What exercise to do to get rid of belly fat

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I think it's just the way some of our bodies are made/ and where we store fat....not that we can't TRY to do something about it
I've been reading lots of articles about belly flab and besides watching cals, avoiding whites/sugars, and getting off the extra weight....the articles talk a lot about doing sprints...wether jogging/running on the treadmill or on a bike....short burtss of intensity
Lots of ladies have had luck here with running/jogging
I never ever thought I would be a runner, but recently I've started doing sprints on the treadmill...and I have to admit it feels pretty good

Good luck!
Kim

yepper, Kim--

Run, baby, run--

I tae-bo'd and turbo jammed for months, hit the floor for my tummy-tum-tum-- pssh-- nuttin'.

I started running in March and my stomach is sooooooooooo much better-- the running outside works it like nothing else.

Start working some running sessions into the walking-- you'll see a difference. Make sure you hold your tummy in while you're doing it-- keep the core tight.

I have extra belly fat from having a baby and I too want to get rid of it. I asked a personal trainer/fitness expert through my insurance company and she said that Cardio exercises will get rid of it.... Mine's slowly going down, but I have some work to do! GOOD LUCK!!!

yepper, Kim--

Run, baby, run--

I tae-bo'd and turbo jammed for months, hit the floor for my tummy-tum-tum-- pssh-- nuttin'.

I started running in March and my stomach is sooooooooooo much better-- the running outside works it like nothing else.

Start working some running sessions into the walking-- you'll see a difference. Make sure you hold your tummy in while you're doing it-- keep the core tight.

Love the little Charlie Brown stick man that looks like he is going to faint..LOL

There is no such thing as spot reducing when losing weight your body pulls fat from where it wants which is the easy fat- the rest is the harder one that you need to work harder to burn- Cardio and weight training is key-

You can do crunches all day and still have a gut cause if you don't lose the fat its pointless. So kick up your workout- turn that walk into a jog then that jog into a run or try different cardio workouts-- Good luck

I started out walking - the brisk walking - then jogging - now I'm running. I average about 3 miles and am currently working on distance and speed. I run 3 days a week.

You can do it, too. I started with a modified couch to 5k program on coolrunning.com. Since you've been walking, you might find it easy to jog a little here and there. Don't worry about speed, that will come. It works different muscles, so go slowly (which is why couch to 5k works so well) to make sure that you don't injure yourself.

Check out our thread - MFP Runners Club. You'll get all kinds of inspiration there and loads of help.

The fat is melting away on me because of my running and strength training. I still have LOADS of belly fat - that is my toughest area - but I'm not worried...I've never seen a fat runner :laugh:

Any kind of cardio will be good to get rid of fat. Ellipticals are great machines and they are one of the best machines for burning calories.

Good luck to you!!!

running/jogging and jump rope. At high intensity, melts fat everywhere, including belly.

I'm someone else who said I was never going to run. At least not outside, only on my treadmill. Well in the spring of '08 someone asked if I was pregnant! Not what you want to hear when you're 48. So I started the couch to 5k. My stomach slowly went down.

This year I'm running outside again and my DH keeps saying he can't believe how much smaller my stomach is. Now I do know that I'll always have some belly. It's in the family. Plus I know I'd have to get my body fat % down to a number that I probably could not maintain comfortably.

I keep telling people I weigh more now than when I had the belly. So don't get to hung up on scale weight. It's can be deceiving.
You'll get there but it does take time.

I'm someone else who said I was never going to run. At least not outside, only on my treadmill. Well in the spring of '08 someone asked if I was pregnant! Not what you want to hear when you're 48. So I started the couch to 5k. My stomach slowly went down.

This year I'm running outside again and my DH keeps saying he can't believe how much smaller my stomach is. Now I do know that I'll always have some belly. It's in the family. Plus I know I'd have to get my body fat % down to a number that I probably could not maintain comfortably.

I keep telling people I weigh more now than when I had the belly. So don't get to hung up on scale weight. It's can be deceiving.
You'll get there but it does take time.

Awesome advice! Absolutely.............the scale is vary deceiving.......muscle weighs more than fat which would account for the scale weight gain.......to truely track your fat weight loss success, have your body fat tested at a local gym for a small fee. Take the percentage they give you and multiply by your current scale weight..... the result will be your total current fat weight. Subtract your current fat weight from total scale weight the result will be your Lean Body Mass weight. (LBM accounts for muscle, skin, bone, etc.). The off balace = fat loss/lean muscle gain :smile :

Get with Coach Kathy. She will get you a program that will trim down that belly. Unfortunately the major fat stores in out body are in our stomach...Men and Women. They are the last to go away. In the past 80 days I've done 30 days of Power 90 and 50 days of P90X. I've lost over 5 inches from my stomach alone. I've done thousands of AB reps but I won't see them until I get under 11% body fat. My goal is under 10%. Women's body fat is a little higher than mens so I think the number is like 13 -15 % (can't remember exactly). You've already lost 50+ lbs and that awesome but until you drop that other 50 plus you will still have the stomach. You are 1/2 way there and you're an inspiration. Keep it up. It took a long time to build that stomach it's going to take a long time to tear it down. Hang in there, you can do it. I wanna see the pictures when you get there.