groin and belly fat

Food pushaways and fork putdowns.

(in other words, no exercise can do what you're asking )

It tends to be the last to go - especially in people whose blood sugar is at all high.

So, persistence, mostly. Meanwhile, those criss-crossy crunches or some pilates or other core-toning and posture / balance work can make for a slimmer look.

Sounds like you're only doing cardio....? How about you pick heavy stuff up, and put it back down, repeatedly?

I guess that would mean no food at all as my intake is about 1500 a day,

Not necessarily. Are you currently losing weight? If so, keep it up. The fat will go given a caloric deficit and time.

I think keep on doing what you are doing. Maybe add some weight training.

As we get older it's just stinking harder to lose. You are doing great. Keep it up.

ya losing weight at a rate of 6-9 lbs a month, everything I have read said that minimum is 1200 for a girl, 1500 minimum for a guy but everybodys says everything different, I am doing a ton of cardio, but on tues I also do strenth training probably not as much as I should doing the ab machine, the crunches (not situps) and reverse crunches,

6-9 a month? Oh yeah, that's a ton of weight loss - probably due to your really low calories. You're doing just fine, you could probably eat a little more if you wanted to. Depends on how big you are - with a 210lb goal weight I'm guessing you're not short at all, however. My goal weight is slightly under yours (200lbs) and I eat 2300 a day on average. I'm not trying to lose weight that fast though, I might be lucky to lose 4lbs in a month.

You've made great progress already! But, if I was the boss I'd tell you you need to be eating more and lifting heavy weights 2-3 times a week (group "in place of a road map" and strong lifts or similar).

I agree with several folks here, up the calories some and add some weight training!

Read your labels and replace items containing High Fructose Corn Syrup with ones that do NOT have it in.

Yes- I KNOW there's a controversy over it,
but since I don't HAVE to ingest it, I opt NOT to- can always find stuff withOUT it
or do without.

I buy the groceries in the house and my spouse eats what I buy- he hasn't changed his eating habits at all,
and began losing belly fat with little effort.
I'm in maintenance now, and as soon as I go for the breads with it in it, I start packing it on in that area.
I stop, and it comes back off.


Just my 2 cents' worth on the subject.

Best Wishes on your journey

I'm having the same issue as you with trying to conquer the belly fat. I agree with some of the other posters that 1500 calories is too low for your size, it could be sending your system into a starvation mode which may make it harder to lose, but you did say you are dropping.

More weights, about 1 gram of protien per lb of body weight, and some patience!

Congrats on the weight loss, great job. At 6' and ballparking 200 lbs. Prepare for the weight loss to slow down and start using the mirror and tape measure as your primary progress meter.

Up the calories by adding primarily more protein and some fats. Start a basic strength program focused on compound moves 3 times a week. On those days cut waaaaay back on your cardio. The focus at this stage for you is gearing toward body recomposition rather than raw numbers off the scale.

In doing so, the waist will lean out. Be patient and persistent.

My Tummy pouch is going away pretty quickly. I am proud... I am doing cardio. Lots of walking. I do about 6 miles Plus a day.

I do the elliptical about 3 times a week. Hour per turn. Another way to get rid of the pouch too is the Jillian Micheals' 30 Day shred. it will combine weights, toning, and cardio into one.

I drink lots of water. 18 8 ouches or more a day. Then of course as everyone else said keep within your calories.

You can't spot train your body... eventually your fat will start to dissipate and hopefully in our case... you should see some go away in the tummy a groin area pretty quickly.

I am also gonna suggest a strength training program. With your severe calorie deficit, too much cardio, little weight lifting and being 40 you are at serious risk of burning up your lean body mass. It looks great on the scale to lose that much weight but if a lot of it is coming from lost muscle then that is not what you are looking for.

Here is my normal cut and paste advice:

Losing fat anywhere on the body is more to do with a calorie deficit than any particular exercise. With that said the fat will burn off from wherever the body decides. You can not control this and it usually comes off in the reverse order it went on.

To lose "weight" put your calories in a moderate deficit. Notice I said "weight". To make sure the majority of your weight loss comes from "body fat" you will need to do resistance training. Muscle is very expensive to maintain calorie wise. If you do not convince your body that the muscle is necessary it will get rid of it. This can look great on the scale but is terrible for body composition. This site is full of people who reach their weight loss goals and are not happy with the way their bodies look. This is usually do to excessive calorie deficit (from severe dieting or excessive cardio) and no resistance training (lifting relatively heavy weights). Strength training should be started as soon as possible. I recommend picking a premade program like Starting Strength, 5x5, New Rules For Lifting. Any will get you results for quite awhile.

Is cardio necessary for fat loss? Nope. You can lose weight just with diet alone or diet with strength training combined to maximize fat loss.

Should you do cardio anyways? Yep. Many benefits of doing cardio but I recommend high intensity cardio. 20-30 minutes as hard as you can go. Try HIIT training at first. Do that about 3 times per week. Spending hours on a treadmill will burn calories but is so inefficient that I think its a waste of time.

Read this and the attached study but do not lower your calories that low:
http://fitnessblackbook.com/dieting_for_fat_loss/maintain-muscle-mass-on-800-calories-per-day/

Watch this video for setting up calorie goals and macros (protein, fats, carbs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bakMu9ddQ5I

Watch this video on which kind of cardio you might want to do:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up5n86VGC3c