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| From: | Davide (host100-128.pool80104.interbusiness.it)
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| Subject: | Re: HELP!!! Too big of a belly----yuck! |
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Date: | May 12, 2006 at 10:02 am PST |
In Reply to: Re: HELP!!! Too big of a belly----yuck! posted by cnoellea on May 3, 2006 at 11:18 am:
dogmum, I don't believe that you may mistake abdominal fat for bloating because the effect of bloating it's not so visible or able to cover your six packs
It's even possible that you have low body fat but accumulated all the fat in the abdomen so it will be the last place to lose its fat
But you're doing good, keep up the good work and be on a 25% of your BMR plus activity factor caloric deficiency which is eventually the only way to lose fat
Even if you train hard to build muscles you won't burn fat unless you're in a caloric deficiency so you must decide what to do first: build muscles or lose the fat or cycle them
A good method to lose fat without losing muscles is to substract 2 calories per pound of body weight from your daily caloric consumption for 5 days a week and add 2 calories per pound of bodyweight to your daily caloric consumption for 2 days a week
Other things you may beed to pay attention to
Are you drinking enough?
A good guideline is 1/1.5 ml per calorie consumed
Drinking enough will also prevent water retention
Are you eating first thing in the morning?
That would suppress the cortisol produced at night which catabolize your body
Are you eating more often through the day?
If you have abundant meals twice a day you may raise your postprandial glucose and insulin levels promoting fat storage, sugar up'n'downs and eventually lean body mass catabolization
Also, a vegan diet is richer in volume than a typical american diet so you may actually fill your stomach up before you've consumed enough calories
Commonsense would dictate that if you undereat you actually lose weight but it doesn't work like that, if you constantly undereat without starving yourself your body goes in storage mode and in an attempt to safeguard its nutrition lower your BMR bigtime and produces more insulin and more cortisol
If you constantly undereat you may end up with same weight but more fat and less muscle even if your exercise
Are you paying attention to your pre and postworkout meals?
They essential to feed your body, suppress cortisol, replenish glycogen, feed the muscles, provide material for muscle building and so on
Your pre and post workout meals should be fat free and contain adequate protein and complex carbs the first and proteins and simple carbs the second
Are you timing your carb consumption?
Remember that in the morning the body is anabolic and hungry of carbohydrates but in the evening and night the body is catabolic, serotonin producing, tired and has a lower BMR, it is more insulin resistant and glucose intolerance and so if the day is a good time for gorging on carbs evening and night is more suited for fats and protein: nuts, avocados, olives, vegetables, tofu, seitan than pasta, legumes, bread, fruits
Are you resting enough?
Do you rest enough between weight traning sessions and do you avoid cardio the days that you lift weights?
Hope this helps a bit
Davide
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