Fat Around Button Area?

[MartinBoy]

Day 73

Breakfast - 3 wheatabix with milk

Lunch - Had fry up, this will be dinner and il have lunch for dinner, i know fry ups arent the best of things to have but it's not like i have them every day nor every week, still probably has a fair amount of protein in it.

Did 43min stat bike cardio.

Dinner - 3 slices of toast with peanut butter and a banana.

[MartinBoy]

Day 74

Was going college so had 3 wheatabix with milk for breakfast..

At around break time had a sandwich 280 calories, 19g protein, chicken and ham.

Lunch going to have peanut butter on toast. - Prohobiotic yougurt (75 calories)

40mins weights

Protein shake.

Dinner - 3 roast chicken pieces, jacket potato, sweetcorn. Sugar free cherryade to drink and water.


Been getting hungry alot so been eating things like bread.

[MartinBoy]

Day 75

Breakfast - 3 wheatabix with milk

Around 12pm had 2 slices of toast with peanut butter.

Went into town, got back around 3pm had 2 slices of toast with peanut butter and 4 wafer thin ham slices.

What i noticed when in town was a shop that sold protein powders and other stuff, gnc or something, there was a 2000g tub bannana and vanilla flavour for around £21. I was thinking about it but then i thought the servings are probably around 90g each but i could use the scoop from other protein powder which is 1000g and was around £17. I did want to get a choclate flavour though, however il look into this.

Think il take the cardio day off today.

Dinner - Shepards pie. Small sized cookie after

Protein shake.

[MartinBoy]

Day 76

Breakfast - 3 wheatbix with milk. Went london

Got back around 10:30am, had 2 slices of toast with peanut butter.

Lunch - 2 slices of toast with peanut butter, 6 slices of wafer thin ham.

33Mins weight training excluding 75 reps of bench press about 6 sets and 4 sets of push ups 10 reps, as many chin ups as i could do.

Protein shake after.

It was hard to do mainly because i did bench press however if i did bench press after would have more risk of injuring myself so no win situation there. However ive noticed since i keep doing weights mainly the top of lip/gum inside mouth feels soar when i put tongue on it, what could this be a cause of?

Dinner - some ravoli and spaghetti on toast, one jafa cake after (46 calories).

[cassiegose]

Hi Martin,

I've been away from computer for a few days so am playing catch up here... Going back over posts from the past few days... You asked if having a biscuit here and there is going to affect you too much. Yes, it could. You also mentioned that you've been hungry lately so have been snacking on things like bread. Bread isn't the best for filling you up and making feel full for an extended amount of time. I've noticed that your diet is seriously lacking in vegetables. Perhaps you could look at buying some of those for snacks? Also, things like low fat cheese, tuna, chicken, nuts, fruit, eggs, oatmeal, will probably help to keep you full longer.

For day 76.... You're missing your protein with breakfast and missing protein for meal 2 and could probably add some veggies or fruit in there and possibly more protein with lunch... not sure how many grams wafter thin ham has but i'm assuming you could have more there. For Dinner... I would have veggies in there and ravoli, spaghetti, bread, and cake is quite a few carbs and probably not enough protein. You can lift weights until you're blue in the face but if you're not feeding your body properly you will be doing that hard work for nothing.

Just thoughts. Great job sticking with it Martin!

[MartinBoy]

Day 77

Welcome back Cassie

Breakfast - 3 wheatbix with milk, protein shake. Out of protein powder now, i think i saw some protein powder think it was a 2000g tub, for around £22, the one i bought before was 1000g and around £17, i might buy the £17 one in choclate flavour even though it's 900grams. However might buy the bigger one and just use the 30g scoop i got from previous protein powder.

Lunch - 2 slices of toast with peanut butter, bout 5 or 6 slices of cooked ham, 11 calories a slice.

52min bike cardio

Slice of fresh bread after with peanut butter.

I belive so Cassie, however i haven't seen the nutrition label.

Dinner - 4 sausages, gravy, mushed peas, mash.

[cassiegose]

Id go for the bigger tub but thats just me... seems like a better deal?

[MartinBoy]

Day 78

Breakfast - 2 slices of toast with peanut butter, 3 boiled eggs.

lunch - 2 slices of toast with peanut butter.

Had another 2 slices of toast with peanut butter and 5 slices ham.

Weight training day today, not making exscuses but, last few days felt quite run down and really tired, so today i just did a few sets on the bench press

Dinner - homemade pizza, oven baked chips and cucumber, celeary.

[cassiegose]

You've been eating quite a bit of bread lately Martin. Have you considered switching it up for something like maybe oatmeal, fruits, or veggies?

PS: Lunch is missing protein.

[MartinBoy]

You've been eating quite a bit of bread lately Martin. Have you considered switching it up for something like maybe oatmeal, fruits, or veggies?

PS: Lunch is missing protein.

