Belly fat

johnpippin
johnpippin Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have lost 25 pounds in 3 months but I still have belly fat and I can't get rid of it no matter what I do I have tried to adjust my diet and try different workouts but it won't go away I need help any suggestions

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  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,321 Member
    Are you strength training?
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    johnpippin wrote: »
    I have lost 25 pounds in 3 months but I still have belly fat and I can't get rid of it no matter what I do I have tried to adjust my diet and try different workouts but it won't go away I need help any suggestions

    You have to keep losing weight. One cannot spot reduce (such as an area like the belly). Keep losing by running a daily deficit. Eventually that dangerous visceral fat will start to melt away.

    Here's the brutal truth: http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/
  • loulamb7
    loulamb7 Posts: 801 Member
    It's highly likely that it's the last place that will reduce. In order to loss it you will need to keep losing weight and body fat.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    loulamb7 wrote: »
    It's highly likely that it's the last place that will reduce. In order to loss it you will need to keep losing weight and body fat.

    Yep! This is how it's gone for me. Lost enough weight everywhere except my belly.

  • johnpippin
    johnpippin Posts: 4 Member

    Hornsby wrote: »
    Are you strength training?
    yes my chest and back are getting bigger and so is my arms and legs

  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    loulamb7 wrote: »
    It's highly likely that it's the last place that will reduce. In order to loss it you will need to keep losing weight and body fat.

    Yep! This is how it's gone for me. Lost enough weight everywhere except my belly.

    +1
  • Ws2016
    Ws2016 Posts: 432 Member
    Are you also working on stress relief?
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    johnpippin wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    Are you strength training?
    yes my chest and back are getting bigger and so is my arms and legs

    Sounds like you are eating at a surplus if you are getting bigger muscles. You can't lose weight in the belly when eating at a surplus.
  • Mystical64
    Mystical64 Posts: 108 Member
    It is mostly your nutrition. I'm dealing with that as well. But cleaning up my foods have really helped me in that area. However, I still do a ton of abs workout. I do crunches, slow situps, planks, side crunches, leg lifts, you name it, I do it.
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    Mystical64 wrote: »
    It is mostly your nutrition. I'm dealing with that as well. But cleaning up my foods have really helped me in that area. However, I still do a ton of abs workout. I do crunches, slow situps, planks, side crunches, leg lifts, you name it, I do it.

    The choice of food does not affect where your body loses fat.
  • johnpippin
    johnpippin Posts: 4 Member
    stevencloser wrote: »
    Mystical64 wrote: »
    It is mostly your nutrition. I'm dealing with that as well. But cleaning up my foods have really helped me in that area. However, I still do a ton of abs workout. I do crunches, slow situps, planks, side crunches, leg lifts, you name it, I do it.

    The choice of food does not affect where your body loses fat.

    I'm eating a good amount of fruits and vegetables and low fat foods I try to snack on nuts during the day to keep me feeling full
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    OP read this

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
  • SingingSingleTracker
    SingingSingleTracker Posts: 1,866 Member
    johnpippin wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »
    Mystical64 wrote: »
    It is mostly your nutrition. I'm dealing with that as well. But cleaning up my foods have really helped me in that area. However, I still do a ton of abs workout. I do crunches, slow situps, planks, side crunches, leg lifts, you name it, I do it.

    The choice of food does not affect where your body loses fat.

    I'm eating a good amount of fruits and vegetables and low fat foods I try to snack on nuts during the day to keep me feeling full

    Are you logging your food, accurately counting your calories (weighing your food, logging from the data base, using bar codes, etc...)? Do you even know if you are or are not in a calorie deficit (the only way one can lose weight)?
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