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...

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...

Because everyone's different and there isn't a one-fits-all for everyone.

There is, however, an opportunity to share personal experiences (the above is the only thing that works for me) with the intention that someone may find it useful.

Wait... If everyone is different, why would personal experiences be useful? Wouldn't they be completely irrelevant? Isn't the fact that we are all human and have the same basic hardware the whole point of getting together and talking about it? Isn't that also the basis for all of medical science and the assumption that makes experimentation on the entire population unnecessary?

Contradiction!


Run a deficit, you lose mass. When you lose mass, your body is going to go after more fat than muscle. For some, it will be less of one and more of the other. But you will lose fat if you run a deficit. Done. Yes it takes time, yes your weight will fluctuate, and yes, doing special voodoo can give you a feeling of empowerment that may be worth it in the end. But if we are handing out science based advice, it's really, really very simple.

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...

Because everyone's different and there isn't a one-fits-all for everyone.

There is, however, an opportunity to share personal experiences (the above is the only thing that works for me) with the intention that someone may find it useful.

Wait... If everyone is different, why would personal experiences be useful? Wouldn't they be completely irrelevant? Isn't the fact that we are all human and have the same basic hardware the whole point of getting together and talking about it? Isn't that also the basis for all of medical science and the assumption that makes experimentation on the entire population unnecessary?

Contradiction!

You're missing the point and grossly over-analysing what I'm saying, not to mention making assumptions about my own opinions on science.

To restate my original point, different things work for different people. Maybe OP will find my experience useful, maybe they won't. It doesn't really matter either way as long as they find what works for them. I'm just giving my two cents worth.

ETA: Just keep doing what works for you. I'm glad you've found something that does. This will be my last response to you because I have no desire to debate or argue on an internet forum.

By over analyzing you mean what exactly? Are you just saying that you don't want your totally incorrect blanket statement more appropriate to politics than science to be checked for logic? How does one over analyze a statement of fundamental truth such as "everyone's different"? Because its the exact opposite of an ACTUAL fundamental truth in my opinion. A fundamental truth that may seem a bit harsh, but which actually means there is HOPE for everyone: we are all the same and we can help each other by figuring out which is the signal and which is the noise.