Help with stomach fat! Im in decent shape, 5'11, 200 lbs but i have extra belly meat. How do I loose this??
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Sit on a work out bench and balance yourself then curl your legs up to your stomach. Keep doing this until your abs are tired. Repeat this exercise as often as possible. Good luck.
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I too have this exact problem. For one month i have been doing the treadmill and stationary bike. I do the treadmill/bike on Monday, Wednesday, Friday. 15 minutes on each one. I go and do 5 minutes bike and 5 minutes treadmill. back and forth to avoid tiring just one muscle but several instead.\nOn Tuesday and Thursday I do 1-3lb weights on my arms and 'abs of steel'. \nI have lost 5 pounds.\nthe secret as well is water. divide your weight in half and that is how many ounces you should be drinking aday.\nI have been eating shreddies for breakfast[no sugar] and whole wheat bread sandwich for lunch. I am loosing my stomach. i can literally feel it breaking down. \nthe weights on the arms 'firms' up the breast area.\ngood luck to you and your 'assets' :)
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Watching the calories you intake and exercise are truly the only ways to lose any body weight.  However, if you are skinny I wonder if you truly do have very much fat around your belly.  You should make sure that you check to see if your body weight is good for your heighth.  If your weight is good, then perhaps you should just try toning exercises.
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first of all u are not TOO overweight!!! it may be true that u have a couple of extra pounds but u are not too fat!!\nbut still it is always nice to loose a couple of pounds to feel good about urself and be motivated!!! so here are some tips... hope they help... good luck... :o)\n\nWHAT to eat for losing weight\n\n• Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, especially NC (negative calorie) food.\n\n* Print these lists. They will be your ... "Bible", from now on !\n* Dill and parsely - include them in all your salads. Also ognion + garlic.\n* Try eat mostly fresh vegs & fruits (whenever possible, of course)\n* If you really want a book, then check this out: The Negative Calorie Diet Workbook & Cookbook - eBook (Win95/98 only). Read more about this e-book here.\n\n\n• Eat fish, chicken, beef, pork. (preferences are in this order)\n\n* If you are a vegetarian, then ignore this!\n* Avoid fat meat\n\n\n• Eat 2-3 slices of bread/day. Don't EVER exclude bread from your diet!\n\n• Snacks between meals (if needed): apples, oranges, grepfruits and other NC fruits\n\n* Don't cheat ... NO cookies, chips, candies, brownies etc! \n* EVEN if they have "low fat" indication... They might have low fat, yet they can have lots of CALORIES !!!\n\n\n• About rice, potatoes, beans, [xxx]nuts, pastry, pasta... you know!\n\n* Don't eat too much of those, at least during the first weeks of the diet. I'm not a low carb addict, but I've noticed weight gains if consuming those in large quantities, especially when associated with other foods.\n* If you like them a lot, try and eat them like one meal. A nice delicious plate of spaghetti could be your lunch (never dinner!), followed by a nice big apple. These rich starch foods are not good for dinner!\n* At dinner time, chose mainly large mixed veggies salads... with fish, lean meat or cheese (if you are not a vegetarian). \n\nif u want to lose weight the best food to it are baked potatoes with nothing on it. no salt no nothing just plain. u can eat a 10000000000 baked potatoes till ur stuff and not gain a pound. i heard that from a weight loss tape. the best drink is water or gatorade. thats a start then when you work out do some taeboo. if u want a macine. run with dumbells on a treadmill. u could do the rocky workout. but thats a new story. u could use a butterfly macine i think it works the abs\n\n1) It is not just the amount you eat, but what you eat. Lean meats and vegtables that snap are a good place to start. And by snap I mean fresh and not boiled or doused with better or whatever.\n\n2) Exercise moderatly but for about an hour every other day. Spend half of that walking or running at a good enough pace for you to feel labored. The other half of the time use weights, or exercises such as push ups or situps to get a muscle "burn". A gym is also an option, but I don't know if you have the money for or want to spend the money on it.\n\n3) Sleep well. To bed earlier and up earlier. Exercise in the morning when you wake up, not in the evening before bed. 7 hours of GOOD sleep is a must.\n\n4) Occupy yourself with a hobby that keeps your attention for a long period of time. A hobby like this keeps your mind focused and gives less of a chance for snacking from boredom.\n\nThat is a good place to start... if you see good results, keep it up and modify to fit you... if it does not, see a doctor AND a trainer \n\nKeep working out, drink water a lot, eat 5 to 6 meals a day but in small quantities, vegtables are important specially cucumber and lattice, fruits not be eaten after meals except by 2 to 3 hours, minimize the starch quantities in your meals lots of salad is important, your last meal must be before you sleep by 2 to 3 hours\nthe most important thing is you don't lose patient wait and have a strong will to be as what you want\n\nyou might have some more ideas from www.ivillage.com\n\ngood luck
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You are carrying potentially body fat around your ab area due to what you are eating. You need to review your foods and alcohol. Carring body fat is most dangerous around the ab area so you need to take on a better eating lifestyle. Eat quality, low GI foods, more vegies, less carbs at night & increase proteins.  \n\nRunning will provide leaner muscles not massive bulky ones but if you don't want that run with weights. Running is one of the best forms of fat burning & weight loss as is running up stairs or sand dunes. \n\nGood luck and I hope you get the results you're after.
