Loosing belly fat!

[simplymagic]

Hey guys, im just wondering what/how is the best way to loose belly fat.

I used to be overweigh like 3 years ago but went jogging and went through a phase of just surviving on digestives and water (yh i have no idea what i was thinking at the time lol) so I lost a lot of weigh. Now im average weigh and my mum takes screaming that im getting too thin.

Anyway for like a year and a bit i have a little bit of belly fat and its driving me crazy. I've been doing sit ups and crunches for like 3 days, am I doing it right? Thanks!

[The Don]

I'm confused, I thought you were average weight? If you are average, why would you need to loose weight?

Anyway, Diet and exercise. Don't just stop eating, just eat smaller portions and make sure it's healthy food.

[Arron]

Doing ab workouts is only increasing muscle in your stomach. You lose belly weight by cardiovascular exercise. Go for two runs a day and stick at it so it's automatic and you will see that you're belly fat disappears. I had it, now I don't.

[simplymagic]

I'm confused, I thought you were average weight? If you are average, why would you need to loose weight?

Anyway, Diet and exercise. Don't just stop eating, just eat smaller portions and make sure it's healthy food.

I am average but I have still have a little belly that is ugly lol. Thanks anyway :)

@arron thanks for the advice. Ill get to that right away!

[Aidenn]

If exercise alone doesnt resolve it, chance are it may not be fat tissues thats the problem.

Depending on your salt intake as well as Water, it is possible it could just be water retention.

[Wig44.]

If exercise alone doesnt resolve it, chance are it may not be fat tissues thats the problem.

Depending on your salt intake as well as Water, it is possible it could just be water retention.

Don't be an idiot. If the exercise doesn't cause fat loss than doesn't mean he doesn't have any fat, I have no idea how you could come to that conclusion... It simply means he isn't burning enough energy.

[Aaron]

Diet and exercise is all I can say.

[Vinnie:Safety]

You shoudnt be living off of digestives and water, i was over wieght 3 years ago (about) as well, i just started to wake up in the morning 3am, eat a nice breakfast, do a warmup and work out a bit, then go run a a few miles, i wouuld go to school eat there lunch, do football/baseball/track at school depending on the season, or i would play some sport in the nieghbor hood, and dinner would be a protein bar which makes you feel full, but gives you something in your stomach, i would also drink water, so much, over the past 3 years, i got much more taller, that helped, but i gained muscles, and such, but you cant stop doing what you do, now i just go to the gym, work out, adnstay fit.

[Matthew]

You shoudnt be living off of digestives and water, i was over wieght 3 years ago (about) as well, i just started to wake up in the morning 3am, eat a nice breakfast, do a warmup and work out a bit, then go run a a few miles, i wouuld go to school eat there lunch, do football/baseball/track at school depending on the season, or i would play some sport in the nieghbor hood, and dinner would be a protein bar which makes you feel full, but gives you something in your stomach, i would also drink water, so much, over the past 3 years, i got much more taller, that helped, but i gained muscles, and such, but you cant stop doing what you do, now i just go to the gym, work out, adnstay fit.

He did say 'I don't know what I was thinking' so I'm gonna assume that he realises that living off digestives and water isn't good...

Thank you for pointing it out however..

[simplymagic]

Yh i stopped doing that water and biscuits like 2 years ago lol but thanks for the support anyway! Just been for a jog and going to do some sit ups later on.

Just curious, how many sit ups should i do? A few websites say start with 10 but leave it at that. I thought 10 would have no impact so i've been doing 30 to begin with. Thanks

[Firehorse]

offtopic: spelt losing ;)

ontopic: Best to not snack between meals, eat greens every day and cut your carbs. As long as you're doing better than you were before it's always good and motivating :)

[simplymagic]

o tru ;) nowt i can do now tho.

What other excersizes (I can't spell this word and I cba looking it up ;l) would help it? Would swimming help because I have started to go doing lots of lengths?

[GirlNextDoor15]

To be extremely honest, doing sit ups and crunches for like 3 days won't help you to lose weight. It'll make you gain weight. Doing it intensively won't help you. You have to balance your exercise time. Exercise for 3 times per week and it should be 15 minutes each time. Don't stress it out. Sleep is very important too. 8-10 hours of sleep is right for teenagers. Don't stop eating. Try to eat healthy food and divide it into 6 smaller portions. Drink a lot of water. :)

[simplymagic]

To be extremely honest, doing sit ups and crunches for like 3 days won't help you to lose weight. It'll make you gain weight. Doing it intensively won't help you. You have to balance your exercise time. Exercise for 3 times per week and it should be 15 minutes each time. Don't stress it out. Sleep is very important too. 8-10 hours of sleep is right for teenagers. Don't stop eating. Try to eat healthy food and divide it into 6 smaller portions. Drink a lot of water. :)
Thanks a lot :)!

