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Anonymous
Hi /fit/

I was 256lb at the start of the year. Now I'm 186lb.

I've still got quite a bit of fat though but the thing I'm puzzled about is my stomach. If I get on all fours as if I'm going to do a pressup, the fat on my stomach hangs out quite a bit with a clear divide down the center. Like it peaks either side of my stomach and it's flat all the way through the middle running up to just under my pecs.

I've heard all this shit about loose skin but am I right in thinking that I should just carry on as I have been and it will dissappear?

Am I also right in thinking that I still look fat at 186lb because I just have fuck all muscle and the fat makes up the weight?
>> Anonymous
I have that too, when I go to do a push up and I look down I see some fat in the middle

>Am I also right in thinking that I still look fat at 186lb because I just have fuck all muscle and the fat makes up the weight?

depends on what you did from the beginning of the year until now, if 100% cardio then yea, fuck all mussle
>> Anonymous
Only weights I've been doing are bicep curls. I have pretty nice looking biceps and shoulders but that's about it.
>> Anonymous
sounds like you have more fat to lose, and lots of muscle to gain.

make sure to add endurance training if you're still only doing cardio.
>> Anonymous
I thought so.

Could you explain endurance training?

Is that like slow steady cardio but with high intensity segments?

I'm also considering getting a gym membership but not sure it would be worth it as I work nights and don't have much free time.
>> Anonymous
do you still have a stomach? however small it may be?

if you do, I'd highly suggest start lifting like a mothafucka M/W/F and occasional cardio in between those days, but for the first 2-3 weeks you're gonna be too sore to want to do or be able to do much cardio anyway if you do squatz

just think about it this way, if you stick with your cardio and bicep curlz your results will still come at the same pace except if you incorporate weight training in there you will have something to show beneath that fat
>> Anonymous
>>264784
my apologies, don't know why i wrote endurance. you've done enough cardio, i meant to add resistance (i.e. weights!) you need some weights so you can put on muscle. if you do cardio and weight you'll lose fat while gaining muscle, or should anyways.
>> Anonymous
My advice to you is to introduce a regular weight regiment to your weekly workouts. 3 times a week minimum, just hit the gym and keep a regular routine. Muscle tissue burns more calories than fatty tissue and therefore, if you also maintain your cardiovascular exercise, you'll continue to lose fat and replace it with muscle. You might notice that you'll actually be gaining weight; this is because muscle is more dense than fat, and therefore the same volume of muscle weighs more than fat.

Also, if you were truly obese, it may be very possible that you have loose skin. Due to the elastic nature of skin, it will eventually reduce on its own, although there are relatively simple surgeries to solve this problem (though I question why you would put so much effort into manually losing weight and then cosmetically fix the last bit with surgery).
>> Anonymous
>>264786

If I stand up, I can actually see my ribs now. Then I'm thin in the abs area but can't actually see any. Kind of like an hourglass shape, Thin on both sides and then alot of flab on the stomach around my navel.

What kind of lifting would you reccomend?
>> Anonymous
>>264807

I'm 6ft 2 so I never really looked fat fat, Just chubby.

If you looked at me with clothes on now I honestly think I don't look fat at all. It's just as soon as I do take them off you'd be able to see straightaway.

So as you're all saying it's definately the muscle I need to work on.
>> Anonymous
>>264813
Absolutely. If your figure is flabby and you have low body fat, you may just have a very low degree of muscle tone. Tone up even slightly and it will make all the difference in the world. The most important part of this is as soon as you see yourself, you'll gain more self-confidence, and then be able to apply that to further improvement.
>> Anonymous
>>264813
>>264810

http://stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-beginner-strength-training-program/

Start with that, move up to rippetoe's or some other routine from bodybuilding.com

i'd give it until about christmas if you only lifted 3-4 days a week you would be able to see some noticeable gains(assuming you have been eating properly pre and post work out and in general)

most likely visible abs and much more definition than you have now in your chest/back area, and legs.

that and the fact that you will put on moar mussle and feel better lifting HEAVY ASS WEIGHTS , you've come this far from the cardio, put the icing on the cake and LIFT MOTHAFUCKA

tldr lurk ALOT about strength training and where to begin, just dont do pussy shit. just realize you need to put your body through stress so it can respond to that stress and let the muscles repair..and repair bigger, lift hard
>> Anonymous
Would a rowing machine be a good investment?

A little bit of research says that it's cardio (obviously) and works every major muscle group.

2 birds with one stone kind of thing?
>> Anonymous
no who the nigger fuck buys a rowing machine