Hi,

I have been training in martial arts for the past 1 year but gave a break of say 2-3 months in the middle.

I just started working out in the gym around 3 weeks back and unfortunately I have only started putting my best effort now.However I have already lost around 5 pounds, but that i feel has more to do with diet control than anything else.

My basic workout is mentioned below
Day one-Spinning + weights and abs
DAy two - Body pump
Day three- Body combat - some martial arts
DAY 4 - SPinning
Day 5- Spinning +Weights and abs
DAY 6- Spinning +weights and abs

I also have maybe 2 intense tycondo classes in a week.

My body details are as following

BMR is coming to around 1400 according to some calculater I found
My weight is around 109 pounds
My problem area is my stomach and my arms , though my arms are good decent now.
I have toned legs but need to work on calf muscles.

My Diet is as following

Bottle of water as soon as I wake up. Eat nothing before the gym!
After Gym fruits! 2 bananas, apples grapes everything.
Half a litre of juice
ANother bottle of water before lunch.
Eat some vegetables with a slice of bread or something
Fruits again in the middle- ANother bottle of water
At night no carbs- chicken fish.. More juice and another bottle of water.

I follow this 5 days a week.

I usually try and eat normally the rest of the 2 days and keep my dinner.
I party maybe twice a week so that could add up.

My Questions are below

1. I want a 6 pac or something close to it! Do i need to do abs everyday for that??
2. Any suggestions you might have on my diet. Losing weight is not my criteria but need to get rid of my love handles which are mainly fat deposits.
3. Is burning around 500 calories sufficient for me?
4.Any suggestions about my workout??Howmany times a day do i need to work for my calves

IS this the worng place for this post?? I didnt get any advice so far....

hi shivi, sorry u haven't gotten any responses yet, i think usually what happens with the threads sometimes is that people will read them but won't comment if they are not sure of what to respond. For example, in terms of nutrition i'm not in a position to comment about your diet because i'm no expert whatsoever in that department. Not to say that i'm an expert either on exercise, but will comment from personal experience since i only just recently started myself. I think your workout looks really great! And all that spinning too! I long to reach a weight when i can spin because for now it's too difficult, but it's great for the calves (to answer your 4th question). As for your first question, about getting abs, if you keep reading the site alot of people will say that spot reducing is not possible, so basically if i understood correct it's said that everyone has abs somewhere in there, but if there's a body fat layer covering it then they'll never be seen....which is where the nutrition aspect comes in to lower body fat so that any muscle gained can be visible. I think i can only answer your first and fourth questions.....hopefully someone out there can help out? otherwise all the best xoxo