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Ok, a bit about me. First I’m a dwarf so things are interesting right out of the gate, here goes.

4'6"
114lbs this morning (remember I’m small, I’m still overweight, and target is around 100-105lbs)
19% bf testing 3 weeks ago

I was in great shape in high school and my younger days, early college days went well too. It went down hill when I joined the real world and I’ve just gotten sick of it these past 2 months. I've started going back to the gym and working out at least 4 hours a week- usually 6-8 in 4 visits on average. I'm doing cardio and a lot of weight lifting (I miss my old strength more than anything) I cannot seem to shave the fat off of my stomach or love handles to save my soul though. I’m sure the reaction here is diet, to which I disagree. I eat very few preservative laced foods, higher on protein lower on carbs unless I’m about to get into some serious energy burning, be it the gym or spending the day doing something physical. I don’t consume sugar, almost at all, no soda, candy etc and eat probably less than one course of 1 meal that's fried in a week, meats, whole breads, eggs, occasional pasta, rice and plenty of veggies - My one weakness is beer but I’ve been pulling away from it pretty hard. While I’m starting to notice more strength I’m noticing zero body fat changes and its starting to piss me off.

I'm looking for suggestions into something to help burn the fat. I take a generic multi that's not laced with crap once a day, and glucosamine for my bad joints. Other than that the occasional aspirin and Claritin in weekly spats 2-3 times a year during season changes. I really don’t think there should be any interaction problems but I’m just laying it all out there. I'm new to taking this very seriously (it was so much easier to be young and out terrorizing the world)


THANKS!:)
 
ahh the beers a killer :( (alcohol will lower your protein absorption). Also, in my opinion, if your not already doing this. You should try to eat about 5-6 times a day, small portions of low fat /high protein foods. Id start by counting up the amount of calories you eat, in a normal day, and decrease it by 400 calories. Id workout 3 times a week, and do some sort of cardio.
If beers a problem,and you gotta have a few, you gotta compensate for it. Meaning , if your target calorie intake for the week is around 16000 calories, ( 2300 per day ). You gotta some how make it work, by leaving those calories your gonna get from the beer, out of your diet. Cuz you could eat perfect all week, then go on a weekend warrior trip, and blow your whole diet of course. :)
 
mike79 said:
ahh the beers a killer :( (alcohol will lower your protein absorption). Also, in my opinion, if your not already doing this. You should try to eat about 5-6 times a day, small portions of low fat /high protein foods. Id start by counting up the amount of calories you eat, in a normal day, and decrease it by 400 calories. Id workout 3 times a week, and do some sort of cardio.
If beers a problem,and you gotta have a few, you gotta compensate for it. Meaning , if your target calorie intake for the week is around 16000 calories, ( 2300 per day ). You gotta some how make it work, by leaving those calories your gonna get from the beer, out of your diet. Cuz you could eat perfect all week, then go on a weekend warrior trip, and blow your whole diet of course. :)
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well, heh, i screwed the pooch on friday. Generally i'm gettin off the beer though, its not a big big deal because there's always Vodka... which i suppose is just the lesser of two weavels
 
As long as you are taking supps take C and creatine.
I beleive more and more often that a workout should be 45 minutes to and hour twenty. Oh yes. I can push myself for four hours. but really the best way in my opinion is to really push yourself hard and recoup. Your routine looks okay and you have experience which is good. I guess the best pointers would be:
-Do strength training first: muscle boosts metabolism and always looks good.Do cardio second but take it seriously. 20 min should be fine. More is not always better
-Get plenty of sleep and don't work a muscle two days in a row unless you are certain that the muscle is fully recovered from past training. Recovery is where the progress is born.
-Lift in the 6-15 range starting at high rep low weight and bringing the weight up.


Way to go man
 
there might not be one near you but try usinga gym that uses technogym equipment...its brilliant they do a whole workout program for you depending on what you want to lose. You also get a key to record your process its made a big difference as you cant cheat lol taking creatines helped aswell
 
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