Losing weight but not fat

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  • deanwillmore23
    deanwillmore23 Posts: 3 Member
    Hi more weights less cardio good luck
  • Orvillitron
    Orvillitron Posts: 4 Member
    I'm a crunchy snack person too, but am also a big veggie fan.

    I munch carrots if I need a snack. A bit sweet, crunchy, high fiber and generally very satisfying.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    estelle_baptiste wrote: »
    I’m trying to lose the fat around my stomach. I have weighed myself a couple of times and see that i am slowly losing weight, obviously I have my days when I overeat but I’ve noticed that even though I am losing weight I havent lost any fat from my stomach.

    I don’t understand why I’m losing it from other places but not where I actually want.

    Also I have a bad habit of wanting to snack. Not because I’m hungry, I just have the urge to nibble all the time. It’s especially bad at night time after dinner. I find myself wanting to nibble on snacks. But I never fancy fruit, I always crave crunchy snacks that I can just put in my mouth one after another.

    I tried nuts but I can overeat on nuts really easily and have no filter and they also contain a lot of fat which doesn’t help. I know air-popped popcorn is a good healthy snack at night. But I’ve been told it is bad to eat carbs at night and you should eat protein.

    But all the protein foods I see are high in calories or they contain lots of carbs, fat or sugar too. I’ve tried yoghurt but it’s not satisfying and when I eat it with granola, I end up eating way too much granola than is necessary.

    Any suggestions on late night snacks. That are healthy and low in carbs, fat and sugar and calories. I’ve currently gave up meat for lent but open to the suggestions for after I have finished lent. Although I do not eat pork and I am not really a fan of beef.

    Also are there any sports or workouts that help lose fat from your stomach. I have heard weight training helps but I wouldn’t know where to start and I’m a bit to embarrassed to do it on my own in the gym.

    You can't spot reduce fat. Fat will come off from wherever...you have zero control over that. The midsection is primary fat deposits for many women and the vast majority of men...primary fat deposits are deep and they are a first on, last off kind of thing.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    bbell1985 wrote: »
    borrowingmoonlight wrote: »
    angelsja wrote: »
    You can't spot lose fat it will come off from all over the place we want it is usually the hardest to lose it from as that's usually where the most fat is located just keep at it :)

    ^ This is absolutely true, but there are things you can do to tone the area and improve the appearance. If you're working on your stomach specifically, try crunches, planks, leg lifts, bicycle lifts, scissor kicks, etc. These are all things you can do from the comfort of your own bedroom - this is what I do to help with my belly fat. But ultimately, the above comments are correct, be consistent with your diet and don't give up!

    No offense, but I train my A S S off in the gym. 5-6 days a week a few hours per session. If I knew all it took was some scissor kicks to have a great stomach, I'd have it.

    It's because people have some minor ab definition and think they found the hidden elixir. Same here, 2 hour sessions 6 days a week. All compound movements. Being 12-14% body fat my abs don't show overly well, but he'll are they strong.

    So many people seem to confused defined abs with strong abs and intelligent training.

    But nah you got some hella decent abs
  • slossia
    slossia Posts: 138 Member
    What he said

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