how do i get rid of belly?
BetesBitch
Posts: 234 Member
Hi. Im 5'9 and 150lb with belly fat. How can i get rid of it?
8-4 office job
Walk for 30min 3 times week on lunch break
Quick strolls during morning and afternoon breaks
Weights at home 2-3 times week for 30 min sessions
Every few days i do 30min on eliptical or evening walk.
Weekends are usually spent at the park or zoo walking all afternoon.
Eating is 200cals every breakfast
Lunch and supper about 500-600 cals each
Snacks are always yogurt. No sugar.
Im t1 diabetic.
I usually splurge on weekend and have chips and candy friday night and fastfood on Saturday. Couple junk things on sunday too.
Recently started 80/20 rule
Suggestions?
8-4 office job
Walk for 30min 3 times week on lunch break
Quick strolls during morning and afternoon breaks
Weights at home 2-3 times week for 30 min sessions
Every few days i do 30min on eliptical or evening walk.
Weekends are usually spent at the park or zoo walking all afternoon.
Eating is 200cals every breakfast
Lunch and supper about 500-600 cals each
Snacks are always yogurt. No sugar.
Im t1 diabetic.
I usually splurge on weekend and have chips and candy friday night and fastfood on Saturday. Couple junk things on sunday too.
Recently started 80/20 rule
Suggestions?
0
Replies
-
Figure out your TDEE minus 20%. You can't spot lose fat. But eating at a calorie deficient will help you lose fat. Please read http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p10
-
eat 500 below maintenance and increase exercise0
-
This content has been removed.
-
Calorie Deficit + Time.
Nothing else will do it.
Nothing else *can* do it.
0 -
You can use weights, do crunches and six inches and all that to tighten up the muscles, but the only way to get rid of excess fat is to keep losing weight. It will come off eventually.
0 -
I love a quote I read from Blogilates (youtube Pilates instructor).....Good ab's are made in the gym and revealed in the kitchen....i.e work on abdominal exercises that will strengthen those muscles and follow the advice you've been given already about diet. Shed the pounds and build the ab's and eventually you'll see them!!0
-
Forget about losing weight so much and start reading the "body recomposition" thread/s in Maintaining Weight.
Also, this:
0 -
I know that there is no such thing as spot reducing, but start working those abs anyway. As you increase the muscle you will feel better about them. I recommend full sit-ups and side planks.0
-
Forget about losing weight so much and start reading the "body recomposition" thread/s in Maintaining Weight.
Also, this:
^^^This is it.
Your ht/wt puts you within a healthy weight range, so you would probably be looking for a recomp to hit your goal.
Abs come from lowering your overall BF%. You can do ab workouts if you want, but the burn is pretty low, so they're pretty inefficient for overall fat loss/calorie burn (tip: sit-ups aren't an ab workout....the hip flexors do most of the work).
Anyway....IMHO the best way to lose that last bit of belly fat is:
Moderate caloric deficit + work (progressive lifting and cardio if you like it) + patience = goal.
You can get there with just the deficit and patience, but you'll probably be happier with the aesthetics if you add in the work.
I'll also leave this here.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
0 -
Body recomp seems too difficult RE: hitting macros and such....Must easier to eat at deficit and lift weights and do cardio. I love my body now just hate the fat on my belly!!! One thing! Everything else is good
Maybe i eat too much? Don't know....i measure everything but i eat junk on weekends too...My typical week for food is: (Mon-Fri)
Breakfast: 175g of greek yogurt 0% fat plain with 70g frozen berries
Snack: Yoplait 0% 7g carbs 35cal yogurt
Lunch: wholegrain bread sandwich w/processed ham/turkey/chk (mustard, cheese slice or cheddar cheese), apple, peach (basically always 2 fruit servings), hot banana peppers, 2 stocks celery or 1 carrot
Snack: Yoplait 0% 7g carbs 35cal yogurt
Supper: Chili OR Pizza on Naan bread OR Meat veggies and greek yogurt OR Subway/Pita Pit/Tim Hortons sandwich OR Stirfry OR homemade soup with or without slice bread
Bedsnack: 175g of greek yogurt 0% fat plain with or without 70g frozen berries OR popsicle low sugar...
