can I get a flat stomach through just a diet?
natashabefit
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I as because I know I won't keep up with exercising though I will always do my walks. Is that possible?
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I don't know anything about you - age, weight, what are your goals, what are you eating, why you can't exercise any more, etc., but as a general rule it takes more than casual walking to get/stay in shape. Anyone who takes the recommendation to walk as gospel is kidding themselves about it's benefits. That advice, even for older people (like me :-D) is not great. On more research, the "experts" have started acknowledging that it takes more to guarantee benefits from exercising.
A general program that incorporates resistance training/muscle building training in addition to regular cardio has proven beneficial to longevity and good health. Walking is better than nothing, but it's just a start.0 -
All I want is to get my stomach flatter. I have some giggly left on my stomach I want gone. Its weird cause what sticks out is the fat in the mddle wear a 6 pack would normalybe. Everything else is flat. Sorry ifthat doesn't make much sense lol. I'm fit eveywhere from doing 30 day shred and liftibg but I've stopped because I do not enjoy it. I am 25 female 114 pounds and am 4'110
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Also, my calories here on mfp is set to lose .5 pounds and I have 1410 calories a day0
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I don't know anything about you - age, weight, what are your goals, what are you eating, why you can't exercise any more, etc., but as a general rule it takes more than casual walking to get/stay in shape. Anyone who takes the recommendation to walk as gospel is kidding themselves about it's benefits. That advice, even for older people (like me :-D) is not great. On more research, the "experts" have started acknowledging that it takes more to guarantee benefits from exercising.
A general program that incorporates resistance training/muscle building training in addition to regular cardio has proven beneficial to longevity and good health. Walking is better than nothing, but it's just a start.
If I dropped you in the middle of a famine zone and didn't pick you back up until you were emaciated within an inch of your life, trust me...you'd have a flat stomach.
Resistance training/muscle building has little to do with a "flat" stomach. Most human beings who are not obese or fat have a "flat" stomach. The OP didn't ask about six pack, defined abs. They asked about a low-fat, flat front torso.0 -
I don't know anything about you - age, weight, what are your goals, what are you eating, why you can't exercise any more, etc., but as a general rule it takes more than casual walking to get/stay in shape. Anyone who takes the recommendation to walk as gospel is kidding themselves about it's benefits. That advice, even for older people (like me :-D) is not great. On more research, the "experts" have started acknowledging that it takes more to guarantee benefits from exercising.
A general program that incorporates resistance training/muscle building training in addition to regular cardio has proven beneficial to longevity and good health. Walking is better than nothing, but it's just a start.
If I dropped you in the middle of a famine zone and didn't pick you back up until you were emaciated within an inch of your life, trust me...you'd have a flat stomach.
Resistance training/muscle building has little to do with a "flat" stomach. Most human beings who are not obese or fat have a "flat" stomach. The OP didn't ask about six pack, defined abs. They asked about a low-fat, flat front torso.
Improving or helping preserve lean body mass helps. In the long run they'll have less weight to lose and overall better body composition in the end. On top of being able to eat more.
ETA: Calorie deficit is vital for fat loss to have a flat stomach. You can get there through just diet. Resistance training may make it easier as will cardio.0 -
Yes .. you totally can. A flat stomach is caused by a calorie deficit ... however if you want to look like a fitness model .. you will need to see to it that your muscle will be evident or else it will probably not be the thing that you are probably imagining it would be as most if not all the pics you see ... those people did not get those magical looking bodies by not working a lot at making things look good, and that usually means working out.
But .. the answer to the ? .. imho a definite yes.0 -
thanks everyone for ur time to help answer me0
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I don't know anything about you - age, weight, what are your goals, what are you eating, why you can't exercise any more, etc., but as a general rule it takes more than casual walking to get/stay in shape. Anyone who takes the recommendation to walk as gospel is kidding themselves about it's benefits. That advice, even for older people (like me :-D) is not great. On more research, the "experts" have started acknowledging that it takes more to guarantee benefits from exercising.
A general program that incorporates resistance training/muscle building training in addition to regular cardio has proven beneficial to longevity and good health. Walking is better than nothing, but it's just a start.
Video illustrating the benefits of walking 30 minutes a day for health.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaInS6HIGo 0 -
Thx for the link! Great video imo0
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I don't know anything about you - age, weight, what are your goals, what are you eating, why you can't exercise any more, etc., but as a general rule it takes more than casual walking to get/stay in shape. Anyone who takes the recommendation to walk as gospel is kidding themselves about it's benefits. That advice, even for older people (like me :-D) is not great. On more research, the "experts" have started acknowledging that it takes more to guarantee benefits from exercising.
A general program that incorporates resistance training/muscle building training in addition to regular cardio has proven beneficial to longevity and good health. Walking is better than nothing, but it's just a start.
If I dropped you in the middle of a famine zone and didn't pick you back up until you were emaciated within an inch of your life, trust me...you'd have a flat stomach.
Resistance training/muscle building has little to do with a "flat" stomach. Most human beings who are not obese or fat have a "flat" stomach. The OP didn't ask about six pack, defined abs. They asked about a low-fat, flat front torso.
Improving or helping preserve lean body mass helps. In the long run they'll have less weight to lose and overall better body composition in the end. On top of being able to eat more.
