I hardly eat, but I have a beer belly from drinking, I've had some suggestions on diet plans and want to start when I can get to the grocery store. In the mean time, during my lunch break at work if I walk/jog for an hour. Get a salad and baked potato for lunch for a couple weeks. would this help me lose my beer belly?
can I lose my beer belly if I just start walking/jogging for an hour a day?
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And the alternative to what you said you can do would be what? sit and eat pizza? which do you think will help with your weight more?
Any exercise is better then none.
It is Vital you lose this weight because if your waist measurement is around 40 inches or more, you are likely in the high-risk category for heart disease.
Any exercise is better then none.
It is Vital you lose this weight because if your waist measurement is around 40 inches or more, you are likely in the high-risk category for heart disease.
theleip
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You can't kinda workout, you can't kinda have a good diet. You either commit to a healthy lifestyle (granted it can be in your own way of course) or you don't.
Losing fat comes from a caloric deficit. We are able to give you good advice but it is your decision on if you want to change. So if you do list your stats and diet in DETAIL. And we can point you in the right direction.
Losing fat comes from a caloric deficit. We are able to give you good advice but it is your decision on if you want to change. So if you do list your stats and diet in DETAIL. And we can point you in the right direction.
I've made a similiar post and had some advise and was suggested a 2000 calorie diet, which I'm going to start on hopefully by next week. I have to go to the grocery store, etc.. I'm 5'10'/m/175 lbs. my waist is 34. I don't have a weight problem, I just have a beer belly from drinking. I've had a really bad diet lately, eating once-twice a day, and very little. I'm changing that and eating healthier. I figured I would lose weight from eating less, but I think my body is going to starvation mode and is holding onto calories.
Does anybody have a Subway diet that could work? I work from 1pm-10pm and don't exercise when I get home since I'm tired and don't wake up early enough. My only time is during my lunch break at work. I walked today to Subway and it took me 30 min. each way. I'm sure I can bring healthier food if I brought my own which I usually do (tuna sandwhiches or chicken salad sandwhiches), but then I won't have to walk to Subway for lunch and won't get exercise.
Does anybody have a Subway diet that could work? I work from 1pm-10pm and don't exercise when I get home since I'm tired and don't wake up early enough. My only time is during my lunch break at work. I walked today to Subway and it took me 30 min. each way. I'm sure I can bring healthier food if I brought my own which I usually do (tuna sandwhiches or chicken salad sandwhiches), but then I won't have to walk to Subway for lunch and won't get exercise.
theleip
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You could walk to subway, go inside get a water, go back out and eat your bagged lunch
The point is if you want to make a lifestyle change it involves change. There is nothing wrong with taking time to figure all that out. Getting informed is a big step, taking the time to self educate. The sticky threads around here are basically a free personal trainer on the highest level. Read around, get informed and figure out what you really want to do and change.
The point is if you want to make a lifestyle change it involves change. There is nothing wrong with taking time to figure all that out. Getting informed is a big step, taking the time to self educate. The sticky threads around here are basically a free personal trainer on the highest level. Read around, get informed and figure out what you really want to do and change.
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1. you'll need to find out your resting metabolic rate (RMR) to determine how many calories you will need per day to efficiently lose weight. use this approximation here: RMR = 370 + (21.6 X fat free mass (kg))
if you cannot obtain your fat free mass (fat free mass is obtained by getting your bodyfat measured by a personal trainer or other qualified professional.), use this approximation: RMR (male) = 66 + (5 X height (cm)) + (13.8 X weight (kg)) - (6.8 X age) or RMR (female) = 655 + (1.8 X height (cm)) + (9.6 X weight (kg)) - (4.7 X age)
RMR represents about 70-75% of the total calories needed to sustain weight (daily caloric need or DCN). take your DCN and do about a 1000 calorie deficit per day each week (eat 500 calories less and burn 500 calories more) to achieve a max of about 2 lbs of bodyfat loss per week. keep in mind that the more you reduce your caloric intake, the slower your metabolic rate could become! that's why, for example, it's better to restrict your calories to 500 calories less per day, than it is to restrict your calories to 1000 calories per day, even though you will lose weight faster with the 1000 calorie restriction.
