Getting rid of the last bit of belly

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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!).

I think at worst I was around 16 stone, so I might have a bit of loose skin. Not as much as the fella I just spotted on the front of a magazine by the checkout at Morrisons :x
 
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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 today.
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.

I think if nothing else this thread has made me really assess my current diet, it's very easy to 'assume' you eat the right foods and just coast along. I don't tend to eat bread at all during the week but do eat a lot of pasta based meals. I'm not a fan of cake so that won't be too challenging to quit :smile:


So the big question I'm facing is whether I value wine more than a flat belly...
 

Andy_G

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So how many calories would be correct then if we rode 400 miles a month.
My net is 1500-1800 which I find hard to stick to, but I still want to drop another 1.5 stone.
 

Ningishzidda

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400 miles on a bike is around 10,000 cals. That's about what a 600 km Randonneur would eat. If this is spread over the course of a month, which is 330 cals per day ( or 45 minutes cycling per day ), you may as well forget it and eat your BMR.

PS. Its not until a bike ride gets to two hours does the cyclist need to worry about food.
 

tadpole

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That's net. I use my fitness pal ap and it states I should do 1760 but then I minus 250 for the commute.
Depends on your setting, if you got it set to sedentary, then you “should” eat back at least some of your exercise calories, but if you’ve set MFP to active, then don’t eat back as your exercise calories are taken into account.
 
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PS. Its not until a bike ride gets to two hours does the cyclist need to worry about food.

News to me, and I don't mean that in a bad way.
 
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