How Can I lose my beer belly?

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If anyone knows any tips or secrets on burning off fat around the waist faster, please help me
I've been trying to lose it for a while and have lost some wight but I can't manage to lose my beer belly and some chest fat
Any and all help is appreciated!

WBB55

Do you lift weights?

ninerbuff

Reduce the amount of beer you're drinking? Eat at a calorie deficit? Those are 2 legit ways to lose fat.

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mschicagocubs

Cardio

mschicagocubs

Reduce the amount of beer you're drinking? Eat at a calorie deficit? Those are 2 legit ways to lose fat.

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You can try Select 55 ... but it isn't good

rgunn02

If you want to loose the beer belly - loose the beer!

p4ulmiller

If anyone knows any tips or secrets on burning off fat around the waist faster, please help me
I've been trying to lose it for a while and have lost some wight but I can't manage to lose my beer belly and some chest fat
Any and all help is appreciated!

Eat at a calorie deficit. It's the future!

JustinAnimal

I think the gentleman is referring to losing weight in those areas, specifically. Not just general tips.

OP, in my experience, your belly fat is the absolute last thing to do. Just keep on with good habits. Eat at a caloric deficit. Exercise often. Lift weights and focus on exercises that hit your legs / core (squats, lunges, deadlifts). If you work bigger muscle groups, like your legs, you get bigger and continued benefits.

Just make sure the only thing you are doing is cardio. Mix it up, keep your body guessing what's coming next, get lots of variety and eat cleanly.

You can do this AND continue to drink beer. You just might have to drink the light stuff or abstain for a few months, while you get the fat levels under control. Craft beer and buffalo wings are the bane of my existence, so believe me, I understand.

BlueBombers

Stop drinking beer?

klkateri

I'd rather bring a keg to the party than a six pack ;-)


Now seriously, I'm involved with Greek life via college for over 20 years and I hear the beer belly problem. I do cardio and sit ups, but I also cut back my "whole" beer intake and go now with light beer or lighter colored beer. I steer clear now of the Guinness (except for St. Patricks day lol) and drink more Sam, Molson, LaBatt Blue LIght ( <-- my go to light beer, sooo good!!). I also cut back on the sweet drinks and now prefer a mixed drink with diet (gross) soda or just shoot some premium spirits.

Its hard to do especially when your nickname is "Beer Wench" so drinking light beer goes against that a bit but it's all moderation too. If I know I'm gonna go out and go hard on the beer I take it easier on the food calories during the day. (Salad, lean meat, no crabs... ).

Also, watch what you eat after a heavy drinking session... that's where I gained weight. Nothing taste better after a night of drinking then a sub or onion rings or pizza.... Once I started taking in easy on that stuff too I noticed a reduction in belly fat.

Good Luck!!

sjaplo

Amazing - if OP had described the fat around his middle as a "yogurt belly" would you advise him to give up yogurt?

Capt_Apollo

I'm involved with Greek life via college for over 20 years and I hear the beer belly problem.

college is only four years long. what's taking you so long?

nourishnotpunish

Stop drinking beer. Create a calorie deficit. Cardio.

Supertact

Amazing - if OP had described the fat around his middle as a "yogurt belly" would you advise him to give up yogurt?

Clearly yes. lol

morehealthymatt

mmmmm....beer

p4ulmiller

Amazing - if OP had described the fat around his middle as a "yogurt belly" would you advise him to give up yogurt?

:-D

norcalskater

A calorie deficit every single day and exercise a few times a week and you will lose it. You can still have beer it just needs to be carefully planned into your deficit. Beer takes up a lot of calories though so the more beer you drink the less food you can have. I also want to say that "beer belly" is just a term for a large belly, it's not linked to beer, It's genetics. Genetics determine where your body stores fat. Some people it's their stomach, others it's their arms, legs and some people it's equally spread throughout the body.

firstsip

I'd rather bring a keg to the party than a six pack ;-)


Now seriously, I'm involved with Greek life via college for over 20 years and I hear the beer belly problem. I do cardio and sit ups, but I also cut back my "whole" beer intake and go now with light beer or lighter colored beer. I steer clear now of the Guinness (except for St. Patricks day lol) and drink more Sam, Molson, LaBatt Blue LIght ( <-- my go to light beer, sooo good!!). I also cut back on the sweet drinks and now prefer a mixed drink with diet (gross) soda or just shoot some premium spirits.

