Stubborn belly fat

darinr80

Hi! I’m 38 and active as far as walking, surfing and doing ab workouts frequently. Was wondering the best way to lose my stubborn belly fat. I eat healthy too but I do drink.

quiksylver296

Calorie deficit.

apullum

You can’t spot reduce fat. You can lose weight, but you can’t control where your body takes the fat from.

MileHigh4Wheeler

I love what @apullum said because that's something you always read about how you can "torch belly fat" or "burn this or that" and it's cumulative - you lose across your whole body and not one part. You might consider cutting alcohol if you want to lose belly fat though, when you drink your liver works 100% to process that alcohol rather than it's main job of converting fat to energy, therefor you can actually reverse your hard work for the week by drinking.

callsitlikeiseeit

you can not spot reduce or pick where fat comes off of.

trust me, if there was a way, my rear end would be much smaller LOL

eat at a deficit. the fat comes off where it wants to. even my skinny fingers that dont need to lose any more weight.

stupid fingers.

apullum

MileHigh4Wheeler wrote: »

I love what @apullum said because that's something you always read about how you can "torch belly fat" or "burn this or that" and it's cumulative - you lose across your whole body and not one part. You might consider cutting alcohol if you want to lose belly fat though, when you drink your liver works 100% to process that alcohol rather than it's main job of converting fat to energy, therefor you can actually reverse your hard work for the week by drinking.

Alcohol is only going to interfere with weight loss if your drinking puts you over your calorie goal. There are many good reasons why someone might stop drinking or drink less, but this isn’t one of them.

kimny72

darinr80 wrote: »

Hi! I’m 38 and active as far as walking, surfing and doing ab workouts frequently. Was wondering the best way to lose my stubborn belly fat. I eat healthy too but I do drink.

You can't spot reduce, you just need to set yourself to a small deficit and log accurately and consistently, as you don't have much wiggle room for that last little bit. The fat will come off where it wants to, but many find the belly is the last place to go! This thread might be useful:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

CarvedTones

Not only can you not spot reduce, there seems to be a tendency for abdominal fat to be some of the last to go. I am basing this on one of the more common posts in the exercise sub forum - people trying to get visible abs. A lot of people who respond say they didn't see them until they got in the 15% or less body fat range. I have no real science to reference for this; it is just a trend I have observed in those threads. It's true for me; I am just barely in that range and they just barely show. It doesn't mean it will be that way for you.