exercises more, variety can help break someone out of a plateau state.
 
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