Spare tyre

[Redheadthere]

Does sit ups help you to lose the fat round the tummy?

[fliptheswitch]

No. Sit ups will tone that area... but you need to shift the fat first.
Mix up cardiovascular with weights.

[DTCwordfan]

excuse me redhead, but how are you flip?.......

[ummmm]

Like flip says, no. A spare tyre is fat...the only way to get rid of it is to lose weight.

Doing sit ups will help to tone up the muscles so will improve the look of your tummy as you lose the weight.

[Redheadthere]

That`s OK DT and thanks you guys. Gonna have to get down the gym

[fliptheswitch]

Take it from someone who knows. I spent six months doing 500 sit ups in the morning and 500 at night. It did bugger all... because I made no change whatsoever to my diet and lifestyle.
As Ummmm says though, it will tone it up if you change those things and lose the weight. Good luck! :-)

DT, fine thanks for asking. I'm back from having my mini meltdown!

[Dolt]

I always thought sit-ups helped get rid of a spare tyre. My OH has been doing sit-ups trying to get rid of a spear tyre. now he's not going to be happy when I tell him it was all in vein -0)

[DTCwordfan]

Glad to hear that flip - remember if you ever need to scream, we are around.

Enjoy the gym, redhead.....diet helps - my bible was the Canyon Ranch cookbooks, out of the US, but nice and flavoursome while respecting those cals (and allowed a couple of glasses of the grape juice per day).

Good Chrissie pres?
http://ww1.canyonranc...roducts/cookbook.aspx

[ummmm]

Sit ups tone muscles....not fat.

[craft1948]

Sit ups will help you lose fat, as you will burn up calories doing them...........

[Redheadthere]

Gym and no more cakes. Here we go

[Dolt]

It's all exercise though ummmm, does that mean regardless of how much you work out you'll not lose any fat unless you change your diet?

[Redheadthere]

I think what they are saying Dolt is that working out is OK but sit ups won`t do it

[nungate]

Forget sit ups. Lie on your back, raise your legs about six or seven inches off the floor and hold them there for a few seconds then lower. Do this several times and if you do it daily the stomach muscles will eventually tighten

[ummmm]

Not much in comparison with CV...

Although the stronger your muscles are the more calories you burn.

[craft1948]

Sit ups are exercise. If you burn up more calories in exercise than you take in from food you will lose weight.

[ummmm]

And breath in....always breath in.

[Dolt]

What about if you jumps up and down ? will that help lose weight?
I think I know what crafts reply will be....

[4getmenot]

not always craft, as sometimes not eating properly will make your body store fat. You need to eat at regular times in accordance with your metabolic rate

[askyourgran]

Reckon I'll have to stop the sit-ups then and cut out the warm crusty bread and butter. you learn something every day.

[craft1948]

One of the best exercises you can do (I hide in my garage to do this) is skipping..................