Hey everyone. My name is Adonis and I'm 21 years old. I'm 5'10 and weigh a healthy 165 lbs. I happen to love my current diet and don't know how it could be attributed to excess fat around my stomach. I have just recently added cardio into my workout routine to hopefully aid fat loss in my midsection area. Here's my dillemma (and this is going to be long)....
I was 185 lbs of muscle 2 years ago and had no excess fat around my midsection at the time. I went on a trip to Europe during that summer and ended up not working out for an entire 2 months. All my muscular definition turned into fat, and I suddenly developed a belly. For 2 years, I have tried different diets of which some have worked better than others in terms of ridding excess fat around my stomach. At one point, I went on a high carb/moderate fat diet which just didn't work as my belly became enlargened. I went on a moderate carb/moderate fat/high protein diet which was good, but a) it did nothing for my belly and b) it made my chest stick out. Hence, I decided to go on the low fat/low-moderate carb/high protein diet which has enabled me to attain an upper body that most guys on Soap Opera's have, and my middle section is fairly flat when I stand up- only it jumps up at me when I sit down which isn't attractive at all. My diet consists of the following:
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Cereal in the morning with skim milk- The cereal itself has 3g of fat, 9g of carbs, and 10g of protein.... The milk presumably has 0g of fat, 13g of carbs and 10g of protein.. making my morning breakfast consist of 3g of total fat, 22g of total carbs and 20g of total protein.
I go to the gym in the morning and then come back and eat egg whites alongside wheat bread. The egg whites have 0g of fat .. 3g of carbs and 12g of protein.... and the wheat bread has 1g of fat, 3g of carbs, and about 4g of protein (making the total= 1g of fat, 6g of carbs, and 16g of protein). I also drink a protein shake after my workout which is an additional 2g of fat .. 2g of carbs.. and 20g of protein.
2-3 hours later... I have a sandwich which consists of 5-6 slices of Turkey breast and fat free cheese (perhaps I could make this regular cheese). This comes out to 2g of fat, 5g of carbs, 12g of protein.
After this, I currently go to the gym again to run cardio (which is a new addition this week).
Right after my workout, I drink gatorade and have grilled Turkey burgers which comes out to a total of 2g of fat, 30 g of carbs (from the drink) and 20g of protein.
Toward the evening, I either have more grilled Turkey burgers of the same serving size or I make another sandwich. I also eat Rice Cakes and tomato slices. I do pushups.. then drink another protein shake about an hour later. Finally, I do my crunches toward the end of the night.
(Note: I intake fruits and vegetables sparingly throughout the week, and I also have one coffee coolata with skim milk every other day with the coolata consisting of 0g of fat, 50g of carbs, and 8g of protein).}
That's my diet in a nutshell. I also take Saturday's to eat a lot of fat ... about 70-80g worth.. so it's not like my body is completely deprived of it. I just don't see how my diet is causing my midsection to still remain large and disproportionate to the rest of my muscular body, especially since I do work that area out. While my belly doesn't stick out and is relatively flat, it does have plenty of excess meat that I can grab on to. Being that I just wrote down my entire diet and being that I am happy with my general results (except around the midsection area), does anyone have any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong for my stomach to still contain fat? I hope the cardio will work in time, but I just don't know (I mean, it could be my bad luck
). I am thinking that sitting in front of the computer all day long is attributable to the fat sticking around in my stomach area, which is why I have started to do intense cardio. Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.
I was 185 lbs of muscle 2 years ago and had no excess fat around my midsection at the time. I went on a trip to Europe during that summer and ended up not working out for an entire 2 months. All my muscular definition turned into fat, and I suddenly developed a belly. For 2 years, I have tried different diets of which some have worked better than others in terms of ridding excess fat around my stomach. At one point, I went on a high carb/moderate fat diet which just didn't work as my belly became enlargened. I went on a moderate carb/moderate fat/high protein diet which was good, but a) it did nothing for my belly and b) it made my chest stick out. Hence, I decided to go on the low fat/low-moderate carb/high protein diet which has enabled me to attain an upper body that most guys on Soap Opera's have, and my middle section is fairly flat when I stand up- only it jumps up at me when I sit down which isn't attractive at all. My diet consists of the following:
{
Cereal in the morning with skim milk- The cereal itself has 3g of fat, 9g of carbs, and 10g of protein.... The milk presumably has 0g of fat, 13g of carbs and 10g of protein.. making my morning breakfast consist of 3g of total fat, 22g of total carbs and 20g of total protein.
I go to the gym in the morning and then come back and eat egg whites alongside wheat bread. The egg whites have 0g of fat .. 3g of carbs and 12g of protein.... and the wheat bread has 1g of fat, 3g of carbs, and about 4g of protein (making the total= 1g of fat, 6g of carbs, and 16g of protein). I also drink a protein shake after my workout which is an additional 2g of fat .. 2g of carbs.. and 20g of protein.
2-3 hours later... I have a sandwich which consists of 5-6 slices of Turkey breast and fat free cheese (perhaps I could make this regular cheese). This comes out to 2g of fat, 5g of carbs, 12g of protein.
After this, I currently go to the gym again to run cardio (which is a new addition this week).
Right after my workout, I drink gatorade and have grilled Turkey burgers which comes out to a total of 2g of fat, 30 g of carbs (from the drink) and 20g of protein.
Toward the evening, I either have more grilled Turkey burgers of the same serving size or I make another sandwich. I also eat Rice Cakes and tomato slices. I do pushups.. then drink another protein shake about an hour later. Finally, I do my crunches toward the end of the night.
(Note: I intake fruits and vegetables sparingly throughout the week, and I also have one coffee coolata with skim milk every other day with the coolata consisting of 0g of fat, 50g of carbs, and 8g of protein).}
That's my diet in a nutshell. I also take Saturday's to eat a lot of fat ... about 70-80g worth.. so it's not like my body is completely deprived of it. I just don't see how my diet is causing my midsection to still remain large and disproportionate to the rest of my muscular body, especially since I do work that area out. While my belly doesn't stick out and is relatively flat, it does have plenty of excess meat that I can grab on to. Being that I just wrote down my entire diet and being that I am happy with my general results (except around the midsection area), does anyone have any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong for my stomach to still contain fat? I hope the cardio will work in time, but I just don't know (I mean, it could be my bad luck
). I am thinking that sitting in front of the computer all day long is attributable to the fat sticking around in my stomach area, which is why I have started to do intense cardio. Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.