hi ppl im tring to lose my gut b4 i go on vacation this summer so does anyone know a good exercise for losing a gut?
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Sugar is one of the worst things for your gut.  Eliminate sugar and starchy carbs and you'd be amazed.  Don't eliminate ALL carbs.  Ones that are fibrous and complex are great for you.\nAerobic activity is the best thing you can do...running is my favorite.  You could do 1000 situps a day, but if you don't burn the fat on top of those muscles you're toning all you're going to have is toned muscles under a layer of fat.  Focus less on crunches and situps and just get that cardio going.  Once you lose the excess fat, then it will be more important to focus on the actual toning, but it doesn't hurt to do both.\nJust remember:  Man does not lose his gut through situps or crunches alone.\n\nGood luck!  You can do it...you've got lots of time.  It's amazing what you can do in a couple of months.
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Technically you are loosing WEIGHT but its just water. Your not loosing fat sadly =(    (damn! why cant it be that simple! =P) \n\nif you want to loose belly fat you should do about 30-60min of cardio 3-5x a week to slim your whole body; because you cant target spot an area (sorry! T.T) because even if you did a billion crunches and sit ups a day; the fat currently on your stomach would be hiding your 6-pack. \n\nI would also suggest doing crunches and sit-ups tho. So when you do loose your stomach fat your pack would be showing ^_~ hehe\n\nhope to help
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It is going to take a long time for you to lose that pooch. \n\nYou will have to be very dedicated to various stomach exercises but there is no guarantee that your skin will  tighten back up. Your abs may get really toned but if the skin stays loose then you will always have the gut.\n\nOh and those nasty stretch marks......you own those for life....
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Cardiovascular exercise. Running, biking, swimming.. whatever you're most comfortable doing that gets your heartrate up. Start by doing 30min a day, and just increase your intervals.\n\nIt's a myth that abdominal exercises help to lose weight. They'll make your core strength and ab muscles stronger, but they'll never be visible if you dont lose the fat tissue covering them.
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I like to go to the gym and have a really good work out to some banging tunes - 45 mins on a treadmill to nickleback and I'm cool as a cucumber ;-)\n\nIf you *really* are wound up at someone you can always imagine their head between the weights as you tone your bum!!\n\nIf that fails I find a walk in the countryside helps - getting out into nature - the beach or a mountain somewhere all alone helps!
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The water isn't going to get stored any more than usual.  Your weight fluctuates.  Don't cut back on water!  You need it to flush everything out.  Just keep on, add more exercise, you'll see some movement.  And add more fiber to your diet!  One bowel movement a week isn't a lot.  Eat more greens, or take a fiber tablet if you can't get enough with your diet.
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Exercise is great but great nutrition is the key to any weight loss routine. I lost 35 pounds in two months and I gained the energy to exercise.
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The answer depends on where you are starting... it would be better to ask what is a healthy rate of weight loss and then talk about what a healthy target weight is.  Here are some ideas.\n\n\nOn Yahoo!Answers I find certain questions being asked repeatedly which is simply a reflection of new people participating. A couple of common questions amount to "How do I lose weight," or more specifically, "How do I lose abdominal fat?" I have gotten very positive responses from my answers when I paused to reply (and now beginning to get "It works!" emails that are very gratifying. I like helping people)... so have recently decided to put a good solid answer on my Yahoo!360 Blog (September 10) that I can point people to. These are my thoughts as a physician and athlete.\n\nDon't target losing more than about 2 lbs per week. If you try to lose faster, your body will go into "starvation mode" and get very stingy about burning calories while at the same time very efficient about storing any calories that you do provide. And it will make you feel awful. \n\nThere is no site specific way of losing fat... the old myth about working your abs to burn belly fat isn't true. To get rid of love handles, you need to lose overall fat. That happens with exercise and watching your diet. More on that below. \n\nThe most effective way to lose fat is aerobic exercise in the "moderate" fat-burning range, ideally first thing in the morning before you eat. When you wake your body is ready to burn fat and your levels of growth hormone are highest at that time. Later in the day it can take up to 30 minutes just to put your body into a fat-burning mode. \n\nAnother overlooked way to burn fat is by lifting weights. Skeletal muscle has very high caloric needs... almost twice that of adipose (fat) tissue. Put on a little muscle and you will burn calories all day even at rest. Be aware that skeletal muscle weighs more, so with this approach you may see your weight increasing while your body fat is melting away. Not realizing this often stresses folks who think they should be losing weight as a measure of fitness. Forget the scale, look in the mirror and you will be happy.