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Andrew_Culture
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Thanks for your help as always everyone.
Getting rid of the last bit of belly
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Sorry my reply was a bit curt - no harm in it at all, but spot reduction doesn't happen, so you won't lose fat specifically from one area, otherwise we'd have an epidemic of obese teenage boys with ripped wrists.
I turned 40 last August and since ive been on a health kick which started around May time, ive lost 4 stone(now 15St)and im starting to struggling now and my Cal intake is 1800 which i thinks to low, seeing that i ride about 400 miles a month.
My problems the weekends, i have a pork pie fetish
My problems the weekends, i have a pork pie fetish
Biker Joe
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Hi Andrew,
You probably know all this already but I have found that adequate water intake is often overlooked.
I thought I should mention that you need to drink plenty of water. Water is filling and calorie free. Increase in exercise equals an increase in toxins that need to be flushed out. Adequate water intake also increases your metabolism slightly.
When you pee the colour of the urine should be from clear to a light straw colour. If it's yellow to dark yellow, you are dehydrated. Very simple.
You should be peeing around every two hours during the day.
Water intake needs to be about 6 to 8 500mm glasses per day. More during vigorous exercise.
Checking the colour of your urine is a simple way to check for hydration levels.
Excess fat over time turns to cellulite which can be difficult, but not impossible, to shift.
Long steady rides interspersed with the odd 15 min interval training,eating the correct foods and adequate water intake will take care of cellulite but expect it to take time and a certain amount of dedication and willingness.
(Personally, I'm not so good at the dedication and willingness bit. So unless I can sort that out I will be keeping my cellulite.)
I wish you well and good progress.
You probably know all this already but I have found that adequate water intake is often overlooked.
I thought I should mention that you need to drink plenty of water. Water is filling and calorie free. Increase in exercise equals an increase in toxins that need to be flushed out. Adequate water intake also increases your metabolism slightly.
When you pee the colour of the urine should be from clear to a light straw colour. If it's yellow to dark yellow, you are dehydrated. Very simple.
You should be peeing around every two hours during the day.
Water intake needs to be about 6 to 8 500mm glasses per day. More during vigorous exercise.
Checking the colour of your urine is a simple way to check for hydration levels.
Excess fat over time turns to cellulite which can be difficult, but not impossible, to shift.
Long steady rides interspersed with the odd 15 min interval training,eating the correct foods and adequate water intake will take care of cellulite but expect it to take time and a certain amount of dedication and willingness.
(Personally, I'm not so good at the dedication and willingness bit. So unless I can sort that out I will be keeping my cellulite.)
I wish you well and good progress.
A bit of belly targetted gym work firms things up for me. I use the gym once a week to work on all my non-cycling muscles, using weight machines. Load bearing exercise )(which cycling isn't) is good for bone density in any case, so you'll be doing yourself some good in other respects even if the belly doesn't firm up.
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my OH did (temporarily at least) in his early-mid forties... by quitting his job and going off to cycle around the world. lost it in no time at all and kept it off until about this Autumn, it is now back
. Will have to wait a couple more years before it is gone again!PS - he was eating around 10,000 calories a day and still lost the tummy...
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Andrew_Culture
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This time last year I was drinking at least four litres a day, I don't really know how that slipped away.
Biker Joe
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I find it very easy NOT to drink enough water. I get busy and drinking water goes completely out of my head. I try to keep a bottle of mineral water near me to sip at every so often but I often don't get round to getting a bottle out. A bit of self discipline is lacking here, methinks
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Biker Joe
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Very interesting. Thanks
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How big where you at your biggest? - You might have some loose skin? I was 20 stone (now around 13) and while I don't have obvious flaps of skin, I always tended to look a bit pot bellied around there.
As well as situps etc, you could try some plank type exercises. I did a bunch of core exercises after a hernia op and once I started exercising the rear abdominals too the front flattened out quite a bit as well (I've since left things go to pot again!).
As well as situps etc, you could try some plank type exercises. I did a bunch of core exercises after a hernia op and once I started exercising the rear abdominals too the front flattened out quite a bit as well (I've since left things go to pot again!).
ColinJ
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You may struggle to get that slim waist without looking scrawny elsewhere!
My avatar picture was taken when I was just under 13 stone and I am 6' 1" tall. As you can see from my face and neck, I was getting fairly slim, but I still had a 35" waist then, which was 3" bigger than it was when I first got fat.
In 2001, I had managed to get down to 11 st 10 lbs, at which weight I had sunken cheeks, ribs that stuck out and so little fat on my hands that they looked rather nasty with transparent skin making all the tendons and blood vessels stand out - my waist at 33" *still* had an inch of surplus fat on it!
I decided in the end that the quest for the perfect waistline wasn't worth the damage it was doing to the rest of me. (I was getting ill a lot more than usual, got fatigued more easily, and was losing strength.)
I think my ideal (non-competitive) cycling weight is about 12 st 5 lbs which will probably correspond to a 34" waist with a couple of inches of fat on it. I can live with that. You might have a similar choice to make. (At 13 stone, you are probably still carrying too much weight unless you a very stocky build.)
My avatar picture was taken when I was just under 13 stone and I am 6' 1" tall. As you can see from my face and neck, I was getting fairly slim, but I still had a 35" waist then, which was 3" bigger than it was when I first got fat.
In 2001, I had managed to get down to 11 st 10 lbs, at which weight I had sunken cheeks, ribs that stuck out and so little fat on my hands that they looked rather nasty with transparent skin making all the tendons and blood vessels stand out - my waist at 33" *still* had an inch of surplus fat on it!
I decided in the end that the quest for the perfect waistline wasn't worth the damage it was doing to the rest of me. (I was getting ill a lot more than usual, got fatigued more easily, and was losing strength.)
I think my ideal (non-competitive) cycling weight is about 12 st 5 lbs which will probably correspond to a 34" waist with a couple of inches of fat on it. I can live with that. You might have a similar choice to make. (At 13 stone, you are probably still carrying too much weight unless you a very stocky build.)
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No amount of exercise targeted or otherwise will exclusively loose fat around the belly !! - This includes the Plank, Sit ups, Crunches or anything else.
To lose stomach fat you have to throw out the junk food! You are what you eat, so don’t eat junk. Do not keep junk food like cookies, chips, sweets and other similar products in your house. Junk food and addiction to sugar is the greatest cause of belly fat.
Refined flours and the foods that they create, such as white bread, pasta, donuts, cakes and biscuits (yes, biscuits cause weight gain) should be avoided. They can cause bloating, poor digestion, and lead to accumulation of fat, which is the opposite of how to lose belly fat!
A diet that takes most of its carbs from fruits and vegetables, as opposed to refined flours, is healthier. Learn how the glycemic index works if you want help you to lose weight.
Ideally granary or wholemeal bread should be eaten instead of white bread, and biscuits / cookies and cakes should be avoided. Consuming too much carbohydrate can bump up your insulin level, which can slow down your metabolism. Your body cannot metabolize too much carbohydrate at once because the body does not need so much energy at once. The excess sugar from the carbohydrates will just turn into stomach fat.
Following a natural food idea is a great way to lose belly fat as if combines the rules above, that is you avoid all junk food and all processed food, sugar and saturated fats
Decrease alcohol consumption. If you drink a lot, you will accumulate fat around your waist. Excess alcohol consumption can really give you a belly. Have you seen people who are slim all over but have a beer belly sticking out? Well, that is the effect of excess alcohol consumption.
Alcohol does not contain any nutrients at all. So, all the energy consumed through alcohol will be stored as belly fat! If you want to lose weight fast then you need to stop drinking.
To lose stomach fat you have to throw out the junk food! You are what you eat, so don’t eat junk. Do not keep junk food like cookies, chips, sweets and other similar products in your house. Junk food and addiction to sugar is the greatest cause of belly fat.
Refined flours and the foods that they create, such as white bread, pasta, donuts, cakes and biscuits (yes, biscuits cause weight gain) should be avoided. They can cause bloating, poor digestion, and lead to accumulation of fat, which is the opposite of how to lose belly fat!
A diet that takes most of its carbs from fruits and vegetables, as opposed to refined flours, is healthier. Learn how the glycemic index works if you want help you to lose weight.
Ideally granary or wholemeal bread should be eaten instead of white bread, and biscuits / cookies and cakes should be avoided. Consuming too much carbohydrate can bump up your insulin level, which can slow down your metabolism. Your body cannot metabolize too much carbohydrate at once because the body does not need so much energy at once. The excess sugar from the carbohydrates will just turn into stomach fat.
Following a natural food idea is a great way to lose belly fat as if combines the rules above, that is you avoid all junk food and all processed food, sugar and saturated fats
Decrease alcohol consumption. If you drink a lot, you will accumulate fat around your waist. Excess alcohol consumption can really give you a belly. Have you seen people who are slim all over but have a beer belly sticking out? Well, that is the effect of excess alcohol consumption.
Alcohol does not contain any nutrients at all. So, all the energy consumed through alcohol will be stored as belly fat! If you want to lose weight fast then you need to stop drinking.
Ningishzidda
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To permanently lose excess subcutaneous fat cells, you need a small laser device at the cosmetic surgeon’s operating theatre.
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