Thread: oh no not the belly !!!

Bieng a fat guy with a big belly isn't a big deal in my opinion. But when my whole body's fat is concentrated on the stomach area ... now THATS a big deal.

I searched plenty of sites on how to "reduce the belly's fat" but they were mostly fake or offer pills or other stupid stuff , so i thought i should come here and ask , and someone will hopefully give me an answer based on their personal experience.

I asked some of my friends about it and they said i should probably go jog outside on daily basis , but i have no time to do that. Are there any other ways to reduce my belly's fat? like give up coke and beer or/and fast food for example? maybe some home exercises?

My belly isn't visible when im wearing a t-shirt , but its getting bigger and bigger every week..... pretty scary

When the body has more energy coming in then is going out, it stores the surplus as fat, (simplistically speaking). In males, the abdominal area is the first place it accumulates.

To remove surplus fat, you need to ensure that your energy use is higher then your energy uptake for a period.

Specific abdominal exercise will not burn the fat off any faster then any other form of exercise, but it will tone the underlying muscle which can sometimes give the impression of having greater effect.

give up coke and beer or/and fast food for example?

Aah, yeah. Beer has so many carbs it is not even funny. Someone should come up with a loaf of bread to beer conversion. I bet people would be extremely surprised.

Anyway if you are looking for a simple diet to go on take a look at the southbeach diet. It proclaims and actually does, 'get the belly fat first'.

The best thing about the diet is you don't have to give up anything you really don't want to and you should never be hungry on the diet. Simply increase your portion size until you are comfortable with it. With the realization that it will slow down the results.

Originally Posted by adrianxw

Specific abdominal exercise will not burn the fat off any faster then any other form of exercise, but it will tone the underlying muscle which can sometimes give the impression of having greater effect.

But fat would be burned eventually , right?

all i want is to get completley rid of this silly belly , will situps help me accomplish that? (regardless of how much time it takes)

Originally Posted by jverkoey

You're crazy Brain Cell.

Quit playing that cursed PS2.

I'll quit it the moment you fall in love with chemistry

Originally Posted by andyhunter

Anyway if you are looking for a simple diet to go on take a look at the southbeach diet. It proclaims and actually does, 'get the belly fat first'.

I'm checking their website. The site looks somehow confusing and fake but i'll see what i can find

Originally Posted by SMurf

A few years ago I thought it'd be a smart idea to hook up part of an exercise bike to a computer's power supply so that in order to keep on using the thing you'd have to do a good few km.

ROFL !!! you're a genius !!! but i don't imagine my-self cycling for 5 hours in a row

Originally Posted by adrianxw

Actually, I thought a little more about this. What you could do is follow the example of Andrew Fischer and Angel Brammer.

Man its not THAT big. You're supposed to tell me how to lose fat not how to make money out of my belly

> all i want is to get completley rid of this silly belly , will situps help me accomplish that? (regardless of how much time it takes)

Spot training is a myth. If you just start doing a ton of situps, all you'll do is build up a layer of muscle under your fat. You'll just look bigger.

The only way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you're taking in, period. Exercise and eating well is the best way to do this. Eating small, regular meals will increase your metabolism, and so will exercising. Just make sure the stuff you're eating isn't garbage. Also, don't do one of the fad diets, like South Beach or Atkins. You're healthier in the long run to lose it the natural way.

What govt said is pretty much what I was going to say:

Originally Posted by Govtcheez

> all i want is to get completley rid of this silly belly , will situps help me accomplish that? (regardless of how much time it takes)

Spot training is a myth. If you just start doing a ton of situps, all you'll do is build up a layer of muscle under your fat. You'll just look bigger.

The only way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you're taking in, period. Exercise and eating well is the best way to do this. Eating small, regular meals will increase your metabolism, and so will exercising. Just make sure the stuff you're eating isn't garbage. Also, don't do one of the fad diets, like South Beach or Atkins. You're healthier in the long run to lose it the natural way.

First off: Yeah, limit yourself to very, very, few cokes or beers, and try to never eat fast food. Obviously you can "cheat" a bit, but I wouldn't. That in and of itself could potentially lose you a few pounds.

Then, of course, you'll need to excercise; there's really no way around it. Jogging doesn't take too long, saying you don't have the time is a pure excuse. Wake up 30 minutes early and go jogging.

edit: This thread is kind of funny, because I was just lying in my bed thinking about how I should start jogging daily again.

>>> But fat would be burned eventually , right?

If you are using more energy then you are consuming, the energy must come from somewhere, so yes, it will come from your body's energy store, it's fat reserves.

>>> not how to make money out of my belly

A problem is only a problem until it's value as an asset is realised.

Originally Posted by stovellp

I think I'll start doing this, but how does it leave you feeling for the rest of the day? Are you tired because of all the excercise early in the morning?

No, quite the contrary. You'll actually be quite awake, especially if you take a shower afterwards. (And if you don't, you're a pig.)

Also, the exercise will cause your body to produce happiness hormones, so you'll really feel good.

On average one gram of

Fat 37 kJ
Alcohol 29 kJ
Carbs/prot 16 kJ

Per minute we burn
rest 4 kJ
mod exer 25 kJ

Therefore one hours moderate exercise will 'burn' ~ 40 grams of fat or 1500 kJ.
According to 'some pizza place' in Australia there is 8 - 10g of fat per slice of pizza and ~ 1000 kJ.

So......as long as you understand that

each slice of pizza requires 40 minutes exercise......
each can of Coke requires 10 minutes...



Moderation and understanding what you are eating is the key. Diets don't work, only a change in your lifestyle will have lasting effects.
That change is better done in small increments (to reduce the shock/stress).

Start looking at the nutritional facts on food before you buy them. Some brands vary considerably in energy/fat content.

Drink water 0 kJ or coffee 8 kJ as opposed to Coke (ect) 170 kJ /240g.
Develop a taste for skim milk instead of full cream.
Don't put butter on bread when making sandwiches.
Junk food is a treat (and the work of the DEVIL! )




here is more info
http://www.healthyeatingclub.com/inf...ta/data2a.html
be afraid, very afraid, pizza boy....
http://www.dominos.com.au/web_pub_si...u/nut_info.asp


>>I'm really glad this thread came up, I've been looking at doing kickboxing or some form of martial arts to get fit.

I recommend Savate.

http://www.bridgemansavate.com/index.html