How intense are the activities? Normally you can spot reduce, but high-intensity activities (ex: sprinting as opposed to jogging, lifting heavier at 75+% 1RM as opposed to lifting light weights in an aerobic fashion, etc) tend to be especially good for reducing abdominal fat.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2991639/
>> Most exercise protocols designed to induce fat loss have focused on regular steady state exercise such as walking and jogging at a moderate intensity. Disappointingly, these kinds of protocols have led to negligible weight loss [1, 2]. [...] Accumulating evidence suggests that high-intensity intermittent exercise (HIIE) has the potential to be an economical and effective exercise protocol for reducing fat of overweight individuals.
>> HIIE protocols have varied considerably but typically involve repeated brief sprinting at an all-out intensity immediately followed by low intensity exercise or rest. [...]
Biking and running are cardio exercises. That said, anything below all-out effort cardio does in turn consume both fat and muscle tissue. Therefore you lose fat and muscle proportionally. Thus there will always be a stubborn bit of belly fat.
Learn to count calories, what your daily energy expenditure is and balance your three main energy sources (macronutrients) that way.
Carbohydrates.
Protein.
Fats.
Perhaps get into fitness. It's the best way to retain muscle mass while losing fat.
Dont go on a diet per say, just cut out the unnecessary crap like pop and junk food.
I've lost 40 pounds just by cutting out junk and doing minimal exercise.
Honestly you'll be surprised by the weight you lose by cutting out the junk.
Also since its lower belly do exercises focusing on that area - mountain climbers for example.
In my personal opinion though you dont look like you need to lose anymore. Maybe just tone up a bit and you'll be beach ready
Almost every girl has this because of the way our organs are situated. It's also genetic. Everyone in my family has it. Try a change in diet or talk to your doctor and see what you can do. Google is free also.
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well that looks like it may not be fat you may just be eating a certain food that you are mildly allergic to such as gluten which can cause you to bloat and look like you have a bigger belly i suggest you cut out certain foods for short periods at a time like about a week and note the differences till you isolate the food thats causing that and you can cut it out or substitute if that is the problem which it seems like
That kind of stubborn fat takes a lot of time in a strict calorie deficit. That means 1 or 2 months always below maintenance calories without ANY kind of cheating. The calorie deficit shouldn't be lower than 1000 kcal tho
It's stubborn fat - most women have it. It's there for fertility reasons...
The only way to lose it is to lose weight in general... and you're still going to have it, only it'll be a bit smaller...
sit ups!
you look great by the way!
but i had the same thing and realized there are different work outs for your lower abs than the higher ones that target that exact area. look up "lower ab work outs"
Belly Belt in the Exercise Department in Walmart or any Department store. xx
You need to focus specifically on those muscle groups during a workout to get rid if it.
in my opinion, you look perfect. That little bit that you have is sexy AF
You are eating too much, read this:
https://liamrosen.com/fitness.html
Cardio is the best way to burn fat, maybe you need to make your workouts more intense. Other than that stress and other factors can cause you to keep weight on or lose weight slowly.
When you say you eat "pretty healthy" [sic], can you be more specific?
Yeah that's suppose to be there to get rid of that one you'd need like no fat whatsoever
Stress can be the cause of extra belly fat.
nice belly fat, try not to eat fast food, the fat goes right to your belly :)
Too bad u let that bother you. You're better looking than 95 percent of girls!
Start eating more pineapple, delete the candy and the fast food.
Belly fat is always the last to go
You look perfect the way you are.
Have you tried the Keto lifestyle?
Tell me more about your diet and your workout
depends on what exercises u do. do u have a coach?
Crunches
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