2. walking/jogging is fine at the beginning, but soon, you will hit a plateau and not lose more fat weight. you'll need to crosstrain, meaning do more than just running. incorporate resistance training to increase your metabolism. do other things such as plyometrics and calisthenics. also, use small apparatus like stability and medicine balls.
1. you'll need to find out your resting metabolic rate (RMR) to determine how many calories you will need per day to efficiently lose weight. use this approximation here: RMR = 370 + (21.6 X fat free mass (kg))
if you cannot obtain your fat free mass (fat free mass is obtained by getting your bodyfat measured by a personal trainer or other qualified professional.), use this approximation: RMR (male) = 66 + (5 X height (cm)) + (13.8 X weight (kg)) - (6.8 X age) or RMR (female) = 655 + (1.8 X height (cm)) + (9.6 X weight (kg)) - (4.7 X age)
RMR represents about 70-75% of the total calories needed to sustain weight (daily caloric need or DCN). take your DCN and do about a 1000 calorie deficit per day each week (eat 500 calories less and burn 500 calories more) to achieve a max of about 2 lbs of bodyfat loss per week. keep in mind that the more you reduce your caloric intake, the slower your metabolic rate could become! that's why, for example, it's better to restrict your calories to 500 calories less per day, than it is to restrict your calories to 1000 calories per day, even though you will lose weight faster with the 1000 calorie restriction.
2. walking/jogging is fine at the beginning, but soon, you will hit a plateau and not lose more fat weight. you'll need to crosstrain, meaning do more than just running. incorporate resistance training to increase your metabolism. do other things such as plyometrics and calisthenics. also, use small apparatus like stability and medicine balls.
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How much is "hardly eat" and how much "drinking" are we talking about?
If you hardly eat, but when you do eat you eat high trans-fat/saturated fat foods then you are going to have a pot belly and be in general poor health.
If you truely hardly eat but really do drink that much an Alcoholics Anonymous program would probably do the most for your health (I am not being sarsastic about this either).
I've always had a high metabolism and have been skinny, several years ago I started eating fast food about 3 times a day and then 1 more time late at night, snacks etc.. Gained some weight, still didn't really get big or anything. Then started drinking lots of beer nightly and on weekends, this has been going on for about 5 years. Still haven't gained much weight except for a beer belly, I weigh 175 lbs., and am 5'10, 26 years old and my waist is 34. I stopped drinking as much beer a couple years, and am now at vodka. I started going to about half a liter a day, and now am at a 1/4 liter a day. I know about my drinking problem, I am working on drinking less.
As for eating, I think my drinking has reduced my apetite, today I had a half a boiled egg and a bowl of cereal and I was really full. For lunch, 2 soft tacos and a bag of chips will full me up. or maybe 2 small sandwhiches. My dinner is the same size as my lunch. A hamburger and some fries will fill me up. I was advised a 2000 calorie diet.
With all the excercise I do, will I be able to lose this belly or do I have to stop drinking completely? I know about all the bad sugar and calories in alcohol. I'm sure I'm not going to stop anytime soon and I know my drinking is having a much more negative effect on me than a bad diet, but I just want to get in shape.
As for eating, I think my drinking has reduced my apetite, today I had a half a boiled egg and a bowl of cereal and I was really full. For lunch, 2 soft tacos and a bag of chips will full me up. or maybe 2 small sandwhiches. My dinner is the same size as my lunch. A hamburger and some fries will fill me up. I was advised a 2000 calorie diet.
With all the excercise I do, will I be able to lose this belly or do I have to stop drinking completely? I know about all the bad sugar and calories in alcohol. I'm sure I'm not going to stop anytime soon and I know my drinking is having a much more negative effect on me than a bad diet, but I just want to get in shape.
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Is there an online calculator that can figure this out? I think I did it wrong, I got: 40840. I'm 5'10" - 26 years old, male, 175 lbs.
looks like you didn't convert inches and pounds to metric correctly.
if you really don't eat much, and drink beer frequently, you've wrecked your metabolism...that's why your 'not super high calorie diet' has given you a gut.
start eating better...and skip potatoes in favor or lean protein, and lots of veggies. start your walk/jogging, and pick up some weights.
