Thread: Fatty needs Help!

Ok, hopefully the title got your attention

My problem: I currently stand at 6"2 and 14 stone (196 pounds) at 25 years old. However the weight seems to be all around my gut/love handles/man boobs etc.

Im not really a fatty or anything but I think too much booze and food are the problem. The booze will be getting cut drastically, Im thinking of going to Vodaka and Diet Coke when I drink ( only 1 calorie per glass apparently).

What Im aiming for ideally is 12.5 stone (175 pounds). Ive always been a kinda lanky guy so I dont really have big arms or anything so things like push ups are a knightmare for me

Just hoping that someone has some advice/ exercise plan I could follow and see how it works out. I dont want to be massive or anything, just tone up and drop the gut etc.

I have access to a gym after work and theres a football pitch down the road I could use for running and stuff.

Any ideas welcome guys, cheers!

I'd take a look in the training logs. CutMeMick had shed quite bit of weight in a hurry so he might be a good one to talk to for that sort of thing. Changing your eating and drinking habits and running is essentially the key...but i've never trained for weight loss, so not really the person.

There are some good routines in there for boxing training, that I am sure would be good for training in general....but firstly look at losing before you start adding muscle I think. 6'2" and 192 isn't bad at all. You can likely get to your goal in short order changing those eating/drinking habits, running and bodyweight toning exercises.

Here is a good thread for bodyweight exercises.

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...xcercises.html

How does your diet look?

Can you post your average daily diet (including drinks/alcohol). Be as honest as possible.

Also post your activity levels....for example if you do any sort of physical training/exercise, what type of job you do (is it strenuous manual labour etc...)

We can take it from there...

An average days food drink intake:

Breakfast - Nothing as I prefer extra time in bed. Maybe pick up a roll and sausage on the way to work.

Lunch - Either a couple sandwiches, beans on toast, soup with bread along those lines. With that Il usually have a can of fizzy drink, packet of crisps and a chocolate biscuit.

Dinner - Variety of things. Sometimes pizza, hand made burgers, roast chicken, whatever is there really. Usually have this with chips or potatoes with veg.

Snacks - Either chocolate bar, crisps, a cream cake, stuff like that lol. I also like to have some toast when I get home from work. Also sometimes just eat random things when im hungry.

I also eat take away alot more than I should. I could go a couple weeks without eating any then Il maybe have a couple during the week.

My job is pretty hard work, physical labour that gets a sweat going kinda stuff. I also drink quie a bit of water during the day, either on its own or with diluting juice.

Im a 10 a day smoker, and at the weekend I drink prolly 30 - 40 units of alcohol.

Originally Posted by TonyBhoy

An average days food drink intake:

Breakfast - Nothing as I prefer extra time in bed. Maybe pick up a roll and sausage on the way to work.

Lunch - Either a couple sandwiches, beans on toast, soup with bread along those lines. With that Il usually have a can of fizzy drink, packet of crisps and a chocolate biscuit.

Dinner - Variety of things. Sometimes pizza, hand made burgers, roast chicken, whatever is there really. Usually have this with chips or potatoes with veg.

Snacks - Either chocolate bar, crisps, a cream cake, stuff like that lol. I also like to have some toast when I get home from work. Also sometimes just eat random things when im hungry.

I also eat take away alot more than I should. I could go a couple weeks without eating any then Il maybe have a couple during the week.

My job is pretty hard work, physical labour that gets a sweat going kinda stuff. I also drink quie a bit of water during the day, either on its own or with diluting juice.

Im a 10 a day smoker, and at the weekend I drink prolly 30 - 40 units of alcohol.

Holy shit...

I dunno where to start.

At least this shouldn't be too hard anyway. Ok give me a little bit of time...

Originally Posted by ono

Originally Posted by TonyBhoy

An average days food drink intake:

Breakfast - Nothing as I prefer extra time in bed. Maybe pick up a roll and sausage on the way to work.

Lunch - Either a couple sandwiches, beans on toast, soup with bread along those lines. With that Il usually have a can of fizzy drink, packet of crisps and a chocolate biscuit.

Dinner - Variety of things. Sometimes pizza, hand made burgers, roast chicken, whatever is there really. Usually have this with chips or potatoes with veg.

Snacks - Either chocolate bar, crisps, a cream cake, stuff like that lol. I also like to have some toast when I get home from work. Also sometimes just eat random things when im hungry.

I also eat take away alot more than I should. I could go a couple weeks without eating any then Il maybe have a couple during the week.

My job is pretty hard work, physical labour that gets a sweat going kinda stuff. I also drink quie a bit of water during the day, either on its own or with diluting juice.

Im a 10 a day smoker, and at the weekend I drink prolly 30 - 40 units of alcohol.

Holy shit...

I dunno where to start.

At least this shouldn't be too hard anyway. Ok give me a little bit of time...

Lol

To much time spent in the Air Force enjoying the finer things in life with all the lads!

Originally Posted by TonyBhoy

An average days food drink intake:

Breakfast - Nothing as I prefer extra time in bed. Maybe pick up a roll and sausage on the way to work.

Lunch - Either a couple sandwiches, beans on toast, soup with bread along those lines. With that Il usually have a can of fizzy drink, packet of crisps and a chocolate biscuit.

Dinner - Variety of things. Sometimes pizza, hand made burgers, roast chicken, whatever is there really. Usually have this with chips or potatoes with veg.

