I think I may be getting the wrong advice from my boxing trainer help me!!

[GhostInMachines]

exactly. I mean that stuff shouldnt even be part of any fighter's diet at all. Its not just the short term effects of such foods, some can even have long term effects. Most diet sodas are filled with artificial sweetners and sodium
benzoate (which is a known carcinogen) which they have no clue what they can do to your body in the long run since they have only been around for about 2 or 3 decades

yep, ur putting the name to the stuff i try and stay away from. it really can be cancerous. but ok bruce lee did all this crazy stuff, half the stuff he did was just ridiculous. he didnt study physiology or how the body worked. hed be in better shape than half the people out there by sitting around drinking mountain dew watching TV, but its just cause he was a freak of nature. if he choked seagulls for an hour every day people would do it too regardless.
just cause ur trainer made it to fight professionally doesnt mean he had it down packed,try and take the good with the bad and learn, but be weary cause he makes mistakes as well, and his diet missed key stuff and inhibited him from being even better so be careful what you read, believe it till you see it, then see it twice.

[jdubb863]

yo im 5ft5 and weigh 156.... I dont look fat but i am kinda flabby. i checked my body fat percentage and it was at 12%. Wich i heard was normal... I was wondering what the average weight is for sum1 my height.... Im not sure if i should do more cardio to lose sum of that fat or weight train? I dont want to get a bulky 165pnds. I use to weigh about 185 chubby kid whaen i was a teen... Is that why im jiggily? Can sum1 give me some advice?

[skilgannon]

another thing you should really avoid is any type of hydrogenated oil. that stuff is like slow acting poison on your body. That stuff is also known as trans fat. Regardless of what the box says (trans fat free etc..) check the ingredients. if any type of "hydrogenated oil" is in there, stay away from it. FDA requires that anything having trans fat be labeled but if under .5 gram, the product is allowed to say trans fat free. the problem is trans fat should only be in trace amounts in your body (better to not have any at all) and .5g of trans fat is way too much for you already. also, that stuff is carcinogenic too as it encourages free radical growth