I work out everyday and can't seem  to lose the fat on my sides (Obleaque)  area?
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Pilates...\n\nand another very useful trick...\nStartchy foods accumulate exactly where you are mentioning it...\n(Potatoes, breads, Pizzas etc...)\n\nGood food combinations will really help !
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That is a very stubborn area for fat loss! Here is something I made up, but seemed to work...Try holding two dumbells (arms bended in a perpendicular position AND legs apart alightly farther than the shoulders in standing position) and twisting just the waist w/ the dumbells held in Barbie-doll position. Turn from side to side up in repetitions of 50. Do not swing side to side or else you may harm yourself. This exercise will also help help bicep endurance. \n\nTry boxing, that will definitely lean the trunk of your body.
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Have you tried the Ab Lounge? I had trouble losing fat in my belly until I used the Ab Lounge. I had trouble with my mid-belly and its gone. It is comfortable and works fast. I would do 20 to the front rotate 20 on both sides then back to 20 to the front 5 days a week. I notice results in two weeks and my belly was gone in 8 weeks don't remember if it was 5-8 weeks to get my belly flat.\n\nGood Luck!
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I'm guessing that you don't exercise much, and don't have a lot of muscle.  That means that if your weight is normal, you have some extra body fat on your tummy, and maybe other places too.  You can't choose where your body gains or loses weight, but you can control what you eat and how much you exercise.\n\nYou don't mention your height or weight, so I can't tell if your weight is normal, or if you are skinny or overweight.  If you are thin, then you really should focus on exercise.  If you are overweight, exercise and your diet is important, too.\n\nThe best way to start out is to walk, ride a bike, or swim.  Running is good if you can.  Work up to 30-45 minutes, 4-5 times a week, working hard enough that you are breathing heavy.  If you are just starting out, that is enough to build some muscle and get in shape.  And it's free!  If you are already exercising that much, consider adding a little bit of weight training to your program.\n\nDon't go on a diet, instead keep a food diary.  Write down everything you eat, and how much.  If you aren't losing any pounds or inches, then start adding up those calories to see whether you really are eating as much as you should.  People don’t always notice how much they eat, but they see every pound when they try on a swimsuit.  Writing everything down keeps you focused on healthy eating.
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There is no sure way to lose it from the stomach area. Some people just can't lose it there - had a trainer who was perfectly toned except for her belly because that is where the body naturally stores it all. \n\nBut there are certain workouts you can do to change that fat into muscle. Crunches, kicks are an example. Just remember when you work out to keep the stomach muscles tight to tone and build muscle ( muscle weight more than fat, so you'll prolly stay the same weight, but have a flatter abdomin.)
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give it time it will go...it's mostley fluid but make sure you don't eat too much. It's not so much the situps and ab workouts you do because that will tone your muscles and get them into shape. It's how much fat that's on the outside so just watch your weight and give it time and your tummy will go down :)
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you might have to revise your diet plan maybe. keeping your calories too far down will keep your body from losing fat as it is trying to preserve everything you take in. try eating more protein to build your muscle. vary your exercises. your body will get used to a routine quickly. by alternating exercises it always has to work and keep up to speed.
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You can't lose weight in a specific area.  Your body doesn't work that way.  You have to do aerobic exercise and cut back calories (no fewer than 1200 a day) so that you burn more calories than you eat.  That will make you lose body fat.\n\nLow carb diets were shown to be dangerous in the 1960s.  Doing situps will just put muscles with the body fat.  Losing more than 2 pounds a week or eating fewer than 1200 calories a day are dangerous.
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You need to hit the gym babe and you gotta go on daily jogs. Do 100 to 200 situps each night. You should see results. Oh, and it may sound prissy, but Pilates really work too! My stomach got flatter and I formed some abs in about a month of all that and eating right. You're doing great with the eating(make sure your portion size isn't too big). You're half way there!
