Can anyone contradict "you can't spot reduce weight"?
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How do you guys check your woo count?3
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i only have 89...as someone who is known for getting jailed (aparently lol) that surprises me xD3
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LifeWithPie wrote: »How do you guys check your woo count?
Go to notifications and the all notifications. I have 181.3 -
You can try a little experiment to contradict it yourself.
Step 1: Try whatever method/product that you find that says you CAN spot reduce.
Step 2: Realize that it isn't spot reducing (overall reduction =/= spot reduction)
Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you're convinced.11 -
JaydedMiss wrote: »i only have 89...as someone who is known for getting jailed (aparently lol) that surprises me xD
Well you'll be happy to know we're equally full of woo!!!
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LifeWithPie wrote: »How do you guys check your woo count?
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/notifications4 -
diannethegeek wrote: »LifeWithPie wrote: »How do you guys check your woo count?
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/notifications
Thanks! I have 2. Haha...But I've only been back on MFP for a couple of months after a 3 year hiatus. There was no 'woo' button in the old days.
I need to step up my game.11 -
ive got 90 woos lol
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You can try a little experiment to contradict it yourself.
Step 1: Try whatever method/product that you find that says you CAN spot reduce.
Step 2: Realize that it isn't spot reducing (overall reduction =/= spot reduction)
Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you're convinced.
This may or may not work.
Odds are some people are going to lose weight "just where they want to" because that's where the weight comes off first.....for them. It could be they were doing zumba, or strength training, or even "prancercizing." That thing is going to be the solution to everyone else's problems.
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JaydedMiss wrote: »i only have 89...as someone who is known for getting jailed (aparently lol) that surprises me xD
Well you'll be happy to know we're equally full of woo!!!
woo ;D4 -
You can try a little experiment to contradict it yourself.
Step 1: Try whatever method/product that you find that says you CAN spot reduce.
Step 2: Realize that it isn't spot reducing (overall reduction =/= spot reduction)
Step 3: Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you're convinced.
This may or may not work.
Odds are some people are going to lose weight "just where they want to" because that's where the weight comes off first.....for them. It could be they were doing zumba, or strength training, or even "prancercizing." That thing is going to be the solution to everyone else's problems.
Yeah it was more tailored towards the OP. And based on her last line
But surely there are ways to 'encourage' the inches to come off my belly and not elsewhere? My core is my problem area and I really need to get rid of a couple of inches there.
Her weight isn't coming off of where she wants first so it should work for the OP.
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If you’re new to regular core work, you may notice an improvement in your posture after a few weeks - while it’s not actually reducing the belly, your belly may look smaller as a result of how you hold yourself. I started doing 5-10 minutes of core work 4-5 days a week in the beginning of February and over the last 2-3 weeks have noticed a big improvement in posture and been getting tons of compliments. To be clear, as of the beginning of February I’d lost over 40 pounds, and am only down 5-6 more since then, but the difference is really striking. Team Core!2
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I think I'm jealous. I only have 76 woos. (Thanks for whoever posted how to find that info.) But -- and I'm really not sure how i feel about this, because I don't think of myself as somebody who shares a lot of sympathy-inducing details -- I have 1.2K (!) hugs. Thanks, everybody, really. I'm pretty sure I'm OK, but ain't nothing bad about a little human empathy.7
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »I think I'm jealous. I only have 76 woos. (Thanks for whoever posted how to find that info.) But -- and I'm really not sure how i feel about this, because I don't think of myself as somebody who shares a lot of sympathy-inducing details -- I have 1.2K (!) hugs. Thanks, everybody, really. I'm pretty sure I'm OK, but ain't nothing bad about a little human empathy.
