How do I get rid of this baby belly?
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Exercise! Eat healthy also, but get up and move! Dieting without exercsie will just leave you skinny-fat, you will loose weight, but it will be mostly lean body mass, not fat and that will leave your belly looking proportionately bigger and saggier! A good strength training program 3 days a week, coupled with some light cardio on 3 alternate days will make a huge difference, especially if you have not been active recently.
Most important - Diet
2nd Most Important - Weight-lifting/Fitness
3rd Most Important - Cardio
It would be a good idea to read the Nutrition Stickies on this forum.
First, You need to figure out the number of calories you need for maintenance of your current weight.
You can do that by figuring out your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), there's an online bmr calculator that does this for you at BMR Calculator .
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Next,Once you have your BMR, multiply your BMR by the appropriate activity factor, as follows: (This is the Harris-Bennedict formula)
If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2
If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375
If you are moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55
If you are very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725
If you are extra active (very hard exercise/sports & physical job or 2x training) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.9
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Once you figure out your maintenance level, I would suggest going into a 500 calories deficit, meaning.. if your maintenance level is 2500 cals, you should try to eat around 2000 cals. That followed by the appopriate training and cardio and healthy diet, will help you steadily shed the fat.
Eat 5-6 Meals per day (smaller portions), Drinks lots of water.
The BMR and the Harris-Bennedict formula arent 100% accurate, and since every person is different you're gonna have to do some trial and error on yourself in order to figure out what works best for you, and how many calories should you eat.
There's a lot more to say.
I hope I helped, if you have any further questions feel free to ask. Also your belly is very small, don't worry too much about it, If you put the effort, you'll shed that belly fat in a fairly short period of time.
2nd Most Important - Weight-lifting/Fitness
3rd Most Important - Cardio
It would be a good idea to read the Nutrition Stickies on this forum.
First, You need to figure out the number of calories you need for maintenance of your current weight.
You can do that by figuring out your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), there's an online bmr calculator that does this for you at BMR Calculator .
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Next,Once you have your BMR, multiply your BMR by the appropriate activity factor, as follows: (This is the Harris-Bennedict formula)
If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2
If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375
If you are moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55
If you are very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725
If you are extra active (very hard exercise/sports & physical job or 2x training) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.9
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Once you figure out your maintenance level, I would suggest going into a 500 calories deficit, meaning.. if your maintenance level is 2500 cals, you should try to eat around 2000 cals. That followed by the appopriate training and cardio and healthy diet, will help you steadily shed the fat.
Eat 5-6 Meals per day (smaller portions), Drinks lots of water.
The BMR and the Harris-Bennedict formula arent 100% accurate, and since every person is different you're gonna have to do some trial and error on yourself in order to figure out what works best for you, and how many calories should you eat.
There's a lot more to say.
I hope I helped, if you have any further questions feel free to ask. Also your belly is very small, don't worry too much about it, If you put the effort, you'll shed that belly fat in a fairly short period of time.
Take a look at this site for some 30 minute aerobic classes. They are pretty good and access is totally free. E-Gymonline exercise fitness videos online You have to register but there is no charge for the 30 or so classes they have.
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allcdnboy1
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chillen ... u *genius* ... by quoting what he wrote, u just became an accomplice.
What are you talken about? I see no quote. You see a quote? Is there a quote? Uh, no
HEHEHHEHE.......I doubt tinkyrinky will be back.
Huh? Really? what makes you say that, tribal?
You look like you could stand to lose 5-10 lbs. Do you need to? Of course not.
You seem a little confused about how it's going to come off, though. To prompt your body to rid itself of excess fat you need to create a calorie deficit (burn more than you take in). Whether you want to do this through diet, exercise or a combination of the two is up to you, but, it's almost always best to do both.
This site is packed full of quality information and links to other sites with even more good stuff. Do some reading and you should be able to come up with some changes you can make to get started today. I really recommend you start off slow with relatively small changes: In the land of weight loss, sustainability is king.
You seem a little confused about how it's going to come off, though. To prompt your body to rid itself of excess fat you need to create a calorie deficit (burn more than you take in). Whether you want to do this through diet, exercise or a combination of the two is up to you, but, it's almost always best to do both.
This site is packed full of quality information and links to other sites with even more good stuff. Do some reading and you should be able to come up with some changes you can make to get started today. I really recommend you start off slow with relatively small changes: In the land of weight loss, sustainability is king.
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Wow you caught me off guard. Normally some posters just "hit and run" without replying to what was said but at least your back. Read the stickies in the weight loss section and the nutrition section. Tip - caloric deficit diet plus vigorous exercise (watch out for the spot reduction myth).
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