Fat Around Belly Button Area?

Day 122

Late breakfast - 3 shreaded wheat with hot semi skimmed milk.

Ear is still aching today, can't hear much out of it and feels like it's going to explode when i yawn and coff, getting some ear drops later.

Lunch - 2 slices toast with peanut butter and 4 boiled eggs (1 full egg, others whites) not sure of calories in whites or protein but perhaps im eating too much fat in my diet? It's been over 4months now and surely i would of seen some major changes by now?

I still don't feel completely with it it could be due to the ear ache but i will try to at least attempt weight training today.

Hi Martin,

I don't think youre getting too much fat in your diet. You want about 20-35% of your total calories to come from healthy fats so i think you're fine.

I think your body has definitely changed since you started, however I think you just don't notice all of the changes because you have nothing to compare too. Do you have any pictures from 4 months ago that you could look at and compare to?

You might try the weights but if they are too much just skip them until you feel 100% better.

Cassie

I tried the weights but didn't last long, did about 3 sets of push ups variing from 10-20. Put 27kg of weight on, did 3 military presses reps of 7 then tried shoulder press but something wasn't right, even though i wanted to work out i couldn't something stopping me sounds weird but even though i felt i could do it i couldn't and then i did a set of curls and things just got worse. I had to stop and felt dissapointed with my efforts.

Don't feel dissapointed Martin. You've been sick. You need to give yourself time to get better. Take the day off and rest. You'll only set yourself back if you try to do too much while you're not fully recovered.

Yeah ive stopped, gonna not go out tonight either, going to stay in and take it easy, however haven't eaten dinner yet, as mum or dad haven't cooked/busy. Not sure if i should go to a chip shop and get something like a chicken burger, reg fries diet coke in a meal, or would that affect me much, if it will, il make do with what i have here.

Thanks again.

Yeah ive stopped, gonna not go out tonight either, going to stay in and take it easy, however haven't eaten dinner yet, as mum or dad haven't cooked/busy. Not sure if i should go to a chip shop and get something like a chicken burger, reg fries diet coke in a meal, or would that affect me much, if it will, il make do with what i have here.

Thanks again.

Chicken burgers and fries have the kind of fats in them that you really should avoid. These are the things that are going to hinder your progress and raise your cholesterol levels if you eat a great deal of them over time. Also, the chicken burger is going to have white bread which is pure crap. Diet coke is terrible for you.... has chemicals and caffein and God-knows-what else in it. This is never a good choice Martin. I would go instead for a bowl of hot oatmeal (which should help clear your sinuses if they are clogged) with a scoop of protein tossed in or go for some chicken and veggie soup or omelet... You've cut back on your egg intake however you really should consider taking stuff like fries and fried chicken burgers and white bread out of your diet as these are the things that are going to add saturated fat and simple sugars to your diet and ultimately set you back from making progress.

Just my honest opinion.

Cassie

Ok thanks Cas, il make do with what i have here then, but i thought diet coke was alright? As it has no calories in it?

Ok thanks Cas, il make do with what i have here then, but i thought diet coke was alright? As it has no calories in it?

Yeah it doesn't have calories but has a lot of chemicals that most likely aren't the best for you. Plus, the caffein in it is a diuretic. If you're sick you'll want to load up on water, not soda.

Right, thanks never knew, also the way you said about the chicken burger meal made it sound like i have it often lol

Aspartame breaks down in to formaldehyde in the body. No good.

Aspartame breaks down in to formaldehyde in the body. No good.

Why though? What does this do?

Right, thanks never knew, also the way you said about the chicken burger meal made it sound like i have it often lol

Oh sorry about that Martin. You don't have that often... I just wanted to clarify because you seem to be concerned with eggs now and I would be more concerned with things like chicken burgers, fries, sausages, cheeses, pizza, cakes, muffins, chips, pastries... as these are worse for you than a few eggs every day. So wanted to make sure you weren't planning on cutting back on eggs while leaving these items in your diet as you'd be MUCH better off leaving the eggs and staying away from chicken burgers and fries.

Aspartame breaks down in to formaldehyde in the body. No good.

Why though? What does this do?

The thing that worries me about aspartame is that it really hasn't been around long enough for us to fully understand exactly what it does when eaten over the course of a lifetime. Some tests (done on mice) showed that large amounts could be toxic, however the amount of aspartame given to the mice was more than the average person would be able to consume in an average day. However, it still does worry me that this hasn't been around long enough for us to FULLY understand how it could affect the body after years and years of consumption. My thoughts on it, i'm pretty sure plain water doesn't cause cancer and I KNOW my body needs water. However, I don't know how aspartame is going to affect me down the road and I know my body doesn't need this to function properly. In fact, when aspartame is eaten in large (or even regular doses for some) doses it can cause EXTREME diarrhea... which says to me that this isn't supposed to be in the body.

Aspartame breaks down in to formaldehyde in the body. No good.

Why though? What does this do?

Aspartame is unnatural. Formaldehyde is a metabolic byproduct of aspartame, and is the same chemical undertakers use to preserve dead bodies. It inhibits microbial growth on the tissue, preventing it from decomposing. You can see that this is not a friendly substance to have in your body.

I knew someone that was gearing up for a figure comp. She was on target with everything, and hit a plateau four weeks before she was to compete. The team she was working with could not figure out why. Dieticians, her trainer, her doctor, no one. She went to the chiropracter/homeopathic guy that works at the gym. He ran a few blood tests. Turns out she was chewing sugar free gum like it was her job. She was also drinking diet colas, and eating sugar free sweets, like jello. She went on a 2 week detox to get it out of her body so that she could progress again.

Cassie, I believe, also stops these behaviors coming up to her competitions (articifical sweetener intake, not aspartame, specifically). Though her use is *nothing* like the girl I knew, she is still light on sugar free jello, and I think in one of her posts even mentioned cutting out protein powder (which often has sucralose, another artificial sweetener), in the weeks leading up to a competition. Over time, these chemicals can build up in your body, and interfere with its normal metabolic function.

There have also been reports that it actually interferes with your body's ability to react to sugar by increasing metabolism after having eaten it, as it no longer associates "sweetness" with increased caloric intake. One such study was done by the University of South Florida (an alma mater of mine!), and several articles on this matter have been posted in The Economist and The New York Times.

Oh right, i never had a problem before so i thought it was alright

Dinner - had a milky bowl of oats like you said