Should I eliminate all snacks????
This is a weekend:
Sat: Greek yogurt for breaky OR toast w/ peanut butter and fruit
Lunch: Fast food OR might be a healthy at home sandwich (grilled cheese egg sandwich/left over supper)
PM- maybe some candy
Supper: Could be fast food again or healthy homemade supper like listed above
Late night: CHIPS!!!!! Diet pop
Sun: Might skip breakfast and sleep in and eat lunch. Probably something healthy from feeling like shite from eating fast food the day before....lol
Supper: something homemade and healthy
Bedsnack: 175g of greek yogurt 0% fat plain with or without 70g frozen berries OR popsicle low sugar...
I should probably really clean up my weekends and eat only junk once and not go overboard...see how that works over a month...
Drinks: Only water and 1 coffee a day and occassional ice coffee from tims (no base, just cream and 2 splenda)
0 -
BetesBitch wrote: »Body recomp seems too difficult RE: hitting macros and such....Must easier to eat at deficit and lift weights and do cardio. I love my body now just hate the fat on my belly!!! One thing! Everything else is good
Maybe i eat too much? Don't know....i measure everything but i eat junk on weekends too...My typical week for food is: (Mon-Fri)
Breakfast: 175g of greek yogurt 0% fat plain with 70g frozen berries
Snack: Yoplait 0% 7g carbs 35cal yogurt
Lunch: wholegrain bread sandwich w/processed ham/turkey/chk (mustard, cheese slice or cheddar cheese), apple, peach (basically always 2 fruit servings), hot banana peppers, 2 stocks celery or 1 carrot
Snack: Yoplait 0% 7g carbs 35cal yogurt
Supper: Chili OR Pizza on Naan bread OR Meat veggies and greek yogurt OR Subway/Pita Pit/Tim Hortons sandwich OR Stirfry OR homemade soup with or without slice bread
Bedsnack: 175g of greek yogurt 0% fat plain with or without 70g frozen berries OR popsicle low sugar...
Should I eliminate all snacks????
This is a weekend:
Sat: Greek yogurt for breaky OR toast w/ peanut butter and fruit
Lunch: Fast food OR might be a healthy at home sandwich (grilled cheese egg sandwich/left over supper)
PM- maybe some candy
Supper: Could be fast food again or healthy homemade supper like listed above
Late night: CHIPS!!!!! Diet pop
Sun: Might skip breakfast and sleep in and eat lunch. Probably something healthy from feeling like shite from eating fast food the day before....lol
Supper: something homemade and healthy
Bedsnack: 175g of greek yogurt 0% fat plain with or without 70g frozen berries OR popsicle low sugar...
I should probably really clean up my weekends and eat only junk once and not go overboard...see how that works over a month...
Drinks: Only water and 1 coffee a day and occassional ice coffee from tims (no base, just cream and 2 splenda)
If you want advice on your deficit as well, I'd recommend opening up your diary. Not posting what you eat here. You're at a healthy weight for your height. Your deficit should be smaller w/ resistance and the cardio you like. Much like a recomp.
