How to Burn Stomach Fat
If you are among those people that tend to gain weight on the stomach area, then you are probably wondering how to burn stomach fat specifically.
Not only is stomach fat viewed as unattractive, but fat around the waistline is a greater hazard to heart health than fat on other body areas. But is it possible to target weight loss in a specific area of the body like the stomach?
Based on the number of products and service that we see advertised everywhere we look, it is tempting to believe that spot reduction is an achievable goal. But …..
The Myth of Spot Reduction
As you have probably suspected, based on the number of advertisements you have encountered, a multi-billion dollar industry revolves around selling us products intended to reduce stomach fat.
For example, consider the many devices you can buy to strap on to your stomach -- devices that promise to reduce your stomach fat through various methods, including delivering electrical shocks to your muscles.
Here is the straight truth: There is no way to spot reduce fat except by surgical methods including liposuction. Neither diet nor exercise can remove fat from a specific target area on the body. True, certain exercises may strengthen and tighten abdominal muscles. This in turn may lead to slightly smaller measurements, but the amount of actual fat remains the same.
When we produce fat, the fat is stored over the entire body. Depending on your genetic make up and on certain other issues, you will grow fatty lumps and bumps faster or slower on certain body areas. However, the bottom line is that the fat goes on everywhere.
When you lose weight due to losing fat, the same applies. The fat is burned off in the same way, but in reverse. Should you go on a weight loss diet, if you are extremely lucky, the weight may come off the stomach first - but this is unlikely. Most people say they lose weight from their face first, and then move along to other areas.
What about the Best Exercises To Burn All Fat, Including Burning Your Stomach Fat?
Exercise can help you burn fat for two reasons. First, exercise requires calories; secondly, certain types of exercise speed up your metabolism for a period of time afterwards. You then burn more calories when while resting.
The type of exercise that promotes weight loss is the type known as cardiovascular exercise, or aerobic exercise. This is exercise in which you raise your heart rate for at least thirty minutes, preferably longer.
Cardiovascular exercise is most effective when you perform it at a variable speed. By varying the speeds or degree of intensity, we prevent our body from moving into a state known as "fuel economy mode." Team sports are a good example of variable speed cardio. For example, basketball demands a great deal of quick acceleration and breaking, turning, and moving to and fro. This sport doesn't give your body a chance to go into "fat preservation mode" and burn your fat more economically. Instead, with interval cardio, your body goes into a mode that we could liken to a vehicle in stop and start rush hour traffic - it burns up plenty of fuel.
Dieting to Burn Fat
As undoubtedly you know, dieting is a highly effective method of losing body fat, which includes stomach fat.
To lose weight by dieting, you need to consume fewer calories than your body burns. As an example, if you reduce your daily caloric intake by five hundred calories less than you burn, then you will lose one pound a week. If you eat one thousand calories less than you need, then you could expect to burn approximately two pounds a week.
By combining both exercise and dieting, it may be possible to lose around four pounds a week. Some of this will undoubtedly burn stomach fat. Women may expect to lose less, since the metabolic rate in women is lower than in men. Losing more than this amount of weight could be unhealthy as well as difficult to sustain.
All weight loss programs should be undertaken under a physician's supervision.
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