Its hard to do especially when your nickname is "Beer Wench" so drinking light beer goes against that a bit but it's all moderation too. If I know I'm gonna go out and go hard on the beer I take it easier on the food calories during the day. (Salad, lean meat, no crabs... ).

Also, watch what you eat after a heavy drinking session... that's where I gained weight. Nothing taste better after a night of drinking then a sub or onion rings or pizza.... Once I started taking in easy on that stuff too I noticed a reduction in belly fat.

Good Luck!!

Do you realize Guinness has less calories than the other beers you mentioned?

KANGOOJUMPS

now why the hell would u want to do that?
it takes years to get a good one.silly!
show it off!

JustinAnimal

Dadgummit! Firstsip beat me to it.

But, yes, Guiness is like a dieter's dream beer. It actually tastes like something and is pretty comparable to a coors light, in terms of calories.

First sip, where do you stand on Guiness? Will you drink that, or is it not crafty enough for you (I know you're pretty into the beer groups on MFP)?

firstsip

Dadgummit! Firstsip beat me to it.

But, yes, Guiness is like a dieter's dream beer. It actually tastes like something and is pretty comparable to a coors light, in terms of calories.

First sip, where do you stand on Guiness? Will you drink that, or is it not crafty enough for you (I know you're pretty into the beer groups on MFP)?

Aw shucks, am I that well known for having a drinking problem? :blushing: KIDDING.

I'm fine with Guinness on a craft level. Being a macrobrewery =/= craft (Sierra Nevada, New Belgium and Boston Beer are all good examples of this). Guinness is part of a bigger corp. then those guys, obviously, but to my knowledge they still haven't resorted to using adjuncts or pushing other breweries out of business, like some other not-so-illustrious macrobreweries *cough*

That being said, I'll have it if there's nothing else somewhere because it's not as good as many other craft stouts, a.k.a, not as dark and bitter for me (as I do like dry, Irish stouts). Of course, I hear it's better in Ireland, but I have not yet had the pleasure.

keziak1

A "beer" belly is not just for beer drinkers. I have been a teetotaller my whole life but I have a belly from compulsive overeating. I inherited my body type from my mother. Only when I got to really fighting trim did it go away completely. I look at photos of myself from those days and can only marvel. Lots of weight training behind that transformation, plus step aerobics and low-fat diet. (this was back when low-fat diets were the rage).

cwolfman13

Reduce the amount of beer you're drinking? Eat at a calorie deficit? Those are 2 legit ways to lose fat.

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I have a problem with your first statement....but it's more of a personal problem...

Anyway, OP....belly fat is primary storage...very, very, very last to go....very stubborn too.

970Mikaela1

GIve up food. Keep drinking beer.

klkateri

I'm involved with Greek life via college for over 20 years and I hear the beer belly problem.

college is only four years long. what's taking you so long?

I'm on the alumni board lol... So I'm at a lot of events and host even more. Needless to say, I'm around lots of beer lol.


Also, had no idea about Guinness having less calories.... Haza!! BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER, BEER!!!

I also like give up food, drink beer!!

"Beer is proof that God loves us." -Ben Franklin

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likitisplit

I've got post-pregnancy belly. Fat loss and core work are what I'm trying.

Capt_Apollo

Drink more beer,more beer fixes everything

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Plot Twist I don't drink beer -.-

Capt_Apollo

Plot Twist I don't drink beer -.-

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Plot Twist I don't drink beer -.-

Ok I don't legally drink beer