Stomach fat!!

Hey all!! i am new here and I have to say I love this site! I love how you guys give each other so much support. It's pretty cool!!!

So I know you guys here this all the time, but what's the best way to lose stomach fat without taking to much inches off in other places. I have a pretty good size, the only problem is my stomach and obliques and chunky. I dont expect a 6 pack ab, I just want to lose some of this fat and tone it down a little bit. I'm guessing it's because I sit behind my desk at work everyday and it's only when I go home that I do exercise.

I run on the treadmill and do ab exercises, but them I seem to lose to much inches in my thighs and my butt disappears...lol...do you guys have any suggestions. I would appreciate it!!

Thanks...

omfg. X_X thats me! The whole reason why Im even doing this is to try and get rid of inches in my waist and that stubborn pot-belly like thing i have... X_X
Ok, i don't want to sound like an idiot.. but what EXACTLY IS cardio?? i hear it all the time, but i dont know what it is :(

Cardio exercise gets your heart rate up (i.e. not lifting weights). You can go jogging, biking, do exercise classes (i.e. aerobics, etc).

Also, pilates and yoga are good for toning if that's all you've got to do.

morgaine at least we can share the same sorrows...i have so much stomach fat it's crazy... Ihave been on a strict diet, well not strict but diet for the past 3 weeks now and my stomach is finally going down..yipeee...it's all about cardio cardio cardio....

I run on the treadmill alot and usually use a high incline also..and dont eat at night.....

Morgaine, I'm going to add to what alibuch said by saying that usually the docs specify that cardio uses large muscle groups as well as getting your heart rate up.

My favorite kind of cardio is the cardio-kickboxing that was offered at my college.  *wishes she could go back*

...............................I can tell you this, SWIMMING! 

When I was in 7th grade, my body started to change and I did get a little chuncky, but it also happened to be that we were members of a local cabana club.  My folks dropped us off there every darn morning and left us for hours.  For some reason, that year, none of my friends joined and I was a 13 year old amoung a whole bunch of youngins.  I passed the time swiming laps.  Although the pool was not Olympic, I typically swam about 70 laps a day... 2 hrs. overall. 

I had the BEST stomach ANYBODY .... EVER had!!!  And this type of movement increases the lift and shape of the backside and tones the bageesis out of your legs!  

I'm with you. It seems like I only gain in my stomach and face, while my legs and hips stay the size of toothpicks! I've spoken to a few doctors about it and have heard 2 major opinions. The first is simply that you will always have the same general shape no matter what weight you are. The second opinion is that certain factors lead specifically to weight gain in that area. These include eating a lot of simple carbs and high levels of stress.

Of course, all the doctors I've spoken to say that weight loss and adding muscle make everything better. Specifically, it's the abs that decide whether the pudge overlying them sits flat or bulges out.

Ok i have a question.. i honestly have no fat anywhere xcept my tumtum and ive been on a tred at a inc. of 12 for 40 min a day w 8 min abs and a very strict diet and ive seen very little progress what am I doin wrong here!

I posted this on another link, but maybe people aren't seeing it. I'm definitely going to be drinking 3 glasses of milk a day!

Below is a portion of the article.  I'll put the link at the bottom for those of you who'd like even more information.

Trying to lose weight, especially around the midsection? A study published in the April 2004 issue of Obesity Research suggests that eating more calcium-rich foods, especially low fat dairy foods such as cow's milk, yogurt and kefir, may really help. In this study, 41 obese subjects, 32 of whom completed the study, were divided into three groups and put on diets designed to result in the loss of one pound per week for 24 weeks. All diets contained the same number of calories and were designed to provide subjects with a calorie deficit of 500 calories per day. The first group received a low (430 mg/day) calcium diet. The second group got the same diet with enough supplemental calcium to bring their daily intake up to 1200 mg. And the third group ate a diet with enough dairy foods to provide about 1100 mg calcium each day. At the conclusion of the study, the low calcium group had lost almost 15 pounds, the high calcium group 19 pounds, and the high dairy foods group 24 pounds. Plus, fat lost from the midsection represented an average of 19% of total fat loss in those on the low calcium diet, 50% of the fat lost in those on the high calcium diet, and 66% of the fat lost in those getting their calcium from dairy foods.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=food spice&dbid= 130