Ok so I've been dieting and exercising for about 4 months and I've lost weight but my tummy seems to be the same. I've done everything I can think of. I do sit ups, cardio, weight training. This is so frustrating, I need help!!!! any advice??????
THANK YOU!!!
many people fine thier abb flabb is the last thing to go, having spoken to my personal trainer in great lengh on the subject (mostly complaining about it haha) even though she's a figure competitior she say the only time she's ever happy with her abbs is the couple of weeks surrounding a competition when she's at around 10-12% body fat, because for the rest of the year she has the tummy pouch just like the rest of us.
Basically what im trying to say is it's all don't to genetic's 99% of people find the tummy is the last place to lose fat, it might be that you have to be abit more patient and lose abit more wieght before the belly come into line with the rest of you.
Don't stress your not doing anything wrong you just need to lose more fat when you have none anywhere else it will have to come off the belly.
hey......i used to have this exact same problem.....i would do a million situps everyday and i could never get a flat stomach. it's kind of pointless to do situps unless you have a flat stomach otherwise you just have muscle lying underneath a layer of fat and you won't be able to see it anyways. over the last year i started running marathons and i have noticed a dramatic change in my stomach. for my personal regiment i run about 9 miles a day 3 days a week and sprint 2 days a week with a 15 mile run one day (i know this is really time demanding so i would suggest if you cant do a lot of long distance running to try to do sprint training). it will honestly work wonders on your stomach. your diet is also extremely important...i find what works for me so to try to eat a lot of complex carbs in the morning (fruit, bran, oatmeal, wholegrains) and some protein.... i try not to eat any carbs past 6pm because that usually translates to bellyfat. carbs interfere with the release of growth hormone and promote fat storage while you sleep. steer away form simple carbs!!! Honey, sugar and refined foods such as white bread and white rice - typical simple carbs- are digested quickly and easily. The resulting insulin spike promotes protein storage at the time the muscles are best primed to absorb it, after training. Simple carbs after a workout can prevent muscle catabolism while promoting anabolism. If you have not been working out, the intake of simple carbs can stimulate fat storage so avoid them
keep in mind though to lose your tummy you are going to have to lose weight everywhere else since there is no cardio specific excersise you can do for it.
ps also try some pilates after the cardio...theres a lot of 10 minute core workouts you can find out youtube...i find they help with simple toning
Abs are mostly hereditary. Some people are not meant to have a flat tummy.It can get better though but mostly through diet. The kinds of foods you are eating. Just low cal will not do it.
Sprinting and lifting work well, squats, lunges, crunches, pull-ups and push-ups
i have been dieting/exercising for 2 years now and i am still not happy with my tummy. beat that!
little shellys is right, the kind of food you are eating plays a MAJOR role. At the beginning of this 2 years, I was overweight and ate complete junk all the time. When I decided to start changing my lifestyle, I joined a gym and at first only concentrated on portion control. In 9 months I was working out 5-6 days a week, eating less junk and healthier portions, and was at a perfect weight, if not close to too low. but i still had a flabby belly. I developed an eating disorder and whittled down to 95 pounds, but guess what? I still had a belly. One year ago i weighed 95 pounds and was eating about 600 calories a day. Today I weigh 118 lbs and have a flat stomach. what's changed? I now do a combination of weight training and cardio (as opposed to the long cardio-only sessions I used to do), but i also eat completely differently.
Fiber is excellent for you, for health and for weight loss, but I've discovered if I eat too much fiber at once, I get bloated for a few hours. Veggies and fruits are also so good for you, but for me, once again if i eat big servings of them they also make me feel and look a little bloated. And worst of all, I've personally discovered, is refined sugars. Even when i fot them into my calorie count for the day, I still just don't look or feel the same when they are included in my diet.
But lastly, although 4 months is awesome and congrats for starting a healthy new lifestyle, it's going to take longer than that for your body to transform. Also, if you lost the weight easily and rather quickly, your skin may not be keeping up with the weight loss.
