Exercise alone will not tone your body, you have to diet as well. A balanced, low-fat diet would be a great addition to your exercise routine.
3 years ago I was weighing 260 pounds at 6'0. Yes, I was obese. Since then I have dropped down to roughly 178-182 pounds, which apparently is a healthy weight for my height. I lift weights almost every day, and do a lot of cardio. I've improved my physique a lot, however I still have an issue with lower chest fat and lower belly fat. Can I ever get rid of it? Or did being previous obese hinder me from ever getting a completely toned body?
i'm 5'11, and i hit 267 in the early to mid 2000s. i lost 100 pounds, and am currently in the mid to upper 160s. a lot of it depends on the elasticity of your skin, but i wouldn't get discouraged. just do the best that you can. i keep a food diary and walk my ass off daily.
3 years ago I was weighing 260 pounds at 6'0. Yes, I was obese. Since then I have dropped down to roughly 178-182 pounds, which apparently is a healthy weight for my height. I lift weights almost every day, and do a lot of cardio. I've improved my physique a lot, however I still have an issue with lower chest fat and lower belly fat. Can I ever get rid of it? Or did being previous obese hinder me from ever getting a completely toned body?
Listen to Bob. You can't "target" belly fat unfortunately. To reduce your belly fat you just have to continue to reduce your overall body fat %. So, diet.
I'm am surprised how many people still believe that you can spot reduce body fat.
Exercise alone will not tone your body, you have to diet as well. A balanced, low-fat diet would be a great addition to your exercise routine.
I didn't necessarily believe that to be the case, but at the same time I can't imagine getting any skinnier than I am. I think I'm just one of those people who stores more fat in their stomach compared to others.
Never been Obese but when I had similar issues at my stomach in the past I started swimming (front crawl) and doing about 50 lengths of a pool. Worked a treat then.
Funnily, now I have zero time for exercise the way I have cut stomach fat right down again is by cutting out bread and sugar completely. My partner keeps tempting me with cakes and chocolates but that way lies the devil....
That could be. areas of the body holding more fat than others sometimes indicates a body system dysfunction. Visceral fat , is something that accumulates around the organs and is deeper than the subcutaneous fat that we have everywhere.
so if you have some of both of those the midsection will have some paunch. a lot of that kind of fat is indicative of insulin issues, liver issues etc.. the same kinds of issues that lead to diabetes.
Fat loss is easier at first but once you get down to the leaner levels its more of a challenge.
Exercise is certainly needed but your diet is more important, particularly at the point you are at. of the many videos and texts ive read most have said that when you are trying to get lean and more ripped that diet is 70-80 of the battle.
I don't know how and what you eat but perhaps I would explore that more.
I've lost about 50 lbs since the second week in November, dropping from 250 to about 200. My arms and shoulders and basically everything above my nipples look as ripped as most competitive bodybuilders (although I'm not that big), as do my legs. But I'm in the same club as everyone else who has a hard time loosing mid-section fat. It's coming off, but very very very slowly.
And everyone is right, you can't spot reduce fat, but by lifting weights you can build up the muscle under the fat, and still look pretty decent even with some mid-section fat "hanging" around.
With me, my hope is that since I've lost about all the fat I can from my upper-upper body and my legs, it's gotta start coming off my mid section a lot faster very soon (the weight loss has to come from somewhere). Maybe the OP can share in this expectation (soon).
it's funny that you say that, because at a distance looking in the mirror, I look decent. It's when I get up close...where you can notice some belly fat still hanging around.
Since summer is right around the corner...I was hoping to get rid of it. Doesn't look like it will happen yet though.
I'm sorta exactly the same way. Up close, my lean areas look really really lean, like grainy striated and veiny. But I can't see a trace of abs. But from six feet or more away, I can see a hint of abs - on one side at least, I don't think my abdominal wall knots up on the other side, I'm never going to have abs on both sides.
At first I thought I would be able to lose enough weight by my cruise last Feb, nope, I lost a lot of weight, but no where near abs. So I reset that goal for memorial day weekend, nope, that aint gunna happen either, I'm a lot leaner than I was in Feb, but still need to lose 5-10 more lbs of fat. So now I'm hoping for July 4th, but if I don't make that, then I'll keep trying and make a new goal for Labor day. I think it's a matter of never giving up, keep trying, keep getting closer and closer to that end goal.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?