I'm starting to see results allready but maybe it's because I'm determined idk. =]

[Shoe]

Losing weight (fat) is all about energy balance more than just exercise and eating healthy. Calorie intake of the correct amount and of the correct things i.e. fat, carbs and protein.
In order to work out how much fat/calories you burn whilst doing nothing (RMR) as well as to work out how much you burn when you doing your normal daily routine. You should use the Schofield calculation, this takes into consideration weight and exercise.

Female - (Body weight kg x 14.7) + 496 = RMR
Male - (Body weight kg x 15.3) + 679 = RMR

This is how many calories you will burn just by sleeping for a whole day.

RMR (answer of above equation) x Activity = Total Kcal

Activity
Sedentary - 1.4 (most days are spent sitting down on the computer/watching tv)
Moderately Active - 1.7 (takes part in exercise around 3 days a week) This sounds like what you should be using.
Very Active - 2 (Elite athlete training intensely everyday/most days)

Exact intake
Carbs - Total Kcal x 0.60/4 = g per day you should be eating.
Protein - Total Kcal x 0.15/4 = g per day you should be eating.
Fat - Total Kcal x 0.30/9 = g per day you should be eating.

This is for the average day remember and when you exercise you will need to eat slightly more than the number as you will burn off more calories.
Common sense here is that if you figure out on the average day (Total Kcal) is lets say 2000 kcal, then eating this will keep you at a stable weight, therefore eating more will make you gain weight and eating less will make you lose weight.
A good website for calorie intake counting is myfitnesspal.com, they also have an iphone app which is brilliant. DONT take calorie counting too seriously just use it as a guide.

Also remember that increasing the amount of exercise being done will increase the amount of muscle you have and muscle weighs more than fat. You may gain weight in muscle but lose excess fat around your stomach.

Fat can never be turned into muscle so situps will lose the excess fat yet increase the muscle tone.
Swimming is a brilliant form of exercise as it puts very little to no strain and pressure on the joints but it will improve your CV fitness greatly.

[Kaytti]

I am average but I have still have a little belly that is ugly lol. Thanks anyway :)

@arron thanks for the advice. Ill get to that right away!

I'm in the same position. Start by doing a cardio workout or something that gets your blood pumping for about 30 mins. Then try doing some good abdominal workouts - most people do sit ups wrong etc. Youtube is great for ideas and how to.
Make sure you eat enough though and gradually build up your exercise regime, bodies don't like sudden change.

[simplymagic]

Thanks a lot shoe. Really insightful post. I'm doing to use this for sure!

@kaytti I havent actually seen if im doing sit ups right so Ill check out utube. Thanks !

[Grig]

You're probably a teenagers and it's dumb to just live on digestives and water. You aren't getting the nutrients you need and your development won't be as normal because your body is still growing and that's still unhealthy. You could try different diets, that actually give you those nutrients and exercise, but yeh you should really go eating healthy and exercising now to keep fit.

[Hollie.]

You might just need to tone up abit by doing belly excercise eg. sit ups, hoola hoop

[Robi]

Go to the gym, do some running, cross trainer, rower work and then some abs work and check/back and shoulders/arms work. Go 2/3 times a week with the correct diet and the weight will drop off.

[-Fergalicious]

Are you wanting to lose weight and tone up?
How many calories do you eat on average a day?

[james,]

I want to lose some weight, and what helps me is just drinking water, no snacks and a small dinner, works the trick ;)

[Shockwave.2CC]

Hey guys, im just wondering what/how is the best way to loose belly fat.

I used to be overweigh like 3 years ago but went jogging and went through a phase of just surviving on digestives and water (yh i have no idea what i was thinking at the time lol) so I lost a lot of weigh. Now im average weigh and my mum takes screaming that im getting too thin.

Anyway for like a year and a bit i have a little bit of belly fat and its driving me crazy. I've been doing sit ups and crunches for like 3 days, am I doing it right? Thanks!

Well i'm currently trying to loose weight and belly fat and i'm currently doing about 100 sit ups every day. Yes it is doing the job by me loosing just over half a stone in 1 month. Another thing is DON'T SNACK INBETWEEN MEALS.

[james,]

Well i'm currently trying to loose weight and belly fat and i'm currently doing about 100 sit ups every day. Yes it is doing the job by me loosing just over half a stone in 1 month. Another thing is DON'T SNACK INBETWEEN MEALS.

Your loosing quite alot in a short time aint you? Why dont you take it slower and do a few pounds a week :S

[Shockwave.2CC]

Your loosing quite alot in a short time aint you? Why dont you take it slower and do a few pounds a week :S

Not really I want to loose a lot tbh

[cocaine]

Your loosing quite alot in a short time aint you? Why dont you take it slower and do a few pounds a week :S

half a stone in a month is probably more encouraging for his willpower than seeing a few pounds here and there over a long period of time. hell i lost 8 pounds after i came back from kavos just because i had been drinking the entire time i was there and drank nothing but water for a week or so after i came back. so OP cut down on alcohol, and eat smaller more regular portions while excersising regularly.