From: agrawal@lipari.usc.edu (Amitabh Agrawal)
Newsgroups: misc.fitness
Subject: How not to obfuscate the issue... (was Re: Abs Question)
Date: 23 Dec 1992 14:41:34 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: misc
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I apologise for including most of the previous post, but I think that
it serves to illustrate the point that I am trying to make. Please
bear with me....



In article <1992Dec23.154449.13604@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> krw@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (keith.r.smith) writes:

   In article <28916@oasys.dt.navy.mil> ekennedy@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Edward Kennedy) writes:
   >In misc.fitness, krw@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (keith.r.smith) writes:
   >>In article <28875@oasys.dt.navy.mil> ekennedy@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Edward Kennedy
   >>) writes:
   >>>
   >>>
   >>>I have been on a pretty good exercise regimin for the past 8 months
   >>>or so.  I have been doing a lot of lifting and running with some bike riding
   >>>thrown in.  This has been pretty successful to drop body fat, but
   >>>my problem is this:  even though my body fat has dropped about 8 - 10 percent
   >>>my waist(around my handles) has increased in size.  This is exactly
   >>>the opposite of what I wanted.
   >>>
   >>>I guess what has happened is that muscle tissue has built under the fat that
   >>>remains.  My question is "How can I keep toning the abs without there
   >>>being growth?
   >>>
   >>>Thanks in advance for your input.
   >>
   >>Has your weight changed?
   >   
   >   My weight has gone up by about 5 pounds, but I have added a lot of muscle
   >   in the same time period.

   I am willing to bet that you could drop the five pounds, and maybe five more,.... some stuff deleted
   >
   >>What is your diet like?
   >
   >   I don't eat that much, but I'm sure that I don't eat as good as I should.
   >   On a typical day I eat no breakfast, have a sandwich and some chips for
   >   lunch, and have spaghetti or something like that for dinner.  

   I cannot emphasize this enough; EAT A GOOD BREAKFAST EVERY DAY!
    ... a lot of stuff deleted 
   >
   >>What is the duration and frequency of your areobic work?
   >
   >   I ride a stationary bike for about 30 minutes three days a week and I run
   >   about 3 - 5 miles three or four times a week.  For information purposes, I
   >   also lift weights 4 days a week.
   >
   The training regimen seems ok, no problem here.

   >>Are you getting enough fluids?
   >
   >   I don't drink much water, but I do drink a lot of coffee.  I know this is a
   >   wrong approach but I am up for work at 4:30 am and the coffee is my
   >   lifeline.

   Nix the coffee (see above).  Drink fruit juices instead. Grapefruit juice
... stuff deleted 
   >
   >>Are you getting enough fibre in your diet?
   >
   >   Probably. 

... stuff deleted
   Keith R
   >
========================================================================

In the above Edward Kennedy asked a simple question to which there was
a simple reply, which I posted in another article. The reply to this
by Keith R is totally out of context... does not answer the question
at all and completely changes the focus of the question asked. EK was
asking about how to tone his abs w/o increasing in size. KR's reply
was on how to live a healthy lifestyle... how nixing the coffeee and
drinking grapefruit juice could reduce my abs escapes me... Mind you!
his question was not how to reduce bodyfat?

Amitabh 

PS: The only relief was that at least he did not ask EK to eat
"Dolphin Free!!" tuna...

AA