Love handles

missdelainie
missdelainie Posts: 75 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
We all got em and I can't seem like I minimize my love handles I can grab them with my hands atleast a couple inches of skin... how do I make them smaller give me some reasons that cause them! I hate them!!!

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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    They are fat, caused by having excess fat. You can minimise them by losing fat, which means being in a calorie deficit until they go.
  • missdelainie
    missdelainie Posts: 75 Member
    Well sounds easier said then done could you give me an example of how to lose body fat
  • missdelainie
    missdelainie Posts: 75 Member
    Does it mean necessarily eating clean?
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    I did...
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    They are fat, caused by having excess fat. You can minimise them by losing fat, which means being in a calorie deficit until they go.

  • missdelainie
    missdelainie Posts: 75 Member
    Ok thanks for your help
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    missdelainie wrote: »
    Well sounds easier said then done could you give me an example of how to lose body fat

    Eat in a calorie deficit and lift heavy. "Clean" eating, whatever that means to you, has little to no effect on weight loss.
  • beanfacekilla
    beanfacekilla Posts: 69 Member
    Ummm, yeah.

    To lose fat, you must burn more calories than you eat. MFP will automatically give you a calorie count to achieve your goals (you have to fill out the info of course, height, weight, age, male or female, whatever).

    You just log everything you eat. Weigh out foods. Be as exact as possible. Weigh food. If you eat a package, like yogurt, a single serving, I don't weigh that..... Weigh food portions out. Have I said that enough? Weigh food.


    Triscuit crackers, weigh them. Chicken, broccoli, lunch meat, butter, sugar, noodles (pre cooked weight), peanut butter, etc, all weigh out, to the gram if possible. I eat a banana, I weigh the whole thing, eat banana, then put peel on scale weigh that, then subtract peel weight from total weight and that's how I get calories for that. If I take a banana with me, I weigh it before I leave, and most if the time the peel is like 2oz, maybe a little less....

    Every day. Everything I eat. Weight is coming off. Exercise makes you healthier, more fit, and it speeds the process a little probably. So exercise is awesome too.


    There is no way to spot reduce fat, or to target love handles. You just lose weight everywhere, at a snails pace. It's not fast. If you have goals, you're gonna have to work to achieve them. Discipline. Don't give up.


    Hope something in here helps you out.
  • slaite1
    slaite1 Posts: 1,307 Member
    I was very lean with visible abs before the love handles went. Getting "in shape" helped as well. I've never gotten lean enough to be happy with my thighs, and a 5-pound gain means I have fat on my sides. Genetics.

    Just keep losing weight, as advised above. And definitely lift some weights. There's no secret, we all have our areas we do not like.
  • Jonesuna64
    Jonesuna64 Posts: 233 Member
    Shouldn't they be called "No Love handles" because you get NO LOVE when you got em ;)
  • 1LonelyRose
    1LonelyRose Posts: 48 Member
    I feel your pain. Unfortunately our bodies lose fat where it wants to, you can't target a certain area for fat loss (how I wish I could). Try doing lat pull downs you build muscle and tone the area, at least that what my trainer has in my routine and I'm noticing a slight difference. Good luck!
  • slaite1
    slaite1 Posts: 1,307 Member
    My sister in law had the same problem, she called them "chichos" (that's how it's pronounced-no idea on the spelling). She's el Salvadoran. Not sure of the exact interpretation, but I always thought it sounded cuter than love handles or back fat. So I call them "chichos" and pretend they're adorable.

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