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I did google some of them but it's a bit confusing to understand.. and I don't really grasp how some of these methods work and how to incorporate them into my dumbbell exercises.

Thanks for your post, but I'm having quite a lot of trouble understanding what you're saying :(. I'm not really familiar with most of those things like "calorie surplus" or "HIIT workouts" "Barbell style", "Bodyweight Progressions", "New Rules Of Lifting", etc.. Sorry I'm just not familiar with anything like that.. Sounds…

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No.

That makes sense. Thanks for the advice. I'll check around my local supermarkets and try to find some food with nutrition labels. I guess that's the only way I'll really know how much calories I'm eating. Otherwise I'm just stuck guessing and that's not an ideal way at all for me..

So what do you suggest I do?

Any estimates would be appreciated~

Yes. Prepared food. Salads, Pasta, Chicken Wings, Wraps, etc.

I see.. But wait, can you explain how strength training helps you get a flat stomach? I thought getting a flat stomach is solely possible by dieting and doing cardio. Where does strength training come in?

Hey man, I PM'd you. :)

Lol, No. Not interested in "ladies". As I stated earlier, my goal is to essentially get a flat stomach because I can't tolerate looking at my belly fat. It's unattractive and I'm tired of looking like this. Strength training isn't really related to my goals. I'm not looking to get "huge". I just simply want a flat stomach…

My primary goal is to eliminate my belly fat, and get a flat stomach like this. http://i.imgur.com/8z0wIIn.jpg I'm hoping that the diet/cardio combination will allow me to reach that.

Appreciate your help. Some of the terms you mentioned I'm not really familiar with, but the gist of what you're saying is in order to safely lose 1lb a week, I need to at least consume anywhere from 1800 - 2100 calories daily? While exercising 5/days a week?

Who's Jeeves? And what should I ask him??

I understand. Thank you. Here you go. Age : 20 Gender: Male Height: 5'9 Weight: 155 Goal: 140 Cardio: 5/days week. (250 calories burned each run)

Ok, based on the comments, I guess it sounds more reasonable for me to instead target losing 1lb a week instead of 2lb. That way I can consume more calories daily, if I understand that correctly? So if I continue to do cardio 5 days a week, and eat at least 1500 calories daily, will that be more reasonable and allow me to…

Nope. Didn't really bother. Too many terms that I don't understand, too overly-complicated, not an ideal read for a beginner like me.

.05lb a week is way too slow. I think what I'll do is simply eat 1000 calories maximum a day, while exercising 30+ min cardio 5 days a week. Hopefully that will work. Then again, I'm new to dieting so I don't really understand it entirely, but yeah.

But that doesn't really help me.. I need to be able to choose an activity level. If I spend most of the day sitting, but spend around 30-40 minutes exercising (5 days a week), how active does that make me?