Edit: NVM, I see it's open now. You're not logging anything, that should be priority #1 to shore up and make sure it's accurate.0 -
Stay dedicated to your plan. Before you know it you will reach your goal. Sounds like you have it together. Use a scale to weigh foods and be accurate.0
-
You are worrying about a lot of things that don't matter. Eat at a calorie deficit until the fat that you want to lose is gone. Lifting weights would help to accomplish this faster.BetesBitch wrote: »Body recomp seems too difficult RE: hitting macros and such....Must easier to eat at deficit and lift weights and do cardio. I love my body now just hate the fat on my belly!!! One thing! Everything else is good
Maybe i eat too much? Don't know....i measure everything but i eat junk on weekends too...My typical week for food is: (Mon-Fri)
Breakfast: 175g of greek yogurt 0% fat plain with 70g frozen berries
Snack: Yoplait 0% 7g carbs 35cal yogurt
Lunch: wholegrain bread sandwich w/processed ham/turkey/chk (mustard, cheese slice or cheddar cheese), apple, peach (basically always 2 fruit servings), hot banana peppers, 2 stocks celery or 1 carrot
Snack: Yoplait 0% 7g carbs 35cal yogurt
Supper: Chili OR Pizza on Naan bread OR Meat veggies and greek yogurt OR Subway/Pita Pit/Tim Hortons sandwich OR Stirfry OR homemade soup with or without slice bread
Bedsnack: 175g of greek yogurt 0% fat plain with or without 70g frozen berries OR popsicle low sugar...
Should I eliminate all snacks????
This is a weekend:
Sat: Greek yogurt for breaky OR toast w/ peanut butter and fruit
Lunch: Fast food OR might be a healthy at home sandwich (grilled cheese egg sandwich/left over supper)
PM- maybe some candy
Supper: Could be fast food again or healthy homemade supper like listed above
Late night: CHIPS!!!!! Diet pop
Sun: Might skip breakfast and sleep in and eat lunch. Probably something healthy from feeling like shite from eating fast food the day before....lol
Supper: something homemade and healthy
Bedsnack: 175g of greek yogurt 0% fat plain with or without 70g frozen berries OR popsicle low sugar...
I should probably really clean up my weekends and eat only junk once and not go overboard...see how that works over a month...
Drinks: Only water and 1 coffee a day and occassional ice coffee from tims (no base, just cream and 2 splenda)0 -
to just get rid of belly fat, I believe more or more intense cardio would help. because you can't spot reduce, you just have to decrease your overall body fat.
doing ab work will help with definition. but it will not reveal an abs if that's what you are going for0 -
T-Nation said it best:
"The best ab exercise is three sets of stop eating so damn much."-1 -
Figure out your TDEE minus 20%. You can't spot lose fat. But eating at a calorie deficient will help you lose fat. Please read http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
I did this calculation and it said 75 weeks to lose 10lbs WTF!!!!!!!!!!! I should be able to in 6 weeks ffs!
0 -
BetesBitch wrote: »Figure out your TDEE minus 20%. You can't spot lose fat. But eating at a calorie deficient will help you lose fat. Please read http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
I did this calculation and it said 75 weeks to lose 10lbs WTF!!!!!!!!!!! I should be able to in 6 weeks ffs!
At your ht/wt....no....no you shouldn't. Like we've said. You probably don't have "weight" to lose but are trying to lower your BF%.0 -
You can, you'll just lose more muscle than is necessary. I'm not sure what math you used to get 75 weeks to lose 10 pounds, though.BetesBitch wrote: »Figure out your TDEE minus 20%. You can't spot lose fat. But eating at a calorie deficient will help you lose fat. Please read http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
I did this calculation and it said 75 weeks to lose 10lbs WTF!!!!!!!!!!! I should be able to in 6 weeks ffs!
0 -
lol. "i want to lose belly fat but i want to do it the easy way and as quickly as possible"0
-
I am 5'9" as well I weigh 130lbs. I still have belly fat, I workout at the gym and I am still trying to get rid of it.0
-
BetesBitch wrote: »Figure out your TDEE minus 20%. You can't spot lose fat. But eating at a calorie deficient will help you lose fat. Please read http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
I did this calculation and it said 75 weeks to lose 10lbs WTF!!!!!!!!!!! I should be able to in 6 weeks ffs!
You used the default calculation on there that is set to recomposition.