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You have two options. You can cut calories and perform crunches like crazy, try one of the hot new incredible infomercial ab devices and buy a “fat burner”, Also there is another  option but it is not too popular. Eat right, Understand functions of the abdominal muscles, work the body as a whole, and allow for ongoing fat release. Of all of two options, there is only one that "works," all of the time. Unfortunately, it “appears” to be the most complicated. \n\nHere is the Real Ab-Solution:\n\nBefore we go any further, I would like to point out that slimming down your abdominal parts REALLY means reducing you body fat percentage in those areas. Therefore, the goal is to reduce your body fat percentage.  \n\nNow that we understand what we are seeking, let us zero in on the solution.\n\nStep 1: Eat right\n"Eat right" sounds so simplistic, but the idea is maximize natural unprocessed foods and minimize processed or junk foods (Please do not go on a depravation diet, it will make things worse). However, you also need to eat in a way that supports Fat loss.\n\nThe real trick lies in stabilizing blood sugar, which allows fat to be released from your fat cells. You would do that by eating meals free from simple sugars and refined carbs, low in processed saturated fat, and balanced with protein, complex carbs, fiber, and essential fatty acids. \n\nStep 2: Move\nOnce the fat is release from the cells, they need to be burned in your muscle cells. Releasing the body fat is not enough; you need to support your nutrition with a more active lifestyle. If you are not active, the released fat just goes back to the fat cells and they are not burned. Burning that fat make your “six packs” visible. You not only need to work on your abs or core muscles but you also need to work you the body as a whole (focus on the major muscles like your legs and back).\n\nThen you need to optimize circulation with moderate aerobic exercise (do not go crazy), and fat release should be consistent and ongoing, and a little at a time, those abs will shine through.\n\nhttp://www.charlesblain.com\nhttp://www.fitmindtraining.com
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Ok it's pretty obvious that you must be eating too much white starchy breads, and drop the sugary stuff!\n\nalrite :) now to loose it\n\nOnly eat fruits for breakfast, try some green tea ( it is a good antioxidant.. just a little beauty bonus, or some warm lemon water) \nCitrus fruits: vitamin C good for skin\npears: for shiney glossy hair\n\n\n\nLunch: only have a few veggies, carrots, peppers, lettuce, whatever you like.\n\nDinner: small portion... but ur veggies should have the most, then meat , then patatoes. \n\nDrink alot of water and no snacking\n\nTo form your stomach sutff you can do is just practice belly dancing and shaking those hip to your fave music.. it's quite a workout..\n\nsitups, hovering, and more situps, curls and crunches\n\nhave good posture and sumtimes when standing just flex ur tummy and keep it tight.\n\ngood luck!
