Got a Pot Belly and Love Handles and need to loose them!

photoshop · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:38

Alright guys,

I'm 31 and weigh just over 12 stones. Around 5 11" tall.
Dont really do anything physical. Having got the time to go to the gym due to work.

Got a pot belly and love handles and I want to get rid of them.

Whats the best and quickest way of going about it?

Going to start running on a night and do around 2/3 miles. This will involve jogging and intensity running.

Obviously cut out all the crap and fast food i eat and go easy on the alcohol too. Eat a lot of fruits and greens.

Ideas would be greatly appreciated. Would like to go from 12 stones to around 10.5 stones in 3/6months.

Fuzz · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:39

You need this section > http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=13

photoshop · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:40

Ahh damn. Could a MOD please move this?

Reaper 392 · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:41

instant pot belly removal kit*

*this may cause severe pain in some cases

Fuzz · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:42

Buy a bike. Much nicer than running.

Cosimo · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:43

Reaper 392 said:
instant pot belly removal kit*

*this may cause severe pain in some cases

.... and death.

sanaxe1 · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:43

Just photoshop them out.

Moothead2 · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:48

It's a good thing there is another section for your question OP, you'd never get a serious answer here

.

Zefan · 29 Aug 2011 at 12:51

At 5ft11 you're not going to look too great at 10 stone! You'll look pretty damn skinny and not "toned" like I imagine you want to look. I'm 5ft10 and am sitting at around 70KG/11st at the moment and although I have just started to get visible abs I still have a weak, puny frame

Get yourself into a decent weight training routine. This way you'll build muscle which will increase your metabolism and you'll burn calories that way. Sure, get on the cardio as well to accelerate things slightly, but hit the weights.

Psycho Sonny · 29 Aug 2011 at 13:10

photoshop said:
Alright guys,

I'm 31 and weigh just over 12 stones. Around 5 11" tall.
Dont really do anything physical. Having got the time to go to the gym due to work.

Got a pot belly and love handles and I want to get rid of them.

Whats the best and quickest way of going about it?

Going to start running on a night and do around 2/3 miles. This will involve jogging and intensity running.

Obviously cut out all the crap and fast food i eat and go easy on the alcohol too. Eat a lot of fruits and greens.

Ideas would be greatly appreciated. Would like to go from 12 stones to around 10.5 stones in 3/6months.

i can guarantee you will never reach your goals, how i came to this conclusion is from your attitude, from the phrase "Having got the time to go to the gym due to work".

make time or dont bother at all, also diet will be key rather than training for fat loss but training will help mould your body rather than looking like a pencil thin twig.

Zip · 29 Aug 2011 at 14:18

Zefan said:
At 5ft11 you're not going to look too great at 10 stone! You'll look pretty damn skinny and not "toned" like I imagine you want to look. I'm 5ft10 and am sitting at around 70KG/11st at the moment and although I have just started to get visible abs I still have a weak, puny frame

Bloody hell your skinny

Im 5"7 and weigh 75kg and a part from my curved stomach that doesnt seem to go away i still feel like a light weight and pretty skinny

Cookeh · 29 Aug 2011 at 15:02

6ft and 69kg

Zefan · 29 Aug 2011 at 15:04

Zip said:
Bloody hell your skinny

Im 5"7 and weigh 75kg and a part from my curved stomach that doesnt seem to go away i still feel like a light weight and pretty skinny

neeeed moooaar muscle!

4 months up a mountain in Islas Malvinas with nothing to do in my spare time apart from go to the gym will sort me out.

Mr-White · 29 Aug 2011 at 15:29

Zip said:
Bloody hell your skinny

Im 5"7 and weigh 75kg and a part from my curved stomach that doesnt seem to go away i still feel like a light weight and pretty skinny

i'm 5ft 8 and 75kg, so you must have reasonable muscle at that size and weight

MW

Chris1712 · 29 Aug 2011 at 17:59

Zip said:
Bloody hell your skinny

Im 5"7 and weigh 75kg and a part from my curved stomach that doesnt seem to go away i still feel like a light weight and pretty skinny

It's scary how light you end up to be lean. One of my uni mates is I think 5'10" or 11" and pretty 'swole', but he only weighs 79kg. I would honestly place him about 85-90 even accounting the fact he's constantly 10-13% (with no effort on his half!).

Go and look how hench some welterweight fights look, then suddenly realise just how little muscle/much fat you actually have

.

5'8" - 70kg

5'10" - 77kg

willems · 29 Aug 2011 at 18:54

no way dennis siver is 70kg there. he'll cut to 70 to make weight but his fight weight will be higher

red11 · 29 Aug 2011 at 18:54

Chris1712 said:
It's scary how light you end up to be lean. One of my uni mates is I think 5'10" or 11" and pretty 'swole', but he only weighs 79kg. I would honestly place him about 85-90 even accounting the fact he's constantly 10-13% (with no effort on his half!).

Go and look how hench some welterweight fights look, then suddenly realise just how little muscle/much fat you actually have .

5'8" - 70kg

5'10" - 77kg

Those fighers are probably closer to 6-8kg heavier than their fight weight category, Denis Siver in that pic is 75kg for instance. It's deceptive to say those guys are 70 and 77kgs when come fight night they would be back to anywhere from 10-20lbs heavier.

Chris1712 · 29 Aug 2011 at 19:04

Linoge said:
Those fighers are probably closer to 6-8kg heavier than their fight weight category, Denis Siver in that pic is 75kg for instance. It's deceptive to say those guys are 70 and 77kgs when come fight night they would be back to anywhere from 10-20lbs heavier.

Yeah sure they will get back some water weight etc. after the weigh in, I wouldn't think it more than 3-5 kg though? Assuming weigh in is 24h before fight. Tommy Speers in the bottom pic is at the weigh in, should be bang on 170lbs.

red11 · 29 Aug 2011 at 19:07

Chris1712 said:
Yeah sure they will get back some water weight etc. after the weigh in, I wouldn't think it more than 3-5 kg though? Assuming weigh in is 24h before fight. Tommy Speers in the bottom pic is at the weigh in, should be bang on 170lbs.

A dehydrated Tommy Speers yeah, but within 24 hrs he'll be nearly a stone heavier. GSP on fight night against Jake Shields was 192lbs, he was 170 at the weigh ins 24 hrs before. I could post a pic of GSP at '77kg' but it's deceptive because what you're really looking at is a guy close to 85kg severely dehydrated.

Sorry to OP for taking this off topic.

Chris1712 · 29 Aug 2011 at 19:13

Linoge said:
A dehydrated Tommy Speers yeah, but within 24 hrs he'll be nearly a stone heavier. GSP on fight night against Jake Shields was 192lbs, he was 170 at the weigh ins 24 hrs before.

Can you really regain 10kg of pretty much just water that quickly? Wow, didn't know that.