Tummy advice? Need to slim down

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Tummy advice? Need to slim down

Hi guys, sup?
My tummy has gotten bigger since I stopped being a student and eating more. I gained 30 pounds in the last year and I gained it only in the abdomen (argh).

I started working out in a home gym every other day (Stamina Bandflex). I do Bicycle crunches, 3 sets of 20 each in the workout. They say bicycle crunches are the best for straight and oblique abs and give the most workout for ab muscles.

So what should I do to compress my belly into toned muscle? Is doing a lot more crunches and doing them every day instead of every other day going to help?

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good thinking. that just made me go drink some water.

Hah, I was thinking since I will wear an apron thing at work that maybe I should take the miniature bottles of water and slip them in the pockets. I get worn out if I don't drink much water.

yay tasneem is smart

Drink water.

That's pretty much all I can offer without sounding like an idiot.

I would recommend a heart rate monitor, or do it yourself by checking your pulse to make sure you are exercising at the right pace.

Hasan: I think the point is you can't spot reduce, you can spot train. The difference being when you're working out you're exerting specific muscles which will grow but if they're coated with 30 lbs of fat they won't exactly shine through. To lose fat the only way is to eat less then you burn :)

Hey Jazzy...
Ive heard so often that one cannot spot train, which I dont necessarily agree with. I mean, we train our bis and they get bigger right? We train our pecs and they grow right? Why cant we target our abs?

Regardless, reduce your total body fat and hit your stomach real hard...crunches, leg lifts, raises etc. For a lot of people the abdomen is the most difficult region to train so good luck.

I'm thinking an easy way to cut down on calories and fat: Just eat more of fruit yogurts and slim-fast and Lean Pockets - what do you people think of that ?

And I could have a regular meal in the day too but if I eat more of the above three healthy foods, it would be very helpful. Atleast that would be better than doing KFC at lunch and Tacobell at two other times in the day (I get hungry a lot).

I read somewhere that the most effective diet is - you got it - the one thats the easiest to follow. I have to get a treadmill though.

i agree with the below but it might help you also to read rehan's book, the six pack ab diet. Has some good advice about diet, workouts, and supplements.

Thanks for your advice guys! I'll try to follow it. I'm gonna look into counting carbs and gotta buy a exercise cycle to burn the calories. i'll refer to this later also for advice. thanks again!

there is no way to spot reduce except going to the doctor for surgery... lol...... follow these rules and you will be allright

1) eat less calories then your required daily intake
2) eat frequent meals, and dont eat 3 hours before bed
3) balanced meals ( restrict simple carbs, as much as possible )
4) rest and dont stress, stress hormone is linked to abdomen fat.
5) weight lifting / aerobics ... dont settle just with aerobics

this will get you in top shape inshallah

okay bye

you dont need to do abs yet. Your abs are not going to come out until you lose that 30lbs of fat.

eat less simple carbs and burn more calories in the day, treadmil etc.

the more you work out, the more fat you will lose. you cant compress fat into abs, not even with instant abs?

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