Is it enough?

Karty55

Karty55

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Ok so I finally decided to start losing weight proper about 7 weeks ago. Before that I had been doing a lot of walking and managed to lose 1 and a half stone(21 pounds). This was from a starting weight of 17 stone(238 pounds) To put this in perspective I am a 19 year old male and about 6 foot 2.

Joined a gym 7 weeks ago and in that time have lost a further 2 and a half stone(35 pounds). So I am now at about 13 stone(182 pounds). The thing is my target weight is 12 stone(168) but looking at things currently I'm not sure it will be enough to shift the fat. I am still pinching more than an inch shall we say and I don't think another 14 pounds is going to put much of a dent in that.

At the same time I'm not sure how much further below that I can go without concerning my parents... who are already saying I should stop but I can't, not while I still have fat to burn.

Anyone have any tips as to what I can do about this little problem? Granted I haven't exactly been eating all health food all the time but I have cut out sugary soft drinks and have cut down quite a bit on chocolate and such and been eating more fruit, already love most vegetables.
 
6 foot 2 and 13 stone puts you slap bang in the 'OK' bracket on the BMI charts which I'm guessing means you're OK. But fair play to you if you want to do that bit extra to make yourself feel good.

Whereabouts is this extra fat you're unhappy with? What exercises are you doing in the gym? It might be that simply targeting a bit of toning in the right areas will solve your problem.

Good luck with finding your solution :)
 
Stan said:
6 foot 2 and 13 stone puts you slap bang in the 'OK' bracket on the BMI charts which I'm guessing means you're OK. But fair play to you if you want to do that bit extra to make yourself feel good.

Whereabouts is this extra fat you're unhappy with? What exercises are you doing in the gym? It might be that simply targeting a bit of toning in the right areas will solve your problem.

Good luck with finding your solution :)
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I will use yesterday as an example of my workout routine. 50 minutes on the treadmill full incline fast walking pace. 30 minutes on the eliptical machine high resistance level. Stair master machine 25 minutes level 10 high enough I think. 51 lengths of the pool, its a 50 meter pool but I was in a smaller section about 35-40 meters still though. Other days I mix in some rowing machine stuff for about 20 minutes and the stationary bikes for 30 minutes or so. o weights at home occasionally.

Oh and my problem area would be my stomach still seems to be quite a bit of fat there oddly enough.
 
I'm no expert so I'd definately double check this bit of advice with an actual expert if you can find one, but how about concentrating on some core strength exercises?

My strength and conditioning coach (sounds good doesn't it, it's just my mate really who is one and is helping me lol) put me straight onto planks (which I thought was just an internet craze, but hey, turns out it's good for you!) when I said I wanted to work my stomach ready for when the weight came off. I do other stuff as well, but he always makes me do some sort of core strength stuff.

In fact, I haven't yet got onto a piece of equipment or lifted anything other than a kettle bell, it's all floor based stuff and I can really feel the muscles are being worked hard. I'm sure I'm getting ripped under the ripples somewhere lol.

Maybe this would help?
 
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