how to lose a beer gut?

Running and swimming are better at losing a gut than ab workouts. Ab workouts are important, but you need to get to your "healthy weight" before they become as relevant as burning. Many people actually give up on their entire program because 300 ab exercises a day don't produce a slim belly after months of working out. The reason is the abs are always there, you just can't see them if you don't reduce the fat.

The bottom line is you have to work off what you eat. Everything else is cutting corners.

However, everything I've write is just for someone looking to lose weight. If you want to get stronger or increase endurance or increase speed those are different stories. 

stop drinking beer!

Be VERY careful when using laxatives. Using them for a long period of time constantly will result in chronic constipation and stomach pains. In extreme cases it can also cause liver failure.

A natural laxative like Metamucil is just a fiber supplement when not abused. It's no different than eating a bowl of oatmeal or a lot of high fiber fruit. But if abused it will still hurt you, just like eating 3 pounds of oatmeal per day.

*Kidney failure, not liver failure.

Yes i hear cutting fat all together is bad for the metabolism.

Yup, every other part of my body is working out fine apart from my gut so i must be very disciplined in having a good diet from here on out!!

OK it's the end of the first day of the week where i am and today i officially began the diet & am quite pleased with my efforts. Here's what i had:


Unfortunately i missed breakfast
- But for lunch i had a can of tuna on 2 slices of whole meal bread with cucumber and water to drink.
- I had half an avocado with syrup after lunch.
- I had this wholemeal tomato and basil biscuit snack.
- cup of chinese green tea (non commercial type tea)
- For dinner i fried  tuna with garlic, spring onions, tomato & cucumber in olive oil. I then put it on top of 2 slices of wholemeal bread and topped it off with a bit of cheese and grilled them.
- I had another half an avocado with syrup after dinner.
- I had two slices of wholemeal bread topped with 100% peanut butter purchased from the health section in my super market and ate that with chinese green tea.

Right now i am quite satisfied and not really craving anything considering i usually have some sort of junk food for lunch and dinner.

I also did light weights & push ups as tomorrow i'm on the tread mill.


So how did i do?

 

 

 

good job sir....I would kill myself with that diet though. I dropped a few lbs a while back..sterss was my key. i learned to relax, eat more small meals and STOP eating 5 hrs before bed. there i a lot of research that suggests your taste buds will change in time so your current diet my satisfy your appetite soon..

 

as for whisky, drink a couple times a week it isnt going to make you fat.

Avocadoes

Syrup

Bread for Dinner

Careful with that peanut butter.  The organic PB might be okay but normal commercial PB has sugar in it.  3 grams per serving is WAY too much sugar if you are in training.

 

The syrup i use is 100% natural with a total of 5g per 7g average quantity. I only use a very small amount.

& i had wholemeal bread last night because i ran out of salad and had no brown rice.

The peanut butter i use is 100% natural from the health section of the supermarket.

meant to say "total 5g carbs per 7g"

Thanks Texan!

Yeah that's good to know, it's important for my body to be satisfied with eating the healthier and lighter meals, hopefully my body will adjust soon.

In regards to Whiskey, i probably drink once every week at most on the weekends when i play cards. Whiskey has a lot of sugar so i thought this would be bad for me like any other things with sugar in it. If this is not recommended is wine better?

OK it's the end of the 2nd day - I am not going to post what i've eaten everyday but thought i'd post the first few days just so i know i'm on the right path. Here's what i had:

Breakfast:
-Oats and Cup of Chinese green tea.

Lunch:
-Chicken breasts cut in thin pieces marinated in soy sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, spring onions, garlic and grilled on a skillet with olive oil. Served with slices of cucumber and brown rice.
-Lentils soup with spinach, celery, tomato's and pumpkin.
-Water

Afternoon Snack:
-2 boiled eggs on 2 pieces of wholemeal bread with slices of half a tomato.
-Small strawberry yogurt.
-Tea

Dinner:
-Chicken breasts cut in thin pieces marinated in soy sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, spring onions, garlic and grilled on a skillet with olive oil. Served with slices of cucumber, grilled tomato slices and brown rice.
-An apple


I also did 30 mins on the tread mill with speeds varied between 7-9-10kmp.


Anything i can improve on?

Good luck bro

the chicken is great dude.  its got high protein and is very lean.  You might want to mix it up a bit, b/c i promise you will get bored eating the same shit.  There's a million different ways to make chicken and I suggest you learn half of them.

eating several small meals and small snacks is huge.  Your body is like a small FIRE.  You just want to keep the flame burning at a constant rate.  So when you feel hungry.....EAT.  You don't need to eat a whole meal, but eat a vegetable/ fruit, a granola bar, yogurt  and then your body will learn to process food more efficiently and will require less calories.  So snacking is okay!  Pigging out isnt.  Remember don't wait until your starving to eat.  When your body starts feeling hungary, it moves into Starvatioin Mode.  Then it starts RETAINING calories from fat, and starts BURNING calories from muscle.  This is the exact OPPOSITE of what you want.  (obviously).  So add 2 more snacks into your routine.

Definatley talk to someone about meal ideas and stuff.  Because i promise you that after a month or two of eating the same food, you will never want to eat it again.  Diversity is key to keep your body on its toes and back into the machine it once was. 

Remember, if you feel hungry, suppress it with a little bit of food.  This teaches your body to feel satisfied with minimal calories...thus resulting into burning the calories you already have.....which means loss of fat (especially belly fat)  Your body is a machine that learns by conditioning.  GL, you got this bro.