What are the best ways to get rid of belly fat/muffin top?

Hi there, I was able to lose fat from my belly and hips by doing cardio 6 days a week and weight lifting 6 days a week for 6 weeks. Now I do cardio 3-4 days a week and weight train 3 days a week. I also decreased my carb consumption and increased my protein. When you lose fat, you lose it from all over your body, so it could take a bit longer to see results in the belly/hip area. Hope that helps!

Ironically, the weight seems to come off first in all the places you don't think you need it to, with the places where you do always being the last to see the benefit. In my case, I start looking gaunt in the face before I lose belly fat....

It's the biggest annoyance, isn't it?! I'm down 24lb, several dress sizes (so I must have lost some from my stomach} but it's still the one area that looks really "fat". The thing is, the underlying muscles are there - I do pilates, and have moved into an advanced class on the basis of my core strength, but the fat layer over the top stubbornly seems to refuses to budge! I'm a classic pear shape, so I know my bottom half will look bigger than the rest of me, no matter how much weight I lose. I'm just trying to focus on the rest of my weight loss, and hope that the combination of good eating and regular exercise somehow leads to an endpoint of a reasonably toned stomach. I'm over 40 now (41 this weekend!), so I do realise that it's an uphill battle where this body part is concerned! I'll probably never have a totally flat stomach, and am OK with that, but I just hope that the stomach rolls are amongst the next 20-odd lb I plan to lose!

calorie restriction.

ARGriffy wrote: »

jtcedinburgh wrote: »

Ironically, the weight seems to come off first in all the places you don't think you need it to, with the places where you do always being the last to see the benefit. In my case, I start looking gaunt in the face before I lose belly fat....

My midsection I'd starting to look pretty skinny, but my thighs still have lots if excess fat on them. As said above, it comes off the places you want last!

Tell me about it! I wish I could swap the two inches I've lost from my bust with the one solitary inch from my stomach.

But my thighs and hips are shrinking nicely, so I'm not complaining too much.

Currently my belly is the only thing on my body that looks fat. I am down 30 pounds from January. I can see my collarbone, xiphoid process and and my shoulders are super boney, but I still have belly fat! I will say that I see a huge improvement in my belly, but it is slow going. I still want to lose 10-15 pounds, and I'm pretty positive that fat will be coming off my midriff.

losing weight or wearing lose pants.