The 40-30-30 breakdown is appropriate for every meal, including pre- and post-workout. If you really feel like tweaking, eat more carbs than fat in the morning and pre- and post-workout meals and more fat than carbs in other meals. But generally speaking, just keep 40-30-30 as your guide for every meal and you'll be fine. And, of course, nobody will ever get the 40-30-30 exactly right, so don't stress about that. Just do your best to hit that target and, most importantly, select healthy food choices. A healthy food meal that goes, say, 25-50-25 is a lot better for you than junk that happens to add up to 40-30-30. And as far as losing belly fat I think you already know the answer. The only way is to lose the overall body fat as I describe everywhere on this site. There is absolutely no shortcut to induce your body to burn belly fat faster than any other kind of fat. Your body will "decide" which fat to burn when and that means that you will lose fat pretty evenly overall. Because the biggest chunk of the fat for men is around the waistline it will also be the last to disappear completely (in reality of course it never disappears completely, but simply gets much smaller). Again, there are absolutely no shortcuts when it comes to targeting specific body part fot losing fat (aside from liposuction) and anyone who tells you otherwise is probably trying to sell you something useless. Stay diligent with your diet and your exercise program, stay patient, and you will achieve your goals. |
