My stomach is fat

Try Body for Life.

I'm down 85 lbs...

Stop eating all the pies.

Eat nothing but salad and whey protein for a month it will fly off you.

Get Covert Bailey's book "Smart Exercise". It works.

I used to sell exercise equipment on straight commission, no draw.
We had a 30 day return policy.

So, I was not about to kick back my commissions.
I studied his books and taught the customers and had astonishingly low returns.
Because the buyers got results.

Get a heart rate monitor, read his book, exercise as he suggests.
Key is to burn stored fat NOT sugar. Proper heart rate is the key.
It is a % of your maximum based upon your age.

Another way is if you are lazy and prefer not to exercise,Raw Food Diet.

Works like a charm and you will have insane amounts of energy AND it will reduce certain emotions like frustration and anger.(X might argue vehemently about that)

Raw Food niche is a good one to be in as it is growing.

Or if you are into sweating hard research "Kettlebells" also, a growing niche.

Pavel Tsatsouline is one name, Maxwell,Cotter(sic?) are others
Search Renegade training too.

Heysal is right on too, get off the chemicals.
Beer drinkers also sometimes have enlarged livers from long term over consumption of the mead which causes protruding waists.
Impacted/clogged pipes too.

Easy peasy too is to just add a moderate more amount of movement to your day. Use stairs,take fido for longer walk, park the car further from the store.

Good luck and take a before and after picture to share with us.

Aw come on guys. Don't lose hope. Just keep trying. With time, comes great outcomes. If all fails, maybe you should consider some help from a doctor or physical trainer!

Gareth you look like you could do some damage in Ultimate Fight's
UFC : Ultimate Fighting Championship
oooooow get some Nair for that back or at least get it "styled" a bit. or run a comb through it before the portraits,O.K.?

Here in america hearing of losing a "stone" we think of Kidney stones.
And losing one of those is supposed to be MaxPain!(*^&*&%%$
How much is a stone in pounds Gareth?

No alcohol in 24 years...congrates!

I agree with TimPhelan. You can't resort to crunches alone. Like I always hear, "There's no such thing as spot reducing." In other words, fat loss is a holistic process. You have to work on your entire body to see results.

Man i can do 1000 consecutive crunches.

I need to adjust my diet and do more HIIT training.

Gareth,

First, let me say I'm fat, but I also used to work out quite heavily and have a powerlifting background, so I have a lot of experience with the goal of losing weight and keeping muscle... I just haven't done it in a while.

Here's the answer - carb manipulation. Keep your protein high and gradually lower your carbs. Don't go zero carbs, that's crazy and dangerous. Eat enough high-quality carbs to fuel your workouts and your body for the day, but that's it.

In my glory days of lifting, I used to weigh as high as 280 pounds and cut back to 220 pounds and sometimes even GAIN strength in the process. I'd eat 6 meals a day (small ones) with only 1 serving of high quality carbs - small baked potato, pasta, oat meal, rice, yams, etc. My last 2 meals would have very little complex carbs, instead they'd have a salad or fruit.

Standard disclaimer: The information above is just for informational purposes only. I'm not a Doctor or a nutritionist. Please consult a professional before starting any weight loss program.

Michael you left out of the disclaimer "nor do I play a doctor on TV"

Go on a Raw Food diet and the fat melts off.
(Probably not gunna happen with Gareth though)
Like Michael said several meals a day helps too.

Yeah this is one problem for me - I'm a busy guy and often I'll have a couple of smaller meals but at some stage during the day I sometimes have a gut busting feast just to meet my daily calories.

But yeah i need to get a bit more pedantic about the nutrition. I'm 40 now so I'm paranoid about heart disease.

My body weight is stable around 220/230 for several years. I do respond quickly to running (for burning fat) but I get over trained and get sick like colds.

The HIIT is good I'll persist with that and try spread my calories throughout the day.

What time frame are you suggesting for adjusting carb levels ?

Any body composition change I make I want to be permanent.

Gareth, weight lifting and bodyweight exercises only make your muscles stronger, they do nothing for the fat.

To shead the fat you need to be doing things like running, cycling, swimming, skipping etc. make yourself sweat. Trust me i know.

If want to super speed the results then change your diet - the simplest easiest way to do this is to only eat: Meat (without the fat), Fish, Fresh Fruit, Fresh Veg.

If you enjoy working out in the gym or at home or whatever then the best way to shead fat is to do CIRCUIT TRAINGIING - look it up.

If you either do CIRCUIT TRAINING workouts on Mon, Wed, Fri OR You go for Runs/Cycles/Rowing/Swimming on Mon, Weds, Thurs then i can assure you that you will lose that weight in no time!