Good luck, you'll do great.
ughhhh abs are sooo not hereditary....don't use that as an excuse!!! it might be easier for some people but everyone can have a nice stomach....last year i was 5'4 140 pounds and not an ab in sight...now i'm down to 108-110....it wasn't until i lost the weight that i got the stomach....i would always make excuses for myself. it's really easy to get a flat stomach you just need to put in the work. you NEED to be eating at least 1200 calories a day and the core of that should be at breakfast. personally i eat at least 2500 calories a day because of my workouts....which includes about about 600 calories at breafast. fibre is like an intenstinal toothbrush.....it doesn't actual make you lose real weight.....it just flushes out your system...so yes it can decrease bloating. high sodium and processed foods make you retain water so you can be carrying an extra 2 - 5 pounds in your stomach if you eat crap like lean cuisines, soup, and chinese food. it's pretty impossible to eat perfectly all the time but it's easy to make huge changes...when you are eating right you aren't as hungry and it's easier to workout.
also pushups and squats wtf????? pushups are for your BACK pullups are for your ARMS and SQUATS are for your legs...i really hope this isn't your ab workout...that's like doing kicks to get toned arms......
Original Post by kaila_a:
ughhhh abs are sooo not hereditary....don't use that as an excuse!!!
also pushups and squats wtf????? pushups are for your BACK pullups are for your ARMS and SQUATS are for your legs...i really hope this isn't your ab workout...that's like doing kicks to get toned arms......
abs are hereditary, and you also are at a pretty low weight for your height (not saying your unhealthy though).
Actually pushups and squats are great for abs because in order to perform them properly you have to stabalize your core, they are complex exercises and they use many muscles when you do them properly. It is pointless to do isolation exercises as you can't spot reduce, so working your abs with a layer of fat over them wont do any good.
Original Post by kaila_a:
also pushups and squats wtf????? pushups are for your BACK pullups are for your ARMS and SQUATS are for your legs...i really hope this isn't your ab workout...that's like doing kicks to get toned arms......
Abdominal muscles are involved in stabilizing your core when you do push ups, pull ups and squats. One day after several grueling sets of negative pull ups, I felt my abs more than after any "ab workout".
Edit: I was late tackling the subject!
Original Post by ankow:
Original Post by kaila_a:
also pushups and squats wtf????? pushups are for your BACK pullups are for your ARMS and SQUATS are for your legs...i really hope this isn't your ab workout...that's like doing kicks to get toned arms......
Abdominal muscles are involved in stabilizing your core when you do push ups, pull ups and squats. One day after several grueling sets of negative pull ups, I felt my abs more than after any "ab workout".
Edit: I was late tackling the subject!
And pushups are not a back exercise nor are pullups an 'arm' exercise. Upper body pushing movement (including pushups) are driven by the chest muscles and the triceps. Upper body pulling exercises (including pullups) are driven by the back and biceps.
Ditto what sublime, ankow, and sully said.
Just my opinion, but kaila_a's post is exactly why body-part split routines are not a good way to go, especially for beginners or non-professionals, unless there is a particular weakness that needs to be addressed. In general, people don't really know what part of your body different exercises work, and end up missing out on some really helpful exercises, because they think that they are working the wrong body part.
Original Post by kaila_a:
ughhhh abs are sooo not hereditary....don't use that as an excuse!!! it might be easier for some people but everyone can have a nice stomach....last year i was 5'4 140 pounds and not an ab in sight...now i'm down to 108-110....it wasn't until i lost the weight that i got the stomach....i would always make excuses for myself. it's really easy to get a flat stomach you just need to put in the work. you NEED to be eating at least 1200 calories a day and the core of that should be at breakfast. personally i eat at least 2500 calories a day because of my workouts....which includes about about 600 calories at breafast. fibre is like an intenstinal toothbrush.....it doesn't actual make you lose real weight.....it just flushes out your system...so yes it can decrease bloating. high sodium and processed foods make you retain water so you can be carrying an extra 2 - 5 pounds in your stomach if you eat crap like lean cuisines, soup, and chinese food. it's pretty impossible to eat perfectly all the time but it's easy to make huge changes...when you are eating right you aren't as hungry and it's easier to workout.
also push-ups and squats wtf????? push-ups are for your BACK pull-ups are for your ARMS and SQUATS are for your legs...i really hope this isn't your ab workout...that's like doing kicks to get toned arms......
