btw green tea rocks. i can amost feel the fat falling off me when i drink it. feel a little WIRED sometimes mind!!

not just me then.... the first day a had 2 or 3 mugs of it in the afternoon and i did feel a bit funny, and couldn't quite put my finger on why is was... I read up a bit on it and its quite a high amount of caffeine in it....

Is Robinsons bad then?? I thought it was one of the better things to drink, apart from water....
Water is a tad bland... Anything else refreshing out there???

tropicana fresh squezzed oj. not from concerntrate is good. morrisons do there own brand its cheaper.

Squash is just bad because it has sugar in it.

I drink it because i just cant stand drinking mess loads of straight water so i have weak squash to just give it some taste.. having low sugar squash wont kill ya

Look at coke..350cals per can!

squash is bad. there are no natural products in it there 4 its all E-numbers and crap. no it wont kill ya but neither will choclate fudge cake!!

I feel like im floating somewhat at the minute....... Not growing, not reducing body fat, just sitting pretty..... Now since the New Year, I've kept my diet pretty consistant, and have added in 3-4 sessions of cardio a week of 20-30min after my weights sessions......I'm am running better on the treadmill than I was in the beginning so I feel like Im progressing in this area, but it doesnt seem to be shifting the old "tum,tum".....
I'm considering maybe getting some fat burners to see if they will make any difference or perhaps cut down on my carbs, but i dont think im a bog carb eater anyway..... I'd love to do a morning run before breakfast, but again, iv not been able to make it out of bed early enough and if i did one day i woudlnt be consistant in this area, so its bit of a no brainer for me....
What do you guys think...??

well andy you know where i stand on that one. early mornings are the BEST way. if your serous about this you will get your arse in bed at 9pm to sleep no stroking snaky! and get up for a run. i promise after 6 sesions say day on day off you will see/feel the diffrence. once you have exspearnced it you will be telling every one else to go 4 it! popping pills b4 you have tryed the natural way is lazy. dont get me wrong i'm not against fat burners after all there mostly just caffeen any way but 30 mins in the morning. come on have some back bone!

Well this morning, I got my fat a** out of bed and went straight to the gym, ran for 30min on the treadmill and finished off with some "ab crunches".... I suppose theres a first for everything. All in all from leaving my house to returning it took exactley 1hr, this included showering. So i suppose if i got up 1hr earlier every morning I could get away with these morning sessions and then weights after work....
If it wasn't for you Dean pushing, me I'd never of done that, so thank you...!

Sunday wasn't too bad as I didn't have to get up earlier as no work.
So my real test was this morning, and i did it, I got my a** out of bed and was on the crosstrainer by 7.15am and did a straight 30mins before returning home for my breakfast.
I'll be there again this evening for a 20min cardio session & a LEG workout:

andy you da man!! keep at it i sware to god you will feel like you have lost an inch off your stomach in a week. i went to ibiza last summer 4 a stagg week end. i didnt book untill 2 weeks b4 we flew so i went nuts every morning. i was prob as fat as i am now (see my most recent pics). by the time i got on the flyight i was so cut i look comp ready.  (well almost) ok i'd lost alot of muscle but i wasnt training just beasting my arse to get 6pac ready 4 the beach!! keep with it andy. its for you and you only!! oh and wheres these bloody pics?? you must be gagging for it if you still aint seen your girlfriend! bet your right forarm is HUGE!! lol

Up for some pics end of march as a update date? same question to you mate, how you feel this year is going ?

iv feltnot not much is happening so, iv stepped up my cardio to a whole new level this week, on sun tues & thursday i did 30min before breakfast.
on top of that the usual routine of:
monday - chest & biceps followed by 30min cardio
tues - 30min cardio followed by LEGS
wed: rest
thurs: shoulder & triceps - 20min cardio
Fri: ill do my back & traps and hope to run for 30min after.

if i dont see results from this in 2-3 weeks, ill look at chopping some calories out, (300-500approx a day but only if the cardio fail to produce, which i think it will do)

All about trial & error............

I will get some pics up, still been waiting to get some done.....

Sounds like its going well, keep at it mate. we all here rooting for ya !! so we demand transformtions!

I said a few days ago that I felt like I was standing still and not progressing too much, hence the reason I stepped up my cardio sessions.
I posted a daily calorie guide under Bodybuilding Nutrition, I got this from a really indepth and good book I bought on Bodybuilding from New York a couple of years ago.
Ive always sort or known how many calories my body needed to grow, and what it needed to maintain its current weight. The important bit was keeping a consistant eating pattern for it too work.
As I have been consistant with my eating for a couple of months now, I've spent tonight scrolling varoius sites finding out the amount of calories, carbs, protein & fats in everything I eat in a day.
I put them into an exel spreadsheet, and low and behold - I found the answer that was there all along.....
Im eating pretty much the amount of food that is required to maintain my weight.... So on paper too its worked out im not gonna grow or lose weight.

As my mission is to reduce my body fat I need to reduce my calories......Or increase the cardio work...

Now my thinking for next week is too do a bit of both, Im going to attempt to reduce my calorie intake by 300approx and put in a cardio session every other day in addition to the one I do after my weights 4 nights week....
I wished I did the MATH a month ago.....!!

My current training plan

Monday: Chest & Biceps
DB Bench Press 3 x 6-8reps
DB Incline Press 3 x 6-8reps
Machine Flys 3 x 6-8reps
EZ Bar Biceps curls
Straight Bar Bicep curls
Seated DB twisted biceps curls
30min jog

Tuesday: Legs
Smith Machine Squats 3 x 10 reps
Seated Leg Press 3 x 10-12reps
Leg curls 3 x 8-10
Leg Extentions 3 x 8
Calf raises 4 x 8-10

Wed: Usually rest but tonight, i ran for 30min, followed by 4 sets of 20 crunches and 4 sets of leg raises (on my back for abs)

Thursday: Shoulders & Triceps
Seated DB shoulder press 3 x 6-8
Standing side raises 3 x 8
bent over side raises 3 x 8-10
Dips 3 x unassisted til failure usually about 8-10 reps
Overhead rope tricep extentions 3 x 6-8
V bar cable pull downs 3 x 6-8
30min jog

Friday: Back & Traps
Cable overhand wide grip pull downs 3 x 6-8
Narrow hand cable pull downs 3 x 6-8
Seated machine rows 3 x 6-8
DB shrugs 4 x 8-10
30min jog

Sat & Sun Rest.

Am I doing enough exercises per body part? Do this need to altered or sharpened up at all??