If you need any more help PM me. I am an expert in fitness.

Follow the Mediterranean Diet. See how to lose weight at "The mediterranean diet weight loss plan" and do some exercise. Try to do every second morning, at the bed, as many legs flexions as you can. I removed tmy belly in 2 months. Now I reach 350 flexions (leaned on my back with my arms under my head).

I haven't eaten dead animals in 15 years. Most of my
friends my age get a gut - but I don't have one. I can't
say it's not good genes - BUT, my mom is heavy, my
dad isn't.

If you can discipline yourself to not be ruled by the
pleasure of eating you can easily eat food which is
healthier for you but doesn't taste like the comfort
food that made you fat. People are creatures of habit
and under stress turn to the familiar comforting foods
of childhood.

Also - exercise obviously. A distended gut is sometimes
caused by weak abdomen muscles getting stretched out
by a consistently overstuffed stomach and GI tract. Isolating
the stomach muscles using a Yogic technique called
Udiyanna Banda can be used to correct the condition. Seek
a competent teacher for this.

Also yogic Sun Salutations and Hindu "pushups" are beneficial
to this abdomen. Backbends lengthen and tone the trunk.
Twists do so as well.

Thats a funny title my stomach is fat

I think we all have some lard around the stomach.

Heres a basic fact, you cant spot reduce fat

You need to burn more calories than what you take in

Just calculate your bmr or base metabolic rate and eat less than that

People dont realize you can lose weight eating donuts and ho hos, just take in less calories.

The key is feeling good, so eat less calories with balance

55% Carbs
35% Proteins
15% Fats

Eat 6 meals per day every 3 hours

Taper your meals and eat bigger breakfast and less at last meal

Seriosly Garath read up and get into CIRCUIT TRAINING - its how Bruce Lee got such defined muscles, its what Boxers do to get strong and keep the fat off, it works!

Circuit Training in the gym could mean for example:

10x Bench Press ---> IMEDIATLY RUN TO THE LEG PRESS MACHINE ---> 20x Leg Press ---> IMEFIATLY RUN TO THE BICEP CURL MACHINE ---> 8x Bicep Curls ---> IMMEDIATLY RUN TO THE PULLY MACHINE ---> 15x Shoulder Pulling Exercises.

The idea is you go from one exercise to another as quickly as possable, no rest, after you complete 1 full circuit you may have a 2 minute break ---> then you do the circuit again. Do this 3x.

Circuit Training would be the single most effective method for you to lose that fat and get stronger at the same time.

Please look it up - its a winner.

I view my belly this way...

I'm building a roof over the best tool I ever owned.

Man, I walk around all day sucking my gut in. I've been doing it forever that now I don't even realize it and it puts too much stress on me. When I let it go I feel so much better but I hate seeing it.

No matter how slim I get there's always some hump and I don't know how to get rid if it.

I don't know about that carbs, fat, protein %

Everyone has their unique metabolic type.

Look into metabolic typing and find out what ratios and specific foods are the best for you.

You might be surprised that you may lose fat by eating more fat, good fats like pure olive oil, omegas etc.

Yes I may see a sports nutritionist perhaps.

Unfortunately running does make me over trained because I lift weights pretty hard out. I usually use more weight than everybody else at the gym.

So running screws with my recuperation.

When I was a teen many of my buddies became forestry workers (lumberjacks) They were the fittest *******s I've ever known - even fitter than the army guys.

I tried forestry work once. They would hook a ladder around a tree at full arms length over head. Haul themselves up then stand on the top rung and reach up full extension with loppers.

So they would start lopping from like 25-30 feet up the tree and cut all the way down by hand. Then they would haul the ladder through bush to the next tree on and on.

I swear i did this once and my heart was palpitating at full speed all day. I had sweat hosing out of every inch of me.

I managed 40 trees and was ****ed. Their top guy could do 160 trees a day as his record.

My buddy who was a bit fat when he wasnt working was lean and had a resting pulse of 40 bpm when he was doing forestry.

Shit man and then those guys used to smoke pot and drink all night - they were only young though.

I watch my carbs when I want to lose weight! It is hard for me but it works.

You can do as many crunches as you want and It won't help you at all bud....you need to run...forget everything else just run. Everyone has a six pack..there's just fat over it. The only people that should do crunches and or ab exercises are people who already have a six pack or 4 pack.

And drink lots of water...

You can try doing some body-weight squats, eg. hindu squats. They're good for losing weight overall.

Another good stomach exercise is the stomach vacuum. You can google it up, it's quite easy to do and very effective.

Yeah stomach vacuum is good - thats also a yoga exercise but some trained yogis can suck in one side and not the other.

I used to be able to do that when i was like 7 yrs old.