How to get rid of belly fat?!

when you find an answer let me know. I have the same problem!

I am slowly but surely getting rid of mine cardio and abs, it will happen just not pace we want it to!

Unfortunately, you cannot spot reduce fat.
I'd stick with cardio/strength training and eventually it'll go away.
I've lost 45 lbs and not as much as I'd like has come from my stomach (down just one pant size), but it's noticeable!
Keep it up!

I'm no expert, but the reading I've done lately tells me that the key to trunk/leg fat reduction is in the intensity peaks - make sure you're doing lots of ultra-hi-intensity peaks, rather than the moderate-intensity cardiovascular training. If you like the academic supporting material, see the study done at Univ of NSW (http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/somsweb.nsf/resources/POM0801/$file/Jan08.pdf) where they show that High Intensity Interval Exercise took off trunk fat in young women, while twice as much of Steady State Exercise did not result in trunk fat reduction.

Their HIIE is a stationary cycle, with 8 second sprints as hard as possible and 12 second recovery ... *sixty* of them for a 20 minutes sequence! ... with 5 minute warm up and cool down, it's a half hour 3x a week.

Spanx.

i noticed a decrease in my upper belly after i bought a stability ball and started doing crunches on it. there is also an exercise on it that targets lower belly.. im not sure what its called.

Correlation does not equal causation. As has been noted above, you can't pick and choose where fat comes off your body. Dang how I wish we could... it'd be great. But we've to work within our genetic confines.

Ballet or jazz dancing or Pilates will do wonders. They require that you good posture/form, so you get in the habit of tucking your pelvis under, opening your chest and engaging your stomach muscles. I don't think any spot treatment really works to reduce fat, but for some reason dance training seemed to help (at least for me) because it creates the habit of engaging the abs 100% of the time. I'm working on my belly too. I used to have a very flat stomach (even when I was heavy), but over the last couple of years of being lazy and sitting in front of a computer with bad posture, my stomach has gotten a bit flabby.

With your belly, sometimes what you think is fat is bloating. I know when I stopped drinking carbonated beverages and processed foods, my stomach seemed to magically flatten out. It was really just an improvement in digestion.

Although, overall I still agree with stroutman81- genetics has a lot to do with it, as do hormones. When I put on weight I get it in my legs, hips, butt and boobs. It wasn't until I got REALLY fat that I actually gained any weight in my stomach. When I lose weight, I lose it from my stomach, arms, chest and back. It isn't until those areas are 'normal' that I start tapping into my fat reserves in my lower body. The way you feel about your belly is the way I feel about my saddlebags and cankles. Eventually it will go away if you keep at it. :-)

That's my problem area too. They say your body gets rid of the fat it wants too. I would just increase cardio, its okay to do situps, crunches, etc every day because the stomach has no memory. Pilates and yoga does help to train the core. Good luck.

There is so much hype out about losing belly fat- don't believe any of it. The only way to lose it is the same way you lose all the rest, slow and with hard work. You can't spot lose. Your body will pull the fat from wherever it wants to, and there's nothing you can do to change that. Just stay the course and keep eating right, exercising, and eventually it will go away.

so true.