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Hi I am a boy 17 years old . Im new at this forum.A couple of years ago i was a chubby short boy (78 kilos , 1,66 meters).After having a balanced diet i managed to drop to 62 kilos , while reaching 1,78 (it took me ~10 months) but i didnt work out.5 moths ago i started going to the gym and while eating well i reached 64 kilos , guess thats a good sign.I got a fitness programm to tune the whole body but i do more crunches and planking than my fitness teacher suggests.My problem is that although the rest of my body (tricepts,quadricepts,legs,back,chest) have gotten fit i see not much progress at the abs section and i also have some sort of belly although focusing on that.

6 out of 7 days of the weak i eat health while 1 day(usually friday) order fast food and drink some alcohol if i go outside.
Any diet/excercise tips to discuss with my tutor or any medical supplies ?
Thanks!
 
Okay, as it stands, you have a BMI of about 20. That's towards the lower end of normal (with normal usually being either 20-25 or 17.5-25, depending on who you ask). My suggestion to you is to either stop focusing on weight and start focusing on strength, or to actually spend some time gaining weight. The former will promote some body recomposition, in which to build muscle mass your body breaks down energy from fat, although how effective it will be can vary wildly from person to person. The latter will have you building muscle mass faster -- more muscle all over, including on your abs. A steady gain of 1kg/month should see a good ratio of muscle gain vs fat gain (if you gain any weight at all, some of it will probably be fat, but if you can get the ratio of muscle:fat right, then you'll notice the muscle coming through more than you'll notice fat accumulating; and when you do gain more fat than you're comfortable with, you can adjust your diet for fat loss, and once you've lost the fat you'll have more to show for it than you currently do).

Gaining, losing and maintaining weight are all results that are controlled by the balance of energy in vs energy out.

Energy in > energy out = weight gain.
Energy in < energy out = weight loss.
Energy in = energy out = weight maintenance.

What you gain or lose can be partially controlled by activity. Stimulating your muscles while gaining weight will promote the building of those muscles. Stimulating them while losing weight will promote the sparing of them (use it or lose it, to an extent). The kind of training that builds muscle will also spare muscle. Training that isn't so effective at building muscle may not be so effective at sparing it, either, so if all you do while gaining weight is lifting weights, and all you do while losing weight is cardio, then during the weight loss phase you'll probably undo a lot of your strength training, bringing you back to square 1.
 
Goldfish said:
Okay, as it stands, you have a BMI of about 20. That's towards the lower end of normal (with normal usually being either 20-25 or 17.5-25, depending on who you ask). My suggestion to you is to either stop focusing on weight and start focusing on strength, or to actually spend some time gaining weight. The former will promote some body recomposition, in which to build muscle mass your body breaks down energy from fat, although how effective it will be can vary wildly from person to person. The latter will have you building muscle mass faster -- more muscle all over, including on your abs. A steady gain of 1kg/month should see a good ratio of muscle gain vs fat gain (if you gain any weight at all, some of it will probably be fat, but if you can get the ratio of muscle:fat right, then you'll notice the muscle coming through more than you'll notice fat accumulating; and when you do gain more fat than you're comfortable with, you can adjust your diet for fat loss, and once you've lost the fat you'll have more to show for it than you currently do).

Gaining, losing and maintaining weight are all results that are controlled by the balance of energy in vs energy out.

Energy in > energy out = weight gain.
Energy in < energy out = weight loss.
Energy in = energy out = weight maintenance.

What you gain or lose can be partially controlled by activity. Stimulating your muscles while gaining weight will promote the building of those muscles. Stimulating them while losing weight will promote the sparing of them (use it or lose it, to an extent). The kind of training that builds muscle will also spare muscle. Training that isn't so effective at building muscle may not be so effective at sparing it, either, so if all you do while gaining weight is lifting weights, and all you do while losing weight is cardio, then during the weight loss phase you'll probably undo a lot of your strength training, bringing you back to square 1.
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Well so what you suggest is keep eating normally and keep excercising every part of my body ?
Any foods that will help me reach my goal faster/delay it ? Id like to have the fat lost till july when my vacation starts .
I visit the gym twice a weak around 90 mins/day.Should I go more often ?
 
JesseJames said:
Well so what you suggest is keep eating normally and keep excercising every part of my body ?
Any foods that will help me reach my goal faster/delay it ? Id like to have the fat lost till july when my vacation starts .
I visit the gym twice a weak around 90 mins/day.Should I go more often ?
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1. Yes.
2. No. In theory you could be shredded while eating nothing but McDonald's or you could be 500lb eating nothing but lean meat, eggs and vegetables, although neither of those extremes would be easy to do. When it comes to body composition, it's (almost) all calories in vs calories. No wonder foods with an magic pill effect. But certainly eat nutritious food with minimal carcinogens if you like the idea of feeling good and being healthy so as to enjoy your body.
3. If you can go more often, that would probably be a good idea, so long as you get yourself on a program that's designed to cater for the extra days (pro tip: doing all the same exercises 5 days in a row probably isn't a good idea).
 
Sometimes there are certain sections of the body that just need to be put through more work. Do more crunches and other stomach exercises like leg raises etc.
 
doctors and gymnast say i must not lose any weight but instead get .Though It really is a great workout :D used to attend classes when I was preschool age :p
 
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