Help with making all my abs visible

[Kanzensan]

Hi guys.

I'm new here as you can all see. I've been working out for over year and a half seriously now in my home and cardio on the streets.

My current goal has been to obtain a sixpack. Over the last 3 months I have been clean eating and at a 500-800 cal deficit.

Over the last week and a half I have increased my carbs and fat to increase my calories per day as I was told I should increase my daily food intake to get more muscle mass to help burn the fat. I am not sure if this has been the correct thing to do or not and your advice on that and anything else would be very appreciative.

I am scared on putting on the inch around on lower stomach that I lost from clean eating over the last 2 months. My upper abs are not that visible as I think thet might be small or have a small layer over them.

I do have pictures of where I am at on yahoo but I dont know how to let other people view them as the galleries are not there.

I do believe abs are mostly in the diet, and I train my abs well, do HIIT once a week with soccer once a week, weight training 5 times a week.

Thanks a lot for your advice. I just believe I am at a stumbling block and I want to make the correct decision so I dont put on the inch that took me 2 months to lose only to revert back to where I was in another 4 months. Thanks.

[AnnaD - TX]

try Photobucket, its free.

[Lady C]

It just takes time. Keep up what you are doing because it seems to be working.

[cursor]

Originally Posted by Kanzensan

I do have pictures of where I am at on yahoo but I dont know how to let other people view them as the galleries are not there.

If you'll navagate to your pics, right-mouse click, the save them to your hard disk drive, you can "upload" them to this site so that everyone can see them. Instructions on how to "upload" or "Manage Attachments" can be found here:

http://www.discussfitness.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14208

[Kanzensan]

Lady C, thanks. But I want to know if I shoul of upped the carbs and fat to eat more calories or to keep where I was.

I did want to bulk a bit as I am sure when I post my pics you guys will say I need a bit of bulk. But firstly I wanted the sixpacks due to my current goal. If gaining muscle on the body comes with it thats a bonus.

I'll use photobucket in a sec and post the link. I cant use the forum ones cause its only 25k. I'll need to resize them on this crummy pc whichll take ages.

[Kanzensan]

Here is the link in photobucket:

Edit: Please ask me for the links of my pics if you can help me where I am at by looking at them.

[gdawg0987]

Originally Posted by Kanzensan

Here is the link in photobucket:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v390/MrKanzen/

Gotta have a password to view

[Kanzensan]

Ah ok I had to make it public.

It is working now.

[Only13]

Looking pretty good. If you bulk a bit more you'll be huge

[Kanzensan]

Thanks 13.

Anyway can anyone help me with my questions above so I know I'm on the right track?

I've put on nearly a kilogram since upping carbs and fat (nearly 2 weeks ago)but I dont know where thats has gone to.

Thanks.

[Only13]

If you wanna see a 6-pack than I wouldnt add cals. basically increase the cardio and eat right and you'll see them eventually :

[Kanzensan]

Eat 10 almonds when I get up.

Breakfast:
1 cup oatmeal
1 tblsp peanut butter
1 sliced and diced apple

Celery and a few almonds a couple of hours later.

Workout 1

Lunch (late), after workout:
1 scoop of whey protein
1 chicken breast marinated in thin teriyaki
2 sorj bread (like tortillas and is wholemeal)
1 carrot
7-8 beans
3-4 brocolli flowerets

Dinner:
10 almonds
Various, parents cook it. Usually good proteins and I minimize the high carbs such as potato.

Sometimes I have a glass of milk between these 2.

Mid evening:
2 slices of wholemeal bread
2 slices of lite ham
1 serving lite cheese
1 lettuce leaf

Couple of hours b4 bed:
1 celery with peanut butter on top

Workout 2 (20-30mins of weights or HIIT)

After workout:
1/2 scoop of whey protein
2 egg whites

Just b4 bed:
10-15 almonds

[Only13]

Are you just eating the almonds to up your caloric intake? May wanna drop the teriyaki. Watch late day carbs. Its pretty good. You might want to ask someone who knows more than me after all Im only 13 :

[Kanzensan]

The teriyaki is fine. Its very thin marinade and teriyaki isnt so bad, except the teriyaki sauces arent all that good.

Your a young starter, wish I was doing this at 13 instead of 24 (on the serious scale anyway)

[Klinger]

Your pre-workout meal looks pretty thin. You want your pre- and post-workout meals to be your biggest of the day, calorie-wise. And you might be getting too much of a good thing with all those almonds. The fat in them is good, but it's still fat.

Check out some of Cursor's meal plans for details about timing your meals. He has posted them several times. Here's a start:

http://www.discussfitness.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2578