How should I lose belly fat?
I think I might be overweight. I’m 14 and I’m about 5’8 and I weigh around 160 lbs and I have belly fat. Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of crunches and push-ups and I’ve been cutting out unhealthy foods. I’ve heard cardio is also necessary to help lose weight, but I get shortness of breath easily from running, so should I go biking instead? Please give me recommendations on how to lose weight and excess fat.
cardio is a must
Belly fat must be lost through "cardio" I’d suggest running, but if you can’t run then aerobics, fast walking, biking…etc It has to be an exercise that raises your heart rate for at LEAST 15 minutes or more. So start slow with 15 minutes for a week, then go to 30 minutes for the second week, and progress from there. Then add your abdominal exercises in at the end of each workout.
If you diet and do not exercise you are NOT changing your bodies ability to BURN FAT. You have to exercise. Your body basically needs a tune-up. ONLY excercise can do that in combination with heathy eating.
Yeah, biking would be good. Walking would be alright too.
Eating healthy would not hurt either…
6 small meals a day, the last two make protein and vegetable,
eat fruit or veges at any time. eat meals every 4 hours. include walking or biking, 30 min a day. drink 8 bottles of water daily. you have to lose over all weight to lose belly fat.
eat less salt, drink plenty of water,eat raw vegetables & fruit.
exercise regularly
It is not an easy task. It took me about six months to lose the belly fat. Since you are running out of breath, we have to take it one step at a time.
Step#1) Walking on an empty stomach early in the morning. Start with ten minutes and work your way up to thirty minutes a day and do it for ten days.
Come back, drink a lot of water. Watch your diet. Dont eat meat at all. Salads only.
Step#2) After ten days, start jogging. Start with twenty minutes a day and increase it up to 30-45 minutes every day.
Water, water, water. Nothing fattening. No burgers, no fries, no steaks. Steamed vegetables mixed with garlic. Do it for a month.
Step # 3) After a month, start running. Start with ten minutes and increase it to thirty minutes a day.
Water, water, water.
Swimming in the pool after running I highly recommend.
Eat just fruit and vegetables. Watermelon would be very good, eat a lot of apples and steamed vegetables( carrot, broccoli, green pepper is very good).
And in two months doing what I am telling you will result in weight loss of about fifteen to twenty pounds. No more belly fat for you.
Cardio is the best way to get rid of belly fat, situps and crunches didnt do much for me. Try jogging, jumping jacks, climbing stairs and when you feel out of breath take a break and try again when you feel up to it.
SIT UPS.