last resort belly fat loss

pyroninj
pyroninj Posts: 2
in Health and Weight Loss
Need some help here guys, over the last 6 months I've gone from 290 to 220. My original goal was 240 buy I never lost that fat pooch, and I'm desperate to. I'm 19 and I'm 6'6" tall.
A typical day for me;
wake up and have a protein Shake
workout then have a protein shake
3 eggswhen I get home
Spinach salad
tuna with mayo
3 pieces of tilapia.
I weigh everything and am at less then 1400 cals a day, and less than 25 grams of carbs
i workout everyday except for the day before my cheat day, and hit everything twice a week.
After every workout i do 25 mins of HIIT, every other day is abs. If I don't do abs then I go for a 5 km run.
i want to go down to 200, but am worried that won't be enough.

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  • itsbasschick
    itsbasschick Posts: 1,584 Member
    belly fat is often the last to go. i've gone from 242 to 163, but most of my belly fat is still there. don't worry - keep going and it will finally go.

    btw, you're way under on what calories you should be eating if you're 6' 6" - my husband is 6' 7" and he eats over 2600 per day and still loses weight. if you eat too few calories, and especially since you eat so few carbs, you'll burn muscle as fuel and your body will end up using less calories throughout the day.

    and you can't spot reduce. i work abs a lot, and they're very strong, but it doesn't have anything to do with how your belly appears - it just builds muscle there and uses fat from where every your body's genetics tell it to.
  • ajlandon
    ajlandon Posts: 115 Member
    With your activity level, I'd bump your calories up. Your butt-sitting calories burned is over 2,000. Taking your weight loss a bit slower will help you preserve your muscle mass, strength, and endurance. You probably maintain at 2,600-3,000 cals/day. You're eating at over a 1,000 calorie deficit :\ Aim for 2,350-2,750ish or even more cals per day (aim for an average 1/2 lb per week loss). I'd also up carbs at least on your lifting days, if not every day. You're too active to be aiming for 25 g/day.

    Your exercise program is probably fine - fat loss is more of a food thing than an exercise thing.

    I'm sure someone else can add more...
  • pyroninj
    pyroninj Posts: 2
    really appreciate the information, most of it I had already been told I guess I just don't wanna believe it, im afraid of taking in more calories then I am essentially, just really getting desperate ya know, thanks both who answered so far.

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