Group: General Fitness & Exercise

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losing inches on your stomach

anewfoundsin
anewfoundsin
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Joined: 2003/01/04
United States
2004/03/18, 02:31 AM
what type of workout do you recommend?
just abs workouts or combo of instenstive aerobics too?
mmaibohm
mmaibohm
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2004/03/18, 02:36 AM
To get the inches of your stomach you will need to get your diet in order. Also ab workouts to tone as well as cardio to help get the fat off. You cannot spot reduce so you will have to work on overall fat reduction.

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Relique
Relique
Posts: 187
Joined: 2004/03/17
United States
2004/03/19, 06:37 PM
man, that really sucks, I wish I could get rid of fat in partcular areas... sucks.
sndrg416
sndrg416
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Joined: 2007/04/24
United States
2007/04/24, 08:35 AM
Im getting married in June and Ive been working out for 16 weeks and have not lose any weigh and I would love to slim down before my wedding day Im 5'3 weigh about 258 and would love to drop 110 pounds if you can help me thats fine Tell me exactly what to do 4 days a week
Speeder
Speeder
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Joined: 2003/03/14
Canada
2007/04/24, 09:46 AM

Here is a repost. I made this post more than a year ago, just wanted to put it in here as well


It seems that this question just never sinks in with people. Do you want to know the secret to a fit body, and losing your love handles..well read on.

First off get rid of the idea that you can only work out for 15-20 minutes a day, targetting an area and lose the fat from that area. I'm afraid we've all been subjected to far too many informercials advocating this crap!

If you have unsightly love handles, then you have excess fat on your body. You need to lose weight...PERIOD. Weight loss occurs differntly for everyone, but typically in men, its the spare tire, and love handles that go last, and in women its the hips and thighs. If you want to have a flat stomach, you need to lose weight, and become more fit.

Think of this as a life change, not a goal, that once reached you can forget about, and go back to your old ways, because you Old love handles will be back in not time!

Ok, so on to topics of losing weight. First off, you need to correct your diet. If you have love handles, then its because your not eating properly, or your eating in excess of your maintance calories. You need to change up your eating habits, and spark up your metabolism. The first thing you need to start doing, is eating smaller more frequent meals. Always eat first thing in the morning, and eat about 5-6 small meals a day. Eat balanced, and healthy foods. I won't get into what the diet should be, search this site, there is tons of info. The biggest thing to remember, is you need a caloric defecit. You can eat healthy and as often as you want, if your eating enough calories for your maintance level, you will stay the same weight. You should also be taking in at least 8 Glasses of cold water a day.

Ok, so unfortunately thats not enough to do it alone. You will also need to get on a weight routine, and do cardio. Again, these are quite personal, everyone is at a different level, so set something up for yourself that is apporiate for your level of fitness. Maybe 3 days of weights is too much, or not enough for you. setup a good work out plan that suites you, and you will succeed. Cardio is important in this phase (weight loss) you should aim for 30-60 minutes 3-5x's a week. If you have been largely inactive for a period of time, start off where you can, and push yourself to get to the 60 minute mark. Don't get on the treadmill and breeze through your cardio, you will get nowhere quick. Push your limits each day, by small amounts, until you are in the kind of shape that you can do 60 minutes. Also I suggest using different Cardio machines, or methods. Don't use the same workout day in and day out.

For those who are serious about actually becoming fit, and losing weight, you need to do some research, and learn as much as you can. There is no easy fix, and if your looking for it, and not committed to actually doing what you need to do, you will fail.

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Velasca
Velasca
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United States
2007/04/24, 05:01 PM
very nice speeder...excellent post
kman97
kman97
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Joined: 2005/07/22
United Arab Emirates
2007/05/11, 03:11 PM
Should be a sticky... i have been combing the net for this info and this is the best succint post I have seen on loosing belly fat
kman97
kman97
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Joined: 2005/07/22
United Arab Emirates
2007/05/11, 03:12 PM
Should be a sticky... i have been combing the net for this info and this is the best succint post I have seen on loosing belly fat
NEETINUP
NEETINUP
Posts: 1
Joined: 2008/05/21
United States
2008/05/21, 06:32 PM
I am going on vacation soon and have been working out however, to no prevail my stomach is going no where....any suggestions
angiem6
angiem6
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Joined: 2007/12/07
Canada
2008/05/21, 07:11 PM
What have you been doing? How often? what does your diet look like?