ETA: Calorie deficit is vital for fat loss to have a flat stomach. You can get there through just diet. Resistance training may make it easier as will cardio.
I just love how you explain this with a nice picture of your awesome abs every time when this subject comes up. :flowerforyou:0 -
Diet alone won't result in a flat stomach from my experience. I'm very close to being underweight. Technically, I'm not but I'm as thin as I dare be. I don't exercise except when my life calls for it (shoveling, yard work, etc.). My stomach is not flat.
On the left is what my stomach looks like with a relaxed pose. Definitely, not flat. But it's also not fat. Visible veins and lymph nodes tells me that. I'm pretty sure it's my guts. Maybe my anatomy is unusual, but I doubt it. Hip-bone-to-hip-bone flat takes strength training and exercise. I'd have to be down right emaciated to have a flat stomach without exercise.0 -
Diet alone won't result in a flat stomach from my experience. I'm very close to being underweight. Technically, I'm not but I'm as thin as I dare be. I don't exercise except when my life calls for it (shoveling, yard work, etc.). My stomach is not flat.
On the left is what my stomach looks like with a relaxed pose. Definitely, not flat. But it's also not fat. Visible veins and lymph nodes tells me that. I'm pretty sure it's my guts. Maybe my anatomy is unusual, but I doubt it. Hip-bone-to-hip-bone flat takes strength training and exercise. I'd have to be down right emaciated to have a flat stomach without exercise.
um, where is ur belly button? :huh:0 -
Ever see a picture of an African child with a huge navel? Yeah, I had that as an infant and it required surgery to fix it (umbilical hernia). It's completely possible to fix those AND leave the navel intact, but my doctor was lazy or something.0
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whose picture is that on the lower right side? awesome stomach, me drooling..
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I don't know anything about you - age, weight, what are your goals, what are you eating, why you can't exercise any more, etc., but as a general rule it takes more than casual walking to get/stay in shape. Anyone who takes the recommendation to walk as gospel is kidding themselves about it's benefits. That advice, even for older people (like me :-D) is not great. On more research, the "experts" have started acknowledging that it takes more to guarantee benefits from exercising.
A general program that incorporates resistance training/muscle building training in addition to regular cardio has proven beneficial to longevity and good health. Walking is better than nothing, but it's just a start.
If I dropped you in the middle of a famine zone and didn't pick you back up until you were emaciated within an inch of your life, trust me...you'd have a flat stomach.
Resistance training/muscle building has little to do with a "flat" stomach. Most human beings who are not obese or fat have a "flat" stomach. The OP didn't ask about six pack, defined abs. They asked about a low-fat, flat front torso.
Improving or helping preserve lean body mass helps. In the long run they'll have less weight to lose and overall better body composition in the end. On top of being able to eat more.
ETA: Calorie deficit is vital for fat loss to have a flat stomach. You can get there through just diet. Resistance training may make it easier as will cardio.
I just love how you explain this with a nice picture of your awesome abs every time when this subject comes up. :flowerforyou:
"When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself." -Jacques Yves Cousteau
I think that when we have been successful at something it's pretty much our responsibility to tell others how we achieved it. Whether they follow the advice or not isn't any of my business. I'm just here to share and let people know that it isn't impossible and you don't have to starve yourself to do it.0 -
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The advice will be the same that you've gotten over and over again in the other threads you have started and the ones you have bumped to follow. As always, stick with a slight deficit long term and have patience.0 -
I have managed to get a flat stomach through dieting alone, and it sounds like you are almost there! I am 5'1 and about 110lbs. My stomach doesn't look defined at all, it is soft and i can pinch a very small amount of fat but it's flat, and when I lay down I get that infamous "bikini bridge" XD I can't exercise much due to disability but I walk quite a bit, selling my car was such a good idea!! It also depends on WHAT you eat because of course some foods will make your stomach stick out. Eat small regular meals, for me I avoid potatoes but don't know if that is the case for everyone, and don't eat anything you are intolerant too either :-)
And also having stomach muscles will mean you can hold your stomach in, therefore get a flat stomach even after a large meal. You won't be able to do that without defining your stomach muscles, but I don't really care about that.0 -
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The advice will be the same that you've gotten over and over again in the other threads you have started and the ones you have bumped to follow. As always, stick with a slight deficit long term and have patience.
i know hun. i like having all these threads to look through so i dont keep asking 0 -
Depends on your genetics.0
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Depends on your genetics.
so does that mean if my family stores fat primarily on their stomach, i can never have a flatter stomach?0 -
Depends on your genetics.
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Depends on your genetics.
so does that mean if my family stores fat primarily on their stomach, i can never have a flatter stomach?
My family stores fat in their stomach primarily. Even I did. You just have to have low enough body fat to get there. Depending on your personal build you may need to add some muscle to keep from having to lose lots of weight.
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wow, this is so amazing. you even lost weigh on your head. 0
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Fat-free stomach and flat stomach are 2 entirely different things, imo. Achieving a fat-free stomach is possible for anyone without exercise. Whether a fat-free stomach is flat will depend on exercise and other things like curvature of the spine and internal organ position. In women, the uterus rarely sits perfectly vertical, for example. Sometimes it tilts forward and sometimes it tilts back. Once you get the fat off, you'll have a better idea of what all you need to do (if anything) to achieve a flat stomach. In my case, exercise would be necessary for me to have a flat stomach.0
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