belly fat

[fruitsalad]

i have been going to the gym 4 times a week for the last 4 months, have lost a stone in weight and also getting more toned, but for all that I still have belly fat not as much as before, but it just wont shift, where am I going wrong?

[Mosaic]

It is just the shape that your body is. Don't stress about it, I am sure you look fine especially with the fitness and weight loss. If you are female and no longer teenaged, having a rounded abdomen is simply the default shape.

[carlton23]

You can have it surgically removed if it bothers you too much, otherwise wear a corset.

[Old_Geezer]

Spot reducing never seems to work. As one gets older ones body seems to play the trick of storing fat where you least want it. Your options (besides surgery) is to either accept it, or to diet until it is the required size, and your face and limbs look emaciated. Probably best to just disguise it with good dress sense.

[sara3]

are you doing stomach exercises? is there much at your gym for toning your tummy?

[fruitsalad]

i do crunches sara about 30-40 a day maybe its not enough, thats the thing Old_Geezer i dont want to lose so much weight that i look ill, just to get a flat belly.

[sara3]

I don't think 30-40 crunches is a huge amount. do you have time to up it a bit? not necessarily in one "sitting" but maybe 50 in the morning, 50 in the afternoon, 50 at night?

40 then? lol!

[fruitsalad]

yes I will try and do a few more each day see how I go

[Nautilus]

Could be water retention.