How can i slim down the sides of my stomach (love handles)?
483642
You don't get to choose where you lose fat.  Doing alot of toning exercises isn't the answer.  You have to change your diet so that you lose fat mass on your body and your love handles will disappear.
38693
Yes. Its call surgery. Tummy tuck.\nYou will get a flat stomach, but a scar from side to side, (where the hip bone starts to the other side)\nIt looks BAD. (unless you are looking to be the bride of Frankistein for the rest of your life)\nSo, maybe yoga, or a gym to do ab work is not that bad.\nHey, if the obese people on TV Biggest looser can do it, a bet is a pice of cake (ji, ji) for you.
891340
You cannot slim down your butt and thighs only - you have to just try to lose weight from your whole body through doing cardio workouts - fast walking, running, biking, etc.\n\nYou can tone those areas, but it is generally not recommended to only focus on the toning of one area of the body - you don't want to have nice and toned legs with a really skinny chicken-like arms.  A whole body workout is necessary to slim down your trouble areas.  \n\nGenetics also plays a part.  If you've done a lot of cardio, and are losing weight in all areas of your body but not as much in your butt and thigh area, you make just be naturally inclined to gain weight in those areas and there is nothing non-surgical that you can do about that.
191282
Sounds like you are doing the right thing with crunches, etc. ... I think you should also do some aerobics, dance or something like that to round it off.
626080
cruches. Do normal cruchches and sit ups for a week. The do them on a decline for another week. then add weight when doing your decline situps and cruches. You may want to do obique cruches (situps leaning to one side.) that way your whole abdominals will be ripped. If you don't like situps or crunches try getting a ab-lounge. You'll want to eat healthy food vegtables, fruits and some grains. depending on what you weigh you'll want to take in about 200 grams of protein. Going for a jog or cycling would be agood idea to.
742742
Lets see try crunches as well as six inches you lay flat on your back lift yer feet six inches off the floor and hold it until u cant then let them drop and repeat also try touching yer toes and holding your arms straight out to your side and twisting this will work the muscles of yer sides and also try alternating touching your calf on each side from same start position as the twist kinda like a side crunche works good for those love handles .
439480
Here's an awesome program for losing love handles, and it's free, posted on the Internet:\nhttp://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,Smith_051904,00.html\n\n\nGood luck from someone who feels ya pain! :)\n~Tia~
838316
Try leg lifts. Rest on a raised surface with your legs extended and raise them up and down repeatedly. You should feel all your abdominal muscles tense, including your lower abs.\n\nBest way to improve the look of your abs is to eat healthy to lower your body fat. Avoid transfats completely. They're evil, and have proven to make people fat. They are not part of a natural human diet, and are merely added to processed foods for flavour. Watch your calories. A male should generally have about 2000 calories a day, a female about 1600. Optimally you would have 40% of your calories from carbohydrates, like sugars, 30% from (healthy) fats, and 30% from protein.\nI highly recommend hemp seeds. They are the healthiest natural food source.
482680
That is just your body shape by genetics. Be happy it is not the opposite. You can slim down BUT your lower-half will still be larger and there is NOTHING wrong with that.
1133737
OMG! you sound like my twin or something! im 14,  5'4", and weigh about 107. it sounds like we have the same shape too, and i was wondering how to get rid of mine also! you can try doing those side crunches..
620509
Start with 20 crunches lifting your legs at a 90 degree angle for your lower stomach. Lift your legs above the ground and keep them there while you do crunches for the upper portion of your abs. Do side cruches for a slimmer waist. And finally cross one leg over the other and do crunches connecting your left elbow to your right knee. crunch first then connect elbow to knee. Continue to add crunches the more you get use to it. HAVE FUN! :)
292781
hmmmm good one, ok those love handles, right on the lower part of your back near the sacrial area are the most difficult to get rid of, why because there is no real exercise to target them.   \nBut you could do back exercises to strengthen your lower back muscles which in turn-cause they are generally connected tone up those a bit to. \n2 sit ups but the ones where you twist, ex: on back sit up and touch left elbow to right knee.  Also some yoga asanas would help target those problems like cobra and locust---but you don't want to strain your back so make sure you are doing them right----find a teacher in your area---or Pilates. If you do cardio you tend to lose a little bit everywhere.. Lipo is the only last resort I could think of.
19183
The only way to reduce love handles is to reduce your overall body fat level. Unfortunately many people have certain limited areas where fat tends to deposit first and go away last. There is nothing you can do about this. It is controlled by genetics and may change with age. You may be able to make it look beter by developing the underlying muscles. A good all round weight training program coupled with a reasonable diet is the best plan. \nAnother exercise that affect the underlying muscles are hanging, twisting knee or leg raises. I'd recommend doing ses of high reps (50-100 or more).
435631
Tennis will help some in this area because it works a lot of muscle groups.  However, you will not see big results because this area needs to be targeted by "core strength training" to see a significant reduction in that area.  This means Crunches,medicine ball exercises, core twists, knee lifts. etc...along with diet and some cardio exercice like cycling or jogging.  These types of things will reduce the fat over the stomach because fat in that targeted area is being burned and will reduce those love handles.
1414
Do some toning exercises like stomach crunches.  Hope this helps.
737276
I know this sounds silly, but take Saran Wrap and wrap the area(s) you want to slim down.  Exercise with this on and those wrapped areas will sweat more than the other areas.  It does help; I've tried it before.
308141
To lose tummy fat\n\nEat less salty foods.\nDrink 8 glasses of water daily to avoid fluid retention.\nRemain physically active to burn calories. Different activities burn different number of calories. Choose an activity suitable for you.\nDo cardiovascular exercise (for at least twenty minutes, five times a week) like walking, jogging, swimming, bicycling, tennis, basketball, etc. You can also use a fitness ball. Remain in the target heart rate zone of the exercise intensity.\nWalking briskly for at least thirty minutes puts all of the abdominal muscles to work.\nAdd more mass to your muscles. Concentrate on all the muscle groups. Work down from the largest to the smallest muscles. Concentrate on these muscles in order: front and back of thighs, buttocks, back, chest, triceps, biceps, calves, hips, forearms and shoulders. Exercises with fitness ball or gym ball can be used for all the muscle groups.\nStabilize your blood sugar by eating every 2-3 hours. Know about glycemic index of foods and eat vegetables, fruits, nuts, berries, and whole grains with low glycemic index and low glycemic load values.