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ok all u need, lay down flat on the floor, put your legs to your needs, then push your belly up from the floor,and leave for 5 mins or count to 300. or 200 bak wards. do this for 4 days 1 on 1. then do what u want later till the next week. do this for longs u want ,u well get your flat belly. i been doing it . it's not what u eat, it's how much u eat.\ni am 6. good luck
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you can stop your body from making belly fat by cutting out sugar, alcohol, white bread, white potatoes, and anything with a glycemic index above 55.\n\n try never to eat a meal over 400 calories\nThat means eating smaller meals. 4 meals at 400 calories each \nAnd a few 100 calorie snacks-that works for me.\n\nThe whole idea is not to spike your blood sugar. Overeating with big meals, eating sugar, or high fat foods, or drinking alcohol spikes your blood sugar. That makes your body produce insulin.\nInsulin’s big job is “TURN THAT EXTRA SUGAR INTO FAT”\n\nErgo: no sugar spike, no insulin, no insulin, no fat production\n\nThats why they say people with belly fat or pear shapes are prone to diabetes\n\nI hope this helps
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on diet...\n\nThe only way you can keep your stomach flat and hard is if there is no layer to fat covering it and the best way to lose fat is simple - exercise. If possible, do some cardio first thing in the morning before eating any full meals. This burns the maximum amount of fat. Since your body has not had any food for the last 7-10 hours, it burns the fat in your body for energy. If not, then cardio and a little weight lifting anytime of the day will do. It is important to build some muscle since it will aid in your fat loss. The more muscle mass you have, the faster your metabolism.\n\nAlso, try eating small meals more frequently as opposed to the big 3 (breakfast, lunch, dinner). try to eat a small meal every 3 hours. The reason for this is that your body burns more calories since it is constantly digesting something in your stomach and will raise your metabolism. It is also useful to eat small meals because your stomach will not be stuffed and will always have a smaller look. If you are afraid of doing this because you might end up eating more, try this: when you are about to eat lunch, separate everything on your plate into 2. eat half and leave the other half to be eaten 3 hours later. do the same with dinner.\n\nlastly, losing weight is just simple math. If your calories taken in is more than when you use up (exercise, daily activities, metabolism, etc) then you gain weight. If it is less, then you lose weight. If you are really determined to lose weight then i suggest you start counting how much calorries you consume a day and cut it by 300-500 each week until you notice some results.\n\nif you are really serious, avoid eating foods high in sugar without any real nutritional value (chocolate, cakes, doughnuts, ice cream, all desserts) and foods way up there in the calorie scale (pizza, fried anything, etc)\n\n-----------------------------------------\n\nby doing all of the above, you will be able to achieve a lean body with a good body fat percentage. This will ensure that your stomach is flat and hard. However, if you want abs (im assuming that you do) you will have to train them hard. There are quite a number of exercises for the abs on this page http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.htm like the different variations of crunches and oblique exercises to get you started.
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I'm also 14, 5' 4", and used to be 119 pounds. i thought i was fat until i asked my mom and doctor, they said it was just the extra skin that everyone has. i was still determined that it wasn't so now i do crunches, sit ups, some running, and six inches. they help strengthen my stomach and make me feel more healthy. now i' m 110!!\n\nin case you didn't know to do six inches lay on the ground and put your hands under your butt..........then lift your feet up six inches and hold it for 15 seconds. as soon as you can do that hold it for 20 sec. then 25, etc.  \ntry it!!\nhope i helped.... :  )
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What exactly is your goal?  Do you want to drop 5 pounds to fit into a pair of your favorite jeans by next weekend or do you need to loose 20 pounds for health reasons?  \n\nThere truly is No such think as "easiest" way to loose weight.  There is only healthy and unhealthy.\n\nThere are few things in the weight loss industry that are more annoying than the infomercials selling machines to give you a flat stomach or six-pack abs. \n\nTo look like those infomercial models it takes a lot more than using the latest ab machine. But a long-term commitment to careful diet and nutrition, resistance/strength training, and other forms of fat-loss exercise - in other words it's hard work.\n\nHave you ever seen anyone with well-defined abs who also had fat thighs, "man boobs" or flabby hips? The chances are you haven't. That's because it's near impossible to achieve localized fat loss. The body tends to burn fat from all over the place, and generally you have no control over which body part will slim down first.\n\nTo burn more fat you need to increase cardiovascular exercise.   \n\nThere's no need to do hundreds of crunches! Any muscle definition in the body comes from the right nutrition, and the right mix of cardio and weight training. \n\nI'm sure this isn't what you wanted to hear but it is the truth and if you want it bad enough you can do it.
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It could be a stress harmone called cortisol, that will cause belly fat. Try vitamin suppliments that help reduce stress, also watch the kinds of food you eat and how often you eat. If you eat six small meals of high protein and complex carbs a day with light snacks in between like fruit or yogurt you'll be surprised at the difference it'll make. And 18 minutes of exercise a day will also help.
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It depends on whether it actually is belly fat, or untrained abdominal muscles.  The former can be helped with good diet and some loss of weight, the latter crunches will solve.  Of course, both of these work only in time.  What you also have to account for is the fact that abdominal muscles are not necessarily supposed to be 'pancake flat' yet we as a society seem to be completely obsessed with it..deeming anything but that as inadequate.  Don't fall into this trap, you may naturally have a slight curve to your belly which you are unable to get rid of. \n\nSo, yes, belly fat will stay there no matter how much you do crunches..if that is all you are doing.  Make it a part of a total exercise program that increases your heart rate  and it might help reduce it over time. Your best bet though is to eat a healthy diet with fruits and vegetables in which you consume the right amount of calories and fat each day. These should help you with the problem.
