5'10 136 lbs, not skinny

[NotTylerJ]

I'm 5'10 136 lbs and i have a ridiculously large gut. At the beginning of senior year i was 170 and my gut has pretty much looked the exact same to me since then. I just need help on how to get rid of it. I've been going to the gym for about a week now and drinking protein shakes after. I just want to do this right and not be ashamed to take my shirt off. Thanks!

[dipatel13]

Seeing yourself through your own eyes is probably making it look worse than it really is. Hard to imagine you have large gut at such a low weight.

Follow a good lifting routine like this: Fierce 5.

Drop the protein shakes, you don't need supplements just eat more food. Focus on eating and lift to grow.

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I hope you are joking.... At 5'10 136 you are underweight man and skinny. Not trying to bring you down or anything or rip on you but if you can't see this and still think losing fat/cutting is a good idea then you are delusional.

[LAclutch239]

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[Anonymous000]

I'm 5'10 136 lbs and i have a ridiculously large gut. At the beginning of senior year i was 170 and my gut has pretty much looked the exact same to me since then. I just need help on how to get rid of it. I've been going to the gym for about a week now and drinking protein shakes after. I just want to do this right and not be ashamed to take my shirt off. Thanks!

cut the junk food any thing with Sugar
Sugar = fat and
Fat = sugar

Just fyi your sugar hang over will last about 1 month

I weigh about 193-196 varies, same height, 10% BF (=19.x pounds body fat) based on my input(that variable is most likely water weight since I drink a lot of water 1 to 2.5L a day that creates that variable)
pretty cut based upon weight.

but I do hold my own
when it comes to how it's carried since I have a large chest 46" around at 19X pounds i'm starting to look anorexic


you have a narrow bone structure which does not carry fat or any weight very well


there is much you can really do about that...

[sonti]

The answer is that you're obviously going to have to take a significant amount of time to eat more, lift very heavy, and build a solid muscle base. You've been lifting a week. To give you perspective, I've had a 4-6 pack showing at 136lbs... and I'm a 5'5 female, but I've lifted for over 10 years. So, stop dieting (you're an 18 year old male, you are in the prime of muscle gain ability) and start doing this properly.

Eat, lift, sleep, repeat, repeat, repeat. PATIENCE.

[EjnarKolinkar]

Seeing yourself through your own eyes is probably making it look worse than it really is. Hard to imagine you have large gut at such a low weight.

Follow a good lifting routine like this: Fierce 5.

Drop the protein shakes, you don't need supplements just eat more food. Focus on eating and lift to grow.

x2 take care of yourself, lift, eat well, gain weight.

[juggernaut74ia]

Based on the photo in your bodyspace, you ARE ridiculously skinny. The reason you stomach appears to be big, is merely because in comparison to the rest of your toothpick body, it's "normal" sized.

You need to add lean mass to your frame. This will even out your proportions and even if you don't lose a millimeter of fat on your stomach, it will look 100x better.

[NotTylerJ]

Based on the photo in your bodyspace, you ARE ridiculously skinny. The reason you stomach appears to be big, is merely because in comparison to the rest of your toothpick body, it's "normal" sized.

You need to add lean mass to your frame. This will even out your proportions and even if you don't lose a millimeter of fat on your stomach, it will look 100x better.

How do i add lean mass?

[juggernaut74ia]

How do i add lean mass?

See post #2 and others early on in the thread.

Eat more, and get on a good beginner lifting routine.

[NotTylerJ]

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I have an aliene-like body, it just doesnt look right.

[k260jl]

I have an aliene-like body, it just doesnt look right.

DUDE YOU NEED TO EAT LOL.

Read EVERY thing here and try to follow it to the T

How to count calories and what are macros
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=156380403
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=159938141

Eat above your TDEE - Most people would recommand 2-3lbs gainz per month
http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/

Good beginner workout routine
SL 5x5, Fierce 5, ICF 5x5, The Viking's The Bare Bones Series

[DanPaul7]

Looks like fairly anterior bad pelvic tilt and just complete lack of any muscle.

Start eating correctly and working out. The pelvic tilt may we'll fix itself.

Also you've covered your face in the picture you linked, yet your profile picture shows it clearly. May want to amend that if you're trying to keep your identity a secret.

[NotTylerJ]

x2 take care of yourself, lift, eat well, gain weight.

why should i drop protein shakes?

[NotTylerJ]

I hope you are joking.... At 5'10 136 you are underweight man and skinny. Not trying to bring you down or anything or rip on you but if you can't see this and still think losing fat/cutting is a good idea then you are delusional.

im not delusional, just look at my picture and you'll know what i mean. i dont know what to do!

[NotTylerJ]

Seeing yourself through your own eyes is probably making it look worse than it really is. Hard to imagine you have large gut at such a low weight.


Drop the protein shakes, you don't need supplements just eat more food. Focus on eating and lift to grow.

why should i drop the protein shakes?

[dipatel13]

im not delusional, just look at my picture and you'll know what i mean. i dont know what to do!

You're severely lacking muscle which makes it look like your have more fat that you really do. You need to build a solid foundation of muscle first.

Real food > supplements. You better off just eating more real food instead of shakes to get more calories and nutrients.

