Thread: best way to loose fat

Originally Posted by "Trigger" Griffiths

Congratulations on the baby front. .

Thanks,

yeh il have a play with what food and size meals to have, I understand the all or nothing idea, and i would be doing that if i wanted to be a fighter but for me its fun, a good way to keep fit and have as self defence.

Originally Posted by "Trigger" Griffiths

That was pretty blunt, though I know what you're trying to say. The "All or Nothing" attitude is extremely common in MMA and I appreciate that, but you don't have the right to shun someone for taking a relaxed approach to it. That's elitism.


Congratulations on the baby front. Pasta is debatable, as it has a lot of complex carbohydrates. It's great for keeping up energy levels when you're training regularly, though it's really quite deceiving. It's easy to over-eat with pasta, so make sure you're weighing your food and physically counting how much protein, carbs, fat etc. is going into a meal. You really don't appreciate how massive British portion sizes are until you do this. You shouldn't rely on pasta whilst trying to lose fat. Try replacing it with some steamed vegetables instead.

What you'll find is that there are pro's and con's to most food. There isn't a single meal that is going to contain every vitamin, mineral and antitoxin whilst tasting great, full of protein, low in fat etc. It's down to experimentation and your own preference.

:good You can still enjoy food and have a cheat day - as stated not everyone on here wants to be in a cage (your not alone), but to loose weight you are gonna have to restrict your calorie intake - Personally, I know fat burners work it's a matter of how sensible you are with them and they should be part of a solution not a quick fix for a relaxed diet and training...work out what your maintainance calories are and adjust from their - then it's down to discipline and self control..do you want to lose weight or have more beer/food - the choice is yours.

Originally Posted by "Trigger" Griffiths

That was pretty blunt, though I know what you're trying to say. The "All or Nothing" attitude is extremely common in MMA and I appreciate that, but you don't have the right to shun someone for taking a relaxed approach to it. That's elitism.


Congratulations on the baby front. Pasta is debatable, as it has a lot of complex carbohydrates. It's great for keeping up energy levels when you're training regularly, though it's really quite deceiving. It's easy to over-eat with pasta, so make sure you're weighing your food and physically counting how much protein, carbs, fat etc. is going into a meal. You really don't appreciate how massive British portion sizes are until you do this. You shouldn't rely on pasta whilst trying to lose fat. Try replacing it with some steamed vegetables instead.

What you'll find is that there are pro's and con's to most food. There isn't a single meal that is going to contain every vitamin, mineral and antitoxin whilst tasting great, full of protein, low in fat etc. It's down to experimentation and your own preference.

:good

yeh i understand i dont want to be super thin as im not fat now and i dont want a washboard stomach but wanted to cut some flab a little bit, some really good advice thanks guys :thumb

Originally Posted by Mandirigma

Whats a mad diet?

Diet is a diet depending on intentions.

Diets can be for a number of things, the goals can include, fat loss, muscle gain, purely for taste, gain weight in general, weight loss in general.

You can do a million excercises in every day for 352 days of the year, jog a million, do a million press ups, but if you consume more calories than the amount you use, you will gain weight.

It is literally all down to a diet.

My diet consists on fats, sugars and a whole pint of Haagen Dazs every other day.
Diet can be for weight gain. Or simply nothing whatsoever - the word has such a bad connotation...
I heard/read somewhere that the 'beer belly' may be a myth, that scientists or dietitians or whatever had no proof there was a relation between the two?

Originally Posted by Kunoichi

My diet consists on fats, sugars and a whole pint of Haagen Dazs every other day.
Diet can be for weight gain. the word has such a bad connotation...
I heard/read somewhere that the 'beer belly' may be a myth, that scientists or dietitians or whatever had no proof there was a relation between the two?

Elaborate.

Everyone is on a diet.

Originally Posted by "Trigger" Griffiths

That was pretty blunt, though I know what you're trying to say. The "All or Nothing" attitude is extremely common in MMA and I appreciate that, but you don't have the right to shun someone for taking a relaxed approach to it. That's elitism.

Yeh it sounded blunt, and I was being blunt. Not trying to be offensive tho, but I guess it can sound like that.

By no means am I an "all or nothing" mentality either- there is life and it's there to enjoy.

The thing is- if someone asks how to lose fat, but from the beginning refuses to not reduce the alcohol (and made it sound like he's a fairly heavy drinker- but this is an assumption?!) - then it was pointless asking the question- esp when you know the answer. Why ask the question of how to lose fat, when you have to throw in the towel at the beginning - i.e. 'the will not give up drink or eating badly. Also do not wish to train physically.' etc. I mean it's kind of self-defeating and pointless.

Now that was just on the fat loss front. Imagine wanting to do MMA and not having the discipline to quit the drink/throw up excuses from the start- if someone like that joins an mma class, am quite sure the instructor would be offended?

Anyhow, just my two cents, and definately did not mean to cause offence. Apologies if it did.

On a serious note- you need to work for the body you want, there are no two ways about it. You cannot enjoy life of vices hoping to look like a greek statue

Originally Posted by Mandirigma

Elaborate.

Originally Posted by Mandirigma

Everyone is on a diet.

^^ that. ;P

I don't know. How to simplify... how to simplify...
I don't know, if you have some nutrient's deficiency you can have a diet with a surplus of that nutrient; I can't think of anything specific because I'm a dork with the memory of a paperclip without any medical knowledge.

Originally Posted by TroJon

The thing is- if someone asks how to lose fat, but from the beginning refuses to not reduce the alcohol (and made it sound like he's a fairly heavy drinker- but this is an assumption?!) - then it was pointless asking the question- esp when you know the answer. Why ask the question of how to lose fat, when you have to throw in the towel at the beginning - i.e. 'the will not give up drink or eating badly. Also do not wish to train physically.' etc. I mean it's kind of self-defeating and pointless.

I never said i dont physicaly train, i do JKD and taekwondo, i just wondered if there was any other tips for helping to lose a little flab, i train hard but i have no desire to step in to a cage and fight, for me it just fun, fitness and self defence.

Originally Posted by shaneyplane

I never said i dont physicaly train, i do JKD and taekwondo, i just wondered if there was any other tips for helping to lose a little flab, i train hard but i have no desire to step in to a cage and fight, for me it just fun, fitness and self defence.

Yeh the 'i.e. bit' was not a quote but the principle behind copping out before you've started trying etc.