Losing flabby belly - wats the best method??

JemimaPD

Hope someone can help!!!

For the past 3months ive been using the abs shaper for about an hour every day. I am by no means the fitest person and i try go walking every second day for approx 1 hour, however i just cannot seem to shift the flabbiest part on my tummy around the Bellybutton. What other methods can i try to lose the flabbiness.
My diet hasn't been the best either as ive a very serious sweet tooth. I have started to eat salads and more veg. However i cannot eat fish therefore im not getting much protein and omega 3s. If any one can advise what to eat instead so that i can improve my nutritional intake and decrease my sugar intake it would be greatly appreciated.

I am hoping to complete the mini marathon in dub on June 2nd by jogging it.

girliegirl

As far as my experience shows, cardio is your best bet. Start your training for your marathon now by running for say 10 minutes the furst day. and increase every second day. You'll soon see it shifting.

Saying this, I did this years ago and it worked... at the moment i eat so much that my flabby belly is back... i should really take my own advice sometimes!

JemimaPD

Thanks Girliegirl,

I'll try that option. Maybe just walking and the abs machine isn't enought. Cheers

Hanley

girliegirl wrote: »

As far as my experience shows, cardio is your best bet. Start your training for your marathon now by running for say 10 minutes the furst day. and increase every second day. You'll soon see it shifting.

Saying this, I did this years ago and it worked... at the moment i eat so much that my flabby belly is back... i should really take my own advice sometimes!

If you had done some weights in addition to all of that you would have increased your basal metabolic rate (that is how much energy your body burns at rest) so you'd be less prone to putting the weight back on. Just one of the many benefits of weights over cardio...

But if the OP wants to run a mini-marathon then she'll need to do cardio too of course.

Lila

Yep, agree with Hanley. You have 2 objectives here even though they're ultimately linked. When it comes to wanting to jog the 10km in June, walking alone isn't enough preparation. You need to introduce a walk / jog plan to get your body used to jogging for approximately an hour as opposed to walking for an hour. This increase in your cardio work should yield benefits to the bodyfat objective but would be best to combine with diet overhaul and some weight training.

rubadub

Lila wrote: »

Yep, agree with Hanley.

+2.

Heavy weights is great for fat loss. Ditch the ab machine, you cannot spot reduce fat, and there are FAR better ways to spend your time than doing stuff on an ab machine.

www.exrx.net www.simplefit.org

JemimaPD

Thanks guys for the responses.

A relation of mine has asked i wanna take their cross trainer off their hands as they've kicked the partner out and is now getting rid of a lot of "junk". Ive said yes to that but im just wondering if the cross trainer is worthwhile to me in regards to getting fitter???
As u can prob tell im pretty useless when it comes down to excercise equipment.

Vegeta

Right for fat loss diet is the biggest aspect.

Exercise is secondary and will aid the fat loss but it is very hard to out train a bad diet.

Nothing wrong with a sweet tooth, fruit and some veg are sweet after all.

For diet advice read the stickies at the top of the forum. It will tell you when and how much you should be eating and the various foods which are considered good.

I find it difficult to start an eating plan but once the ball is rolling it gets better and better as the weeks go by.

http://www.time-to-run.com/beginners/first10k.htm#talktest

aye

JemimaPD wrote: »

Thanks guys for the responses.

A relation of mine has asked i wanna take their cross trainer off their hands as they've kicked the partner out and is now getting rid of a lot of "junk". Ive said yes to that but im just wondering if the cross trainer is worthwhile to me in regards to getting fitter???
As u can prob tell im pretty useless when it comes down to excercise equipment.

well it is an aerobic piece of equipment so yes. but so will running down the road, without a big eye sore in your tv room or whatever.
also if you running the marathon, i think you should train by running mostly

Vegeta

aye wrote: »

also if you running the marathon, i think you should train by running mostly

agree here big time