How do I lose the fat around my belly, love handles, and back love handles?
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Here's an awesome program for losing love handles, and it's free, posted on the Internet:\nhttp://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,Smith_051904,00.html\n\n\nGood luck from someone who feels ya pain! :)\n~Tia~
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You have to loose your overall body fat. There is no way you can loose body fat in any specific area of your body. The best way to loose fat is not cardio but weight training. \nAnd the best way to do loose fat with weight training is pick workouts that workout large areas of muscles, like the lunges, the squats or the bent rows.\nWhen the bigger muscle breaks, more is the metabolism, more is the fat of the body used up for the metabolism.\nAnd the fat in the waist is the "first to come and last to go" ... so if you loose your love handles, you probably have lost fat already all over the rest of the body.
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You can't lose weight in a specific area.  Your body doesn't work that way.  You have to do aerobic exercise and cut back calories (no fewer than 1200 a day) so that you burn more calories than you eat.  That will make you lose body fat.\n\nLow carb diets were shown to be dangerous in the 1960s.  Doing situps will just put muscles with the body fat.  Losing more than 2 pounds a week or eating fewer than 1200 calories a day are dangerous.
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first start with a change of diet.\n\nDiets are stupid, you go on them to lose weight, but as soon as you've lost it, you go off.  then the weight comes back.  Change your whole eating lifestyle, it's really easy: burn more calories in a day than you consume.  That means you either eat less, exercise more, or both.\n\nBoth is the best answer\n\nAfter you've started doing that, do Isometric situps.  Basically, get your feet firmly planted and put your hands interlaced behind your head.  SLOWLY pull yourself up with your stomach muscles, while keeping your back as straight as possible.  Don't cheat yourself by bending your back. \n\nGo until your chest reaches your knees.  Now for the hard part, hold your stomach tight going back down....don't just drop, but slowly fall back to the floor.  Basically, you're doing what you just did, but in reverse.  Repeat until you feel a burning sensation, then do 5 more.
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I'd say abdominal exercises but not sit-ups, as they might be harmful for ur lower back (depends on how fit u r overall, though). \n\nTry crunches and do them every day: \n\nhttp://www.fitstep.com/Library/Exercises/Crunches.htm\n\nHere's a fairly good website w photos and explanations:\n\nhttp://www.sixpacknow.com/abdominal_exercises.html \n\nAlso depending on how much of this abdominal fat is on the outside (because abdominal fat can be both inside the abdominal cavity, below the muscles, and outside, below the skin layer), u can get massage and some anti-cellulite cream to help this outer layer of fat go away.
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These 2 exercises concentrate on your "love handles". Do them 3x each. 1 stand upright, legs apart (shoulder wide) hands straight up both holding a broom or rod, now lean as far to one side and back .Do that 15x and then do it the other way.2 Sit down with your knees half drawn up (depending on your fitness) Hold your arms straight to one side( preferably holding a weight) now rotate your arms with the weight 50degrees and back slowly.Repeat15x.
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Consistency with an exercise program in which you do cardio 3 - 5 times per week (keeping hr around 120- if you are a beginner) for 20-40 minutes each time. And do weight training at least twice a week.  Also, watch what you eat.  \nUnfortunately, we cannot spot reduce; however, these things will help you lose fat over all - including your abdominal area!