Snacks - Either chocolate bar, crisps, a cream cake, stuff like that lol. I also like to have some toast when I get home from work. Also sometimes just eat random things when im hungry.

I also eat take away alot more than I should. I could go a couple weeks without eating any then Il maybe have a couple during the week.

My job is pretty hard work, physical labour that gets a sweat going kinda stuff. I also drink quie a bit of water during the day, either on its own or with diluting juice.

Im a 10 a day smoker, and at the weekend I drink prolly 30 - 40 units of alcohol.

I'm no expert but your diet needs to change pretty sharpish if you want to lose weight mate. Good luck with it

One tip is try to eat dinner at least a few hours before going to bed. When you eat right before going to bed, all that food just sits on your stomach and turns to fat.

Originally Posted by Clubber

One tip is try to eat dinner at least a few hours before going to bed. When you eat right before going to bed, all that food just sits on your stomach and turns to fat.

That's key I think in many respects, if you eat food and don't burn it off, your body will store it. It's like sitting on your arse all day eating pizza, you need to burn it off. So, if you eat healthy you need less exercise to shift the exess fat and calories your eating, thats why you combine healthy eating with exercise. It's never easy to motivate yourself though, I have trouble. I have a pic of me somewhere at my boxing weight and thats all I need. Hate digging that fucker out

Originally Posted by Kel

Originally Posted by Clubber

One tip is try to eat dinner at least a few hours before going to bed. When you eat right before going to bed, all that food just sits on your stomach and turns to fat.

That's key I think in many respects, if you eat food and don't burn it off, your body will store it. It's like sitting on your arse all day eating pizza, you need to burn it off. So, if you eat healthy you need less exercise to shift the exess fat and calories your eating, thats why you combine healthy eating with exercise. It's never easy to motivate yourself though, I have trouble. I have a pic of me somewhere at my boxing weight and thats all I need. Hate digging that fucker out

Eat well and spread it out through the day so your not ever hungry and snacking on crap ,So you dont have a giant main meal and a break in between seems to work for those who want the easiest road. ( Lemon juice in hot water works for some at the start of the day and at the end, contracts you a bit and maybe breaks down some fats /flushes some through it seems).

Hello Tony.

Welcome to the board, stick around and you'll learn a lot, just like I have!

Initially, food is the best way of altering the body's physical make up.
By no means should you cut your portions, you should simply alter quantities and times.

Regular exercise is fantastic, but it is not essential you run numerous miles in order to shed the tum.

Skipping is an underrated tool when shedding the flab.
A nice skip of about 20 minutes with a number of sprints and slow piods can be precisely what you need!

Good luck and remember no question is too vague or too silly.

Originally Posted by TonyBhoy

Ok, hopefully the title got your attention

My problem: I currently stand at 6"2 and 14 stone (196 pounds) at 25 years old. However the weight seems to be all around my gut/love handles/man boobs etc.

Im not really a fatty or anything but I think too much booze and food are the problem. The booze will be getting cut drastically, Im thinking of going to Vodaka and Diet Coke when I drink ( only 1 calorie per glass apparently).

What Im aiming for ideally is 12.5 stone (175 pounds). Ive always been a kinda lanky guy so I dont really have big arms or anything so things like push ups are a knightmare for me

Just hoping that someone has some advice/ exercise plan I could follow and see how it works out. I dont want to be massive or anything, just tone up and drop the gut etc.

I have access to a gym after work and theres a football pitch down the road I could use for running and stuff.

Any ideas welcome guys, cheers!

diet coke and vodka is not 1 calorie a glass , vodka is pure sugar,

and alcohol makes you fat in many different ways apart form being high in calories,

but yes thats better than beer at least

Originally Posted by TonyBhoy

Ok, hopefully the title got your attention

My problem: I currently stand at 6"2 and 14 stone (196 pounds) at 25 years old. However the weight seems to be all around my gut/love handles/man boobs etc.

Im not really a fatty or anything but I think too much booze and food are the problem. The booze will be getting cut drastically, Im thinking of going to Vodaka and Diet Coke when I drink ( only 1 calorie per glass apparently).

What Im aiming for ideally is 12.5 stone (175 pounds). Ive always been a kinda lanky guy so I dont really have big arms or anything so things like push ups are a knightmare for me

Just hoping that someone has some advice/ exercise plan I could follow and see how it works out. I dont want to be massive or anything, just tone up and drop the gut etc.

I have access to a gym after work and theres a football pitch down the road I could use for running and stuff.

Any ideas welcome guys, cheers!

Just one tip. Vodka is about 50 cals per shot, Diet coke is zero

Try this...



Now with fewer calories than regular water.

Thanks for the tips guys.

I know my diet needs to change but its hard work when your bursting your arse at work all day, go for lunch and the last thing you want is a salad or something.

Im gonna substitute all snacks for fruit and stay off take aways for starters. Also gonna try to find some healthier dinners, baked potatoes with tuna and salad, stuff like that.

Il also try some more exerise, like I said though its hard work when your shattered after work.

Il start with running and skipping I think. Im actually not too bad a running(compared to other stuff). Maybe do 5 minutes running followed by a minute of skipping x 5, then try build up to 6/7/8 etc. Without any rest in between. How does that sound?

Anyway cheers for all the advice so far