Unwanted belly

luvbugsmom

I have been running and working out for the past few months. I can start to see a change in the top of my stomache, however from the belly button and below seems like its never going to go away. Any suggestions or tips on how to loose that? Thanks so much.

Legalchica

you cant. there is no such thing as spot loss. continue your overall weight loss and it will go.

taso42

keep on keepin on. it might come off last, but it will come off.

janna674

Jillian Michaels says keep your sodium down below 2500 and drink lots of water and cardio cardio cardio....I started tracking my sodium and it seems like my belly fat is going slowly away

ketrell

Bump

Pochart

why can't we just "deflate" hahha

fakeplastictree

keep on keepin on. it might come off last, but it will come off.

^^This

poustotah

you cant. there is no such thing as spot loss. continue your overall weight loss and it will go.

This! I'm losing tons of inches in my waist. My butt - it's still wide. HAH!

killagb

Jillian Michaels says keep your sodium down below 2500 and drink lots of water and cardio cardio cardio....I started tracking my sodium and it seems like my belly fat is going slowly away

There's no correlation of sodium to belly fat burning. None. Lose weight, the belly fat eventually goes.

MsCNicholleD

A lot of people who have had children can mistake excess or loose skin as belly fat. I'm not saying that is the case with you, but it happens. Try isolating the lower abdominal area when working out either by using machines or specific lower abdomen crunches to try to tighten the muscle. Sometimes after having children, the lower abdominal muscle separates more than normal. Working to bring the muscle back together can aid in tightening the skin. If you're seeing results from your workout routine in all other areas except this one, that could indicate that your problem may not be related to excess fat. Increase your abdominal routine to try to tone the muscles as much as possible and continue with running. One exercise that is good for strengthening that area is hanging leg lifts. You can do those using the dip station at your gym or try reverse and bicycle crunches if you aren't comfortable doing lifts. Good luck!

lilchino4af

Jillian Michaels says keep your sodium down below 2500 and drink lots of water and cardio cardio cardio....I started tracking my sodium and it seems like my belly fat is going slowly away

There's no correlation of sodium to belly fat burning. None. Lose weight, the belly fat eventually goes.

JM is referring to the bloating that excess sodium causes in the belly area. Keeping sodium in check and drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day will help minimize the bloated look. But for fat burning, cardio. Also, it wouldn't hurt to include ab exercises so that when the fat is gone you will have a nicely defined midsection to admire

luvtrails

When I stopped drinking sodas, even diet ones, my stomach reduced quite a bit. Water retention, I'm sure, but my clothes certainly fit better!

MsCNicholleD

Jillian Michaels says keep your sodium down below 2500 and drink lots of water and cardio cardio cardio....I started tracking my sodium and it seems like my belly fat is going slowly away

There's no correlation of sodium to belly fat burning. None. Lose weight, the belly fat eventually goes.

I don't think that's what she means by tracking sodium intake. Sodium or salt (NaCl) can contribute to water retention, bloating, etc. that tends to accumulate in the midsection in women. Lessening your sodium intake while drinking your daily recommended allowance of water can help to combat this and flush out excess water due to the fact that water tends to diffuse into places with a higher concentration of solutes. Less salt (solute) = less water= reduction in water weight accumulation in the midsection.

Mallory0418

As someone else said, it will probably be the last to go away. It sucks but for some reason that's just the way it is. (Especially for women) The only thing to do is just keep doing what your doing and drink plenty of water!

killagb

Jillian Michaels says keep your sodium down below 2500 and drink lots of water and cardio cardio cardio....I started tracking my sodium and it seems like my belly fat is going slowly away

There's no correlation of sodium to belly fat burning. None. Lose weight, the belly fat eventually goes.

I don't think that's what she means by tracking sodium intake. Sodium or salt (NaCl) can contribute to water retention, bloating, etc. that tends to accumulate in the midsection in women. Lessening your sodium intake while drinking your daily recommended allowance of water can help to combat this and flush out excess water due to the fact that water tends to diffuse into places with a higher concentration of solutes. Less salt (solute) = less water= reduction in water weight accumulation in the midsection.

