Weird way to get rid of belly fat
newerme15
Posts: 128 Member
So I posted something here a while ago about getting rid of belly fat. I found an interesting article and it states:
" When you're trying to lose fat in a specific area, there is a handy trick that personal trainers and instructors use. The hotter you get, the more you sweat and the higher your heart rate is. It takes a combination of both those things (sweat and heart rate) to burn fat. A very easy way to make yourself sweat more and heat up a bit more is to wrap cling film (glad wrap, plastic wrap) around the area you're targeting.
In your case it is your stomach, some people will want to do it on their thighs or upper arms. The plastic wrap forces more sweat out of your body because you will get hotter as you exercise and you will get better results."
Has anyone tried that? If yes, what were your results?
" When you're trying to lose fat in a specific area, there is a handy trick that personal trainers and instructors use. The hotter you get, the more you sweat and the higher your heart rate is. It takes a combination of both those things (sweat and heart rate) to burn fat. A very easy way to make yourself sweat more and heat up a bit more is to wrap cling film (glad wrap, plastic wrap) around the area you're targeting.
In your case it is your stomach, some people will want to do it on their thighs or upper arms. The plastic wrap forces more sweat out of your body because you will get hotter as you exercise and you will get better results."
Has anyone tried that? If yes, what were your results?
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all it does is make you lose water weight, the second you drink water your belly will be the same as before0
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Haven't tried it, but someone else posted that she was doing this a while back and most of the posts she got aftewards indicated that it was pretty much pointless!0
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all it does is make you lose water weight, the second you drink water your belly will be the same as before
Exactly, it's pointless and you look stupid.0 -
I had something made out of scuba suit that your wrapped around your belly. All it did was give me a sweaty butt crack.0
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the garbage bag/saran wrap is a cheap way to make you think you are doing more work.
the only reason you want to sweat is because it usually means your target heart rate is higher.
you have to work hard for that to happen.0 -
all it does is make you lose water weight, the second you drink water your belly will be the same as before
Yup. Dehydrating an area for a while won't permanently get rid of the fat there. It'll plump right back up once you rehydrate.0 -
It does raise another question - I hear a lot about people who go get "body wraps" and swear by them. Is that related to this?0
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I had something made out of scuba suit that your wrapped around your belly. All it did was give me a sweaty butt crack.
That made me giggle.0 -
It does raise another question - I hear a lot about people who go get "body wraps" and swear by them. Is that related to this?
I was wondering the same thing. Although I did get one (my friend owned a tanning spa) a long time ago. She took my measurements before and after. I lost inches, but it would have been neat had I gone back 4 weeks later to see if I had kept them off. Honestly they are really expensive, so I think just good exercise and clean foods will get you better results in the long run.0 -
You will lose inches but it's water, not fat.
The second you drink a few glasses of water you'll gain them back.
Save your money!0 -
all it does is make you lose water weight, the second you drink water your belly will be the same as before
Exactly, it's pointless and you look stupid.
Excuse me?0 -
I think working out with plastc wrap and sweating... would feel gross >.<0
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it works... uncomfortable, but it works... it's the same idea as those neoprene pants they sell... increase the heat and sweat.0
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I had an awesome and wonderful but very obese uncle that used to wrap himself in a garbage bag then go sit in his sauna for a few hours any time he had to fit into his tux. :drinker:0
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I think she meant you'll looks stupid with plastic wrap round your waste....all it does is make you lose water weight, the second you drink water your belly will be the same as before
Exactly, it's pointless and you look stupid.
Excuse me?0 -
all it does is make you lose water weight, the second you drink water your belly will be the same as before
Exactly, it's pointless and you look stupid.
Excuse me?
I don't think this person was saying that you personally look stupid, I think they meant someone wearing saran wrap may look stupid!0 -
An It works body wrap will do the trick if you want to trim and tone a certain area0
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if you wanna sweat work out in a sauna suit,
or just ware a lot of clothes and you be just as sweaty.0 -
You only look stupid if people see it. Which in most cases, no one will.all it does is make you lose water weight, the second you drink water your belly will be the same as before
Exactly, it's pointless and you look stupid.