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Arm area\nTry the One-Arm Row! \n\nStand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and with a slight bend in your knees. Hold a dumbbell in your right hand. Take a step forward with your left foot, bend your left knee, and lean forward from your waist about 45 degrees. Place your left hand on your left thigh to support your back. Extend your right arm down toward the floor. \n\nKeep your abs tight and back flat as you exhale and pull the weight up toward your armpit, as if you were tugging on the starter to a lawn mower. Inhale and lower. \n\nTo pinpoint the correct back muscle, retract your shoulder blades as you keep your elbow close to your body throughout the movement. You should feel the inside of your upper arm brush slightly against your ribs as you raise and lower the weight. \n\nIf you experience back discomfort, lean against a chair to release any pressure from your lower back. \n\nStand with your left palm against the seat of the chair, with your left leg forward and right leg back. Hold a weight in your right hand. Keep your abs tight and back flat as you exhale and pull the weight up toward your armpit, as if you were tugging on the starter to a lawn mower. Inhale and lower\nhttp://www.deniseaustin.com/exercises/arm_exercises.asp?source=GOTO&KEYWORD=how+to+lose+arm+fat&OVRAW=lose%20weight%20in%20arm%20and%20waist&OVKEY=how%20to%20lose%20arm%20fat&OVMTC=advanced\n\n As part of your routine activities: \n-Walk, wheel, or bike ride more, drive less.\n-Walk up stairs instead of taking an elevator.\n-Get off the bus a few stops early and walk or wheel the remaining distance.\n-Push a stroller.\n-Clean the house.\n-Do exercises or pedal a stationary bike while watching television.\n-Play actively with children.\n-Take a brisk 10-minute walk or wheel in the morning, at lunch, and after dinner. \n \n As part of your exercise or recreational routine: \n-Walk, wheel, or jog.\n-Bicycle or use an arm pedal bicycle.\n-Swim or do water aerobics.\n-Play racket or wheelchair sports.\n-Golf (pull cart or carry clubs).\n-Canoe.\n-Cross-country ski.\n-Play basketball.\n-Dance\n-Take part in an exercise program at work, home, school, or gym.
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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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You have an issue with abdominal muscle tone... if you dont deal with your belly soon.. you will develop back aches too.\n\nYou are advised to keep your weight under check and not focus just on your belly. There is no such thing as spot loss.. unless you are looking for a short cut and want liposuction ( which I dont advise..)\n\nControl your diet and start exercising !
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Cardio exercise and diet will help you lose fat all over your body, unfortunately you cannot target fat loss. It is a myth that sit ups and crunches will target belly fat, these execrises will strengthen your abs and give you better definition (i.e. 6 pack) but only if you lose the fat first.\n\ngood luck
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You cannot "spot" reduce.To lose the fat around your middle you need to incorporate cardio activities such as walking,running or swimming.You also have to cut your intake of calories.Our country is so caught up in low carb this and that but if you eat too much and don't move you will get fat!!It takes 30-45 minutes of cardio 4-5 days a week for effective weight loss.Try to lift weights 2-3 days a week also.This is the simplest way,eat 250 calories less a day AND burn 250 calories more a day to lose 1 pound a week.3500 calorie deficit=1 pound.You will burn about 100 calories a mile whether you walk or run it!!The only reason running burns more,is that we cover more miles in a shorter period of time!You may want to go to ediets.com and get on their diet program,one of the best on the web!
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My favorite ab exercises are crunches and Roman chair.  Unlike most other muscles, abs can be worked every day.  Do make sure that you pull your abs tightly toward your spine when working them because the muscles will form in the position they are worked.  Fail to do this and they can form bulging out which is not attractive.\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\nYou are welcome to look at my 360 Blog of September 10 for more detailed suggestions.\n\nAloha
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Ab excercises girl! Don't go to far if you don't want a six pac, but done it out a little. A muscular belly is pretty sexy.\n\nAb workouts\n\n1) sit-ups ( put weights across your chest and do them. Bout 10 pounds)\n\n2) Leg lifts: Lay down flat, and put both your legs over your head, then slowly put them down. Make sure each up and down takes at least four seconds.\n\n3) V sit: Sit on your butt, and lift your back and legs of the mat to form the shap of a V. Reach toward your toes for balance\n\nP.S. Diet while your doing all this. Eating chocolate cake WON'T exactly help. Peace!
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There is no sure way to lose it from the stomach area. Some people just can't lose it there - had a trainer who was perfectly toned except for her belly because that is where the body naturally stores it all. \n\nBut there are certain workouts you can do to change that fat into muscle. Crunches, kicks are an example. Just remember when you work out to keep the stomach muscles tight to tone and build muscle ( muscle weight more than fat, so you'll prolly stay the same weight, but have a flatter abdomin.)
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I have found that the most effective ways to get rid of love handles is to do 2 different ab workouts. The first is the alternating bicycle crunches where you lay flat and touch your elbows simultaneously to the opposite knees, and also to do the hanging bar crunches, where you hold yourself up on like a dip bar and just bring your legs up. You have to use your abs to both stabilize your body in that position and to lift your legs up. Bring your knees up together and up as high as possible. Also, breath in and out during reps so that you get as much oxygen to your muscles as possible, and make sure to start drinking water 30 minutes before the workout.
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by loosing body fat... workout focusing on lowering over all body fat %age and your tummy will also go down. The healthy way