Doing cardio to lose belly fat help?

So I've been told that situps and crunches etc dont reduce belly fat but I heard that cardio does? So I decided I'd start running or use the treadmill(same thing basically isn't it?) but the question is,how often and how long should I run for? Also what kind of diet should I be on? How long would it take until I can notice weight loss?

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You were told right. You can't target body fat. If you lose weight you will lose fat. The rule of thumb is that fat that went on last goes off first. For men that usually means they lose their belly fat last. For women its the fat on their butts and thighs that goes last. So for the most part you are just going to try to lose weight. besides the scale, use a tape measure to chart your progress. The progress, even if its small, will let you know you are heading in the right direction. The most important part of losing weight is diet. If you cut 300 - 500 calories a day ( like a coke and a candy bar) you can lose 1 - 4 pounds a month. If you add some exercise to that you can almost double that. But don't try to lose weight faster. it can be maintained long term and you'll probably just gain it back. Start off walking 30 minutes a day, three times a week. Each week increase your minutes by 5 - 10%. When your walks get to long - split them up - and add another day. When you get to 150 minutes a week you be able to start a run walk program. And you can even keep doing some of your walks. you can do a run walk program like the Couch to 5K.You can run or use the treadmill. They are basically the same thing. If you put the treadmill on 1 - 2% incline it will be very comparable to running. Treadmills can be a pain in the ass to use for a run-walk program but some of them have interval training programs built in that are a good way to get started. Don't even worry about the "how long". It will take as long as it does. Find a diet and an exercise plan you can live with - for the rest of your life. Otherwise you will start doing the yo-yo. the more often you yo-yo the easier it becomes to gain weight and the harder it becomes to lose it - so don't get started on that path.

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How to become motivated to exercise and diet!?

Okay so ive started this exercise plan and diet plan that consist of 5 or 6 small meals a day and cardio for at least 30 minutes a day. Ive bought all vegtable and fruit and good protien and wheat. Im not overweight and id be fine if i didnt lose weight but i feel like id be happier if i lost about 5 or 10 pounds. But my problem is i love food especially sugar so its hard to choose the vegtable when i could have the cookie you know? And exercise i want to but i just dont know how to really motivate myself to do it everyday. Especially when i have trouble commiting! Please help me!

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I'm done with my weight loss journey and completely happy with how I feel and how I look right now however losing weight is a challenge for anyone and even losing 5 pounds and keeping it off isn't an easy task. Also I bet you didn't know that 5 pounds of fat is about the size of 8 cheese burgers? That alone should be enough to make anyone want to get on the ball and start a change for the better. Weight loss can be really easy to learn but the problem is nobody wants to put the required effort that is needed to actually do it, instead people continually look for (easy) ways to do it. If there was an easy way to lose weight I don't think 35% of Americans would be obese. There was a time when I also wanted to lose weight and was tired of starting diets only to lose motivation and give up just a few weeks later after seeing no results. However, let me tell you it is literally one of the easiest things you will ever learn once you find a good and reputable place to learn it from and I say that only because the world is filled with magic diet pills, liquid flush diets and a thousand other quick fixes that promise xx pounds of weight loss in the first week and even though it is impossible they know you're going to do it because your desperate. I have probably tried every diet pill, liquid flush diet, and ab rocket machine known to man and have had no success with any of them nor do I know anyone that has ever had any success with them. I have also tried starving myself which works very well for the first few weeks' right before your metabolism comes to a complete stop and eating just the tiny bit makes you gain weight and you end up weighing more than you did before you started starving yourself. Companies promote weight loss to make money not to get people healthy again and that's because they know you're not going to be a customer and buy their products if you're no longer fat. http://fatloossfactor.com is a site I want you to go to when you have 10 or 20 minutes to spare and I want you to sit down and watch his video on weight loss. He helps people every day to lose weight I have never seen someone as committed as him and that will go so far out of his way to help someone. His weight loss program is one of the best I have ever had the enjoyment of doing and it is without doubt the best success I have ever had with any weight loss program. I also couldn't be happier with my body right now and I have never felt this wonderful in my whole life. In the end you just got to remember to stick with it and stay confident in yourself and in no time you can achieve the results you have always wanted. It's not hard to lose weight but most people have a hard time staying motivated and 9 times out of 10 it was because they weren't really committed from the beginning. Anyways I hope I helped you and I hope you make the commitment to change your body and life. Remember it's not easy to take the first step but you did, you're here right now taking it and the rest of the steps will fall into place. Have a wonderful day.