They renamed the Awesome button Hug, so a lot of your hugs were originally awesomes, if it makes you feel any better2 -
diannethegeek wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »I think I'm jealous. I only have 76 woos. (Thanks for whoever posted how to find that info.) But -- and I'm really not sure how i feel about this, because I don't think of myself as somebody who shares a lot of sympathy-inducing details -- I have 1.2K (!) hugs. Thanks, everybody, really. I'm pretty sure I'm OK, but ain't nothing bad about a little human empathy.
They renamed the Awesome button Hug, so a lot of your hugs were originally awesomes, if it makes you feel any better
Ah, that probably makes more sense. But there goes that warm, fuzzy feeling of having been the recipient of such a tsunami of hugs.
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »If you’re new to regular core work, you may notice an improvement in your posture after a few weeks - while it’s not actually reducing the belly, your belly may look smaller as a result of how you hold yourself. I started doing 5-10 minutes of core work 4-5 days a week in the beginning of February and over the last 2-3 weeks have noticed a big improvement in posture and been getting tons of compliments. To be clear, as of the beginning of February I’d lost over 40 pounds, and am only down 5-6 more since then, but the difference is really striking. Team Core!
This. For many people, improving posture can improve how the belly area looks. That's about as close as it comes to spot reduction, other than the lipo.
P.S. My "woo" count is 104. Someone once "woo"-ed a post in which I said what I like to eat for breakfast. A li'l ol' lady's flippin' breakfast!
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Nope. But proper strength training, also focussing on your core (belly and back!) will improve your posture over time and your belly might stick out less.2
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Last on, first off. First on, last off. Always and forever.0
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Liposuction worked for me. I had dr focus on specific areas and they are completely gone and not a problem now. I’d recommend finding a good plastic surgeon and expect to pay some $$ but liposuction is your best bet.7
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No, but you can tone up. I had a "pouch" in my lower belly for years and one I started incorporating strength training and abs 5x a week I was able to get rid of the excess fat. (Staying at the same weight)
When I go a few months without ab work, it comes right back with no change in weight. It kind of baffles me the weight can redistribute so fast like this. I would like some explanation why it comes back in a few months without ab work when I have been maintaining the same weight for 4 years. I don't know much about the physiology of fat distribution, but I notice my fat redistributes when I don't exercise as much.1 -
I can contradict it: spanx level 3 support! Instant spot reduction.15
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To get the answer you want you would need to find a single outlier. None has shown up yet. Your question demonstrates the impossibility of proving a negative.
If I were to claim that a teapot is circling the earth, prove me wrong. You can't.1 -
Liposuction is your answer.
But why risk an anaesthetic to have a medical procedure when for less money (but more effort) you could have the same?3 -
rianneonamission wrote: »Liposuction is your answer.
But why risk an anaesthetic to have a medical procedure when for less money (but more effort) you could have the same?
Or you could do it the non-invasive way with coolsculpting AKA freezerburn my abs
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Or you could just alter your body the natural way as opposed to the non-natural way.
I am not anti plastic surgery as such, but I do struggle with unnecessary treatments when there is a much better alternative.3 -
rianneonamission wrote: »Or you could just alter your body the natural way as opposed to the non-natural way.
I am not anti plastic surgery as such, but I do struggle with unnecessary treatments when there is a much better alternative.
That's a good reason for you to avoid liposuction or Cool Sculpting, but I'm not sure why your struggle to accept them means others shouldn't consider those procedures as one of the options available to them.
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Nope, this whole spot reduction and target toning your "trouble areas" is a big myth that the fitness industry tells women in order to sell us stuff.2
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I can't believe it. I think this is the first time the entire MFP community has agreed on something.11
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I wish you could spot reduce fat. I get lectured every time I pick up shifts at my second job because I lose weight in my face, chest, and arms first, and I wear scrubs at that job, so all you see is my arms and face, and the 20lbs I lost makes me look really skinny there, and you dont notice my stomach and butt and thighs, so my boss always recommends I start gaining weight immediately, and then I tell her I just hit a healthy BMI and shooting to lose another 20, she tells me to stop that, and im too skinny as it is 5
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