Fat Burning Q' & A
Q.
How Do I Get Rid Of Belly Fat?
A.
This is the #1 question I get asked!
How did this lower abdomen fat appear and how do I get rid of it?
In my experience it is a combination of a couple of things:
- Eating too few calories and doing too much cardio
When you eat very little and add cardio it is a recipe for producing cortisol
which shows up as fat.
- Eating too many processed foods can stop the abdomen fat loss process. All foods aren't created equal. Don't believe me? Then just try replacing a 1000 cal or chicken and brown rice from you diet with 1000 calories of fast food and watch your body fat go up.Food has a thermic effect (the rate in which it metabolizes in the body). Fatty foods will breakdown differently then foods like lean chicken.
For example, I had a woman that loved to eat those goldfish crackers and would eat them everyday and she was complaining that she had been exercising but still wasn't able to lose the excess abdominal fat. I simply told her to cut that out of her diet and she noticed that week less of a bloat and her stomach was shrinking.
Also stress which produces cortisol is another big contributer to abdomen fat for women.
What other things can I do to achieve abdomen fat loss?
-Try reducing your simple sugars or eliminating them.Sugar (which are found in foods like soda and sweets) can hold onto that stubborn abdomen fat.
- Cardio will help burn it off.Sprinting or some type of interval cardio (30 sec-2 minutes intense intervals with 1-2 moderate pace)
Additionally, if you want to lose belly fat you need to focus on losing body fat. Your body fat percentage is simply the percentage of fat your body contains. For example, if you are 130 pounds and have 10% body fat, it means that your body consists of 13 pounds of fat and 117 pounds of lean mass (which includes bone, muscle, organ tissue, blood ect.).
The best way to make sure your belly fat is going away you need to measure your body fat by using a caliper. This measures specific skin folds on your body. The key is to get the same tester and method to get consistent readings. Make sure the person doing your body fat is doing 6-9 sites. I do not recommend the scales that take your body fat since they can be way off due to fluid imbalances.
The lower you reduce your body fat the less belly fat you will have!
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