You have also started nearly identical topics multiple times over the last few years. The answers haven't changed.0 -
I am 5'9" as well I weigh 130lbs. I still have belly fat, I workout at the gym and I am still trying to get rid of it.
I'm 5'9" and the last time I competed in a bodybuilding competition I was 155 pounds. For many people gaining lean mass is an important step to improving body composition and reducing fat.0 -
-
BetesBitch wrote: »Figure out your TDEE minus 20%. You can't spot lose fat. But eating at a calorie deficient will help you lose fat. Please read http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
I did this calculation and it said 75 weeks to lose 10lbs WTF!!!!!!!!!!! I should be able to in 6 weeks ffs!
You used the default calculation on there that is set to recomposition.
You have also started nearly identical topics multiple times over the last few years. The answers haven't changed.
Ive lost weight over the last year. thanks to info on here! still have belly and asking how to get rid. thanks.
0 -
BetesBitch wrote: »BetesBitch wrote: »Figure out your TDEE minus 20%. You can't spot lose fat. But eating at a calorie deficient will help you lose fat. Please read http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
I did this calculation and it said 75 weeks to lose 10lbs WTF!!!!!!!!!!! I should be able to in 6 weeks ffs!
You used the default calculation on there that is set to recomposition.
You have also started nearly identical topics multiple times over the last few years. The answers haven't changed.
Ive lost weight over the last year. thanks to info on here! still have belly and asking how to get rid. thanks.
It's still a matter of losing more fat while retaining your lean mass. Eventually you may need to consider switching to maintenance and trying to add a bit of muscle, but for now it is still fat loss.0 -
Okay so TDEE is 2240 for me as I exercise 3-5 times a week (moderately active)
20% less is 1792...but if i eat 1792 is going to take too long! Now if i eat 1300 the calculator says 14 weeks to drop 10lbs and hopefully 5lbs of that at least will be straight from belly.
Do you think it will be ok for me to eat that low? I will log it too to make sure just like before when i lost - i logged...0 -
BetesBitch wrote: »Okay so TDEE is 2240 for me as I exercise 3-5 times a week (moderately active)
20% less is 1792...but if i eat 1792 is going to take too long! Now if i eat 1300 the calculator says 14 weeks to drop 10lbs and hopefully 5lbs of that at least will be straight from belly.
Do you think it will be ok for me to eat that low? I will log it too to make sure just like before when i lost - i logged...
What's the rush? Also, you're not trying to lose weight, you're trying to lose fat. There's a difference.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »
You can, you'll just lose more muscle than is necessary. I'm not sure what math you used to get 75 weeks to lose 10 pounds, though.BetesBitch wrote: »Figure out your TDEE minus 20%. You can't spot lose fat. But eating at a calorie deficient will help you lose fat. Please read http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
I did this calculation and it said 75 weeks to lose 10lbs WTF!!!!!!!!!!! I should be able to in 6 weeks ffs!
Not 6. But yeah, 75 seems like a lot... I'd check that math. I'm working on those last stubborn lbs too, tummy included and I'm down almost 7 lbs since the beginning of the year. (Checks work calendar...) So, 27 1/2 weeks.0 -
planks and crunches. While there is no such thing as spot reduction of fat, if you make your belly stronger, it will still become flatter because the organs inside won't be flopping forward under weak muscles; instead, they will be held in place..0
-
BetesBitch wrote: »Okay so TDEE is 2240 for me as I exercise 3-5 times a week (moderately active)
20% less is 1792...but if i eat 1792 is going to take too long! Now if i eat 1300 the calculator says 14 weeks to drop 10lbs and hopefully 5lbs of that at least will be straight from belly.
Do you think it will be ok for me to eat that low? I will log it too to make sure just like before when i lost - i logged...
What's the rush? Also, you're not trying to lose weight, you're trying to lose fat. There's a difference.
The rush is a trip away in October! Wanna look best! and my wedding is to follow.....
0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 426 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions