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Getting rid of stomach fat.
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Unfortunately no.
Dude trust me, unless you have a beer belly it's not worth it. I got a six pack a few years back and lost it the moment I stopped eating like a fitness nut and workout like a pro. Also do not trust the people telling you to fast or go vegan, you'll ruin your muscle volume.
If now you do have a beer belly all you have to do is slowly reduce your portion sizes and not eat before sleep but do not let yourself be really hungry because you'll start losing muscle. I know it's the simplest and most common advice you can get but I've seen it working on a lot of guys.
If now you do have a beer belly all you have to do is slowly reduce your portion sizes and not eat before sleep but do not let yourself be really hungry because you'll start losing muscle. I know it's the simplest and most common advice you can get but I've seen it working on a lot of guys.
Prototype-03
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It's not really just breakfast really... I did the 24 hour fasting every week. For me though, it worked wonders, but I agree with you... It's not for everyone. I just thought I'd throw out what worked for me.
Roland1979
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I was thinking about possible damage to knees from failing while skatingand running more as a problem with joints.
Tell that to the scars on both my knees
I don't have any problems with my knees and running, but I do have ankle/tendon issues.
I never wore a helmet or knee-guards but always wrist protection. I have not fallen on my knees hard enough to seriously scrape or injure them. However i guess a helmet and knee protection can help you a lot. The reason most skaters here still wear wrist protection is because whenever you fall or are going very fast and unable to break or slow down before hitting something you will stick you arms out in a reflex and you can easily hurt or break your wrists. It will also save the palms of you hands from scrapes.
I've lost about 20 pounds in 2 months (mostly face / stomach), I make a protein shake in the morning with whey, blueberries a banana and unsweetened coconut milk. Salad for lunch with a small chili, protein and veg for supper. Drink boatloads of water. Don't have cheat days, have 1-2 cheat meals a week. I've also been working out 1-2 hours a day 6 days a week. So I am eating at a deficit and I am burning a lot at the gym. Shits hard work but its worth it. For me thigh fat and love handles seem to be the two hardest spots.
Stop drinking soda and drink water regularly. That alone will help you lose a ton of weight. Also, do cardio 4-6 days a week. Limit your portions during meals, but don't feel like you have to starve yourself or only eat salads and other healthy foods at all times. You can cheat here and there as long as you aren't going overboard. Personally I found that not eating foods I enjoyed only made it harder to lose weight. As long as you don't eat in excess, you should be fine. So basically: drink water, limit portions, and do cardio. It worked for me, I dropped about 30 lbs from Sept-Nov. last year.
I would suggest cutting your carbs(breads, rice, pastas, potatoes,etc) and sugars to where they are the least amount of food you eat. You want protein and natural fats to be the staple of your diet, plus whole fruits and veggies it's what your body wants. Be careful with package food because they contain processed ingredients like soybean oil, vegetable oils which are harmfully manufactured. Calories can be misleading because it matters what type of foods you eat not just the number of calories.
Free range eggs, grass feed beef/butter, cheeses(non processed), nuts, coconut oil etc. I hope you kinda get an idea of what to eat and what is harmful to your body. Eating nutritious an natural fatty foods satiates the appetite faster and gives you your body's #1 fuel source, which is natural and unprocessed fats.
Free range eggs, grass feed beef/butter, cheeses(non processed), nuts, coconut oil etc. I hope you kinda get an idea of what to eat and what is harmful to your body. Eating nutritious an natural fatty foods satiates the appetite faster and gives you your body's #1 fuel source, which is natural and unprocessed fats.
Messofanego
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Is OP avatar of Putin?
How many days a week should I go running? And for how long?
direct_quote
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Yah you gotta run OP. I started running 6 weeks ago and I still hate it . Does anyone even enjoy running?
. Does anyone even enjoy running?Schwarzenegger.
It's simple. Not easy, but simple. You need to expend more calories than you intake. You can do that by either eating the same amount and doing more exercise, or do the same amount of exercise as you do now, and reducing your calories. They will both work the same.
As far as targeting specific areas to lose fat; it is not possible. Here's a very simple analogy on how your body works with fat. think of your body as an ice cube. Can you choose to only melt a specific part of an ice cube? Of course not, it all melts simultaneously. Your body works similarly, and anyone that tells you that you can only lose arm fat, or stomach fat, or etc is completely full of shit.
As far as targeting specific areas to lose fat; it is not possible. Here's a very simple analogy on how your body works with fat. think of your body as an ice cube. Can you choose to only melt a specific part of an ice cube? Of course not, it all melts simultaneously. Your body works similarly, and anyone that tells you that you can only lose arm fat, or stomach fat, or etc is completely full of shit.
Beermeister
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Fewer calories in, more calories out equals success.
Messofanego
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NotTheGuyYouKill
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NotTheGuyYouKill
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Yah you gotta run OP. I started running 6 weeks ago and I still hate it
Running is great fun if you have the right song on.
Also if there are treadmills in a row and the girl in front of you has a fine rear.
Zoe
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Running is way more accessible to a beginner.
demosthenes
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Pretty much no.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Zoe
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All running takes is a good pair of shoes and a path to run on. Biking requires equipment and a good locale.
That's moot if you're just doing everything in the gym though. Makes your butt hurt though.
If you're heavier, running is going to do a number on your joints after a while... Same thing for cross fit. Elliptical is where it's at, breh.
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Deleted member 17706
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I suppose that depends on your definition of 'acceptable,' but I absolutely disagree. That's fine, though. We don't all have to agree!
nintendork666
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Yes.
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Deleted member 17706
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Why do people still state this like it means anything at all? It does not.
You cannot accurately gauge over any decent period of time how many calories are being used from food sources and body tissue stores, nor can you accurately gauge what is happening with the food stuffs you consume at any given time.
You can only look at it in very, very inaccurate and broad measures, which is ridiculous when you have people trying to target very specific numbers.
If you expend a lot of energy and starve yourself, you will inevitably lose weight (of all tissues), but knowing that helps no one whose goal is to lose body fat (specifically the type of body fat that accumulates as energy storage) and improve their overall health.
Zoe
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They're better for you than running.
Oveja Negra
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You need to make a drastic change in your diet. Cut sugar (except from fruits) and most if not all foods like pasta, bread, cakes and rice.
Cardio and exercise, those are great ways to improve your overall health, but for what you want are pretty much worthless if you don't change your diet. That's basically why tons of people spend a lot of time in the gym yet they barely improve in that regard (get rid of fat).
Sorry for such an general advise, but if you google for it, you'll find plenty of great advice (in great detail) about what I'm talking about.
Cardio and exercise, those are great ways to improve your overall health, but for what you want are pretty much worthless if you don't change your diet. That's basically why tons of people spend a lot of time in the gym yet they barely improve in that regard (get rid of fat).
Sorry for such an general advise, but if you google for it, you'll find plenty of great advice (in great detail) about what I'm talking about.
OpinionatedCyborg
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Scientists have discovered the 10,000 crunches rule. Basically, you do 10,000 crunches which increases your 4 pack to a 6 - 8 pack. This increase in muscle warms the surrounding area and literally melts fat in the vicinity (muscle is denser than fat, and when a dense substance is mixed with a less dense one, the denser one sinks; since your body can't sink, this results in friction, and heat is lost). As long as you avoid beer, you will lose all of your belly fat and have washboard abs for life.
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OpinionatedCyborg
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233 posts of people repeating the same information. thought I'd change it up a bit.
Huh? Am I missing something? How exactly does fasting ruin muscle volume?
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Deleted member 17706
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A 'real' long-term fast might, but not the 12-18 hour or so fasts that folks doing intermittent fasting are typically talking about.
RedBullEnergy
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You clearly have no clue.
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Deleted member 17706
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I'd say he's closer to right than wrong, since most people take "calorie-restriction" to mean near-starvation level diets, and "cardio," to mean torture on the treadmill.
That almost inevitably means failure and rebounding after a certain amount of time spent being absolutely miserable. You're not gaining any muscle on a regime like that, either, and less muscle mass correlates with being less healthy.
Does Wheat/Whole grain bread count? I have switched from white bread to whole grain bread like two weeks ago. It didn't seem to be as tasty as white bread, but I don't notice a huge difference now.
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Not going to make much of a difference at all, no.
I typically like the taste better, though!
fastford58
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I stopped drinking pop and started walking somewhere in the neighbourhood of 15-20k steps a day.
I dropped 20 pounds and lost my tummy ponch. Everyone is different, though.
I dropped 20 pounds and lost my tummy ponch. Everyone is different, though.
speculawyer
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Very hard. Basically lots of cardio, strength training, and starve yourself.
What really!?!? I thought I was making a healthy choice. How can sandwiches be good for you then? Does the bread just ruin it?
Also is 2% milk fine?
speculawyer
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You don't spot reduce. You overall reduce. The tough thing is that is generally the first place the fat goes and the last place it comes off.
entremet
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You don't want to starve yourself when you're that active. That's not sustainable.
mekes
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Spot reducing isn't going to happen and oftentimes the stomach fat is the last to go. You need to eat clean, work out your recommended calorie intake and importantly, base it around all exercises you do. Exercising is important, otherwise you could lose both muscle and fat, or maybe even just muscle. A calorie counter is a good idea, there are a lot of free options available for this, good because you can keep a daily track of your macros (carb-protein-fat%), your recommended daily calorie intake, exercises you do and the calorie counter will make automatic changes to your recommended daily goals based on the stats you personally enter.
For diet, reducing salt, sugar and bad fats is a great first step. Eating as raw as possible is good, if it doesn't grow on something, cut it out. Its not necessary, but it does help.
For diet, reducing salt, sugar and bad fats is a great first step. Eating as raw as possible is good, if it doesn't grow on something, cut it out. Its not necessary, but it does help.
Zoe
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You have to look at the label. Some whole-wheat breads are actually worse for you because of the additives used to make them more palatable.
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Deleted member 17706
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That's because various official agencies are telling you that despite the complete lack of scientific evidence in favor of the idea.
Sandwiches are probably not a good idea. Obviously, everything depends on the person and context. If you are a high performance athlete, you can easily negate the bad effects of constantly eating carbs and even have benefits from the energy gains.
If you're an average guy who does a bit of training and is looking to lose some body fat, it's probably not going to do you any favors.
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