Stubborn Belly Fat

Might try doing a search for "stubborn belly fat". So many topic matches to that.

Anyway, patience, keep losing fat, and incorporate some strength training. Good luck!

You are not quite to the stubborn fat zone yet. Annoying maybe, but not stubborn. It will come off where it wants when it wants according to your body programming. Sorry, dems da breaks.

The middle is the last to go. Think long term and stick to your routines, it will have to go eventually. Also, unless you are trying to become an underwear model, you probably look great if a little belly fat is all that you have left.

Yes you should add in some strength training as it has many benefits. However this will not reduce belly fat. Just keep eating at a deficit and the fat will go eventually.

I am only now starting to notice a change with mine. The 30DS helped a bit but 2.5 weeks into Insanity and I am already noticing some changes. The saggy pouch part isn't so pouchy or saggy any more! Just keep working out and eating correctly and it will move.

With all the exercise you are getting, you might want to push a little harder in your exercises. For example, instead of just walking the 3 miles, you might want to do a walk/jog combination. More cardio will burn more fat, even the stubborn belly fat. Adding in a small core workout on top of your spin class and walk days can help too.

Also, with the amount of exercise you are doing, you want to make sure that you are fueling your body enough to accomadate what your body needs. I also work out about 6 times a week and I usually eat around 1800-1900 calories per day, which is normal for me and I am diabetic, so I am even more careful. It takes a deficit of 3500 calories to lose one pound and if you are not eating enough calories with how much you are exercising, then your body can actually start storing fat so that your body doesn't starve (it has happened to me). Calculate your BMR (Basic Metabolic Rate) to find out how much you should be eating even. There are plenty of online calculators that can help you figure it out. Here is one that I use: http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

Once you calculate your BMR, you have to multiply it by a factor based on how much you exercise (i.e. intensity & frequency). This will give you how many calories per day you eat to maintain your weight at what it is. Subtracting a deficit of 500 calories/day (which will help you lose 1 lb/week), then you'll know if you are at the right range. Myfitnesspal is great for keeping count of calories, however sometimes their suggested caloric intake can be a bit off.

P.S. there is a ton of research on this if you'd like to check it our for yourself.

I have read in various different places that there is a huge, huge different between a healthy 'weight loss' diet, and a 'fat loss' diet.

For example a healthy breakfast, of say wholegrain, low sugar breakfast cereal, with 100mls milk, an apple, and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. - While this is a 'healthy' breakfast, it provides you with various nutrients, fills you up etc, it isn't a 'fat loss' diet..

A breakfast of lets say, an egg white vegetable omelette, and water. That is a 'fat loss' breakfast...

I am only recently learning about the difference between this and realising that since I have swapped certain foods in my diet for 'fat loss' substitutes, and taken out some of the foods I ate just because they were healthy, I am definitely seeing a difference!

Also ease back on the cardio a bit, perhaps use 2 days a week for cardio, and 3 days a week for strength.. When woman strength train, we don't get big and bulky like men because we simply don't have the testosterone levels for it.. Woman body builders are only that big and bulky due to testosterone supplements, steroids etc. It's more important to start building lean muscle mass, and muscle at a resting rate burns 9 times more calories that fat does. While cardio is important, keeping it short, sweet and high intensity s the key i think! For example on a 3 mile walk. Walk at a fast pace for 2 minutes, and jog for one minute. This helps get the calories really burning. But also after long long bouts of cardio your body starts using muscle rather than fat as fuel.. So keeping them short and sweet is key!

I've spent months really trying to get knowledgeable about all this, and it's only now since I have started implementing a lot of these methods that I'm seeing great, satisfying results.. Hope this has helped!

I have read in various different places that there is a huge, huge different between a healthy 'weight loss' diet, and a 'fat loss' diet.

For example a healthy breakfast, of say wholegrain, low sugar breakfast cereal, with 100mls milk, an apple, and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. - While this is a 'healthy' breakfast, it provides you with various nutrients, fills you up etc, it isn't a 'fat loss' diet..

A breakfast of lets say, an egg white vegetable omelette, and water. That is a 'fat loss' breakfast...

I am only recently learning about the difference between this and realising that since I have swapped certain foods in my diet for 'fat loss' substitutes, and taken out some of the foods I ate just because they were healthy, I am definitely seeing a difference!

Also ease back on the cardio a bit, perhaps use 2 days a week for cardio, and 3 days a week for strength.. When woman strength train, we don't get big and bulky like men because we simply don't have the testosterone levels for it.. Woman body builders are only that big and bulky due to testosterone supplements, steroids etc. It's more important to start building lean muscle mass, and muscle at a resting rate burns 9 times more calories that fat does. While cardio is important, keeping it short, sweet and high intensity s the key i think! For example on a 3 mile walk. Walk at a fast pace for 2 minutes, and jog for one minute. This helps get the calories really burning. But also after long long bouts of cardio your body starts using muscle rather than fat as fuel.. So keeping them short and sweet is key!

I've spent months really trying to get knowledgeable about all this, and it's only now since I have started implementing a lot of these methods that I'm seeing great, satisfying results.. Hope this has helped!

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hmmm, hip hop abs isn't working?? i'm stumped.

Increase your calories slightly and incorporate weight training into your workouts. Add more protein to your diet.

More cals + high protein will preserve muscle. Eating 1200 cals will burn muscle as well as fat, resulting in a drop in your metabolism, which is a likely reason why the stubborn belly fat isn't moving.

ETA: Your body needs to run EFFICIENTLY to burn stubborn fat like that. Giving it more fuel (and from good sources, like protein) will help you be more efficient.

Explain to me why I'm losing my belly fat from being in Japan, eating less protein, and way more sugar and starches?


Maybe it's the greater calorie deficit? Hmmm...