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• There is literally no way we can help you. You have to motivate yourself.
• Hi if i want to get motivated just i check some weight loss success story or a great program on TV i like to watch in MTV
• Weight loss is all about calories in vs calories out. 500 calories from pizza is the same as 500 calories from vegetables. Obviously "healthy" foods are higher in micronutrients and do aid overall health, but they don't aid weight loss.If you haven't already, work out your maintenance calories (there are calculators all over the internet, I would use the TDEE calculator on IIFYM) and eat 300-500 calories below maintenance. Re-calculate your maintenance every few weeks because it will change as you lose weight. Base the most part of your diet around "healthy" foods, but leave yourself about 10-20% of your daily calories daily for foods you enjoy eating. What you're doing is called "If it fits your macros" which I would recommend reading about.As for motivation, think of the end result and set yourself lots of short term goals, reaching those goals is a great achievement and should motivate you to achieve more.
• soooo easy!! i mean not to get motivated that is very very hard to be honest but it is soo easy to lose 5-10 pounds! all you have to do is a 10-day diet and drink plenty of green tea and ofcourse just DONT buy donuts or cookies until u get ur ideal body that u want after that eat a LITTLE portion of the stuff you most like and make sure to also get plenty of exercise but dont eat TOO little bit cause then you might get weak and not have the strenght to actually do any exercise at all also eat LOTS and LOTS of fat burning foods like avocado,lemon,bannana,and ofcourse plenty of vegetables and youll have that dream body in no time! but if it takes long the hardest thing of ALL is to be patient but try ur VERY BEST! but i doubt it will take a SUPER long time so i wouldnt worry about how qucikly or slowly if i were u!hope this helped :)

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How come I can''t seem to drop lower than 110 lbs?

So, I weighed 123 pounds last year. I ate healthy and exercised, and got down to 110 pounds, but couldn''t get lower than that. Through out this year I got lazy and started eating carelessly, and went up to 118 lbs. I lost weight over the past couple months (by eating healthy and exercising of course!) and am back down to 110. Each time, I never seem to get lower than that! I still would like to lose 5-10 lbs. How come I can''t? Should I eat less? Exercise more?
I''m female, 15, and 5''4" by the way. Thanks!

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Just keep up what you''re doing! 110 is probably where you''re body should be,otherwise you''d be underweight (which is still okay if you''re being healthy about it). If you really want to lose over fat, try adding more cardio. I do it before I eat breakfast because it burns fat rather than calories and I lost weight sooo much faster.

• That''s your body saying "PLEASE DON''T LOSE MORE WEIGHT"
  I''m 5''3 and I weighed around 110 and I''d get told all the time I was underweight. Even being just an inch taller than me, 110 is way to light for somebody your height. You should really weigh around 115.

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should i be worried about my weight gain?

i''m 21, 5''7", and right now weigh 125lbs. my usual weight is 120lbs, but last week i got on the scale and noticed the change. i have a strict exercise routine of vigorous cardio six days a week for an hour at a time (mostly jumping jacks, i do about 7,000 a day, can''t afford a treadmill) , and i eat between 1500 and 2000 calories a day. i don''t understand ware this weight is coming?

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You are still way in the healthy weight range for your height. If you are working out a lot and healthy but enough calories you could have gained muscle? It''s possible you could be bloated or you are holding onto some water weight. You don''t need to lose weight but if you continue to exercise everyday and eat healthy it is extremely unlikely you are gaining fat. One thing you might want to do is try doing different workouts that push your body harder (not too hard) because once you have done the same exercise long enough it stops working your body. I wouldn''t worry about the weight gain...like at all. Sometimes scales are weird once I weighed myself on my scale at home (I thought I had gained 5 pounds in 2 days!!) At a doctors appointment 2 days later I found that I had lost, not gained! Also another tip, weigh yourself in the morning after you go to the bathroom because your weight jumps around during the day.

• We have the same problem. I have used Phen375 for the last 3 months. It is a pharmacy grade weight loss pill that synthesizes hormones and compounds in the body that decreases the body’s capacity to store fat and increase the body’s ability to burn stored fat reserves. Now I am 120lbs again. :)
• You''re probably putting on muscle. Muscle weights more than fat. Weight isn''t always an indication of health. Measure your body and make sure they''re within range of what you want for a better way of measuring your progress.
• At 125 lbs your weight is still at the low end of normal and that is OK so you don''t have a problem.
  
