Need to lose body fat!!!

[jealibeanz]

I'm looking to shed 5-10 lbs. I've been aworking at the weight loss for 5 months. I am a competitive athlete. I do cardio everyday and lift weights 3 times per week. I'm really not looking to change anything about my training.

I eat fairly low-carb. I started on the Atkin's diet and have now added more carbs. My diet is fairly clean. I try to eat around 1800-2000 calories a day. I don't think I should eat fewer calories because I am extremely active. I've starved myself before and my metabolism shuts down.

Are there any good fat-burners that work? I'd like something to get rid of this stubborn fat. I don't want to pay huge amounts of money for something that won't work.

I know I can be thinner. I was around 113 lbs a year ago. I'd just like to get back to that spot.

Is there anything cheap you'd recomment? Like at WalMart? I know ephedrine based products tend to be fairly cheap.

 

[Counterstrike]

have alot of sex

 

[smoknjilly]

how tall are you, 113 is a low weight

what is your BF%? more important than any scale #

 

[Smurfy]

113?? i hope youre n ot over 5'2" tall LOL thats awfully thin if you are. are you looking for the "thin" look?

 

[rez]

jealibeanz, i used to take eca stack, but finds it plays up with my stomach too much.. you can try it though, cant hurt..maybe something like hydroxycut.

have you tried adjusting your diet? I know that it doesnt matter if i train my ass off, if my diet isnt really good, bf% doesnt come down.
im on ckd - have you tried that? you will see results with it. JJfigure is on a similar diet as well - look at her abs!

g'luck

 

[JJFigure]

A few more stats would help - BF%, height, etc.

Don't know where you live, but it's cheapest to make a homemade stack of 25 mg ephedrine hcl + 200 mg caffeine. You can get both here:

http://www.dnepharm.com

Some states have banned ephedrine hcl, so they'll ask you for a fax of your driver's license, but once they have that, you're good to go.

You say you've been dieting for 5 months; you may just need to take a break. Your body is very good at adapting, so you have to keep changing it up. If you're doing low carb now, you might want to completely change your macronutrients for a couple weeks. If you've been dedicated for 5 months, you might just need a cheat week (search on refeeds) because your leptin levels are low. Refeeding on high GI food sources will boost your leptin levels so you can lose more fat. Yeah, I know it doesn't sound right, but it works.

 

[jealibeanz]

I am 5'4''. I know 113 is low, but I have a very tiny frame and don't build muscle easily. I would never try to drop below that point. I was in great shape last year when I was that thin. So that wasn't unhealthy, but a lb or two less would be. I'd like to be more ripped and cut. I tend to carry weight in the thighs and want to be rid of it.

 

[jealibeanz]

I actually do refeeds once every week or two. Whenever I feel really really hungry I do it. Can I get the plain ephedra and caffeine in stores? I live in New York State.

 

[JJFigure]

You might be able to; actually, DNE pharms is in New Jersey; I believe northern Jersey no less.

One of the local supplement shops that caters to BBers has it, but you wouldn't be able to get it at places like GNC or VitaminShoppe. If you have a decent supplement shop, you might want to ask.

 

[JJFigure]

Another thing you might try, since it sounds like you're down to the hard fat, is oral yohimbine hcl and/or yohimburn df. The yohimburn df is topical yohimbine (I'm sure you've seen lots of posts on it) that actually works fairly well. You just rub it on your problem areas.

Oral yohimbine hcl is a little harder to work with; you have to take it on an empty stomach and carbs tend to interfere with absorption so you shouldn't eat carbs for at least 3 hours after taking it. So, the only time I'd take it is first thing in the morning before am cardio and my first meal would be pro/fat only. At your height/weight, you'd take about 10 mgs 1xday. Again, it's a little hard to find - you don't want the yohimbe bark, you want yohimbine hcl. I get mine from http://www.supplementdirect.com; it comes in 5mg capsules.