Poll of the Day > Best way to get rid of stomach fat?

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Been exercising, after months and months so far it seems like only my arms and legs are getting better

Now, I know nothing about diets or proper exercising so please help me out
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stop shoveling food in your mouth
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Need to focus on your diet. Or do a shit ton of cardio, but it's easier to just eat less
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Unless you are training for a marathon, cardio isn't going to get rid of stomach fat. 30 minutes of cardio is really only going to burn off a midday snack.

Count your calories and make sure you burn more then you consume.
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Eat one chicken breast a day until you faint, and then eat a full meal, then rinse and repeat until your'e skinny.
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Liposuction.
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1. If it's displaced adipose, you simply gotta maintain your exercise and your body will get to it EVENTUALLY

2. If it's intestinal fat, y'gotta word HARDER
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Jen0125 posted...

stop shoveling food in your mouth

I literally eat one meal a day.

Sooooo, just stop eating?

Snuggletoof posted...

Jen0125 posted...

stop shoveling food in your mouth

I literally eat one meal a day.

Sooooo, just stop eating?

if you eat one meal a day and you're still gaining weight you need to lessen the amount of calories that is in your one meal.
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sit ups
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Eat fewer calories than your body burns.
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funkyfritter posted...

Eat fewer calories than your body burns.

That's just witch talk, there must be an easier way! Like a ten lunges a day program or something dammit!
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I do keep track of all the calories I'm eating :V less than 1,500

JOExHIGASHI posted...

sit ups

I've been doing them and the bicicle sit ups (not sure what they are called)
I can do 50 sit-ups in one go now but it just doesn't seem to help

Lokarin posted...

1. If it's displaced adipose, you simply gotta maintain your exercise and your body will get to it EVENTUALLY

2. If it's intestinal fat, y'gotta word HARDER

I don't even know what those mean

But I'll word my hardest!!!
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funkyfritter posted...

Eat fewer calories than your body burns.

I've heard about that but I just can't figure out how many I burn a day >_<
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-Komaiko54- posted...

funkyfritter posted...

Eat fewer calories than your body burns.

I've heard about that but I just can't figure out how many I burn a day >_<

Ok, there's basically two groups of fat - subcutaneous (ur chubs) and visceral (ur organs). Belly fat is either displaced pockets of fat on the muscle (it needs to be mixed with the muscle in order to metabolize) in which case the only answer is time. Visceral fat, which is the baaad fat, is what's attached to all your organs, but because your guts are basically a zillion folds, the same amount of fat is layered upon itself to distend your stomach. If you are fat around pretty much ONLY your midsection, that's this kinda fat. To get rid of this kind you just have to word HARDER
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Stop eating carbs

High fat/mid protein/low carb
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I would take anything that Lokarin says about fitness and nutrition with a grain of salt seeing as he's the dude who has considered a Coca-Cola a viable replacement for a meal

I don't know if he's right or wrong about what he's talking about in this particular topic, but just saying

You can't spot lose without surgery so unless you're willing to do that just general weight loss is your best bet. Exercise is good, but weight is lost in the kitchen. Get your diet in order.

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Rockies posted...

I would take anything that Lokarin says about fitness and nutrition with a grain of salt seeing as he's the dude who has considered a Coca-Cola a viable replacement for a meal

I don't know if he's right or wrong about what he's talking about in this particular topic, but just saying

Gosh dangit - y'know I lost 100lbs on that diet. Only calories matter :p
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Snuggletoof posted...

I literally eat one meal a day.

Sooooo, just stop eating?

This is for -Komaiko54- as well:

The secret to losing weight (and to help lose stomach fat) is to NOT starve yourself. Eating once a day isn't helping you any, since your body is purposely storing away fat since it doesn't know when it is going to get food again.

If you eat say, 1500 calories a day in two meals...break it down into four. So basically eat more during the day, but smaller portions/less calories.

Your stomach will get smaller over time (since you are not putting as much food in there during each eating session).
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Exercise often (3-5 days a week) + intermittent fasting + Atkins diet

Low effort and youll lose fat and feel better overall

Better yet, just limit carbs to 30g a day and eat healthier fats (olive oil, avocado, fat from fish) or lean meats with spices . No reason to limit calories with this as long as youre not doing ~2500 a day or trying to get a six pack (which requires net loss in Calories on top of exercising often, very tough to pull off)

You can still shove food in your mouth, highly recommend doing it with broccoli as it has little calories for how much it fills you up

Dont eat rice or bread much better alternatives to either (cauliflower or lettuce)
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Jen0125 posted...

stop shoveling food in your mouth

This

You eat too much, it is that simple.
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Jen0125 posted...

stop shoveling food in your mouth

But if someone has a tray of enchiladas in front of you, how can you stop?
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I have butt/lower back fat help
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I have forehead fat, how to get rid, help
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JOExHIGASHI posted...

sit ups

Literally the exact opposite of what you should do to get rid of belly fat. Sit-ups and crunches will increase mass.

You need to do squats.
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DocDelicious posted...

JOExHIGASHI posted...

sit ups

Literally the exact opposite of what you should do to get rid of belly fat. Sit-ups and crunches will increase mass.

