Alright here is what I don't get. How can my stomach look so flat, I can even start to see some ab definition finally when standing. However like when I am sitting in the tub, it still has flab on it. Also I can grab some fat/flab in both my hands and cup them. What does this mean? I also know that people say that just becasue you lose fat, it might not show up on scale as weight loss? It should because fat still has weight, right. I am saying if you really haven't gained or tried to gain muscle and you burn fat, how come it wouldn't show up on scale? Like people say their is a difference in weight loss and fat loss. Excluding any muscle gain/loss etc. Hope I make sense
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stomach flat/stomach fat
- Thread starter wvpumpkin
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I'll take a crack at deciphering.
Why do you seem to have lost the fat, but still have the appearance of belly fat when you sit down?
Have you recently lost weight? Might be a little loose skin that will eventually tighten up. Or you have a relatively small amount of body fat there and its only visible when your body crunches up by sitting down. When you stand it spreads out a little more.
Why haven't you lost weight even though you think you lost fat?
You can't burn fat without gaining muscle... not quickly anyway. Muscles use oxygen to burn fat. If you're doing aerobic exercises to burn fat you are going to gain a little muscle. Lean muscle most likely (except maybe a little mass in the legs) but muscle none-the-less. And muscle weighs MORE than fat, which is an important factor to consider. You can easily shed 15lbs of fat and not lose any weight by toning up and putting on a smaller proportion of muscle.
Why do you seem to have lost the fat, but still have the appearance of belly fat when you sit down?
Have you recently lost weight? Might be a little loose skin that will eventually tighten up. Or you have a relatively small amount of body fat there and its only visible when your body crunches up by sitting down. When you stand it spreads out a little more.
Why haven't you lost weight even though you think you lost fat?
You can't burn fat without gaining muscle... not quickly anyway. Muscles use oxygen to burn fat. If you're doing aerobic exercises to burn fat you are going to gain a little muscle. Lean muscle most likely (except maybe a little mass in the legs) but muscle none-the-less. And muscle weighs MORE than fat, which is an important factor to consider. You can easily shed 15lbs of fat and not lose any weight by toning up and putting on a smaller proportion of muscle.
Your diet is of the utmost importance when you're main goal is a 6-pack of shredded abs. You need to consume nutrient dense foods and eliminate all empty calories from your diet. Try thinking of your body as an supercharged race car. You would never put low octane fuel into a race car so make sure to focus on putting high octane, nutrient dense food (fuel) into your machine (body) to run optimally.
Abs are like any other muscle group. They need to recover to grow. Give them at least 24-48 hours to rest, repair and grow from your ab workouts. Also, always make sure to mix up your ab training workouts and hit the area from different angles to maximize the intensity.
Best of luck!
Abs are like any other muscle group. They need to recover to grow. Give them at least 24-48 hours to rest, repair and grow from your ab workouts. Also, always make sure to mix up your ab training workouts and hit the area from different angles to maximize the intensity.
Best of luck!
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Hopefully this isnt too late for this topic, but can someone give me some advice on a good diet to incorporate these high octane nutrient dense foods and what would be "healthy" but not fit into this category. I ask because I have changed my diet around compeltely from eating what ever I wanted (I was still thin) to eating much healthier and trying to gain muscle mass. I have cut out high fat foods and replaced white carbs with whole wheat carbs. I guess I am eating I balanced diet, but I wonder if this will get me to the low body fat needed to show the abs?