Is belly fat really the last to go?

From what I have read, yes. I wish it was the first to go in my case.

Try laying of the alcohol for 30 days. Alcohol makes it hard for the body to metabolize fat. It processes the alcohol (and sugars and carbs) in your beverage before anything else in your body because the body views alcohol as a toxin and wants to get it to the liver ASAP to filter it out. When it does that, it just goes ahead and stores whatver else is in your body as fat and is SO HARD to get rid of. My trainer told me (as he was KILLING ME with ab excercises yesterday) "whoever told you that doing more ab excercises is the fastest way to get a six pack doesn't know what they're talking about. Putting down the beer bottle is the best way to get a six pack." So, I am acutally not drinking alcohol for 30 days to see if it helps. I took before pics and will take pics again in 25 days. I'll be sure to post!

Anyway, that's my advice. Lay off the booze for a while and I bet you see a difference.

Definitely the last for me as well. I have another 10 pounds until I reach my goal weight so it'll be interesting to see how that 10 pounds affects my belly. I'm doing cardio and weight training so hopefully 10 will be enough but I'll readjust my goal if need be.

In general, weight-training and effective core exercises like Pilates help firm up the area, but it really comes down to diet and cardio to lose the fat. Weight loss, especially in the tummy is at least 80% diet. Sure, we burn calories when we engage in solid exercise and training, but the saying "one can always out-eat one's workout" is very true. Spot-reducing is a myth - the fat does come off from all over, like layers of an onion. This is why the areas that are leaner to begin with show loss first, while the areas that have more fat take a lot longer.
For women there are special considerations - the after-effects of pregnancy and menopause. With the former, people vary in the elasticity of their tissues. Some women snap back within a reasonable amount of time on a getting-back-in-shape program, while others are left with permanent muscle separation that only surgery(the tummy tuck) can fix, even after losing the baby weight. At menopause, due to the hormonal shift, weight that previously was more evenly distributed shifts to the mid-section and even hips in some cases, making one appear larger than one is, even with no increase in body weight, although weight gain is extremely common at this time. It can be VERY difficult to get rid of, due to the fact that the body is now making estrogen in fat cells, so it's increasing the fat cells in the most convenient place(the belly)to do so. One has to be stricter with diet and work harder to counteract this, and weight-training becomes even more important than ever.

Everything I've read about two places are the last places to lose fat...one being the belly the other being the booty. The belly because of how it's made up, the booty because of less blood flow. Personally I've had a real hard time over the years losing the belly.

I was googling that a while ago and there were a bunch of sites that said basically wherever you hold the most fat is the last to go. which is sooo dumb but it seems to be kind of true for me, my arms and belly have stayed the same (I've lost like an inch off my lower belly). I HATE my big fat arms and everything has one down inches but my arms have stayed exactly the same, even with light weight lifting.

It depends on the person, but in general for people who tend to carry the majority of their fat in the belly area, yes it's usually the last place to clear. Some people carry their fat in their lower body (butt/hips/thighs) and those people tend to lose the fat last in those areas. It's just the way it is.

As far as speeding it up, there's no magic mid-section shrinker. You have to continue on the path of healthy eating at a calorie deficit, hopefully doing some exercise, and you will burn the fat off your body.

THIS! I am so boney from the waist up( minus the batwing arms..uggg) but the stomach kangaroo pouch is not budging!! I have lost all over but my bottom half is not keeping up with the top!!

You lose fat at the same rate on your entire body. If it takes longer for your belly fat to go down it just means you carry more fat there.

I have actually heard that you loose weight in the reverse order that you put it on. I gained it in my breasts first then butt then stomach so for me it should be the first to go if that is true. We will wait to see though.

Fat is burned all over. Honestly, it is just a myth/misconception.

Yes, fat is burned all over, but it's not stored evenly. Men store more fat in their abdomens than anywhere else, so there's just more to get rid of. I've lost a lot of fat in my face, arms, legs, back and stomach, but my belly is still relatively big because there's so much fat stored there.

Try eliminating sugar, high fructose corn syrup and processed foods from your diet and see if it helps. It helps me ALOT. Drink lots of water too. About a gallon per day. Abdominal exercises will strengthen and tone the ab muscles, but "abs are made in the kitchen". Clean eating is the way to go. Good luck.

I think it's your body type, determined by genetics, that determine where the fat will be stubborn. 2/3 of women are pear and store weight bellow the belly button. When women complain of belly fat, it's usually a lower stomach pooch. It's not the same as the fat around the abdomen and heart that apple shapes (some women and all men) tend to store. The good news is that it's not as dangerous for your health. The bad news is that it's stubborn as all get out.

I'm glad it's not just me that's struggling to get rid of that last bit of belly fat! But after raving reviews about hula hooping I'm buying a weighted hula hoop have heard they get rid of the fat on the belly and tone it up went to buy one today and had sold out I really want one and think it will be fun aswel as effective

my gut is huge, so it seems like it comes off my stomach quickest. i lose inches there fast.

face is last.

For me personally, it's the leg and arm fat that's the last thing to go!!! It just won't go away!