Eatin' sweet potato fries and gettin' buff

[Fluffyumpkins]

Doubles is cool. It makes passing 9s something of a challenge again.

Also, I've read that belly fat is really the last fat to go, but I wouldn't swear to it. That might just be a myth, but it seems to be the generally agreed upon notion. You'll lose fat elsewhere before the belly slims out.

[SoDeepPolaris]

Also, I've read that belly fat is really the last fat to go, but I wouldn't swear to it. That might just be a myth, but it seems to be the generally agreed upon notion. You'll lose fat elsewhere before the belly slims out.

It's a general tendency for males to keep their last stores of body fat in their abdominal region. Females tend to vary based on pear/apple shape.

Get a check on your diet if you want to make some real weight changes.

[Fluffyumpkins]

Check on your diet? What's that mean?

[SoDeepPolaris]

Check on your diet? What's that mean?

Know the amounts of calories and macronutrients that you're eating every day. If you aren't losing weight over a couple of weeks and your calories are consistent day to day, drop ~200 calories per day and reassess in a couple of weeks. If your goal is weight loss, calories are THE most important thing. The approximate measurements (there's a lot of metabolic processes, etc. that complicate it person by person) are ~3500 calories to a pound of body fat. If you're losing over a pound a week, it's probably water weight, obesity or professional level conditioning.

It's all too common for people to struggle with weight loss (not implying Riot&Co are struggling by any means) but they never get true metrics of their progress. They just step on the scale at random times and either get discouraged or bad information.

[Merk]

God damn I need to get back into lifting. I am a fat guy and I don't like treadmills or any sort of cardio that isn't a game. I love basketball and DDR but I cannot stand a treadmill or elliptical.

[DAVE101]

My lower belly is still the main area I'd like to target.... I guess I will try to work in more crunches.

Just want to bring this point back:

Regular flat ground crunches are a pretty bad exercise. Some of the variations Dave listed are much better floor workouts for your abs. Dave mentioned this somewhat but spot reduction is a myth. You can't target fat loss on your abs, (or chest, or any other specific area for that matter).

[Riot]

I haven't really worked out for 3 weeks aside from two DDR sessions or so because school started and FFXIV came out, BUT I'm down to the my lowest in a long long time! 169.5 this morning! Mainly I've just been trying to eat less and smarter. I have a lot of greek yogurt and fruit lately, and little protein bars instead of other snacks. My daily little lunch wrap I make on a smaller 60cal whole wheat tortilla which forces me to use less meat.

[Potter]

dat gif

[Merk]

Man, those things really do look like Venus fly trap murder teeth and even to this day when I'd bored and I have one of those clippies on hand I clamp it on to my fingers and pretend that it's eating me.

[Potter]

even to this day when I'd bored and I have one of those clippies on hand I clamp it on to my fingers and pretend that it's eating me.

lol same

[ImuyumI]

It's been a long time. Are you all buff yet?

[Fluffyumpkins]

Far from it.

[Merk]

Yeah I got fucking FATTER, can you believe that?

[ImuyumI]

Yeah I got fucking FATTER, can you believe that?

Yes. Yes I can.

Get back to being buff. I need someone to complain about why I don't get to eat all the junk food I'd like.

[Riot]

I have hovered at 165 for like 3 months now.