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Firstly: are your rectus abdominus muscles hidden under a layer of fat? If so you first need to think of losing weight. It is now considered impossible to lose weight from only one spot of your body, it has to come off all your body.\n\nSecondly, are you fit enough to work out strenously in a gymn? Do you have a bad back? Bad heart? \n\nThirdly, you will enjoy a gymn work out far more if you balance your bodybuilding. Most blokes do pecs and biceps and forget about their legs and tummy. An overall toned physique looks better than a freak show of one over-developed group.\n\nLastly, exercises:\nSit-ups without weights: use a padded bench or mat under your butt to prevent bruising. By crossing your arms on your chest or touching your fingers to your ears, you are adding weight to the end of the lever which is your upper body, enhancing the exercise. DO NOT clasp your hands behind your head, you may strain your neck. Brace your toes under a bar, strap or footboard of your bed, bend the knees to 90 degrees and sit up in a relaxed controlled manner. You should be able to count "One thousand and one" as you sit up. Any quicker and you are not deriving the maximum benefit from the exercise. After sitting up, sit back equally controlled and at a similar speed. Remember, your muscles are doing work on the way back too!\n\nIncline sit-ups: by raising your feet above your head, using an angled board, you actually "hit" the rectus abdominus lower down, so a very inclined board is not working your six pack. With practice you will feel the area being exercised.\n\nTwisting sit-ups: part of your stomach muscles are transverse muscles which run diagonally across your belly and contribute to the tone of your six-pack -they also frame it. So perform half of your sit ups twisting your right shoulder towards your left knee and vice versa. If you are touching your ears with your fingers, then use your elbows to make contact with the opposite knee.\n\nStanding leg raise chair: looks like you should have a jet pack on your back! Standing position, lower arms rest on pads, hands grip handles. You can then comfortably raise your legs, working your abs. Try raising your knees, raising straight legs (harder), one at a time, together and diagonally across the body (to work those transverse abs)\n\nHyperextension: you sit on a pad with your feet held firm and lean backwards with your upper body unsupported. The limit you lean back is only limited by your flexibility. Can be done on the arm of a chair or sofa, usually with a partner holding your feet.\n\nAb crunches -everyone knows but not my favourite -works the muscles close to full contraction.\n\nOne of the principles should be that you extend, or lie back, as fully as you can on each repetition, also that you follow this with as full a contraction or "crunch" as you can ON THE SAME REP. This could be called doing a "full" sit up.\n\nOther exercises and machines use your rectus abs -lat pull down to the front of your body hit this area, as do standing jumps!\n\nTHE KING:Finally, once you have spent a few weeks conditioning your abs without weights, try taking the smallest dumbell you can (designed to be held in one hand, not a full bar) and, in the sit up position, hold the outside ends of the weights firmly in both hands, with your fingers wrapped round the discs securely, and rest the bar on your chin. Now try doing 20 sit ups. Incline the bench to different angles as before to hit different parts of the group.\n\nTry adding more weight until you find the weight at which you can only perform 6 sit ups. This should be the ultimate aim of your session. Resistance adds muscle bulk, and weights provide the resistance. Take the weight 90% on your hands, using your chin mainly for balance. As you increase weight get a friend to spot for you so you don't have an accident! Use strict style, no bobbing up and down -use the sit back as part of the exercise. Your frie
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ugh! i have the same problem. but try some cardio excercises, (running, jump rope, eliptical) because i read that cardio burns fat. crunches and sit up tone the muscles, like me i have great abs but there hidden under a layer of fat. so im starting to add some cardio into my daily regimine.
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I sympathize with you because I was in the same situation.All i can advice you is to go for daily walks, push-ups for the arms, sit-ups or crunches for the abdominal(stomach area)If you keep to it you'll see results in a couple of days or weeks depending your metabolism(also what you eat..watch those french-fries!)
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Ab lounge, sit-up, walking. Eat right and limit your portions. You might get better answers if you would have put this in health/fitness type of catagory. Good Luck:)\n\nIf at first you don't succeed, try again. Don't give up. You didn't gain it overnight and you won't lose it overnight.
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No. Try exercise and lay off the fatty foods; sit-ups, crunches, walking, running, stretching, cardio exercise, resistance exercise...all are great for flattening your abdomen. There are tons of evercise programs on line and places for women, who have the same problem as you, to work out at all over the place.\n\nGood luck.
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that sure is the most difficult area to lose fat from, for girlz at least. i would suggest doing a certain number of abs exercises before going to bed every night. leg lifts help tone the lower abs, which is probably where the flub is. do as many as you can, for a s long as you can. if u dont see immediate results, dont get discouraged. keep going and it will be well worth the effort-you'll see. also staying hydrated (6-8 glasses of water a day) helps to burn fat. its scientifically proven.
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I used to be really BIG in that area, from 30 inches, i'm now 25-26.I combine logical diet & exercise. Logical means eating a balance diet, less on the fatty & carbo-rich foods but not removing them. In my experience, the ONLY two exercises that guarantee a trim waist-hip area are the DOUBLE ABDOMINAL CRUNCH and the half or low bicycle in the air, w/ some calisthenics to burn calories. But the real key here is DISCIPLINE. You have to be determined. Unfortunately, there are no short cuts unless you have the money to go under the knife or get a lipo. But even if you do have the money, i won't advise anyone to do that still because the benfits of a healthy diet and exercise are way beyond having a small waist-hip. It provides you w/ a healthy outlook in life, slows the aging process, etc., etc., etc.... I have been reading books, magazines and what-have-yous... Believe me... my advise works. Try BELLY-dancing if you find the crunches hard at times... but always do crunches. Check out health magazines or experts on the proper way of doing so... Remember have fun! And be PATIENT. You will see results after two or three months. It may not be significant but it's a good motivation for you. Ciao...
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Ask someone with armpit fat if you can ride on theirs, I suppose? ;)\n\nStrapless dresses tend to do that, you don't have to have much fat there for that to happen. I suggest wearing a different style of dress.\n\nYou can't decrease fat in a certain area by doing specific exercises. The only way to lose weight in a certain area is to lose weight in general.