typingsound
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I'm a 33 year old male. I've been doing a fitness programme with a trainer at my gym since early June. My main motivation was I wanted to lose the fat around my stomach, but also wanted to become more toned. I've always been self-conscious about my belly fat, especially because the rest of my body was skinny.
I managed to get down to 53.4 KG (my height is1.75m 1.74m) with a combination of diet, HIIT and strength training. I was pleased with the results. My trainer then said it was time to put the weight back on as muscle and I'm now doing strength training (I still do light cardio). I've slowly been putting the weight back on and I'm currently at 58.2 KG as of today. It's been quite challenging putting the weight back on, because I'm an active person who walks a lot.
My concern is that I still have a ring of fat around my belly button which I can pinch with my fingers. I've tried speaking to my trainer about it, but he says that I didn't need to lose any more weight and I need to stick with the strength training and increase my protein intake.
I took some photos to better explain what I am taking about.
My question is should I lose more weight before "bulking up"? I don't want to go against my trainer's advice and I would like to be more muscular, but the belly fat really affected my self-esteem. I even used to wrap a towel around myself when going swimming until I could get into the pool (sad I know). Any advice would be much appreciated.
EDIT: I added a fourth photo.
EDIT 2: Sorry I entered my height incorrectly at first. I'm 1.745m).
I managed to get down to 53.4 KG (my height is
My concern is that I still have a ring of fat around my belly button which I can pinch with my fingers. I've tried speaking to my trainer about it, but he says that I didn't need to lose any more weight and I need to stick with the strength training and increase my protein intake.
I took some photos to better explain what I am taking about.
My question is should I lose more weight before "bulking up"? I don't want to go against my trainer's advice and I would like to be more muscular, but the belly fat really affected my self-esteem. I even used to wrap a towel around myself when going swimming until I could get into the pool (sad I know). Any advice would be much appreciated.
EDIT: I added a fourth photo.
EDIT 2: Sorry I entered my height incorrectly at first. I'm 1.745m).