  At 5''7 your ideal weight is 135 lbs so below 122 lbs or above 148 lbs can be regarded as underweight or overweight.
  
  Perhaps you gained some muscle weight from your 7,000 jumping jacks a day.

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Is my diet ok as I have been trying to lose 30lb for ages and it''s not working?

This is my diet everyday:

Breakfast;
- 2 scrambled eggs
- half a tin of beans

Snack;
- muller rice

Dinner;
- 300g Tesco finest green pea and ham soup.

I need to lose 30 lb in 5 months but I''ve been trying for a while now and nothing is working
I do at least 5 hours of sport a week!

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You dont eat enough. You sound like you are in starvation mode. You should eat 1300 cal a day minimum and see a nutritionist ans diet expert to plan a healthy lifestyle.

• You should eat a more balanced diet than that. Don''t you get bored with the same food everyday?
• One idea is to get off the sugar.... and eat nothing but proteins and fats - that''s the Atkins diet - and people lose weight pretty well on that.
  
  So... sugar is the beans, the rice and probably a goodly amount of the green pea soup. When you eat this stuff, it''s turned to sugar in your blood - if you don''t burn it up, it''s turn to lard to stick on your butt. The idea is to QUIT eating it.
  
  Atkins is meat, eggs, cheese, nuts and green salad. Get a used copy of "New Diet Revolution" off of Amazon Books - or look in the library. It''s a great diet - you don''t have to starve yourself. But NOT eating sugar has a profound effect - it''s really great.
  
  Anyway, this might lead to more weight loss - take a look at the book.
• The less food you eat, the more weight you’ll lose, right? Sorry, but it just doesn’t work this way.If you are looking for a full comprehensive diet and nutrition program that will help you lose your unwanted body fat

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Any good food ideas for a diet?

I''m trying to lose weight so I''m looking for a diet. I hate fish and almonds. So any other ideas?

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i''d go with the vegan food pyramid...6 to 11 servings rice and other carbs, 2-4 serving fruit, 3-5 serving veggies, 2-3 serving beans and seeds



how to get six pack abs (or just lose belly fat to help prevent diabetes, obesity, hypoglycemia.....this is based on months of google searches on .edu websites)
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1) don''t eat anything, and don''t drink anything except water (no vitamin water) for 2 hours before exercise because the insulin released keeps you from burning fat (lipolysis, fat oxidation) do eat carbs before a workout since you need them to burn fat. avoid fried foods because its a lot easier to burn carbs than to burn fat.
it might be helpful to eat tempeh since it contains a decent amount of the protein carnitine, which is required to burn fat

2) jog, swim, or another aerobic exercise for 60 minutes (because you don''t even start to burn fat for 20 minutes) if your out of shape do 15 minutes for a couple of weeks, then 30 minutes for a couple of weeks. adrenaline is very important in burning fat and the harder you work out the more adrenaline is released. do at least some of your workout at an intense pace, and then slow down to a medium pace.

3) every other day start the workout by lifting weights. workout every muscle (biceps, triceps, push ups, shoulders, back, squats, overhead dumbell squat) each pound of muscle eats up at least 50 calories a day just doing nothing

4) growth hormone is especially good at burning abdominal fat. run as fast as you can for 30 seconds for a huge release of growth hormone (which athletes pay alot of money for illegally). also, large amounts of growth hormone are created during sleep.


when you have gotten down to 10 percent body fat, do sit ups and other abdominal exercises.

• I would say, stop eating meat. All the added hormones are so bad for you and you will feel so much healthier. Stop drinking sugary drinks such as juice, soda, capachino. Stick to water. You will notice a change in days. I did that and I lost ten pounds over six weeks. And it doesn''t even feel like I''m really dieting.
• The best way to eat healthy and lose weight, along with having clearer skin and feeling more energized, is to eat mostly vegan. That means lots of fruits and veggies. Try cutting out all the junk, the processed stuff, and the sugar. If you want protein but don''t like fish or nuts try fried tofu, soy beans with sea salt, all kinds of beans or rice, bananas, and other things. Drink water and juices. Do away with as much dairy and meat as you possibly can. A great book to read would be Crazy Sexy Diet by Kris Carr.
• You can have a look to take precaution on lose weight http://spainfitness.blogspot.in/2012/03/home-exercises.html
• Try the suggestions in this ebook its free to download and you don''t have to sign up for it or anything like that.

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