You can indeed 'kinda' be healthy, but you're not gonna get the kinds of results you'll hear some talk about.
The rate of fat loss is directly proportional to how hardcore you want to be.
doing something will always be better than doing nothing.
if you really don't eat much, and drink beer frequently, you've wrecked your metabolism...that's why your 'not super high calorie diet' has given you a gut.
start eating better...and skip potatoes in favor or lean protein, and lots of veggies. start your walk/jogging, and pick up some weights.
You can indeed 'kinda' be healthy, but you're not gonna get the kinds of results you'll hear some talk about.
The rate of fat loss is directly proportional to how hardcore you want to be.
doing something will always be better than doing nothing.
I found this RMI calculator online:
1874 calories - I'll start with a 2000 calorie diet plan
abcd, any results?
abcd,
i came across your posts and wanted to follow up with you. did you have any success? i ask because our situations were exactly the same. i am 5'10 and 175lbs and 23 years old. i drink a lot of beer and i dont see that stopping since i work for a beer distributor. but ive noticed my beer belly getting bigger and feel like i should do something.
so any results? what worked and/or didn't work.
in addition to everyone else on the post, do you think consuming whey protein to try to get larger chest and arm muscles will counter my desire to lose my belly fat?
abcd,
i came across your posts and wanted to follow up with you. did you have any success? i ask because our situations were exactly the same. i am 5'10 and 175lbs and 23 years old. i drink a lot of beer and i dont see that stopping since i work for a beer distributor. but ive noticed my beer belly getting bigger and feel like i should do something.
so any results? what worked and/or didn't work.
in addition to everyone else on the post, do you think consuming whey protein to try to get larger chest and arm muscles will counter my desire to lose my belly fat?
"beer belly" is a loose term.
It's not because you drink beer that you have a belly.
It's because your intake of food/drinks is higher than you require it in order to maintain your current weight.
By spending more energy than you eat, you will lose this belly.
Nutrition and exercise. I would start with nutrition as it is the most important of the two.
As stated above, any extra weight on your body is an unneeded stress that your heart gets which increases health problems.
The more your heart is stressed the more it beats.
Take someone whos heart beats 60BPM and one who beats 90BPM.
minute/hour/day/year
60/3600/86400/31536000
90/5400/129600/47304000
That's a lot of mileage you could save on your heart.
I understand you work from 1PM to 10PM...but you will have to MAKE time to get this problem solved.
Now drop down and gimme 20.
For you to have a proper calorie intake everything must be considered.
Height/Weight/Age and the level of activity at work and in your personal life.
With this info you can obtain the calories you need in order to maintain your current weight. Subtract 20% from this amount and you got yourself a proper calorie deficit to reach your goal.
After this...you should implement a decent workout routine (which you will stick to!) and voila. This method is not 100% accurate but it is a good base to start from.
I would do a full body workouts 3 times per week with cardio on the same days...active rests on days off and keep it easy on week-ends.
Hope this helped
Eric
It's not because you drink beer that you have a belly.
It's because your intake of food/drinks is higher than you require it in order to maintain your current weight.
By spending more energy than you eat, you will lose this belly.
Nutrition and exercise. I would start with nutrition as it is the most important of the two.
As stated above, any extra weight on your body is an unneeded stress that your heart gets which increases health problems.
The more your heart is stressed the more it beats.
Take someone whos heart beats 60BPM and one who beats 90BPM.
minute/hour/day/year
60/3600/86400/31536000
90/5400/129600/47304000
That's a lot of mileage you could save on your heart.
I understand you work from 1PM to 10PM...but you will have to MAKE time to get this problem solved.
Now drop down and gimme 20.
For you to have a proper calorie intake everything must be considered.
Height/Weight/Age and the level of activity at work and in your personal life.
With this info you can obtain the calories you need in order to maintain your current weight. Subtract 20% from this amount and you got yourself a proper calorie deficit to reach your goal.
After this...you should implement a decent workout routine (which you will stick to!) and voila. This method is not 100% accurate but it is a good base to start from.
I would do a full body workouts 3 times per week with cardio on the same days...active rests on days off and keep it easy on week-ends.
Hope this helped
Eric