Hi, I'm 18 y/o male, a little more than 5' 11", medium build. This past summer I weighed 200 lb, maybe a little more - My diet staples were pizza, cakes, cookies, donuts, and chips. I made the comitment to eat healthier in Sept. and since then went down to about 165 lb. My lowest was 153, and this was a result of not eating any carbs at all, basically, for nearly 2 months. No exercise at all was contributing to this weight loss. In the begining of February I started a fitness regimen - And I couldn't bear to cut back majorly on carbs anymore, it simply isn't realistic for me (and anyone else, I think).
My fitness is as follows:
Sunday - Cardio appx. 45 minutes, arm training, back training (In the gym about a total of 1.5 hr)
Monday - Cardio appx. 10 minutes (only as a warm up, Monday is my cardio "off" day), chest training, legs training, ab workout (about 400 crunches, different kinds and styles with medicine balls too) (In the gym about a total of 1.5 hr)
Wednesday - Cardio appx. 45 minutes, arm training, back training, ab workout (In gym about 2 hrs total)
Friday - Cardio appx. 45 minutes, chest training, legs training, ab workout (In gym about 2 hours total)
DIET WISE:
Breakfast - always a bowl of Fiber One or Total with skim milk and a few raisins, a nonfat yogurt, and a small muffin (only 35 cal., it's a diet one, no sugar or anything)
Lunch - usually a salad, OR egg white omelet with a little less than whole slice of low fat cheese with slice of whole wheat toast, fruit for a dessert
Snack - usually a fruit or two, maybe a few nuts
Dinner - almost always chicken breast cutlet or on bone, without skin , and stir fried vegetables with no oil, sometimes a cup of whole wheat pasta, but rarely....Never have red meat.
Granted, sometimes I have A LOT of fruit, and I mean a lot, because I gave up los of my favorite foods and sometimes I need to satisfy a sweet tooth. I haven't had any white breads, cookies, or cakes in nearly 4 months, and I consider myself to be very disciplined diet wise.
NOW MY PROBLEM....I see change in my arms, but ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in my abs. I have worked so hard on myself, with crunches, and cardio, and eliminating bad diet stuff an still no progress whatsoever. I'm becoming really discouraged and starting to think I'm cursed geneticall in the abs department. Is there anything I can do at all to get abs? I've been doing this gym plan for about 2 months now...I recently started having a protein shake after my gym workouts, since I know I might not be getting as much protein as I should. thing is, I don't like fish and I can't be satisfied off of only having chicken or something. I need carbs, plain and simple.
Is there anything you can tell me to help? Thanks so much in advance
My fitness is as follows:
Sunday - Cardio appx. 45 minutes, arm training, back training (In the gym about a total of 1.5 hr)
Monday - Cardio appx. 10 minutes (only as a warm up, Monday is my cardio "off" day), chest training, legs training, ab workout (about 400 crunches, different kinds and styles with medicine balls too) (In the gym about a total of 1.5 hr)
Wednesday - Cardio appx. 45 minutes, arm training, back training, ab workout (In gym about 2 hrs total)
Friday - Cardio appx. 45 minutes, chest training, legs training, ab workout (In gym about 2 hours total)
DIET WISE:
Breakfast - always a bowl of Fiber One or Total with skim milk and a few raisins, a nonfat yogurt, and a small muffin (only 35 cal., it's a diet one, no sugar or anything)
Lunch - usually a salad, OR egg white omelet with a little less than whole slice of low fat cheese with slice of whole wheat toast, fruit for a dessert
Snack - usually a fruit or two, maybe a few nuts
Dinner - almost always chicken breast cutlet or on bone, without skin , and stir fried vegetables with no oil, sometimes a cup of whole wheat pasta, but rarely....Never have red meat.
Granted, sometimes I have A LOT of fruit, and I mean a lot, because I gave up los of my favorite foods and sometimes I need to satisfy a sweet tooth. I haven't had any white breads, cookies, or cakes in nearly 4 months, and I consider myself to be very disciplined diet wise.
NOW MY PROBLEM....I see change in my arms, but ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in my abs. I have worked so hard on myself, with crunches, and cardio, and eliminating bad diet stuff an still no progress whatsoever. I'm becoming really discouraged and starting to think I'm cursed geneticall in the abs department. Is there anything I can do at all to get abs? I've been doing this gym plan for about 2 months now...I recently started having a protein shake after my gym workouts, since I know I might not be getting as much protein as I should. thing is, I don't like fish and I can't be satisfied off of only having chicken or something. I need carbs, plain and simple.
Is there anything you can tell me to help? Thanks so much in advance