I wish I could lose stomach area

Well , ive been using a app. called my fitness pal to keep track of everything i have been eating. by cutting out the carbs at night and sit ups and cardio my mid section is looking good. hope this might help you.

Darn belly rolls from having the kids! Pretty much every part has gotten smaller since I've started with a new trainer except my belly! My trainer told me to increase my cardio to 90 minutes 6 x per week as well as more core work! I told him I'd do the best I could with that because I'd need a 30 hr day. Seriously though, I told him to get me as small as it'll go then we'll see...until then it's more cardio and more core work...sigh!

Sometimes it's bad genes cuz my petite 90 lb sister has 2 tiny belly skin rolls from having kids.

No tips here, sorry.

I did however want to add that for the men who state "do this" to a woman who has had children it is not that simple at all. Especially C-section mommies as we have had muscle seperation etc. When you carry a child, your body can only flex so much. I believe this to be a very common issue with women especially.

"Abs are made in the kitchen" cardio, diet and 2x core work outs per week.

You may also need to improve your posture. Does your lower back arch?

i thought my pouch would never go! but eating high carb and mainly fruit has made it disappear in like 2 weeks!
queue a load of fruit and high carb bashing comments

Lift heavy! By that I mean resistance training for the WHOLE BODY. Yep, core work and cardio is good, but if you really want results, compound lifting is a great thing to do.

Increasing muscle mass (or at least, not losing it as you lose weight) increases the metabolism, meaning that with the same amount of cardio and same amount of food eaten, you have a larger deficit so you lose fat faster. Best ways to increase muscle mass are with compound lifts: squat, bench and deadlift - you'll be working your muscles in your legs, arms, back, chest AND core, rather than just core, increasing the amount of lean muscle you're building/retaining. Just existing, it'll burn calories. This is so much better in the long-run than just working core muscles, because all that'll do is make the muscles under the fat larger, thereby very very slightly having that awesome increased metabolic rate result, but nowhere near as much as you could have had from working, say, the legs and glutes, as they're much larger muscles than the abdominals, and therefore have a far larger metabolism-raising capacity.

As muscle mass increases (or at least, stays the same while weight is being lost, if you're at a deficit), body fat percentage decreases, hopefully evenly from the whole body, including the stomach.

"Abs are made in the kitchen" cardio, diet.

You may also need to improve your posture. Does your lower back arch?

THIS.

Skinny fat. Your body fat% is probably higher than you think it is like most people. Goes for men as well.

What the OP needs to do is get an overall below maintenance calorie deficit. You an do this through diet alone or diet and cardio. I always recommend doing weights 2x a week. Do not count your weights at all. It's hard to get an accurate measure of how many calories you use in a given weights session.

DIET DIET DIET.

I rarely do any cardio and people always ask me if I do any cardio. I tell them no. I'm too lazy. I eat well and hit the weights hard 4x a week.

***You can not exercise a bad diet unless you are doing 6-7hrs a day which is not practical for most people.***

Strength training will also help you get a flat stomach but it will do nothing unless your diet is in check.

Koing

I'd love to know how too..... This baby belly is not going anywhere:/ I've been told... clean eating and lots of cardio... but everyone has a way of doing things.... Finding out what works per person is the best! I'm going to try this clean eating first.... feel free to add me if you want! We will do this together!!!!