2 Stomachs! YIKES!

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Im new to this whole exercising thing but reverse crunches work wonders on the lower stomach, Maybe try some of those?

Look up stomach crunches on google! There are great excercises you can to with a medicine ball or excercise ball!
Ande when you are doing all other excercises pull your stomach to your spine (contract your stomach)
Hope that helps!

I hate to break it to you but fat loss is the only way it's leaving. There are no "spot reducing" exercises. Eat well, get plenty of cardio in, and strength train. It will eventually go away. It may get uglier (i.e. looser, floppier, saggier) before it gets better but it will get better. :flowerforyou:

Im new to this whole exercising thing but reverse crunches work wonders on the lower stomach, Maybe try some of those?

what the hell are those? they sound so ergh... i shivered reading that lol

I hate to break it to you but fat loss is the only way it's leaving. There are no "spot reducing" exercises. Eat well, get plenty of cardio in, and strength train. It will eventually go away. It may get uglier (i.e. looser, floppier, saggier) before it gets better but it will get better. :flowerforyou:

What she said...

I have read that eating clean while doing cardio and strength training is the best way to lose belly fat. I wish I could say that I was eating clean, but I am trying to get there! Anyhow, I just realized the other day that I've lost enough belly fat for the double belly to have decreased and blend together!

I want to start off by saying, a person can't spot reduce, but they can spot tone an area. That's why they have so many workouts that targets certain body parts. For example: Brazilian Butt Lift, it's designed to target/spot tone the butt area.

The second thing I want to say is that strength training doesn't always mean lifting weights. Crunches and sit ups for the abs are a form of strength training. You are strengthening your abs.

Eating healthy, and yes, healthy includes eating anything you like in moderation and in portion control. At least that's my version of healthy. I don't and I won't deprive my body of anything that I want. The best way to eat in my book for myself is to follow the food pyramid, eat in moderation and portion control. If I want a snickers, I can include a mini one or two into my daily calories. There's a reason why mini size things were made. Drink water. Water plays an important part in losing weight. I don't focus on losing scale weight. I focus on losing body fat percentage/pounds of fat. Fat loss and scale weight loss aren't the same thing. I could lose scale weight and have not lost lost pounds of fat.

Cardio helps burn the fat. All strength training helps build muscles. I am a big fan of Tae Bo, it's my number one workout. Billy has Abs workout that will whip a person's abs in shape. Of course, food plays an important part in getting the abs in shape. You don't just want to strength the aims, but you want to slim the waist too and Billy knows shows you how.

You can go to Youtube and type Tae Bo Abs and even Tae Bo Insane Abs and see the workouts that Billy has to work the abs.

Billy lets it be known in his videos that abs starts in the kitchen. He's not the only instructor that lets that be known in their workouts. I've taken their eating in the kitchen to the next level by saying, a healthy body starts in the kitchen.

Remember that a person can strength train all they way, but if they don't do cardio, all they are doing is building muscle under fat.

This is the first year in some time I have not worn a firming tank under my tops to camouflage the "2 stomachs'. Its too dang hot here, 100+ every day and I cant take extra clothing right now. My waist has gotten smaller with weight loss but my top stomach will not budge, smh. So I can wear a 16 in pants now but my tops are still 2x!