I fully understand sodium = water retention possibilities. She said she tracked her sodium and it seems like her belly FAT is going slowly away. That's a false statement. :drinker:

killagb

Jillian Michaels says keep your sodium down below 2500 and drink lots of water and cardio cardio cardio....I started tracking my sodium and it seems like my belly fat is going slowly away

There's no correlation of sodium to belly fat burning. None. Lose weight, the belly fat eventually goes.

JM is referring to the bloating that excess sodium causes in the belly area. Keeping sodium in check and drinking 8-10 glasses of water a day will help minimize the bloated look. But for fat burning, cardio. Also, it wouldn't hurt to include ab exercises so that when the fat is gone you will have a nicely defined midsection to admire

I understand that. The poster mentioned sodium and perceived reduction in belly FAT. That's clearly a mistaken thought.

MsCNicholleD

Jillian Michaels says keep your sodium down below 2500 and drink lots of water and cardio cardio cardio....I started tracking my sodium and it seems like my belly fat is going slowly away

There's no correlation of sodium to belly fat burning. None. Lose weight, the belly fat eventually goes.

I don't think that's what she means by tracking sodium intake. Sodium or salt (NaCl) can contribute to water retention, bloating, etc. that tends to accumulate in the midsection in women. Lessening your sodium intake while drinking your daily recommended allowance of water can help to combat this and flush out excess water due to the fact that water tends to diffuse into places with a higher concentration of solutes. Less salt (solute) = less water= reduction in water weight accumulation in the midsection.

I fully understand sodium = water retention possibilities. She said she tracked her sodium and it seems like her belly FAT is going slowly away. That's a false statement. :drinker:

Just re-read. You're right, she did say that. My bad. You're absolutely right.

Cindyleeski

It's unfortunate, but the spots you want to lose the most seem to be the last ones to go. Keep going and they will go away. Promise! :happy:

AZackery

I have been running and working out for the past few months. I can start to see a change in the top of my stomache, however from the belly button and below seems like its never going to go away. Any suggestions or tips on how to loose that? Thanks so much.

Abs starts in the kitchen. A body starts in the kitchen. A person can't spot reduce, but they can spot tone. Beside doing total body workouts, do you do separate body workouts? Billy Blanks has some wonderful Tae Bo workouts that can help tone your abs.

Example:

Tae Insane Abs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-h-ictkljo

SergeantSunshine_reused

I have been running and working out for the past few months. I can start to see a change in the top of my stomache, however from the belly button and below seems like its never going to go away. Any suggestions or tips on how to loose that? Thanks so much.

Abs starts in the kitchen. A body starts in the kitchen. A person can't spot reduce, but they can spot tone. Beside doing total body workouts, do you do separate body workouts? Billy Blanks has some wonderful Tae Bo workouts that can help tone your abs.

Example:

Tae Insane Abs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-h-ictkljo

Lawl

this seriously makes no sense

warmachinejt

belly is first to gain and last to lose
i would know, i'm gaining weight and belly is the first to get fat on top of

ElizabethRoad

Jillian Michaels says keep your sodium down below 2500 and drink lots of water and cardio cardio cardio....I started tracking my sodium and it seems like my belly fat is going slowly away

There's no correlation of sodium to belly fat burning. None. Lose weight, the belly fat eventually goes.

I don't think that's what she means by tracking sodium intake. Sodium or salt (NaCl) can contribute to water retention, bloating, etc. that tends to accumulate in the midsection in women. Lessening your sodium intake while drinking your daily recommended allowance of water can help to combat this and flush out excess water due to the fact that water tends to diffuse into places with a higher concentration of solutes. Less salt (solute) = less water= reduction in water weight accumulation in the midsection.