\n\nTo lose a pound of fat, you need to eliminate about 3500 calories. You can do this by burning more with exercise or by modifying your diet to reduce intake. If you do a Google search on say, "swimming calories" you will quickly find a website with tables of calories burned for a given exercise. You can use such lists to estimate how many calories you are burning up with your routine.\n\nFor diet, keep a diary for a couple of weeks counting calories, grams of protein, and grams of fat intake. It is easy with online sources of nutritional information (type the name of the food and calories into the Google search engine) and packaging labels. That will let you quickly figure out where the fat is coming from in your diet. \n\nFat gives you 9 calories per gram. So take the number of grams of fat, multiply by 9, then calculate what percentage the fat calories are of your total daily calories. Restricting the calories from fat to about 20% of your total intake is ideal for a maintenance diet... that isn't overly restrictive. Of note, you need some fat in your diet. For instance, the body uses fat to produce hormones. Once you have a picture of how to modify your diet, you can drop the diary and just go back to it occasionally if you are wanting to tweek things further.\n\nThere is a subset of questions that goes further and asks about "How to get a six-pack?" The answer is the same. Six-packs are 20% abdominal exercise and 80% diet. There is one caveat... abdominal muscles will form in the position that you work them, so be certain to pull them tightly toward your spine while doing crunches, etc. Also, during most lifting, the "core is active" which means that you should be stabilizing with contracted abs then
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for the stomach, I recommend sit-ups. Sit-ups are very good for you to use when you want to lose some weight around the stomach area.
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Yes, sweetie as a former dancer we often had to drop weight quick. This isn't pleasant but it works. The things is not to stop eatting,because you will relaspe. #1 forget meat, it is high in fat and protein. Eat only and I mean only spinach, collard greens, celery, cereal( raisan bran) without the milk( just dry outta the box). All these foods will make you poop like crazy. No snacks! these foods are all avalible in the can, the best is MORNING GLORY they have great flavor. You also can have beans and once a week chicken breast prepared in olive oil. Don't believe that myth, about water. It's a huge myth. Drink only when you are thirsty. If you get really crazy for some real food, soups are great.(Never white soups) the are low fat and very satisfying. Flavor Tuna in the pack is also really good. So G'luck
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to loose weight....\nA FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER:\nThe correct way to burn fat and stay healthy is to burn more calories than you consume\nYou need to make sure you are eating healthy foods while still excercising\nIf you have a big appetite drink plenty of water so that you will feel full but not consume calories\nBut you should always eat\nIf you start to skip meals you will only be more hungry at your next meal and probably eat way too much\nRemember, the average persons stomach is as big as a slice of pizza scrunched up into a ball\nSo you shouldnt be putting more food into your stomach than what fits\nAlso, it takes aproximately 15-20 minutes for your brain to realize that you are full\nso eat slower and you will realize sooner when you are not hungry anymore\n\nALSO....\ni found this artical called "50 Habits of "Naturally Thin" People\nHow to get Started:Decide how much you want to loose and see how many calories a day it will take to make it happen by year's end.Then, work into your routines however many of these eating tweaks and exercises you need to achieve your goal.\nSlash 250 cal.s a day to lose about 25 lbs. in a year, Slash 500 cal.s to loose 50 pounds.\nThis is based on a 150-pound person: you may need to cut more/ fewer calories depending on ur weight, age & gender. It also assumes your normal calorie intake essentially stays the same and your weight is stable.