Question regarding mainting a healthy diet and weight while lowering bfp:
I've always been a relatively skinny, perhaps even scrawny, kid. I got to senior year and I was getting tired of being so small and weak so I decided to hit the gym. I've been working out for about 4 months now and I'm definitely seeing results. Within the past couple of weeks I hit a plateau; however, after reading up and visiting this site, I've been able to push pass that and am quickly gaining muscle mass. I was usually a steady 153, and now am a good 158. I've upped my protein intake to about 1 gram per pound and I've also increased the number of calories I'm taking in (averaging 3000). I'm not a huge cardio guy but am willing to push myself. Anyway, to my question.
Most of the fat weight goes to my stomach, thus covering my abs, there isn't a lot, but it does the job. It might just be the perfectionist in me, but there's just something about a nice set of abs that really appeals to me. So I would like to be able to decrease this fat (I'm guessing by lowering my body fat percentage) while mainting my muscle mass (I know I'll have to probably loose a little). So any suggestions lifting, dieting, and cardio wise would be greatly appretiated. I'm wondering if perhaps my calorie intake and fat intake is too high and cardio too low (I average about 90 grams of fat per day. And my cardio is basically x-country running for about 15 3 times a week.)
Sorry if this question is over-asked, it's just that a lot of the information out there doesn't really seem to pertain to my specific needs.
I've always been a relatively skinny, perhaps even scrawny, kid. I got to senior year and I was getting tired of being so small and weak so I decided to hit the gym. I've been working out for about 4 months now and I'm definitely seeing results. Within the past couple of weeks I hit a plateau; however, after reading up and visiting this site, I've been able to push pass that and am quickly gaining muscle mass. I was usually a steady 153, and now am a good 158. I've upped my protein intake to about 1 gram per pound and I've also increased the number of calories I'm taking in (averaging 3000). I'm not a huge cardio guy but am willing to push myself. Anyway, to my question.
Most of the fat weight goes to my stomach, thus covering my abs, there isn't a lot, but it does the job. It might just be the perfectionist in me, but there's just something about a nice set of abs that really appeals to me. So I would like to be able to decrease this fat (I'm guessing by lowering my body fat percentage) while mainting my muscle mass (I know I'll have to probably loose a little). So any suggestions lifting, dieting, and cardio wise would be greatly appretiated. I'm wondering if perhaps my calorie intake and fat intake is too high and cardio too low (I average about 90 grams of fat per day. And my cardio is basically x-country running for about 15 3 times a week.)
Sorry if this question is over-asked, it's just that a lot of the information out there doesn't really seem to pertain to my specific needs.
