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I am trying to loose weight but all recipes i come across online contain ingridents that are not easily available or are too expensive here in Nigeria. It is a bit difficult to find variety when the staple food around here is rice, yam, cassava and generally carbohydrate. All i get to eat is basmati rice (someone said it has less starch, i hope its true), beans, vegetable and fruits, this is getting a bit boring. Breakfast is ok cos i have variety of cereal like oat, weetabix, all bran, fruit & fibre e.t.c. Dinner is usually soup or fruit or vegetable (again). Am looking forward to some interesting menus to break the boredom that the diet has become.

Ok, so I am fairly knowlegable when it comes to working out, and nutrition, but I would just like to have some advice that might help me get results quicker.

In the past I have tried the traditional bodybuilding approach. One body part per day, high weight low reps, high calorie diet, not much cardio to bulk up. Then go low carb with more cardio, light weight and high reps to get cut. But it seems that I could never lose the fat.

I have always had big shoulders, and definition in my arms, back, and legs, but I have always had a tubby stomach and my chest leaves much to be desired.

Right now, I am doing 5 sets of 15 starting with high weight and going down on each set. I do a full body workout on Mon, Wed, Fri……and cardio and abs on Tue, Thur, and Sat. My diet is extremely low carb. Usual daily diet: 1 bowl of oatmeal, protein shakes, tuna and chicken.

I can see that I have lost weight, but I’m not getting cut. Any ideas?

Oh, and I am 19 years old.

Thanks

i want to get a biggish tattoo on my upper arm/shoulder area. i also do bodybuilding. my routine fluctuates, i stop for awhile and lose some weight/shrink, then pick it back up and gain weight back.

would that mess up my tattoo? like if i got bigger or smaller, or both overtime? how severly would it affect the tatt?

thanks
how long until it heals and i can continue doing my normal shazz

I do.

One day a little boy was born with weak triceps. He tried everything to get bigger triceps.

one day, he discovered skull crushers. that little boy loved skull crushers. they gave him a wonderful workout and doubled his arms in size!

one day the little boy forgot to stretch, and maxed out on a skull crusher. the little boy tore a tendon in his tricep

that little boy is me, and now he has tiny arms again!!! =[

please share you sad bodybuilding story

I’m trying to loss weigh and am looking for some recipes that can help me complete this task.

I have been lifting weights off and on for the last 4-5 years. I aways wanted to get bigger and stronger arms and torso and have followed this ’schedule’ a bodybuilding friend of my mom’s told me about. Beat your muscles up like crazy, wait ’till they’re healed, then beat them up again. It works untill a certain exctend, but never quite gets the desired effect. Now I found out that protein is crucial to building muscle and that does make sense. So on my next trip to the supermarket I’m planning on getting a bunch of protein bars in addition to what I eat. Will that work though, or do I need something like special proteins? I mean I got no clue as what to look for. I am 6′2” and weigh 154 pounds. Close to being underweight as I am, I do have some broad shoulders. Since I beat my muscles up every 3-4 days, how often do I need to eat these bars?
I’m a little dependant on my mother in law right now and I don’t expect her to drive all over town. Will Wal-Mart carry this mucle milk or any other good protein shakes?

I have been trying to lose weight by going to the gym but I want to alter my diet as well. However, I don’t know what to cook that can help me out.

I don’t have a girlfriend and never married. I’m 36. Maybe I should start going to the gym for bodybuilding and gets to the size of Hulk Hogan or Ronnie Coleman. If I have big guns like 24 inch arm, would that helps attract a woman or make a woman come to me and gets rid of her boyfriend if she had one?