OT: How do I cut Belly Fat?

[RU4Real]

The correct answer to the OP's question is "10 blade".

 

[RUScrew85]

Carbs and Sugars no bueno.

 

[Piscataway]

I didn't plan on losing weight but had my physical and Doctor said I was pre diabetes in late Nov before the holidays. I lost 35 pounds about 5 years earlier and gain 15 pounds back over the last 5 years to 207 pounds 5'9. I started my new diet before Thanksgiving and the holidays but just reduced my eating for the holidays. The rest of the diet, which wasn't strict, was oatmeal for breakfast, salad and healthy choice dinner for lunch, and smaller portion for dinner watching for no carbs. After 4 months around March lost 27 pounds to 180, total loss 47 pounds over the 5 years, 32-33 waist. I always ate very small portions after the first diet 5 years ago but I stop eating my bags of potato chips and diet soda and it came off. I just had to be disciplined. Almost no exercising even though I use to jog 1.5 miles a day.

Might go down to 170 but everybody was saying I was getting too skinny but would to get into 30 waist jeans.

That is awesome! I started a little before Halloween. I was 224 and today I'm down to 174.5 diet alone. Plateaued at 179 so I added in jogging and weights. Now that I hit my initial goal I'm looking to drop another 10, but realize that as I gain muscle that may have to be adjusted.

Always forward.

 

[mikershoein]

Look into the grapefruit Diet, Atkins plus grapefruit- it will give you bad breath for a while but you will drop weight if you follow and build up your workouts

 

[rutgersdave]

That is awesome! I started a little before Halloween. I was 224 and today I'm down to 174.5 diet alone. Plateaued at 179 so I added in jogging and weights. Now that I hit my initial goal I'm looking to drop another 10, but realize that as I gain muscle that may have to be adjusted.

Always forward.

That's great. The tough part is keeping it off. It took me 5 years to gain some of the weight back which I'm fine if I have to do it every 5 years. I'm hitting 60 shortly and you tend to add 10 pounds at 40, 50, 60 years old.

 

[theRU]

try and get your baseline activity levels up.... I'm a firm believer in using a pedometer, as it can be a great indicator of your daily activity level.

Here is more of my detailed story so the rest of you can move on unless you are interested.

I used to work in a company that required me to run in the production floor and monitor things constantly. WIthout realizing it was about 230 lbs and not watching what I ate, but able to maintain that weight due to a daily step count of around 10-12000 steps.

Then I changed jobs, became completely sedentary ( 3000 steps per day) and ballooned up to 245 lbs within a matter of months.

I've since made it a point to cut out soda, increase my step levels back to 10-12 K and within about 3 months i was back to 230. I've also picked up my weekend activity level by doing some intense mountain biking and i've lost about another 5 lbs ( but added some serious muscle in legs) and lost several notches in my belt. At 225 i feel great since i have troubled knees from surgeries. My goal now is to steadily work my way to 205-210

 

[beaced]

Run, swim, & have sex.

Do you do all three by your self or should you have company?

 

[Piscataway]

Look into the grapefruit Diet, Atkins plus grapefruit- it will give you bad breath for a while but you will drop weight if you follow and build up your workouts

This is the worse thing you can do. Invariable all the weight comes back plus some more.

Like others have said you need to change your lifestyle. Sitting on your rump and eating like most of us do is killing us.

Decrease the calories and carbs while increasing your protein and activity level is the key. Eat veggies like they are good for you :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:.

 

[theRU]

This is the worse thing you can do. Invariable all the weight comes back plus some more.

Like others have said you need to change your lifestyle. Sitting on your rump and eating like most of us do is killing us.

Decrease the calories and carbs while increasing your protein and activity level is the key. Eat veggies like they are good for you :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:.

I would say that most of us have enough protein through regular daily intake, but def cut out all the empty calories. You can still eat "well" once you cut out empty cals from soda, juice, desserts.

BALANCE is the key. If you have fries or dessert one day cut back elsewhere. A good balanced diet and blend of activity do not mean the end of you life and terrific foods. But as was mentioned, you have to sustain it.

 

[miketd1]

congrats on your hard work and making the change

Thanks.

Should be noted that since then I've welcomed my second son into the world. Been extremely hectic and stressful and made very poor food choices as a result. Ballooned back almost to 200.

For the last 3 months, gradually got back into the routine (helps that the lil guy is sleeping longer) and am back down to 179.

Aiming for 170 by Oct.

 

[Piscataway]

I would say that most of us have enough protein through regular daily intake, but def cut out all the empty calories. You can still eat "well" once you cut out empty cals from soda, juice, desserts.

BALANCE is the key. If you have fries or dessert one day cut back elsewhere. A good balanced diet and blend of activity do not mean the end of you life and terrific foods. But as was mentioned, you have to sustain it.

I would say most do not unless girly man is the goal. At minimum 0.65g per lb of desired weight.

 

[RUJohnny99]

are there additional strategies I can use to cut Belly Fat?

Tell her she's been putting on a few pounds lately.

 

[Scarlet Shack]

It was me. I lost 204lbs total.
Lots of protein, fiber, walking, but I did a ton of yoga. Yoga, whole cutting calories and eating protein, will build a lot of lean muscle, which will help melt the fat right off.

Totally agree with this...I have a painfully slow metabolism and not all calories are equal.

I lost 100 lbs with high protein and low carbs with 10 hours of excercise in 2013

Went off of it an gained 40 back from 2014-2015 until i restarted it again at the beginning this year and lost back those 40 plus 10 and now looking to add to it.

Low carb high protein

 

[jay_hq]

Somewhat related....

I recently bought a portable pizza pouch that lets me carry a slice wherever i go.

