How Do I Lose The Midsection?

[silverado21]

Hi everyone,

I a hoping you could help me with a question I have. I am a male weighing about 155 llb height is about 5'7.

I really would like to be about 10 lbs heavier (165 lbs) but every time I gain past 155 pounds my stomach starts to bulge. I have pretty much an athletic frame and would like to keep but with nice chest, biceps, triceps, thighs, and calves. At the moment my legs are very small and I would like them larger but again when I go past 155 lbs my stomach start to stick out.

How do I get up to 165 lbs and have nice abs and still maintain a slim/muscular body?

Will I have to lose more weight FIRST before I lose my stomach?

Oh, the only meat I eat is fish and no dairy. (no other animal products ) Don't know if this is important or not.

I really would appreciate any help you all can give

Thanks in advance

[SuperTbag]

check out the search bar knowledge is how bro.

[stevenstonaker]

It seems you have discovered the conundrum all bodybuilders are faced with.. How do you gain lean muscle while maintaining low bodyfat?

The simple answer is to eat right and make sure you are doing enough cardio. This is dependent on each individual.

The more difficult answer is that you can't seem to manage both at once. In order to gain weight (bulk) you need a calorie surplus and in order to trim (cut) you need a calorie deficit. Unfortunately it's hard to bulk exclusively lean muscle without getting some fat in there as well.

You may want to separate your goals. Most tend to go above a target weight, then focus on losing bodyfat while trying to maintain muscle.

Diet is going to be the most important factor in both, but there's plenty of info on the forum about different bulking and cutting techniques and diets and workout plans to complement each.

[tc28russo]

The only way to gain solid weight is to eat 5 to 6 meals daily. If you eat meals consisting of 55% carbohydrates, 15 to 20% protein and 20 to 25% fats you are on the right track cliqngo.com

[robwigan]

the 5-6 meals a day thing is proven bro science . some people prefer it but timming of meals makes no differance 5-6 small meals = 3 large meals

[elias4dr]

ive actually lost allot of body fat just by following the 5-6 meals a day plan.

[spiirit]

Hi everyone,

I a hoping you could help me with a question I have. I am a male weighing about 155 llb height is about 5'7.

I really would like to be about 10 lbs heavier (165 lbs) but every time I gain past 155 pounds my stomach starts to bulge. I have pretty much an athletic frame and would like to keep but with nice chest, biceps, triceps, thighs, and calves. At the moment my legs are very small and I would like them larger but again when I go past 155 lbs my stomach start to stick out.

How do I get up to 165 lbs and have nice abs and still maintain a slim/muscular body?

Will I have to lose more weight FIRST before I lose my stomach?

Oh, the only meat I eat is fish and no dairy. (no other animal products ) Don't know if this is important or not.

I really would appreciate any help you all can give

Thanks in advance

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Humans have the constitution of bears when it comes to fat. We store fat for hybernation periods which our civilization has negated. Each year of our life has repeatedly layered our body with more and more stored far, never used because we never hybernate. The secret to reversing the nature of this phenomena is to take our bodies back to the state we once enjoyed as youngsters.

Because the abdomen is the centerpiece of fat storage, it will be the vey last to give up it's excess fat. This means that the entire body must be stripped of all excess fat right down to the offending stomach area which will always be the last to leave.

The visual results of the first undertaking mentioned below is not unplesant and is shortly done...

The quickest would be a program of copious amounts of violent exercise such as the P90X program. If the heart is strong and the body supple, then this would be the first choice. The results would be immediate over the entire body and commensurate with the effort put forth.

The second method would take an extended period of time, perhaps on the order of thirty months but would be a sucessful option for the more elderly among us. This is a drastic fat depriving diet with perhaps only two small meals a day along with three 12oz. protein drink suppliments. No oil, sugar, dairy, baked or fried foods whatsoever. Not even minimal fat ingestion of any sort unless a suitable "Fat Burner" is taken first! Greens, pure honey, one dried fruit type, one "Sin" meal/day pre-empted by a strong fat burner. That's it!

I myself am the guinea-pig for the tried and proven "Second Method" shown. I have developed a chart which logs monthly progress of "Lean Muscle Gain" vs "Fat Loss". As a result of this chart information, I am in complete control of both weight gain and fat percentage values to whatever end I so desire. I am doing fourty different exercises over a thirty day period, adding weights and/or reps as I progress. I am healthy and never run out of gas. I warm up but do no cardio. I am 5'10" tall @ 158 pounds and holding that weight until the last vestiges of stomach fat receedes (which is in process now).

And so... on it goes. Somewhere between 6-10% body fat I will try manipulating the fat burners and food somewhat... who knows?... LOL!

I will be 83 years old 9/29/11.