You need to do squats.

Unless the fat has gone adipose. While spot training won't target that fat for burning, it will mix fats back into the muscles
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I also recommend a low carb diet.
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Skip the hard work and try out that new coolsculpting stuff. Then get back to us with the results.
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There's a lot of misinformation in this topic. I'm a personal trainer, so the primary function of my job is basically to help people lose weight and become more healthy. I see topics like this all the time on social boards, but I usually don't address them because of the massive amount of misinformation that always gets posted, it takes a ton of time to sort through it all, and I usually just decide it's not worth the time. So in this instance, I'll just ask you to ignore everything else posted in this thread thus far, just to save both of us a lot of time and headaches.

I'll say a few things to start. First thing I have are a few questions for you. Have you been losing weight? Have you been keeping track of measurements such as your waist size and body weight regularly? Where did you start and where are you at now? Please describe your current diet and exercise program, briefly.

Once you tell me these things I think there will be a better basis to make suggestions and determine where you might be going wrong in your approach. Thanks!
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If you know nothing about diets then it's time to start learning. There are infinite resources online.

All diets don't work the same. I dislike how the word 'diet' is used for fad diets these days.
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pipebomb_phil posted...

I dislike how the word 'diet' is used for fad diets these days.

it's been like that for decades but i agree the word diet has been attributed too much to fad dieting.

so much so that eating healthy is considered a "lifestyle change" instead of your diet.
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Jen0125 posted...

pipebomb_phil posted...

I dislike how the word 'diet' is used for fad diets these days.

it's been like that for decades but i agree the word diet has been attributed too much to fad dieting.

so much so that eating healthy is considered a "lifestyle change" instead of your diet.

Yep, I agree.
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Jen0125 posted...

stop shoveling food in your mouth

This really. Smaller portions and more healthy food is probably the way to go.
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Stop eating and run until you pass out every day.
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Permanent life style change. Avoid gmos, and ALL refined fats, carbs and sugars. Also choose grass fed beef and organic chicken and dairy. And do exercise too.
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Ben111 posted...

Avoid gmos, and ALL refined fats, carbs and sugars.

this doesn't matter

Ben111 posted...

Also choose grass fed beef and organic chicken and dairy.

this doesn't matter
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Jen0125 posted...

this doesn't matter

It's arguably more ethical depending on the farm.

EightySeven posted...

Jen0125 posted...

this doesn't matter

It's arguably more ethical depending on the farm.

ethical has nothing to do with losing belly fat
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I wonder if Ben111 does the Sunny exercise plan (having a job where you lift things)

Burn more calories than you consume.
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Jen0125 posted...

Ben111 posted...

Avoid gmos, and ALL refined fats, carbs and sugars.

this doesn't matter

Ben111 posted...

Also choose grass fed beef and organic chicken and dairy.

this doesn't matter

Replacing refined carbs, oils, and sugars with non-refined varieties increases energy which leads to higher intensity work outs. Take a nutrition class
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Jen0125 posted...

ethical has nothing to do with losing belly fat

but it does matter

Lol @ exercise = weight loss

Its all about diet.
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Ben111 posted...

Replacing refined carbs, oils, and sugars with non-refined varieties increases energy

Nonsense.

If anything processed foods give you an excess of energy due to additives. Take your pseudoscience elsewhere.
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EightySeven posted...

Jen0125 posted...

ethical has nothing to do with losing belly fat

but it does matter

depends on your individual morals.

Ben111 posted...

Replacing refined carbs, oils, and sugars with non-refined varieties increases energy which leads to higher intensity work outs. Take a nutrition class

lmao okay.

TheCyborgNinja posted...

Lol @ exercise = weight loss

Its all about diet.

exercise can help with weight loss if you're putting on muscle mass. you will burn more calories per day resting the more muscle mass you have. the thing with that though is that in order to maintain said muscle you need to increase your calories so you'd need to really adjust your diet to compensate your TDEE.
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Mead posted...

Ben111 posted...

Replacing refined carbs, oils, and sugars with non-refined varieties increases energy

Nonsense.

If anything processed foods give you an excess of energy due to additives. Take your pseudoscience elsewhere.

You clearly never taken a nutrition class . No respectable nutritionist would ever recommend eating refined oils sugars and carbs. Eating oilive oil is way healthier than eating soybean oil. Sorry the facts don't support your pseudoscience
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Rockies posted...

I would take anything that Lokarin says about fitness and nutrition with a grain of salt seeing as he's the dude who has considered a Coca-Cola a viable replacement for a meal

I don't know if he's right or wrong about what he's talking about in this particular topic, but just saying

he made tacos and put ham slices on the taco
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Ben111 posted...

You clearly never taken a nutrition class . No respectable nutritionist would ever recommend eating refined oils sugars and carbs. Eating oilive oil is way healthier than eating soybean oil. Sorry the facts don't support your pseudoscience

if you've taken a "nutrition class" you'd know a nutritionist isn't licensed and a dietitian is. nutritionists can say whatever they want and sell you snake oil as long as they aren't giving medical advice.
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