I am thinking about getting a second one.

 

[alex13rufan]

Calories in minus calories out equals weight gain/loss. One pound is approximately 3,500 calories (yes new studies suggest this needs to be re-thought).

Now, understand that the very last thing your body will burn for energy is fat since it is relatively difficult to extract energy from fat in comparison to sugars. Carbohydrates become sugars shortly after you eat them so for this discussion carbs equals sugars. Dietary fiber is considered a carbohydrate but since it is not digestible it doesn't count. The packaging of a product will tell you how many carbs are in each serving and how many of those carbs are dietary fiber.

Greatly limit carbs in your diet and add some exercise and you will loose weight. It is difficult to limit carbs if you don't know what's in the food you're eating so you'll have to prepare most meals yourself.

The first three days of limiting carbs are hell. You'll become very mean so start on a Thursday night and take it through a weekend to avoid confrontations at work. By Monday you'll be fine. By Wednesday or Thursday of the following week you'll have to remind yourself to eat as you just won't be hungry.

Once you achieve your target weight you be able to reintroduce carbs into your diet until you find a good balance.

Good luck.

Best advice here so far

 

[batts]

if you are serious about cutting fat and being healthy...reduce the amount of alcohol you drink drastically. Sure you can indulge every so often at a tailgate but you bettter even cut back then because 7 weeks of drinking and eating fattening foods is just going to derail any progress, not to mention you go right into Thankgiving and XMas and now you know why the average RU fan is overweight. You either want to be fat or you dont. If you want to indulge go ahead no one is stopping you but dont plan on generally being healthy and fit

its pretty easy to eat right where it becomes an everyday part of your life and you certainly can eat your faves in moderation but I think people do not understand what moderation means..it doesnt mean every weekend for 20 weeks during football season, that will not cut it if you are TRULY serious

Spot on. I had a mini health scare and decided I didn't want to be fat any more. I drastically reduced both my alcohol intake and food portion size. I dropped 15 pounds in 8 weeks. It's now part of a healthy lifestyle change for me. Nothing will derail a healthy lifestyle faster than excess alcohol consumption and binge eating.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

I dropped 20 pounds since the fall, but I have only maintain since. I need to lose 20 more...

It is a lot easier to lose 20lbs than 40lbs. That's for sure, unless you are extremely overweight.

 

[R1776U]

just watch what you're eating and your body will adjust... and what was that saying in MASH(tv show when hawk saved that marine and the marine kept doing favors for him and opened up two spots for him and BJ in the mess tent) "my mom always said, it's good to leave the table a little hungry"

 

[sherrane]

Drop soda completely - those are wasted calories. And you will actually feel better once they're out of your diet.

Cut down dessert portions and limit yourself in how often you have it.

Bring your lunch a couple of days a week. I found that was the most effective way of dealing with all of the options available in Manhattan.

This should include diet soda. Aspartame is known to make you crave carbs, so you replace 120 calories of sugary soda with 120+ calories of snacks with carbs.

I stopped drinking all soda, as DJ stated, and stopped consuming foods with High Fructose Corn Syrup (fructose adds more belly fat than glucose) two years ago. I did not increase my exercise or set out to reduce the amount I ate / drank. I dropped 65 pounds and about 4 inches from my waist and am wearing clothes that have been hanging in my closet for more than 10 years.

 

[alex13rufan]

I am on medifast. 5 meal replacements and one lean and green meal.

Dropped 40 pounds in two months and feel great. Goal is to drop another 10 and start transitioning to maintenance w ultimate goal to lose a total of 20 more.

Eating every 2.5 hours, low calories, low carbs, no rice pasta potato or bread. Increased greens.

I don't feel hungry. Off blood pressure meds. Stopped snoring.

Alcohol has been vodka or gin and I limit to two on special occassions.

 

[rutgersal]

I'm down 10 lbs. minimizing soda and fast food and drinking lots of water seems to be helping me. I also keep a fruit bowl on my desk, fully stocked. i ran in the JP Morgan corporate challenge last week, and am currently training for Tough Mudder, which is July 23rd. I've been attending weekly bootcamps, held 2x a week since april, so that has helped too. Its a process.

 

[rutgersdave]

I'm down 10 lbs. minimizing soda and fast food and drinking lots of water seems to be helping me. I also keep a fruit bowl on my desk, fully stocked. i ran in the JP Morgan corporate challenge last week, and am currently training for Tough Mudder, which is July 23rd. I've been attending weekly bootcamps, held 2x a week since april, so that has helped too. Its a process.

It's a start. You can not exercise the weight off. I have been working out 35 years now almost 5-6 days a week other than when I'm injured. If you run 2-3 miles a day then the weight comes off but most can not do it consistently or get too old to run that far without injury. The only way is to reduce your sugary snacks like cake, donuts, desserts and other carbs. Cut out more calories which can be as easy as eating oatmeal in the morning instead of the bagel or donut or bacon and egg and hash browns for breakfast.

 

[batts]

Once you are in your 40s and older, there is very little chance that you can compensate for poor eating habits and excessive alcohol consumption through exercise. You simply cannot out-exercise all the calories you consume unless you change your lifestyle. I should know, I have been lifting weights and doing cardio for an hour and 20 minutes six times a week for years. It was only after I drastically limited alcohol to 2 or 3 drinks during special occasions, and limited my portion sizes at meals did I effectively start dropping weight.

 

[scarletjimmy]

Protein, fiber, and yoga. I lost 200 pounds in 13 months.

Congrats, no easy feat. How have you kept it off?

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

Eat pizza, donuts, fried chicken, ice cream and drinks lots of beer

 

[scarletjimmy]

These things kills my knees. Strange.

I have found that fish oil has really helped my knees.