I fully understand sodium = water retention possibilities. She said she tracked her sodium and it seems like her belly FAT is going slowly away. That's a false statement. :drinker:

If you want to be that pedantic about it, she said it SEEMS LIKE her belly fat is going away, not that it actually is going away, so her statement was correct.

Ebbykins

I have been running and working out for the past few months. I can start to see a change in the top of my stomache, however from the belly button and below seems like its never going to go away. Any suggestions or tips on how to loose that? Thanks so much.

Abs starts in the kitchen. A body starts in the kitchen. A person can't spot reduce, but they can spot tone. Beside doing total body workouts, do you do separate body workouts? Billy Blanks has some wonderful Tae Bo workouts that can help tone your abs.

Example:

Tae Insane Abs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-h-ictkljo

Lawl

this seriously makes no sense

What in the H is spot toning? I'm confuddled.

SergeantSunshine_reused

I was wondering the same thing! Ahh AZachery you funny ;D

Rae6503

Yes, you can strengthen a certain muscle. If you strengthen and "tone" the muscle under the fat..... Well you have nice strong muscles hidden by fat.

SHBoss1673

come on folks, granted the term "spot toning" may not be the technically correct term, that would be something more like muscle isolation exercises, but still, the concept is correct, you can work a specific muscle or group, but you can't work a specific fat deposit.

Espressocycle

Same problem here. Patience.

If you lose weight, your pants will be loose.

AZackery

What in the H is spot toning? I'm confuddled.

A person can't spot reduce, in other words, they can't exercise a certain part of their body to lose fat. Fat loss doesn't work that way.

Although, a person can't spot reduce, they can spot tone.

Spot toning workouts are workouts that targets a certain body part.

Examples of spot toning workouts:

RevAbs targets the abs

Brazilian Butt Lift targets the buns.

Hip Hop Abs targets the abs

Power Half Hour Thigh Trimmer targets the thighs

When I tell someone they can spot tone, 'm not telling them that spot toning will make them lose weight.

cpotter4

I'm sorry but you can most certainly lose weight in certain spots if that is what you want. For the lower belly do reverse crunches, bicycle crunches, and do this: (I say this because I don't know what they are called sorry!) Lay on your back on the floor and raise you knees to a 90 degree angle, put your arms flat out to the sides for support. Targeting you lower belly muscles and trying to use only those muscles, lower your knees to one side of your body and control the weight as you go down, do not let your knees touch the floor, raise your knees back up to above your pelvis and lower them to the other side of your body, again do not let them touch the floor. Reps: do it till you get a knot in your lower belly then try to do 10 more.

Am also sorry to everyone saying that everyone loses weight off the belly last, but it's not true to EVERYONE. Be careful on the generalizations you make. I am one of the lucky ones and lose weight off my entire belly first. My trouble spot is my arms

Banks01

I have a silver lining, and a layer of fat, but that's not what I was coming to say.

I see it like this. I've lost 15+ lbs since Aug with 15 more to go.

During my loss, I've noticed my legs are much tighter,nothing jiggles, my *kitten* is firm, I'm wearing a smaller pant and the belt is in another notch, my arms and shoulders are tight and if you hugged me right now, you'd feel solid in all those areas. if you grabbed my *kitten* while hugging, Id think it strange but would allow it


I've had a great time during many years drinking many beers and great red wines and you know where that goes on men


So my body is burning fat, and maybe it's burning from the easiest places for it to burn first and now it is running out of spots. I don't think it's a coincidence the places that move the most burn the most

For this reason, my belly size should exponentially decrease as the other places tighten up. .


That's my theory and I don't care if it's not true, that's how it's going to happen. :)

AZackery

Am also sorry to everyone saying that everyone loses weight off the belly last, but it's not true to EVERYONE. Be careful on the generalizations you make. I am one of the lucky ones and lose weight off my entire belly first. My trouble spot is my arms

You are right, everyone doesn't lose belly fat last. Sometimes fat can come off the belly faster than it does the thighs.