Love Handles - DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN

SamanthaIrving1990
SamanthaIrving1990 Posts: 24 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello Everyone!
So today at the gym - I did my normal cardio warm up and went right into my lifting. Lets me honest - its only about three weeks into my working out hard core (Mon:Lift Tuesday:cardio Wed:Lift Thurs: cardio Fri: Left Sat:REST sunday Cardio) and I am older so I don't expect my results to be like they were when I was 19. Because, well life doesn't work that way! LOL I still find I have this wonderful round ties flab bit that goes all around me. Like a tire! I can see my upper Abs, my *kitten* is looking fine, my arms are shaping up but this frikking GUT THING WHATEVER needs to go! What on earth am I doing wrong!!!
I have a hard time with Crunches because of my tail bone, so when I do do them they are usually standing (could that be the issue) and given I could probably do more.
I don't know if it is my diet or what not!

Anyone have suggestions? Diet tips? Workout tips?

Let me know!

Thanks ;)

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Why would you think you're doing anything wrong? You're only 3 weeks into this. Nobody loses their gut flab that quickly. Be patient.

    Also, FWIW, crunches are not going to specifically burn the fat off of your middle. We can exercise to build specific muscles but we cannot pick specific areas of the body off of which to burn the fat.
  • McCloud33
    McCloud33 Posts: 959 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    Also, FWIW, crunches are not going to specifically burn the fat off of your middle. We can exercise to build specific muscles but we cannot pick specific areas of the body off of which to burn the fat.

    ^^^this...just keep exercising and lifting while eating at a calorie deficit and it WILL go away, it just takes time and patience
  • ChxSurf782
    ChxSurf782 Posts: 169 Member
    Love handles are an area commonly referred to as "stubborn fat", which is the last to go. As you'll hear ad naseum on here, you cannot spot reduce; the only way to get rid of that stubborn problem area is to reduce your body fat % throughout. Eventually, when your fat stores are sufficiently depleted, the stubborn fat will go too.

    Most everyone struggles with this in some way. My lower back area seems to always retain some cushion, even when my upper and lower ab definition is very visible.

    There's some great info on the subject here: http://www.leangains.com/2010/06/intermittent-fasting-and-stubborn-body.html
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,042 Member
    Thing is you are expecting results like you're 19 if you think 3 weeks is enough to lose body fat around the waist which may have taken 7 years to put on.
    It may take you 6 months dependent on your calorie deficit and genetics and now that you're "older" now.

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  • SamanthaIrving1990
    SamanthaIrving1990 Posts: 24 Member
    McCloud33 wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    Also, FWIW, crunches are not going to specifically burn the fat off of your middle. We can exercise to build specific muscles but we cannot pick specific areas of the body off of which to burn the fat.

    ^^^this...just keep exercising and lifting while eating at a calorie deficit and it WILL go away, it just takes time and patience

    You both are right! But I'm an impatient women darn it! LOL
  • Fitwarrior7_Round_2
    Fitwarrior7_Round_2 Posts: 453 Member
    Just keep at it. Remember it's a marathon, not a sprint!
  • lyndseybellz
    lyndseybellz Posts: 62 Member
    i'm nearly two years into my weight loss journey (down 70 pounds). i incorporate heavy lifting as well as HIIT cardio 3x a week...STILL have a tire. its just one of them thangs. i didn't get fat fast, i aint gonna get skinny fast.
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    I have the same thing and it hasn't gone away in 16 months of lifting weight and 4 years of eating right and losing 30 pounds. It's gotten smaller but it's still there. I've always had that "tire" of fat, from the moment I hit puberty so I don't think it's going anywhere soon. I wish the 80s jeans would come back in style. You know, the high waisted ones that sucked your love handles in? LOL :D
  • SamanthaIrving1990
    SamanthaIrving1990 Posts: 24 Member
    Sharon_C wrote: »
    I have the same thing and it hasn't gone away in 16 months of lifting weight and 4 years of eating right and losing 30 pounds. It's gotten smaller but it's still there. I've always had that "tire" of fat, from the moment I hit puberty so I don't think it's going anywhere soon. I wish the 80s jeans would come back in style. You know, the high waisted ones that sucked your love handles in? LOL :D

    Bahaha! I always feel like those are going WAAAAAAAYYY to high for me lol I do have a pair of shorts tho and they DO hide a lot lol
  • SamanthaIrving1990
    SamanthaIrving1990 Posts: 24 Member
    lyndseybellz wrote: »
    i'm nearly two years into my weight loss journey (down 70 pounds). i incorporate heavy lifting as well as HIIT cardio 3x a week...STILL have a tire. its just one of them thangs. i didn't get fat fast, i aint gonna get skinny fast.

    UGh. I want ripped abbbs!!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I just say my spare tire used to be a 20" but now it's a 14".
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