The shape of your body, abs included is partly hereditary. Some girls don't have to do anything and have great, flat abs some work very hard, eat right and still have a hard time getting there. You can work hard and get good abs but you are totally wrong in your comment saying it is not hereditary because in part it is.
I think you need to educate yourself on strengthening your core before you post wft comments. When you do push-ups, squats, lunges and so on you are not only working the muscles in your legs, arms and back but also strengthening your core. Just as sprinting does. Great for the core.
http://www.changingshape.com/resources/articl es/abdominal-exercises.asp
http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/ losing-stomach-fat-for-flat-abs-is-actually-e asy-200225.html
http://www.healthanswersblog.com/abs-workout/ secrets-to-a-flat-stomach-and-rock-hard-abs-f or-the-time-crunched-individual-15/
http://www.stomachexercises4u.com/how_genetic s_can_help_or_hurt_your_stomach.html
k the effect of squats, pushups, pullups on your core is SMALL....if you are specifically trying to get a strong core its silly to focus specifically on these workouts. when i say it's not hereditary....obviously there are people that are naturally skinny with a fast metabolism...but my point is that anyone can have fat abs....your weight is a number it's mathematical....the amount of calories you put into your body relates to amount you burn (some people burn faster than others)....ANYONE can have flat abs it's just about playing numbers it might be a lot harder for some people to do but i just dont think you can blame your genes.
Not sure what kind of workout you are doing but I would not say the effects to your core are SMALL when doing things like weight lifting, squats, lunges and so on. You can be underweight but still have flabby abs. It is hereditary, what kind of foods you are eating, how many calories you are eating and what kind of core toning work you are doing. Just loosing weight does not mean loosing fat. If you are not feeling Resistance in your abs while doing squats, lunges, pull-ups then you are not doing them correctly.
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/abdominalc orestrength1/a/NewCore.htm
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Should_you_do_squat s_and_lunges_every_day_to_firm_up_your_thighs
Try a colon cleanse. This really helped me get rid of that "impossible" flab. http://www.oxypowder.com is one preferred. It doesn't help you lose fat, but if you've never had a cleanse before, it rids the body of waste that is compacted along the intestines that was never expeled. Like someone said earlier, fiber is your friend.
nishelby - if "it doesn't help you lose fat" how does it help you "get rid of that impossible flab"?
Those are completely contradictory statements. Does flab not equal fat? Plus, you forget that our bodies have evolved to eliminate waste. Unless you are having a medical procedure, colon cleanses are not advisable.
It depends on your bodyfat percentage unless you've had kids then that's a different story. But assuming you haven't, several things to look at. If your body fat is too high, you will still have a flabby midsection. If you are doing excesive cardio and your protien intake is too low, you will have a washed out flabby midsection. Eat 1.3 - 1.5gms of protien per lb of body weight and if you are doing high intensity cardio, do low intensity for an hour 4-5 days a week along with resistance training. Also contrary to what some people say, Dont do ab workouts more than twice a week. Keep your carbs moderate to low and you will see a difference. Also, try brushing your stomach. Take a brush that doesn't have rought bristles, and brush your stomach everyday before taking a shower or whenever. Brush from your lower abs towars your heart. It draws blood there, and tightens the skin. Female bodybuilders with this problem use this trick.
Yes I have this problem to.. although I am not to my goal weight yet. I think it is due to the fact that I had my daughter 6 months ago so I am hoping it will pass! My body fat percentage was 24% last time I checked, I would like to get down to 20% though!
Oh and pulls ups work out your back and biceps! Push ups are chest and triceps, and both work your core!
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