Trying to loose stubborn belly fat

daisyflores183

HOW! I’m trying to maintain my weight or even go up a few pounds but want to cut my carbs.
Any tips?

sofchak

You can’t spot reduce. The weight will come off where it comes off, mostly defined by genetics. Check the stickies for good posts about recomposition. That’s your best bet. Good luck

L1zardQueen

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1

DragonHasTheSapphire

I feel the same way, but like stated you cannot spot reduce, or target a certain part of the body and just magically burn fat. I have a lower tummy pooch too, and I'm on the lighter side for my height.

I'd recommend reading the sticky or consider weight training. You will actually gain weight from this, but the results look the opposite!

sijomial

What do carbs have to do with it OP?

Recomp sounds the best bet for you.

nxd10

Recomp does sound good. I find carbs tend to help me hold water and that sits on my belly. BUT I also found that the belly was the longest to go. It was just flab - there had been fat under there and now there was not. BUT it tightened up with exercise and time. The kind and tissue had to grow back to where they should have been before the fat stretched them out.

AnvilHead

Nobody has linked this yet?: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

LivingtheLeanDream

We can't spot reduce unfortunately, adding weight isn't going to help. Why the need to cut carbs? its not them that cause belly fat, its excess fat.

Eating at deficit is the only way to lose the tum. Lifting heavy helps.

And yes, check out that nice stomach link above, its really helpful.