Flab abs

Michika101
Michika101 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
I don't want to lose weight overall, but I want to get rid of the belly flab. Should I go for cardio or pilates/strength training??? SO confused @_@

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  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    You may find this worthwhile.

    http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/

    That's not to say to do exactly what she did, but it might set you on a good path.
  • slp51
    slp51 Posts: 201 Member
    Don't we all. But you cannot spot reduce. Design a strength training/ weight lifting program 3-4 X per week for all major muscle groups. Lifting weights burns fat faster than cardio. And be patient. I'm toned everywhere but my stomach. If you were to see a pic of just my stomach area, you'd swear I'm overweight, but I weigh 120 and am 5'4".
  • Michika101
    Michika101 Posts: 7 Member
    Thank you so much! and I;m in that space right now....not toned exactly, but my stomach is the only area with 'visible' fat -3-
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    slp51 wrote: »
    Don't we all. But you cannot spot reduce. Design a strength training/ weight lifting program 3-4 X per week for all major muscle groups. Lifting weights burns fat faster than cardio. And be patient. I'm toned everywhere but my stomach. If you were to see a pic of just my stomach area, you'd swear I'm overweight, but I weigh 120 and am 5'4".

    Very much this. Fat comes off where it will. Heavy lifting is definitely the right step to take, it will get you on your way to body recomp. Bellies are a problem area for a lot of people, myself included. I'm 5'7" and 121 lbs, with a flat stomach, but you can't see much ab definition on me, because my skin stretched with my two pregnancies and didn't bounce back very well. Ab definition shows through on people in competitions and movies because they've cut weight and dehydrated prior to the show, and when you see them in regular daily life, they don't look like that. For people to have massive ab definition, they spend hours doing pretty intensive ab and weight work.
    Try the weights, do some body recomp, and see what you think. Learn to like what you end up with.
  • Michika101
    Michika101 Posts: 7 Member
    The reason I ask is that I live in a hostel and don't have the option of following a paleo diet or making my own food...My choices are limited to what is available in the mess and (being Indian) it's heavy carb meals. So it's not that I want defined abs or anything like that, I know that I have to lose a little more "flab" in order to become healthy and I wanted to know the best way how :) thank you for all the suggestions ^_^
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