\n* I'm only going to give you the ones that are most helpful and burn calories. If you want more then email me*\n1.Wake-up Workout - When your eyes open, sit up slwoly w/out using ur hands. W/ legs straight out, lean forward until u feel a gentle stretch in ur back & hamstrings. Hold. Then, Using ur abs, lower urself flat. Rest & repeat 2 more times. BURNS 10\n2. Balance Booster - While u brush ur teeth, alternate standing on 1 leg as u switch mouth quadrants(every 30 seconds). BURNS 10\n3.Be a Ballerina - As ur coffee drips, stand sideways, put 1 hand on the counter, and lift the outside leg straigh out in front of u, keeping it extended. With upper body straight, hold for a few sec.s and move it to the side: hold and extend it behind u. Do 5x on each leg. BURNS 10\n4. Talk It UP - Every time u grab the phone, stand up & pace around. BURNS 50\n5. Carry Some Weight - When ur grocery Shopping/ running erands, wear a backpack with 5-10 lbs bag of sugar inside to increase resistance & burn more calories. Add purchases to ur load as it becomes easier. BURNS 20 (FOR AN HOUR OF ERRANDS)\n6.Pump at the Pump - While ur getting gas, With 1 hand on ur car, Stand on the balls of ur feet & slowly rise up & down for as long as it takes to fill ur tank. BURNS 10\n7. Shop till the Pounds Drop - at the mall try on at least 10 outfits- pants and shirts.BURNS 60\n8. Jog for Junk Mail - For every piece of junk mail u get each day, do 1 lap around ur house/ building, / up & down a flight of stairs. BURNS 35-140\n9. Play Footsie - After Dinner, while u are sitting at the table, extend your right leg out & slowly bend it up & down, squeezing & holding in the up position for at least 5 sec.s. Repeat 5x for each leg. BURNS 10\n10.Ease into Evening - sitting with feet uncrossed, grab ur wrists & raise ur hands above ur head to lengthen the spine. Take a deep breath in as u reach & hold the position, breathing slowly in & out for 20 sec.s, taking longer on the exhale. BURNS 5\n11. Sing a Song - Spend sunday morning belting it out in the church choir. BURNS 70 PER SERVICE\n12. Catch This! -\nSpend 30 min tossing a ball or a frisbee with ur kid/dog BURNS 90\n13. Make Whoopee - Instead of a bowl of ice cream as a bedtime snack, have a robust tussle with your spouse. BURNS 300\n\nGood Luck!!
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Do you have a dvd player?  Get a good dvd and use your body against itself.  I did this and swam alot and biked a lot.  I look great!
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I agree!!! It's doesn't help you lose your belly. You should really consider doing cardio exercises at least 3 times a week; along with jogging. You will see better results instead. Drink a lot of water too. Try this website below. It will tell you a lot about ab workouts. It help me alot.
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Cardio exercises burn the most fat and will probably put the least amount of stress on you stomach. Try what feels the most comfortable to you. You could try walking, jogging, or biking.
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The summer is coming up quick so you don’t have long.  But one to two months is all you need if you do it right.  I’m assuming you’re not huge, because in that case it probably would take some time.  But for someone who has the winter padding on, you should be fine.  You don’t have to go to the gym but for the best results definitely jog/run 3-4 times a week for 30 minutes or more.  Doing less isn’t much benefit, so make sure to run or jog at a pace you can keep up for 30 minutes.  And warm up and stretch properly, with winter inactivity it’s very important.  And as far as food goes, make sure to eat breakfast, with mostly fruits and maybe some yogurt or small piece of toast.  Avoid high carbs like bagels and muffins.  A lot of people avoid breakfast but it really is important, gets your metabolism going throughout the day.  And also eat a lot of small meals, 4-5 if possible.  The worst mistake people make is avoiding breakfast and starving themselves all day only to gorge themselves at dinner time.  Dinner should be a very small meal.  You know what types of things are bad to eat and how much to eat, just try to cut down.  Try and stick with a level you can keep up.  Hope this helps, see you at the beach!
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Oddly enough our old gym teachers were right - sit ups help most with cramps it seems.  Of course this suggestion is most often met with disbelief (and sometimes hostility).\n\nMy grandmother always told me to put a pillow on my stomach to keep it warm.
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Swimming is a great exercise for ab muscles and legs.  If you see yourself as an "apple or pear" shape person, swimming will definitely help you in these areas.  It is nonshocking to your joints, it is aerobic and also fun.  As far as diet pills, stay away from them the side affects do more harm than good and there isnt a wonder pill on the market as of yet that doesnt have a side affect that can kill you.  Of course, a good diet would be helpful- join a gym that has a pool and have a trainer go over what exercises you can start off at and gradually increase to get the results you want by the summer, they also have nutritionists at the better gyms and since it is near the holidays, they usually run specials for Christmas - so check it out--- good luck on your goal to a new you!!