Help?

[01010]

I'm new at muscle training and was wondering if someone could help me. Ok I'm about 5'4, 120 pounds and am trying to get a flat stomach and build all of my muscles. My stomach is kind of a bulge over my waist line so I want that to flatten out. I've had a gym membership for about a month know but havent done weight trainging because I didnt know which to do, I've been mostly doing stair master for 20 mins then various cardio. My questions are:

1)What are the core muscle areas I should consentrate on
2)For a beginner which excersices do you recommend
3)What is a good diet.
Right know my diet is:
12 (when I wake up): Cereal or a Tuna Sandwich
4 Chicken Breast
7 Usualy Pasta w/veg. Or a big salad w/1 chicken breast
10 A couple crackers

 

[WillAshland]

1)What are the core muscle areas I should consentrate on
2)For a beginner which excersices do you recommend
3)What is a good diet.
Right know my diet is:
12 (when I wake up): Cereal or a Tuna Sandwich
4 Chicken Breast
7 Usualy Pasta w/veg. Or a big salad w/1 chicken breast
10 A couple crackers

1) I'd say work chest, shoulders, and arms for the biggest noticeable gains. You should work ever muscle group, but if you had to choose, those would probably show the most improvement.

2) CHEST: Bench press, dumbell press, dumbell flyes
TRICEPS: french curls, skullcrushers, pullbacks
BICEPS: preacher curls, standing curls, and incline curl
SHOULDERS: shrugs, lateral raises

Those are what I would use for the arms chest and shoulders.

3.) Depends. Less calories will generally result in more weight loss.