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First, for all of the "quick and easy" weight loss diet pill suggestions, remember, if something sounds too good to be true... it probably is, particularly if you have to pay for it.\n\n\nOn Yahoo!Answers I find certain questions being asked repeatedly which is simply a reflection of new people participating. A couple of common questions amount to "How do I lose weight," or more specifically, "How do I lose abdominal fat?" I have gotten very positive responses from my answers when I paused to reply (and now beginning to get "It works!" emails that are very gratifying. I like helping people)... so have recently decided to put a good solid answer on my Yahoo!360 Blog (September 10) that I can point people to. These are my thoughts as a physician and athlete.\n\nDon't target losing more than about 2 lbs per week. If you try to lose faster, your body will go into "starvation mode" and get very stingy about burning calories while at the same time very efficient about storing any calories that you do provide. And it will make you feel awful. \n\nThere is no site specific way of losing fat... the old myth about working your abs to burn belly fat isn't true. To get rid of love handles, you need to lose overall fat. That happens with exercise and watching your diet. More on that below. \n\nThe most effective way to lose fat is aerobic exercise in the "moderate" fat-burning range, ideally first thing in the morning before you eat. When you wake your body is ready to burn fat and your levels of growth hormone are highest at that time. Later in the day it can take up to 30 minutes just to put your body into a fat-burning mode. \n\nAnother overlooked way to burn fat is by lifting weights. Skeletal muscle has very high caloric needs... almost twice that of adipose (fat) tissue. Put on a little muscle and you will burn calories all day even at rest. Be aware that skeletal muscle weighs more, so with this approach you may see your weight increasing while your body fat is melting away. Not realizing this often stresses folks who think they should be losing weight as a measure of fitness. Forget the scale, look in the mirror and you will be happy.\n\nTo lose a pound of fat, you need to eliminate about 3500 calories. You can do this by burning more with exercise or by modifying your diet to reduce intake. If you do a Google search on say, "swimming calories" you will quickly find a website with tables of calories burned for a given exercise. You can use such lists to estimate how many calories you are burning up with your routine.\n\nFor diet, keep a diary for a couple of weeks counting calories, grams of protein, and grams of fat intake. It is easy with online sources of nutritional information (type the name of the food and calories into the Google search engine) and packaging labels. That will let you quickly figure out where the fat is coming from in your diet. \n\nFat gives you 9 calories per gram. So take the number of grams of fat, multiply by 9, then calculate what percentage the fat calories are of your total daily calories. Restricting the calories from fat to about 20% of your total intake is ideal for a maintenance diet... that isn't overly restrictive. Of note, you need some fat in your diet. For instance, the body uses fat to produce hormones. Once you have a picture of how to modify your diet, you can drop the diary and just go back to it occasionally if you are wanting to tweek things further.\n\nThere is a subset of questions that goes further and asks about "How to get a six-pack?" The answer is the same. Six-packs are 20% abdominal exercise and 80% diet. There is one caveat... abdominal muscles will form in the position that you work them, so be certain to pull them tightly toward your spine while doing crunches, etc. Also, during most lifting, the "core is active" which means that you should be stabilizing with contracted abs
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Lose weight. You can build up the abdominal muscles all you want but it won't get rid of the extra flab. But be sure to exercise as to not lose muscle.
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You cannot lose stomach fat alone.\nYou lose fat on your whole body at once by doing cardio\nThat means elevating your heart rat. Get a heart monitor, get your heart rate to: (220-your age)x .60 at least. Then keep it there for at least 30 mins per day, at least 3 times per week.\n\nSecondly you can stop your body from making fat by cutting out sugar, alcohol, white bread, white potatoes, and anything with a glycemic index above 55.\n\nLastly try never to eat a meal over 400 calories\nThat means eating smaller meals. 4 meals at 400 calories each \nAnd a few 100 calorie snacks-that works for me.\n\nThe whole idea is not to spike your blood sugar. Overeating with big meals, eating sugar, or high fat foods, or drinking alcohol spikes your blood sugar. That makes your body produce insulin.\nInsulin’s big job is “TURN THAT EXTRA SUGAR INTO FAT”\n\nErgo: no sugar spike, no insulin, no insulin, no fat production.\n\nPS, that’s why we have an obesity problem in this country and a diabetes problem in this country, everyone is tapped out of insulin.\n\nHope this helps.