Excessive Stomach fat

I'll probably get crucified for mentioning this, but - the hCG diet is supposed to target certain areas, including the belly.

Disclaimer: I have not actually tried it.

Why would you say stuff like this? it makes all of us sad.

I'll probably get crucified for mentioning this, but - the hCG diet is supposed to target certain areas, including the belly.

Disclaimer: I have not actually tried it.

You can't be serious right? :frown:

I found using a sweat belt helps alot. You can get one from walmart for $4-$6. Wear it while you work out or just around the house and you will see a difference.

Lifting weights should be the foundation of your plan. Free weights. Squats, Dead lifts, the basics. You wouldn't build a house on squish, pull of the excess fat by building yourself some muscle, that way when you are at rest, you burn more!

^^^This^^^
Reduce your cardio and lift heavy!

You can't necessarily target where your fat comes off from first, however, you can shape it with core exercises.

Abs are made in the kitchen, so you should really look at the food that you're eating. Incorporate strength training along with your cardio in order to see a real difference.

I have come to realize and accept the fact that just because you have high burns all the time, it doesn't necessarily mean that you you will see the change that you want in your shape--while you may lose weight with cardio, strength training changes the actual shape of your body.

I once read that the place that you gain weight first, will be the last thing to leave. It seems like it goes in reverse order. I hope that this helps.

1st I have the same problem..
I also hate looking at my stomach in the mirror..
reallity is that will be the last area we see weight loss ..
what will help u is planks. 3 times a week..
planks will tightin our muscles under our fat..
w/ out making them bigger..
which in turn wil help our posture..
hope this helps and makes you feel better that ur not alone..
Happy Sweating !!!
blueeyedrunner71

God. Two posts in one thread?


*shoots self*

What? You no likee the great wall of cut and paste text twice in one thread?? lol. Obnoxious ain't it?

Firstlÿ what kind of cardio are you doin? If it's long continous running, then your not going to see the results your looking for. Sure you might see some loss at the beginning but you'l soon hit a brick wall.

Along with that, it also sounds like you've hit a plateau.

Here's how to solve your problem;

Eat clean, I'm sure ýou know how to do this, most people who attend the gym and are as committed as you, normally have their diet in check aswell. But base ýour meals round protein. Also remember FATS are your friends (the right types).

Exercise

Instead of running 5 days a week, I would defiantly recommend you at some resistance training in there.

Whether its a bodyweight routine, or a routine that consists of free weight, you need to be defiantly incorperating resistance training into your workouts. I would recommend 20-30 minute circuit workouts.

In regard to the cardio, I'm assuming that your doing slow long running. If you are, then here's how you can change it;

Try increasing and decreasing the difficulty of the run so for example on a ten minute jog, you would have the first 2 minutes slow and steady, then the next minute would slighty faster, the next 30 seconds will be brought down again, the folling 30 second you will go as fast as you can, then you bring it down again so on so on.

This is called interval training.

You week might look like this:

Monday - Circuit Training

Wednesday- Interval training

Friday - circuit training.


Try it out, and let me know what ya think

Hope this helps,

Take Care,

Keep Focused,

Chris

http://FatLossClassroom.com

I had it...but now it's gone. I have a tiny bit of loose skin, but at 50 I think it's okay.

Way to go!!!! I am going on 50 and I want to do the same look better than I did in my 40's. You look great and I know I can do this to.

I saw on Dr. Oz yesterday for stomach fat loss we need to eat low glycemic foods.

Here is a link that I am going to start using.

http://childrenshospital.org/clinicalservices/Site3080/Documents/LowGlycemicShoppingList.pdf

The first part of your post made me ignore the rest. I'm sorry.

They are right. You can't spot ruduce but you can tone and focus on areas. They say "abs are made in the kitchen". So if you want to reduce the elasticity in your skin and loose the belly jelly then you MUST eat clean, no processed foods and water water water!!! Ab work and weights help a loT. But it's 80% of what you eat.

I just want to get rid of the jiggle in the middle when I wiggle.

LMAO!!