I'm a 26 year old who dropped from 12 stone to 10 stone around about 12 months ago doing 1 hour cardio exercises per day for 4 to 5 months straight, mid way through I did try to introduce a tiny little bit of weight lifting but stopped the second I noticed unsightly stretch marks on arms.
Since I'm 5 feet 6 inches a shorty :/ 10 stone was fine, I met ideal goal and stopped. continued eating healthily then started a new manual job which requires moving around all day at a quickish pace so in order to not lose weight and maintain I began eating junk food again. This is the only way I seem to be able to maintain that 10 stone... The second I try to lower calorie intake, eat healthier the weight on the scales dramatically drops to the low 9's seriously, 9's is way too low, even 10 is cutting it fine.
I have recently come across some articles that mention to lose body fat I must eat at a calorie deficit, how am I able to achieve this with the job I do? I am already at a normal weight but could still do with toning stomach up, still quite a bit of flab there. I am going away in 12 weeks so would like to tone up the best I can. Eating healthily, working all day and introducing some resistance training just doesn't seem to cut it as I tend to lose too much weight. job is quite demanding as most manual jobs are so it's immensely difficult to find a balance.
Need help toning up the stomach area
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Re: Need help toning up the stomach area
Hi Time4changes, good to speak to you.
I would say go back to the weight lifting, but try a diet consisting of this macro-nutrient range.
Protein 40%
Carbs 30%
Fat 30%
Aim for around 2,500 calories a day and see how you get on for the next 2 months at least.
You could go for a 3 day TBT program focusing on all the main body parts and then intersperse some cardio into the mix a couple of times a week for around 20-30 minutes.
So your schedule would look something like this.
Day 1. Weights
Day 2. Cardio
Day 3. Weights
Day 4. Day off
Day 5. Cardio
Day 6. Weights
Day 7. Day off.
I would say go back to the weight lifting, but try a diet consisting of this macro-nutrient range.
Protein 40%
Carbs 30%
Fat 30%
Aim for around 2,500 calories a day and see how you get on for the next 2 months at least.
You could go for a 3 day TBT program focusing on all the main body parts and then intersperse some cardio into the mix a couple of times a week for around 20-30 minutes.
So your schedule would look something like this.
Day 1. Weights
Day 2. Cardio
Day 3. Weights
Day 4. Day off
Day 5. Cardio
Day 6. Weights
Day 7. Day off.
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Re: Need help toning up the stomach area
Boss Man is spot on, and I'd add some isolate abs exercises to your routine as well: toes-to-bar leg raises and work out using a ab wheel roll.