What type of exercise can I do?

Question:

I want to lose weight in my stomach. What can I do other then just sit-ups?

Answers:
Please read the recommendations below. Also, go to the book store and locate the book "Weight Training for Dummies". In chapter 15 you will find excellent information on how to perform abdominal exercises correctly. Page 218 of the book dispels all the myths surrounding abdominal training.

The following healthy living recommendations will help you if you’re trying to lose weight, tone up your muscles, have aspirations of building lean muscle mass, are attempting to get a wash board stomach, or just want to feel better:

*1) Burn more calories then you're consuming everyday and measure your results using the following formula: Calories Consumed minus Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) minus Physical Activity minus the Thermic Effect of Food (TEF). A website that explains this formula in more detail and will help you determine how many calories you need to reach or maintain a certain weight is at http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/library/weight/calsburned.htm

Get a diet and fitness calculator that you can put on your computer or cell phone. This will allow you to easily calculate the above formula, set goals, log your daily calorie consumption, and register your physical activities.

Set realistic goals for your ideal body weight. Here are two websites that will calculate a suggested body weight:
Adults: http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm
Teens/Children: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/exercise/weight/bmi.html

It is difficult and unhealthy to lose more than one or two pounds per week. There are 3,500 calories in a pound. If you eat 500 fewer calories per day for a week you will lose one pound. If you burn through exercise 500 more calories per day for a week you will lose one pound.

*2) Eat natural and organic foods found on earth versus something created by a corporation to make money. Eat meals in small portions throughout the day and take a good multi-vitamin supplement.

Avoid “High Glycemic Load Carbs” (sugar, pastries, desserts, refined starches such as breads, pasta, refined grains like white rice; high starch vegetables such as potatoes) and drink lots of water. Read this article for more information on high GL Carbs:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/carbohydrates.html

Do not try fad diets or diet pills. Here is an excellent food pyramid that anyone can follow: http://www.rayandterry.com/html/images/PyramidLRG.gif?osCsid=26a424be471d1337e7c2f105d5c64d9d

*3) Exercise on most days by doing cardiovascular training and/or resistance training activities.

Read a book or find a certified trainer to make sure your doing all resistance training exercises correctly. A great book to buy that teaches you the resistance training basics is “Weight Training for Dummies”. A superb magazine to buy with resistance training routines that will not get you bored is "Muscle and Fitness". Signup for the free newsletter. An excellent free online resource is at http://www.exrx.net/

A good book to buy that teaches you the cardiovascular training basics is “Fitness for Dummies”.

*4) Get plenty of sleep. Sleep experts say most adults need between seven and nine hours of sleep each night for optimum performance, health, and safety.

*5) Educate yourself continually on health issues and make a life long commitment to good health. A great free publication is “Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005”. A superb book to read is “You The Owner’s Manual”. An excellent periodic publication is the “Nutrition Action Health Letter”. A reputable test you can take to measure your biological age is at http://realage.com

Look at all areas where you can enhance your health. For example, make improvements in the quality of the air you breathe. Review outdoor air quality forecasts where you live and get an indoor air purifier. Send me an email or yahoo instant message to "gainbetterhealth" if you want an indoor air purifier recommendation and if you have any questions.

*Click on all the source links below to get the full benefit of the recommendations. The answers presented to your health questions are not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Other Answers:
DON'T EAT TOO MUCH JUNK FOOD!

Make sure you do cardio. Sit ups will tone the muscles but you'll need to burn calories too. Sit ups are about the only exercise I know of for the tummy.. and the variations of sit ups. One good exercise is to lay on your back, put your legs straight up in the air and them lower them down to the floor. Or you can lay on your back, pull one bent knee in, and then go back and forth with each knee.

the fat is over your muscle. even if you do work on abs, the fat is still there. get on a treadmill or do some cardiovascular. thats the only natural way to lose fat.

