How to reduce the size of my stomach area?

you do lots of great cardio - try some strength training

5'-6", 126 lbs and trying to lose weight?? I'd put a halt to that - that's very thin. But if you're concerned about your middle there's always ab exercises. Runtastic has a couple apps that you can link right to MFP, and I'm sure there's a bajillion ab videos on youtube.

5'-6", 126 lbs and trying to lose weight?? I'd put a halt to that - that's very thin. But if you're concerned about your middle there's always ab exercises. Runtastic has a couple apps that you can link right to MFP, and I'm sure there's a bajillion ab videos on youtube.

Ab exercises won't do a thing for extra weight around your stomach - that's called spot reduction and it doesn't exist. Where you store fat is largely genetic and belly fat (along with fat in the rest of your body) will come off gradually, some areas sooner than others, with time and a calorie deficit. All targeted exercises (such as for your abs) will do is work the muscles in that area, making them stronger, and/or bigger (size coming through enough of a calorie intake)

To the OP, I would try and add some strength training to your routine. It will help your overall body composition (fat vs muscle) and general appearance, which I'm going to assume is more important to you than scale weight. It can also help to make other areas not look too thin when you do lose weight. I know when I lose weight sometimes I'd wish it'd all come off my stomach, and other areas can end up looking a little small in the process. Muscle in those areas can help counteract that look so it looks more in proportion.

You may find that tape measures and progress pictures become really useful to you at this time. It's easy to get hung up on weight, but while I realise you're a healthy BMI, I imagine you're quite lean at the weight you are at. When you don't have much to lose, sometimes the greatest progress is captured through other measures such as inch loss or definition, especially where strength training is concerned.

I have a similar problem but currently took up strength taining and doing a program called stronglifts, you should look into it

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You can't spot reduce. If you want to lose fat it is a matter of eating at a calorie deficit. If you're already at a "healthy" weight then the chances are that you have lost a bit of muscle mass. The solution to that is strength training and adequate protein intake. You may want to try a 5x5 lifting program, combined with eating 1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass (maybe punt and eat 0.8 grams per pound of bodyweight), and eating at maintenance or a very slight deficit for a few months and see what happens.