Is stomach fat really the easiest to lose?

[Anonymous]

I read something talking about stomach fat is the fastest weight to lose because it's the most metabolically active...Any fitness people got any insight to this logic?

[candlewax]

It's failed logic.

Your body decides what's going to go first, as far as what fat burns. However, if anything, stomach fat is harder to lose because with a lot of people, it's the last to go.

If anything, stomach fat is CHEMICALLY different and important to lose when you have too much. It leads to a lot of metabolic diseases like diabetes, CHD, etc. I think because it's chemically different is why it doesn't go away as easily as the rest of the body fat. How many people have you talked to who lost belly fat first? You'll hear mostly- "I LOST WEIGHT BUT I JUST CAN'T GET RID OF THIS LITTLE PUDGE IN THE MIDDLE..."

[BennyB]

I'm not really a "fitness person" but I do know that you can't target fat to burn. You can tone specific muscle groups over others, but you can't target the specific fat above them. You need to do cardiovascular exercises that get your heart running which burns small amounts of fat all over your body. For example, I could do a thousand billion sit ups and have super ripped abs, but without doing the cardio like running/biking/etc. to burn the fat, no one will see them because the fat will still be between the abs and the skin.

[funkadelic5]

Most metabolically active LOL good joke

Try reading something written by someone who isn't making up horse sh*t

if anything, stomach fat is usually the hardest to lose - at least for males - because the body has a tendency to store fat there first (and remove it last), hence the concept of "stubborn fat" - even though its not really any easier or harder to lose

[porque202]

Benny is right, there's no way to target fat. You just have to lose weight and your body will burn it's fat, but everyone's body is different and will burn different fat areas at different rates. A deficit of 500 calories a day is best. That's 5lbs a week.

[Belgie]

It's not easy - it's just the area that's most visible when changes happen. IF you lose weight from your thighs, no one will notice immediately. Lose it from your belly, and they will.

But it is not easy. Not by a long shot.

[martyfellow]

It's not the hardest or the easiest...there isn't any physiological basis for stomatch fat being different than other fat!

[MyThoughts]

fat is hard to lose period,no matter where it is.

[Anonymous]

no its not easy ...1 shld be serious about it