I'm male, does that make any difference or does all the same stuff you said still apply?
While these things will likely help with weight loss, none of them are what actually causes weight loss. Caloric deficit is what causes weight loss, as it's entirely possible to do all these things and gain weight, if one is eating at a sufficient caloric surplus. All the weight lost their metabolic process is breathed out as carbon dioxide, so as long as someone is breathing, they are burning calories. The reason people don't typically lose weight without exercising is because of a caloric surplus.
Any sort of exercise will work, the best is a combination of weight training and cardio, in my opinion, especially if you are trying to lose weight/fat. As stated above, caloric deficit is what causes weight loss. So if your goal is to simply lose weight, staying in a caloric deficit would suffice. However, since you state specifically that you want to lose belly fat, I'd suggest that you look into the metabolic process and what is called ketosis. To put it simply, your body normally uses glucose(sugar) for energy. This glucose can come from carbohydrates, protein converted to glucose, or converted fat. When the body doesn't have enough glucose, it enters what is called ketosis, at which point it starts converting fat into glucose.
Can't I just go for a run and cut out the carbs/sugar?
Start swimming some laps in that pool..
How are your plants?
you could, but excess protein can be converted to glucose and then to fat when glucose stores are full, which is why caloric deficit is needed not just low carb/no carb diet, not accounting for fat intake either. As explained above, you could just eat less, or you can exercise more, or both. Depends on what your willing to do to reach your goal, many types of diets and exercise. Counting macros is best, as it accounts for all types of calories.
I am serious. How much for surgery?
What the hell. hahaha....some clarification, please: I've always read that it is 1g proteint/kg body weight desired. These would obviously be vastly different amounts.
For example, I weigh ~73kg/160ishlbs Now, if I want to build muscle do I eat, say 75-80g or protein a day whilst training or 160g of protein?
Also, since you seem to be quite knowledgeable about this I'd like to ask you about excess protein intake:
As you can probably guess from the numbers above, I'm in decent shape weight-wise (I'm 5'11" tall), however I think I consume way too much protein.
My diet consists largely of fat (mostly from olive oil, eggs, nuts, seeds, and fish) as is and given what it consists of a large amount of protein as well.
I'm pretty sure I eat excess protein. For example, my dinner last night consisted of a 500g salmon fillet and a salad, no carbs. Until I read your post above I had no idea about excess proteing converting to glucose and then being stored as fat.
Is there anything inherently unhealthy about this?
Does it, for example, store fat around the organs or cause plaque build up in the arteries as opposed to being visible fatty tissue?
My body fat percentage is a decent ~13-15%, I think....it's been a few years since I've measured it, but I look pretty well the same.
It may complicate matters that my diet never changes but my level of physical activity does.
I rock climb regularly and have a physical job, but only do weight training 4 months a year (in winter when my outdoor job is slower).
I recently quit smoking and hope to add a cardio routine (stationary bike) to my exercise regime this winter and to start playing football (soccer for you American out here) again next summer. I miss it terribly....I don't think I've ever been as high as I have been on the football pitch (including the time I ate 7g of mushrooms).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, cheers.