What are good exercises for losing fat from the stomach area?

Question

I'm exercising generally but need to lose my spare tyre : (

Answer 1

The solution is lots of crunches and/or sit ups, power walking, plenty of water, and avoiding white starches, sugar and bread. Most important, do not eat heavy meals late at night.

Answer 2

You can't spot reduce; you need to reduce your overall body fat. There is no magic weight-loss pill, supplement, fad diet, or juice. The ONLY way to lose weight is to consume less calories than you burn. Brad Pitt didn’t get cut for Fight Club by drinking green tea, and you won’t either. Walk for 30 minutes every day including weekends, Mondays, and Fridays. Do at least 30 minutes of weight training each week. Do 60 minutes of additional, higher intensity cardio each week. You don’t need additional equipment—infomercial products like the Ab Lounger, Sauna Belt, etc. are all worthless so don’t waste your money. Cut back on the foods you eat with high fat and high sugar content. Eat only single servings (read the label) with less than 3 grams trans fat and 3 grams sugars. Your primary source of sustenance should be grilled boneless skinless chicken breasts and canned tuna (in water, not oil). No dairy (except low fat cottage cheese occasionally); no processed meats; no heavy sauces; no chips, cookies, sodas, breads, etc. Eat breakfast, and eat five small meals per day instead of three big meals. Don’t starve yourself during the day, but if you don't wake up famished, then you ate too much the day before. Stop eating at least two hours before you go to bed. Get 6 to 8 hours of sleep every night. Turn off the TV and the computer. Sleep is vitally important. Don't consume alcohol—alcohol is nothing more than empty calories with no nutritional value. Some people will argue that alcohol has some health benefits when consumed in moderation—I’m not debating that—but we’re talking about weight loss here. Lay off the booze if you want to lose the fat. Drink lots of water, then drink more. Not tea, not Gatorade, not milk. Water. If your urine isn’t almost clear, you need to drink more water. Good luck.

Answer 3

There are a few issues here. The first is that the core abdominal muscles can become weak and loose to the point that they no longer hold your internal organs efficiently. Secondly, body fat tends to accumulate around the stomach area first-- especially for men, whereas women keep it in their hips and thighs.

Crunches aren't the only answer. They will help pull your stomach in and will build up the underlying muscles, but they don't do much for getting rid of the subcutaneous fat. You can't actually target fat loss to specific areas, you can only lower your overall body fat percentage. If you want lean down, cardio exercises are best-- running, swimming, and high-repetition / low-weight burn outs.

And eat right.

Answer 4

Despite what anyone tells you, you cannot just lose weight from one area of your body. All those ab machine commertials are lying to you. When you lose weight, it comes off from all over, some areas more than others. My stomach is the last spot to lose like many people. Just clean up your diet, only include complex carbs when you intake carbs and up the intensity of your excercise. Walking isn't going to do it for most people. Do intervals or running. You can also try throwing in weight training.

Answer 5

Losing fat from anywhere requires consistent cardio vascular exersise, that is at least half an hour of jogging, cycling, aerobics or circuit training.

Best bet is to join a club, karate is a good one to work the whole body, including cardio vascular.

That way you feel bad if you miss lessons or sessions, which is the main reason exersises don't work.

Answer 6

I asked this same question to my exercise instructor at my work. She said if i want to loose my fat on my stomach, i need to stay away from carbs, but be sure to get your whole grain and cut down on the sugar ( that means no soda) and do pilaties, every other day, and the stomach should dissapear very quickly. Hope this helps.

Answer 7

Hi, I'm male 62, what worked best for me is 1 hour fast walk first thing in the morning on an empty stomach, before b'fast, just a glass of water

Answer 8

You have to lose the body fat all around you in order to lose weight there. Best way is running, also if you eat un healthy just get a bunch of fruit and whenever your hungry just eat that. But anyways running would be your best solution.

Answer 9

Try some excersises that stretch out our stomach. Sit-ups are good too. But don't expect results until after at least 2 weeks.

Answer 10

You can't really lose weight in a specific spot. The only real way to lose the spare tire is to decrease your overall weight.