Losing the stomach fat
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Hi,
Having recently reached 50 i started to notice a bit of a stomach starting and whilst not desperate to get a 6 pack i want to tone up a little so i made the effort to find a solution.
I am 5ft 11" tall and in size 34 trousers and loving the chocolate so 3 weeks ago i joined a local "boot camp" club, i am pleased to say that the instructor is full of encouragement rarther than the Army Major type which i would not have liked.
The routine consists of Monday/Wednesday/Friday mornings at 6am we do a high intense session for 30 minutes using body resistance similiar to Metafit, quick shower and then off to work.
Also encouraged is to improve on the diet, i have given up Bread, cheese, sugar, beer, chocolate and tried to avoid anything with lots of sugar or processed food, since giving up the sugar my craving for chocolate has gone completely which i am very suprised about as before i could have lived on chocolate and the thought of a MacDonalds just turns me off. I buy chicken drumsticks and take these to work each day and the meat intake has increased a lot, loving the steaks as well.
Even though i am getting up earlier i am feeling much more alert and are sleeping much better.
The results so far, not looking to lose weight just replace the stomach fat with muscle which i have noticed in my upper body from all the exercises and my jeans are loose around the stomach so very pleased so far,
Interestingly running is not encouraged at all as a efficient way of losing weight,
I will post another update in a month,
Martyn
Having recently reached 50 i started to notice a bit of a stomach starting and whilst not desperate to get a 6 pack i want to tone up a little so i made the effort to find a solution.
I am 5ft 11" tall and in size 34 trousers and loving the chocolate so 3 weeks ago i joined a local "boot camp" club, i am pleased to say that the instructor is full of encouragement rarther than the Army Major type which i would not have liked.
The routine consists of Monday/Wednesday/Friday mornings at 6am we do a high intense session for 30 minutes using body resistance similiar to Metafit, quick shower and then off to work.
Also encouraged is to improve on the diet, i have given up Bread, cheese, sugar, beer, chocolate and tried to avoid anything with lots of sugar or processed food, since giving up the sugar my craving for chocolate has gone completely which i am very suprised about as before i could have lived on chocolate and the thought of a MacDonalds just turns me off. I buy chicken drumsticks and take these to work each day and the meat intake has increased a lot, loving the steaks as well.
Even though i am getting up earlier i am feeling much more alert and are sleeping much better.
The results so far, not looking to lose weight just replace the stomach fat with muscle which i have noticed in my upper body from all the exercises and my jeans are loose around the stomach so very pleased so far,
Interestingly running is not encouraged at all as a efficient way of losing weight,
I will post another update in a month,
Martyn
Edited by Martyn-123 on Saturday 19th April 15:45
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