Belly fat

yomycc
yomycc Posts: 18 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How can I get rid of this stubborn belly fat without losing too much weight? I'm already 106 lbs (5' tall) and want to gain weight (muscle) but I'm not sure how to do it. Someone told me not to do a lot of cardio since I don't want to lose weight, but how else can I lose that belly fat???

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,425 MFP Moderator
    yomycc wrote: »
    How can I get rid of this stubborn belly fat without losing too much weight? I'm already 106 lbs (5' tall) and want to gain weight (muscle) but I'm not sure how to do it. Someone told me not to do a lot of cardio since I don't want to lose weight, but how else can I lose that belly fat???

    You can try to recomp, where you would eat at maintenance and follow a solid progressive overload lifting program. It's a bit slower than weight loss, but you can probably see some increases to muscle and some fat loss. But to set expectations, it can take some time.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    psuLemon wrote: »
    yomycc wrote: »
    How can I get rid of this stubborn belly fat without losing too much weight? I'm already 106 lbs (5' tall) and want to gain weight (muscle) but I'm not sure how to do it. Someone told me not to do a lot of cardio since I don't want to lose weight, but how else can I lose that belly fat???

    You can try to recomp, where you would eat at maintenance and follow a solid progressive overload lifting program. It's a bit slower than weight loss, but you can probably see some increases to muscle and some fat loss. But to set expectations, it can take some time.

    It's taking months and months and months...but I'm seeing progress. So I will chime in and agree that recomp works, but it's slow. Worth it, but slow. :)
  • ejsilvi
    ejsilvi Posts: 205 Member
    More ab work use weight try to do a total of 50reps to a 100 reps so do like 25reps a set - 4 to 5 sets
  • mom23mangos
    mom23mangos Posts: 3,069 Member
    I'm the same height and if you are built like me, I have to get around 98-101 to get rid of the belly fat (which usually makes my sternum stick out grossly). Recomp over time is probably a really good suggestion at your weight unless you have something you need to slim down for ASAP.
  • 1sisrat
    1sisrat Posts: 267 Member
    ^what she said. lift heavy weights and up the protein.
  • yomycc
    yomycc Posts: 18 Member
    @mom23mangos what do you mean with 98-101? I don't know what Recomp is...I will have to look that up.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    yomycc wrote: »
    @mom23mangos what do you mean with 98-101? I don't know what Recomp is...I will have to look that up.

    Click on the blue links that bambi posted, one is about recomposition, the other is a breakdown of what it takes to get the tummy you want.
  • mom23mangos
    mom23mangos Posts: 3,069 Member
    yomycc wrote: »
    @mom23mangos what do you mean with 98-101? I don't know what Recomp is...I will have to look that up.

    At 5', that's the weight range where I have a flat tummy with visible abs. At 106, I have pudge. Everyone is build differently, but it sounds like you might be build like me.
  • yomycc
    yomycc Posts: 18 Member
    @mom23mangos oh yeas we are. That's exactly how I am. I weight about 106 and hate my belly. But i don't like how I look with 100 lbs I think I look way too thin. Maybe this not reasonable but I would like go up to 110...in muscle of course.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Yep i have to get down to a stupid low and sickly looking weight to have a flat tummy. Weight lifting is my only option.
  • mom23mangos
    mom23mangos Posts: 3,069 Member
    yomycc wrote: »
    @mom23mangos oh yeas we are. That's exactly how I am. I weight about 106 and hate my belly. But i don't like how I look with 100 lbs I think I look way too thin. Maybe this not reasonable but I would like go up to 110...in muscle of course.

    I think it's reasonable. I've been staying around 104 and recomping for the past 6 months or so. I still have a little more fluff around my tummy than I like, but I look much, much better than I did at this weight a year ago. I weight train 4x/week with a progressive program. I did Body for Life, then StrongLifts for a little bit and for the past 3 months, I've been doing Wendler' 5/3/1.

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