[Serpentarius]

Buy some resistance bands so you can work on strengthening and fixing the muscles that are weaking causing anterior pelvic tilt (at home) unless you are just posing very strangely. You look like that because you lack muscle, get on a novice strength program in a small surplus so you can gain some weight to facilitate muscle growth better as you are very undermuscled more-so than normal.

[davisj3537]

Being underweight/skinny is not the same thing as being lean. You're wanting to be lean and think losing more weight is a good way to achieve that goal. You wanting to lose weight is indicative of an eating disorder in which you'd need to see a psychiatrist. We don't allow this type of discussion. If you're not interested in gaining weight and building some muscle then this thread will be closed and you'll be banned.

[NotTylerJ]

Being underweight/skinny is not the same thing as being lean. You're wanting to be lean and think losing more weight is a good way to achieve that goal. You wanting to lose weight is indicative of an eating disorder in which you'd need to see a psychiatrist. We don't allow this type of discussion. If you're not interested in gaining weight and building some muscle then this thread will be closed and you'll be banned.

Are you kidding me? I am trying to build muscle I just needed some advice on what to do? I got really good advice and then here you come threatening to ban me for trying to get help from others? I domt want to lose any more weight, I'm 136 Ik that is very low, I was just trying to get rid of my gut but now I understand more about it. I just think it's ridiculous you'd jump straight to eating disorder/banning. Really not cool.

[davisj3537]

Are you kidding me? I am trying to build muscle I just needed some advice on what to do? I got really good advice and then here you come threatening to ban me for trying to get help from others? I domt want to lose any more weight, I'm 136 Ik that is very low, I was just trying to get rid of my gut but now I understand more about it. I just think it's ridiculous you'd jump straight to eating disorder/banning. Really not cool.

More than half your posts are complaining about your gut and getting rid of it. If your pics didn't show you being malnourished I wouldn't have given it second thought. I stand by my post. We take eating disorders extremely seriously so when I see a few red flags like this I shut the idea down. These type of discussion are a liability. After a few people die from malnourishment and multiple investigations are done, the forum tends to take a pretty strong stance on this kind of thing.

The only mention of banning was in reference to you wanting to lose more weight so if that is no longer an interest of yours then you have nothing to worry about. Try to focus on the rest of the stellar advice in this thread and shrug off the last few words of my post.

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Are you kidding me? I am trying to build muscle I just needed some advice on what to do? I got really good advice and then here you come threatening to ban me for trying to get help from others? I domt want to lose any more weight, I'm 136 Ik that is very low, I was just trying to get rid of my gut but now I understand more about it. I just think it's ridiculous you'd jump straight to eating disorder/banning. Really not cool.

You are a 5'10 136lb guy wanting to "get rid of his gut" so I fail to see how his post was ridiculous.

[NotTylerJ]

More than half your posts are complaining about your gut and getting rid of it. If your pics didn't show you being malnourished I wouldn't have given it second thought. I stand by my post. We take eating disorders extremely seriously so when I see a few red flags like this I shut the idea down. These type of discussion are a liability. After a few people die from malnourishment and multiple investigations are done, the forum tends to take a pretty strong stance on this kind of thing.

The only mention of banning was in reference to you wanting to lose more weight so if that is no longer an interest of yours then you have nothing to worry about. Try to focus on the rest of the stellar advice in this thread and shrug off the last few words of my post.

I completely understand where you're coming from now. I never meant to come across as "I need to lose weight" I was trying to come across as "I have a gut and need tips to build muscle to fix it." I now more understand how to in my sense "Fix It" I just got kind of offended by some of your words as i was just trying to come here for tips. Sorry for confusion.

[davisj3537]

I completely understand where you're coming from now. I never meant to come across as "I need to lose weight" I was trying to come across as "I have a gut and need tips to build muscle to fix it." I now more understand how to in my sense "Fix It" I just got kind of offended by some of your words as i was just trying to come here for tips. Sorry for confusion.

I completely understand why you reacted the way you did. It's very difficult to get the point across in a blunt way without ruffling some feathers. I will continue to work on my wording for such types of posts.

[lmcfreekz]

You've been in the gym for a week! It takes about 6 months of solid work, a good 4 - 5 times a week with the right nutrition and a proven workout program (which you can find in the workout program forum here) to start seeing real change...

Work out your TDEE using a Harris-Benedict calculator then eat at maintenance or a small excess... as a couple of guys have said above, body proportions are all relatively... if you're skin and bones then your stomach will naturally look larger... remember BF is a %... I might actually carry the same amount of fat that you do, however I'm 220lbs and circa 13% BF, so it's going to look very different... it's all relative. You really want to be adding muscle in your situation...

[dwightaroundya]

I completely understand where you're coming from now. I never meant to come across as "I need to lose weight" I was trying to come across as "I have a gut and need tips to build muscle to fix it." I now more understand how to in my sense "Fix It" I just got kind of offended by some of your words as i was just trying to come here for tips. Sorry for confusion.

Liquid calories are your best friend right now OP (Cokes, shakes, any kind of fruit juice, milk).

Obviously you have a hard time downing food.

At least make sure you go to Costco or Walmart and buy a bird for $5.

Eat the whole thing

[Madara808]

When I was a swimmer I was 145 and I'm 5'11. I was skinny af before I gained a ton of weight.
Your weight at 5'10 is prob skinny fat