Yep, just haven't had aload of fruit and veggies lately, any good oatmeal snacks?

[cassiegose]

Oatmeal snacks.... One of favorite meals in the whole world (not including cheats): 1/2 cup oats, 5 eggwhites, 1tbs almond butter. Cook the oatmeal in water for 2-3 minutes until done (in microwave), add eggwhites, stir REALLY WELL, add almond butter, cook (in microwave) another 2-3 minutes stirring every minute or so... VIOLA... Oatmeal delight! You can also add things like cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice. Very tasty stuff!!!

[MartinBoy]

Sounds good Cassie, however i don't' always havve the ingredients, is there anything already made that is just as good?

Day 79

Day off,

Breakfast - wheatabix with milk

Lunch - 2 slices toast with peanut butter - no ham left.

Another slices later on as i was still hungry.

Did 30mins cardio even though was day off

Dinner was a fry up

[cassiegose]

Oatmeal and eggs are pretty standard ingredients.... and are both pretty affordable to buy (atleast they are in the US). If you don't have those ingredients I would just pick some up from the store so you have some on hand. Those foods are actually staples in diet and I make sure to always have them on hand... You'll find that many who are working to build and maintain muscle also tend to rely heavily on these foods.

As for things that are pre-made... they do sell oatmeal breakfast bars and granola bars however those are often loaded with sugar and other crap that you really don't need. Best bet is to make it yourself so you know exactly what is going into your diet.... however, again it depends on how serious you are.

Question.. hows the progress coming along?

[MartinBoy]

Oatmeal and eggs are pretty standard ingredients.... and are both pretty affordable to buy (atleast they are in the US). If you don't have those ingredients I would just pick some up from the store so you have some on hand. Those foods are actually staples in diet and I make sure to always have them on hand... You'll find that many who are working to build and maintain muscle also tend to rely heavily on these foods.

As for things that are pre-made... they do sell oatmeal breakfast bars and granola bars however those are often loaded with sugar and other crap that you really don't need. Best bet is to make it yourself so you know exactly what is going into your diet.... however, again it depends on how serious you are.

Question.. hows the progress coming along?

As for the progress, it's good and all i mean, i feel more confident with body then i did 79 days ago. Look better in myself, can see 6 pack faintly and arms are more musclely even though they stil have some fat on them. I know it's been 79 days but surely that's quite a long time, long enough to see some big results? Haven't really noticed many big changes ie pecs, big arms/no fat, 6 pack. Hopefully soon eh

Also was about to order some more protein powder, same as before but in choclate flavour, 100grams less though same price. However, i really don't have the money to be spending on supplements, although the protein powder was alrite, is there any other stuff i could use, that could be bough from shopping which isn't asking too much of parents. I already eat alot of peanut butter but that isn't just protein as it has fat aswell. I was going to order some tonight as i probably have about a scoop of protein powder left but have held it off to see what you think. So what you reckon is best Cassie?

Thanks.

[cassiegose]

Martin... Do me a favor ok... Go to profile and look at progress pics. I believe the pics in the blue suit were taken sometime in June... then the first ones in the pink suit were taken in July... and the second set in the pink suit were taken today. I've been dieting HARD since March 30th (by this I mean maybe 5 cheat meals in over 5 months), eating ONLY oatmeal, veggies, fish, chicken, sweet potatoes, and a little bit of almond butter here and there... On top of that I have been working out for 1 1/2 hour every morning (weights and cardio) PLUS another 45 minutes of cardio in the afternoon. With all that work you would think that I would look like superwoman by now... and if you look from one picture to the next you don't see a whole lot of change. However, if you go back and look where I started, then look at todays pics you'll see progress (although not nearly as much as I would like). The point that i'm trying to make here is that this stuff is HARD and progress is often SLOW. If this was easy the majority of the population wouldn't be overweight/obese. Just keep plugging along, do your best, and you will continue to see results... I can promise you that. You're doing great. I understand (probably even better than you realize) how frustrating it is to feel like you're working sooooo hard and not making as much progress as you'd like. However, I'm a firm believer that the harder you work the more you will appreciate it when you do reach your goals... and the less likely you will be to let yourself revert back to old ways.

As for the protein powder... Honestly Martin I think it is a good investment for you and is worth the money. Yes, you can have your parents buy things like eggs, chicken, fish, soy, ff cheese, lean red meat... however (please don't take offense to this) you need to ask yourself if you're going to be willing to prepare these foods every 3 hours to ensure you're getting enough protein. Even with the protien powder you're still not getting enough protein in your diet. I'm afraid if you don't have the protein powder youre intake will drop even more making it even harder to reach your goals. Just opinion.

You're doing great friend. Keep up the hard work. I am so proud of you!!.... I feel like I can't tell you that enough! You have stuck with this longer than most people would even think about sticking with this. You're determination is awesome!! So pat yourself on the back, keep up the awesome work, and go order that protein powder!

Cassie