Belly Fat -_-

Try pilates, you can find free videos at fitnessblender.com or youtube. It will help you strengthen your torso and the muscles underneath so they can be nice and toned and when you lose the fat from your TOTAL weight loss. Moisturize the area every day with a stretch marks cream.

Hey, my weight is decreasing but I can seem to loose my belly fat:'( I walk quite a lot, but i'm not really meant to do any serious work outs because I have problems with my back... Does anyone have any secrets to loosing belly fat?

That is a tough one. I have had the same struggle. Apparently, belly fat is an indicator of insulin resistance. A low GI, or even lower carb balance of macros might help some. And of course, get whatever exercise and strength training that you can handle.

I have nothing to help, but I am also struggling to lose around the stomach area, and was hoping for some help as well. I have lost 106lb and have kept it off for the last 2yrs, I was doing exercise twice a day, things like Leslie Sansone's dvds, zumba, and other aerobic exercise, these I did in the morning, and then in the evening I was either going for a 9mile ride or an hour brisk walk. I am 53 and with the weight loss I have a lot of excess skin which I hate, but with all this exercise nothing has worked for toning or the belly fat, and to be honest I do feel disheartened. But even so I will not allow myself to pick up the weight I have lost, I think I must just accept because of my age that I will never tone up and also never get rid of the stomach fat, or excess skin.

Everyone has the belly fat problem, i lost 115lbs and i dont want my body to get any smaller other than my belly, unfortuantly no one can spot reduce so you just gotta keep at it. most gain weight at their belly, i had most of my weight their as well, so it would make sense for it to be the last to go.

belly will always be one of the last places to burn fat
it does suck

I do cardio interval training 5 x per week and one day of weight training. I have the same problem, belly fat. I know you cannot spot reduce fat. but you can spot reduce a muscle. Try to work you abs everyday or when ever you work out. That is what I am doing, and hoping that eventually the belly fat will start to go. The main thing is to eat the correct amount of calories (clean eating) and move, move, move. :flowerforyou: Good luck!

Total body fat percentage must get fairly low (about 18-20%) for women to show some muscle in the abdominal region. I'm not quite there yet (just the top ones showing and the bottom is shrinking nicely tho) but I'll keep working on it. Its frustrating as it seems to be the last place to go.

Hey, my weight is decreasing but I can seem to loose my belly fat:'( I walk quite a lot, but i'm not really meant to do any serious work outs because I have problems with my back... Does anyone have any secrets to loosing belly fat?

Welcome to the club. Its a royal pain in the *kitten* but alas its usually the last to go.

Hi I have back problems also. Cervical Herniations, L4/L5 Herniation and Fusion in L5/S1. I get Radio Ablation done form my L2-S3 every 6 months. I can tell you from personal experience that with my personal injuries, and starting at 228lbs, a lot of my weight loss was sticking to a deficit and cardio. However, I eventually plateaued at 180 and could not break it. I started lifting weights and doing water aerobics, doing resistance and slowly, I began dead lifting. I know, dead lifting with a bad back is like asking for all sorts of nerve pain and walking like a senior for a few days...only, since I did it after I had done months of toning and core strengthening, I was able to start light and worked my way up to 90 pound dead lifts. Yeah, I had some bone pain and once in a while, but it was way less pain than when I sat on my butt and did nothing and had horrible soreness and pinched nerves. Since I had been working on strengthening those muscles for a year, I was able to do it and my back actually felt better. I had worked on my core and back muscles along with my upper legs and since they were stronger, there was less pressure on my back. Losing all the extra fat and weight helped a lot too. I am not saying that you should go do some dead lifts with a bad back because you may have different injuries and may be at a different place than I was, but the best thing you can do with back injuries is work on your core and upper legs for that extra stability and you will notice your stomach soon flattening. Working with the yoga ball was really fun and it kept a soft support for my back when I did light weights at home. Felt a heck of a lot better than bending to lift, or using the floor for sit ups. I lost my love handles and stomach pouch in 4 months because I did 1000 calorie minimum burn 5 days a week with cardio plus strength straining. It really has a lot to do with cardio burning away the fat in combination with calorie deficit, as well as toning those muscles. You need to do a combination for the best results. For some people, it takes longer than others. I also noticed that when I upped my protein and kept my sugars and fat under the macros limit, I was able to tone more. I started off eating 1200 calories, but my fats and sugars were always over and I was skinny fat. Once I kept those in check and upped the protein in combination with the strength and cardio routines, It all just started melting off as well as my back feeling better. I went from 4 Vicodens a day down to one a day, sometimes one every other day. It was amazing. I also got rid of my Gerd issues, as well as my cholesterol returning to normal levels. '

Depending on your routine, why types of cardio you do, how you are eating, all needs to be accounted for when shedding your final trouble areas. Don't get discouraged, just keep at it and eventually you will lose it. Just be as healthy as you can, do your best, and you will get there eventually.