How do I get down to 5-8% Body fat ?

Question

OK, I'm 43...was a fatty for about 10 solid years..right through my 30's. At 41 had a heart attack lost a lot of weight began lifting..seriously.

Understand and apply macro and nutritional concepts, have tried low carbs (lost lots of hard earned muscle) Have tried lots of cardio, (everyday right when I wake up, HIIT, running, steppers, jumping rope etcetcetc) and I vary my cardio I keep my body guessing. Drink no less than a gallon of water daily most days closer to two...

No matter how skinny my freaking arms and legs get... my belly and b***s are still there. They go down, but I never lose that Under arm(armpit), lower belly and chest fat completely .....It sucks.

Everyone says that I am obsessing and they may be right...so be it.

I have spent the last year and a half seriously, training, supplementing, and eating... my rest, my workouts, my journaling are all text book. Have taken, Lipo6, Hot rocks, Fucothin...etcetcetc

what do I do ???

(again, please try to not give me the basics, I know them and have practiced them... I don't care about size anymore..not until I can see my abs completely)

very FRUSTRATED!!!!!!!

Thanks

Answer 1

Tom, sounds like you have a bad case of genetics; makes it very to overcome. I don’t know if I can suggest anything new, from reading you post you have pretty much tried most protocols. All I would say is: sounds to me like too much cardio. I would drop the cardio and do more weight training – maybe three times a week – with short periods of HIIT on the days in-between.

Diet is a little more personal. You have to figure out if you do better on high Protein and low Carbs, or high Carbs and low Protein. Or, maybe, even on both. I can only tell you what worked for me, and that was getting off all the low-fat, no-fat stuff (including vegetable oils) and eating real fat. The saturated kind found in real meat. I have also gotten off all processed foods and cook my own stuff now. Between that and working out at the gym, I am doing very well these days.

What ever you do, Good luck.