Ideas for getting rid of that belly roll

mt_nest

Can anyone give me any advice of getting rid of my belly roll? I am almost to my goal weight of 130 and I'm 5'9" but I still seem to have this roll that sticks out over my pants. I do every kind of exercise for my stomach muscles - everyday (6 days a week) 3 sets of 12 alternating between crunches on the incline bench, etc.

Do you think I just need to do more reps? I've only been consistently exercising everyday for the past 2 months.

sd57006

congratulations on your weight loss....\
The tummy is a challenge....
If you balance yourself on an exercise ball and then hold onto weights/medicine ball. move your hands from left hip to over your head to the right and back down 10 times, repeat from the right going left.....
This might gift you some better results.
Good luck

momma3sweetgirls

This roll you talk about, does it exist only when sitting? My 'roll' dramatically decreases when I'm standing. Are your pants, perhaps, too small? Sometimes we think we are smaller than we really are - ok, maybe that's just me. Did you lose a ton of weight to get to where you are? Could it just be excess skin? If so, nothing you can do short of chopping it off. Hmmm...just trying to gather more info!

she_elf

Green olives and olive oil contain fats that attack belly fat. Maybe try eating more of these? I've been trying to eat a serving of olives a day to see if it will help.

Congrats on your loss so far!!

ocsurfmama

Actually you are doing too many days of strength training in a row. Your muscles need a minimum of 48 hours to recover. You may benefit from doing an over all strength training routine instead of just trying to target one area. A trainer told me at my gym that targeting one area all the time does not work, but over all body training does.

As far as for what has worked for me, the trainer was right on. I lost a lot more inches when toning overall.
A normal week for me is Cardio first day, then lower body strength training, Cardio, upper body strength training, Cardio, A Rest Day, Areobic on the last day.

mt_nest

Thanks for all the advice. Good point about giving myself 48 hours to recover. And, I do eat a lot of carbs...

DrBorkBork

eat fewer carbs. Under 150g/carbs a day should help reduce the roll (as well as deplete other deposits). No amount of sit ups will do it, since you can't spot reduce. Ab work is just making your belly look good for when the pooch goes to the pound

cgeiser1

I would like to know the answer to this too. I feel like Im skinny enough everywhere except my belly. Ugh!

BigBoneSista

There have been a lot of women that have lost inches in their waist from P90X and Zumba. I lost 4" alone doing Zumba within 30 days. My muffin top is going...going...not yet gone though.

BrianGarabrant

6 days a week isnt giving your body enough time to recuperate from the stress you're putting on it, rest is equally important to work when it comes to sculpting your body.

Also you can do more stomach exercises then anyone in the world and it wont show unless your diet and cardio are in line. Crunches only tone and build your abdominal muscles, they wont get rid of fat on your stomach.

I would suggest reviewing your current diet and if you have that where it needs to be then check the amount of cardio you are doing and the intensity you are doing it at. Your body may just be to well adjusted to what your have been doing lately, surprise it by do something its not accustomed to and you'll see results. Example if you jog a lot try swimming laps, if you swim a lot try jogging you see what i mean.

Anyways the most important thing to remember is that doing ab work isn't the way to burn fat on your stomach thats just a common misconception. Good luck to you

fromaquasar

The thing to remember about tummies is that that roll comes from the fat that sits on top of the muscles you build by crunching . So no matter how many crunches you do if you don't lower your body fat percentage you will still have it - it's such a struggle, I have the same problem.

What you need to do is burn up some fat, this is about changing your body composition (fat/muscle ratio) not necessarily loosing more weight. To do this keep doing strength/resistance training and alternate it with cardio days. Cardio burns fat. crunches build muscle - you need to do both of these things.

The most effect way to burn fat through cardio is HIIT (high intensity interval training) you can do this running, cycling, swimming, on the cross trainer anything! Basically spend a minute going as hard and as fast as you can for a whole minute then do a minute easy to recover, then a minute hard and fast, repeat as many times as you like.

Also avoid alcohol and wheat and maybe drink some green tea to reduce bloating! Good Luck

Sadie98072

6 days a week isnt giving your body enough time to recuperate from the stress you're putting on it, rest is equally important to work when it comes to sculpting your body.

Also you can do more stomach exercises then anyone in the world and it wont show unless your diet and cardio are in line. Crunches only tone and build your abdominal muscles, they wont get rid of fat on your stomach.

I would suggest reviewing your current diet and if you have that where it needs to be then check the amount of cardio you are doing and the intensity you are doing it at. Your body may just be to well adjusted to what your have been doing lately, surprise it by do something its not accustomed to and you'll see results. Example if you jog a lot try swimming laps, if you swim a lot try jogging you see what i mean.

Anyways the most important thing to remember is that doing ab work isn't the way to burn fat on your stomach thats just a common misconception. Good luck to you

This is spot on.
You cant spot reduce fat, you have to reduce fat all over your body. You could do a thousand sits ups a day and still have fat covering your awesome muscle if you dont reduce your overall body fat composition.
Diet is the important element here.