Walk. If you are in fairly decent shape you can incorporate rope jumping it streamlines the whole body. Good luck!

Sit ups, cruches, any core training (I like those ball thingys), since fat is stored on most people around their stomachs you also have to do some diet, and I'd recommend doing some running/biking or an aerobic routine along with the core toning.

If you want to lose weight in your stomach the most important thing is your diet followed by cardio. Sit ups will be a waste of your time unless you do the other two and even then sit ups and other ab exercises arent that important when it comes to flattening your stomach. If you follow a good diet and an adequate amount of cardio like jogging 45 minutes 3 times a week, you'll get the results you want. You can then start doing a few ab exercises to help tone strenghten and maintain your abs. I would suggest crunches on an exercise ball and leg or knee raises.

Always talk to your Dr. before starting any exercise program or diet. After that I would recommend that you do some stretches first and then crunches usually does the trick.

Well, the cardio thing is very good. Walking, running, riding a bike all work well. It's been my experience that walking only 15-20 minutes a day while keeping your abs tight will shed those inches off. Also, eating a non-fat diet helps in a major way. Make sure you eat vegetables, fruits and not too much red meat (2-3 servings a week). Make sure you eat breakfast every morning, but don't eat any kids cereals or anything high in sugar. Focus on healthy foods and drinking lots of water. Be sure not to eat or drink anything that is high in sugar as that tends to make most people put weight on & salt makes most people retain water. If you have a healthy appetite, you can eat frequent small meals throughout the day (every 2-3 hours) to help increase your metabolism. Also, try being more active in your every day life. For example: stand instead of sitting, try not to watch too much t.v., and do as much as you can. Keeping busy will not only help your metabolism, but it will also help you sleep better at night. If your on the go all day and don't really give yourself time to rest, you'll wear yourself out and when it's time to sleep you'll be out like a light and wake well rested.

I hope this works well for you. Remember everybody is different & just because it worked wonders for me doesn't mean the result will be the same for you. You may need to tweak things a little to make it work, but overall those little adjustments should do the trick. Good luck & I hope you reach your goal!!!!

You have many good answers here, so I won't add any more about cardio, and they're right about it, this will burn the fat off the top of the muscle, now enough of that....
For your abs, Pilates is excellent too. Crunches are great, and Pilates really get them into shape. You can find them online, I'm sure if you go to your search engine and type in Pilates you'll find some good exercises online, go for it girl!

Here is what you need to do, if you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off. Eat 6 small meals a day about every 4 hours. Here what that will do for you, your metabolism will increase (i.e. Loose weight) and you will have more engry. If you go on a diet and eat less, your metabolism will slow down and store to fat. That is why diets dont work. Only the size of your fist, carbs (examples:baked potato, pasta, oatmeal, beans, corn, melon, apples, fat free yogurt, whole wheat breads)in one and protien (examples:chicken breast, swordfish, shrimp, turkey breast) in the other. You can also eat vegetables and salads with any meal, they dont have none or little fat). 30min cardo exercise every day. Any of these(examples: walking, jogging, swimming,running, biking, ect), Monday cardo, tues upper body (arms: curls, tricep extensions,pull ups, front press)(abdominals: leg pull crunch, leg raises), (chest: bench press, butterfly, pullover)(shoulders: front press, arm pullover, cross county skier machine)(back:seated row, lat pull downs, back extension)(YOU DONT HAVE TO DO IN ONE DAY, mix it up) wed cardo, thurs lower body (legs: leg pull,leg press, squats, lounges) fri cardo, sat upper. Sunday eat anything you want and dont exercising, you do this on sunday so your body doesnt go into starvation mode. YOU NEED TO TAKE SUNDAY OFF. If you stilck with this you will have a great body. also drink aleast 8oz of water daily! Stay away from Mcdonals, Wendys, ect because there is nothing good for you on the menu's even the salads are bad (beaon bits, cheeze, dressing, ect) Good Luck :)

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