@OP: I use a belly belt. $9 at Wal-Mart. I wrap it around my stomach when I do cardio and by the end my shirt is dripping on sweat :laugh: Sure it may just be water weight, but it does make the bloat go away.0 -
Well it must do something as all the boxers at my gym turn up in 3 layers of clothes just to sweat more when they work out lol0
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Save your money and $1 plastic wrap?You will lose inches but it's water, not fat.
The second you drink a few glasses of water you'll gain them back.
Save your money!0 -
Sweat is not a sign of the amount of calories you have burned. Sweating is just a body mechanism which it does to cool itself down, maintaining the temperature.
However, the heart rate reading is a better and accurate indication of the amount of calories you have burnt. Muscles become sore when you start working out but again it does not indicate that you have worked out less or more or what is going to be the amount of weight loss.0 -
all it does is make you lose water weight, the second you drink water your belly will be the same as before
Exactly, it's pointless and you look stupid.
Excuse me?
I don't think this person was saying that you personally look stupid, I think they meant someone wearing saran wrap may look stupid!
K cool just checkin' 0 -
Well it must do something as all the boxers at my gym turn up in 3 layers of clothes just to sweat more when they work out lol
Boxers use sweating out water weight as a way to get into lower weight classes. It's not a permanent solution, and it's dangerous as well.0 -
Yes, I know many people who have done this. Wrestlers did this in highschool to "cut" weight. The art of cutting weight was basically losing weight before weigh in so that they could reach a certain weight the day before they wrestled.
They also spited into cups to get rid of saliva, and it work out trash bags and sleep in saran wrap.
Of course they would gain all the weight back as soon as they stepped off the scale and started eating again.
It is water weight.0 -
Was interested re body wraps. Just found this which is interesting reading: http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/weight-loss/body-wrap-off-inches0
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I think she meant you'll looks stupid with plastic wrap round your waste....all it does is make you lose water weight, the second you drink water your belly will be the same as before
Exactly, it's pointless and you look stupid.
Excuse me?
*giggle* And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why spelling is important. "Plastic wrap round your waste," would mean a saran wrapped poo.
"Plastic wrap round your waist" conjures up a much different (and less offensive) image .
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Cant lie I did that a few years ago. I believed it did something, its like diet pills, its a mind thing if you believe it works it does. It came back around, I read about it, now they add preparation H to the saran wrap, they say it removes inches temporarily. People pay good money to go in spa's and have that mess done, but it is mess. I just do sit ups now, lol.0
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I think she meant you'll looks stupid with plastic wrap round your waste....all it does is make you lose water weight, the second you drink water your belly will be the same as before
Exactly, it's pointless and you look stupid.
Excuse me?
*giggle* And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why spelling is important. "Plastic wrap round your waste," would mean a saran wrapped poo.
"Plastic wrap round your waist" conjures up a much different (and less offensive) image .
:flowerforyou:
Nobody cares?
anyway...its probably okay if you wanna squeeze into a dress or something but then you cant eat or drink anything all night.0 -
Okay, I know this is going to soun really weird, but it's a true story. Back about a hundred and fifty years ago I trained show horses for a living. We'd get a bunch of yearlings in fresh off the range and try to tame down their manes and tails, slick up their coats, and teach them some manners (gently - no cruelty ever!) This one little filly came in and she was just gorgeous - except! She had the thickest neck ever!
I was really new to the whole business and my boss taught me to wrap her neck. We didn't use plastic wrap, but it was a specially-made neck blanket specifically to sweat down the size. And it worked! Please understand, we left it on her all day every day for a couple of weeks, but the weather wasn't excessively hot (mountains of Colorado) and she wasn't in any discomfort.
I guess I always remembered back to that when I heard about those people-wraps. If I hadn't had that experience, I wouldn't give the wraps a second thought. But thanks for the links and the conversation!
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