How do you lose "the pouch"??

kaybug23c

I want to be able to lose weight in my lower stomach, also known as the pouch, in women...but I don't know how..please help!!!

tobirhae

I wish I knew. That's my exact trouble area, as I imagine it is with a lot of women. I'm sure carrying twins for 36 weeks didn't help my cause.

Taylerr88

cant spot reduce.. eat at a healthy deficit diet.

Skeemer118

I'd love an answer too.

jessicaj_824

Pilates is great to work those muscles - and a balanced diet to lose the excess fat

ELee0517

Gosh if only there were some miracle thing to treat that spot on women! That's my target area, and my hips....

kaybug23c

http://pinterest.com/pin/192458584045902954/

this is all I have found so far that works that target area

MellowGa

from the years of reading and watching some of the women on this site, using strength training and a strict diet seems to be the key, but Strength training has done wonders for these ladies improving their abdominal wall.

Look at the women who have done New Rules of Lifting for Women and other strenght programs, you can clearly see their progress and their hard work has paid off.

Besides that a mommy makeover has benefits, but I would say a last resort and only after you are done having children.

lizzzylou

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grassette

Walk like a camel, arms straight, legs straight and locked at the knees and bum high up in the air. Walk as much as you can like this, then stand up. You see the difference right away.

SARgirl

Doing core exercises may help tone that area. I take a core class at the gym (2-3 days a week) and have noticed a big improvement in that area! I also do cardio 4-5 days a week.

Susanxxxx

There is a 'bicycle' exercise which i have found excellent. You lie on your mat and move your legs as you woukd on a bike, then when that gets to easy pull both legs in towards your chest together and back out, then harder again lie with both legs stretched out and raise to the ceiling and lower back down and up and down till you cant possibly do any more. I have had 2 kids and tried everything under the sun and these definitly work

BreakingOath

The only way that you can get rid of that pouch is by losing excess fat. No exercise out there can "spot reduce" that area. It's a myth.

Susanxxxx

That area is not 'fat' in every case and of course you can spot reduce with resistance and toning, been there done that!

shawnabug

My trainer told me that abs are made in the kitchen not the gym. You have to eat healthy. The exercises are for the muscles. Now obviously cardio is going to help you lose fat. He said the best cardio burner for me right now is the treadmill on 15 incline at about 3-4 mph or as fast of a walk that I could handle. I could hold on as well. I am on a 4 at 20 min now and i can really tell a difference. and talk about sweating!!!

nutandbutter

That area is not 'fat' in every case and of course you can spot reduce with resistance and toning, been there done that!

In most cases though, it is fat. Unless it's paper thin, it's not just skin.

That being said, diet and squats/deadlifts with heavy weights.

BreakingOath

Spot fat reduction is a myth. When you do ab exercises, you strengthen your core. If you don't lose fat with healthy nutrition then you will never be able to see those nice firm abs .

carrie_eggo

Walk like a camel, arms straight, legs straight and locked at the knees and bum high up in the air. Walk as much as you can like this, then stand up. You see the difference right away.

Um......:noway:

DawnVanSlim

Abs are made in the kitchen. You need to watch what you eat to lose the pooch. Good Luck!

carmenv323

Definately cardio will melt the fat from any part of the body; personally, I started keeping carbs to about 25g a day and I saw a difference in a week! I went to the gym as well, so a combination of good exercise and healthy eating!

sma83

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MrsHixson90

I would love to know the answer to this, after 3 previous c-sections I really want to get rid of it. that is the one part my body I hate.

jaymek92

That area is not 'fat' in every case and of course you can spot reduce with resistance and toning, been there done that!

no, really. you can't. with how many heavy squats/deadlifts/etc. i do, if you could spot reduce, i'd have the legs of eva longoria. but i don't. why? because you can't spot reduce.

HOW TO LOSE FAT FROM ANYWHERE: eat a healthy, balanced, low (but not too low) calorie diet. exercise your whole body using heavy weights and your favorite form of cardio (make it intense).

KarmaxKitty

Walk like a camel, arms straight, legs straight and locked at the knees and bum high up in the air. Walk as much as you can like this, then stand up. You see the difference right away.

Um......:noway:

I second this, but I laughed anyway. XD

HayleHoot

My friend and I lost it by cutting out sugar and processed flour! It really works!

autumnk921

http://pinterest.com/pin/192458584045902954/

this is all I have found so far that works that target area

I looked up that link but it didn't tell you how to do it (I need to know too...lol)....Here is the actual site that shows you the exercise:

http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/abs/exercises/waist-slimming-ab-workout/?page=6



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1_Slick_Chick

Has anyone tried the SAFFLOWER OIL for belly fat? I just read an article in Women's Day and am considering trying it

vcorbin01

Lay on the floor have your hands to your side flat on the floor and raise your legs 90 degrees in the air. Keep hands on the floor and legs straight up while raising your bum off the ground. You will feel it work. I do three sets of twenty-five and it helps a lot in that area. Also another exercise I do is lay on the floor with your legs bent. While laying there keep your legs slightly bent and lift them in the air then back down (but don't let your feet touch the ground) I also do three sets of twenty-five. You will feel the burn if your doing them right trust me. I could think of several other's I do but these are my two killer lower ab workouts and it burns so good! Good luck!

MissAnjy

I carried twins to 35 weeks. I also have "the pouch" what has worked for me is clearly diet/exercise & STRENGTH TRAINING, mainly.......lifting heavy. CLX did wonder for my body.

MasterZeddicus

The unfortunate truth of the matter is there is absolutely no miracle way to simply reduce fat in a certain area of your body. If you have a pouch this is because your over all percentage of body fat is high enough to create a visible fat deposit on your body. Everyone body is different, men tend to store fat in the lower abdominal area, and women tend to be the waist, breasts, and abdominals as well. What you are trying to do is spot reduction.

Spot reduction is essentially a myth, it is an attempt to lower the concentration of fat in a single target area of your body as opposed to lowering your overall body fat percentage to a level where your body no longer has enough fat to show fat deposits. This is quite literally impossible. Your body decides on a cellular level where to take the fat from, and generally it will be from the largest deposits first, but it will never take from a single area. Essentially your entire bodies fat stores will deplete, but the percentage taken from each area depends on the concentration of fat in that area. Excersising that area explicityly will NOT burn more fat in that area, if anything you will wind up overtraining that muscle, and causing fatigue, and be discouraged because it will constantly be sore, you won't want to work it out anymore because the effort won't be visible, and if you build the muscle under your pouch too much it will actually make the pouch MORE evident since you have built larger muscles under the same size fat deposit, thus forcing the fat deposit further out from your body.

The ONLY way to lose fat, is calory deficit by a healthy diet in conjunction with a healthy work out routine. You don't have to do a lot, you've taken a huge first step just joinig this site, not all you have to do is follow the colory counter on here, whilst maintaining at least 3 hours of work out per week. If you do that, you'll be surprised at just how quickly that pouch dicipates.

Good Luck!
Master Zeddicus

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