Why is my belly fat not burning off?

you can't control where your body burns fat aka "you can't spot reduce". keep going, itll happen eventually

I am having a similar problem. My belly has definitely reduced but it seems to be going much slower than the rest of me. Overall weight loss is good. Started going to the Gym at the end of October to give me the extra boost. Feel pretty good overall but the Belly is bothering me. Nothing to really do but wait it out. It will go eventually

diet diet diet.

Eat clean and train dirty. The results will come!

It takes time - how long have you been at it? I am 6 foot 3 and lost 60 lbs over the last 8 months but still have a belly and love handles but they are just smaller than the blob I used to be. Much less noticeable in clothes but it's depressing when I bend over brushing my teeth and see gravity taking hold of my belly. I look and think I still have ways to go. My diet is not the best either.

c_aw wrote: »

diet diet diet.

This. Like everyone said, you can't spot reduce, but you might notice a particular food (lots of salt, sugar, carbs, etc) cause you to bloat or carry a lot of water weight in your belly. It's not the same thing as losing belly fat but you can reduce bloating by being strict on your diet. Plus a consistent calorie deficit will help you reach your goals faster than just exercise anyway.

For many people, and most guys, the belly is primary and deep fat stores. It is where fat is accumulated first...and unfortunately comes off last.

I'm pretty lean everywhere and sitting around 15% BF...but I still have a little spare tire I'm working on...and it's been a couple of years now.

They say that abs are made in the kitchen, i.e. diet is key for a flat tummy. I know that big meals and drinking fizzy pop both give me a bloated look. My PT reckons that stress leads to higher cortisol levels which leads to the body storing fat around the middle, but he's on a bit of a hormone thing at the mo.

Also, OP, have you read the "So you want a flat stomach" post? (It's worded something like that).

I've gone through that also. I lost five inches off the waist and then boom, another 10 lbs lost and not a single inch off the waist decreased. I was LIVID! HOWEVER...other places began to decrease so that tells me that I'm still on the right track. All I can tell you is to keep pushing. Maybe increase the intensity of your cardio, increase the weights in your strength training routine, and as always stay at a good calorie deficit. The belly fat will begin to melt off again.

It depends on your body shape too. I found out through weight loss I have a pear shaped body . . . my jeans are tighter around my tummy and lose in the legs - although not enough for everyone to notice, but I notice - so maybe it just has to do with the shape of your body?

We all gain/lose differently in different areas. My butt hasn't grown but the shape has become fantastic so it looks awesome in pants now rather than being the uni-butt I used to be, I actually have shape!! Be patient, it will come if you're losing in other places you're more than likely losing there, it just takes time and due to your body shape/composition it might just take longer to see the same kind of results as you are seeing in other areas.

Here's the best analogy I've heard about body fat:

Think of a city that has a lake near it. It rains over that city one day, and then the sun comes out during the "heat of the day." Water is evaporating from everywhere that the sun's rays are hitting, even if we don't see it right away. Meaning, that lake is evaporating at the same rate as the puddles caused by the rain. The puddles disappear faster because they were smaller to begin with, but that doesn't mean that the water off the top of the lake isn't evaporating, because it is.

Same goes for body fat. We notice that things like our fingers, collarbones, and faces seem to lose body fat a lot faster than the waistline and thighs, for example. But thinking of the lake and puddles, the fingers, collarbones, and faces have much much less body fat than the waistline and thighs do. So even though you are losing body fat from everywhere all at once, it just seems to show up better in those places where you were already carrying less body fat to begin with.