Losing belly fat depends on your age.
If it's approx. 40+ belly fat it requires a different approach because your body then functions differently.
Esp. for women but also for men it becomes more important to do power training. Women need that to maintain their muscle. Dip in hormones -including testosterone- make you lose muscle tissue EVEN when you do exercise like running or aerobics etc.
Power training helps the female body to keep making testosterone so she doesn't lose muscle.
This muscle loss will continue post-menopausal, so you have to do something to maintain it for the rest of your life.
That will help keep you fitter and healthier. And could even prevent bad fall-accidents when your old.
HRT might be necessary too.
And you need to make changes in how you eat. Not the regular diet shizzel but because your body needs different things when 40+.
Regular diets are nonsense anyways, but esp. when 40+.
For instance increase in protein. You basically should eat protein with everything you eat.
You can get a book like "The Body Effect" to figure out what is causing your belly fat (there are various imbalances that can be behind it) or see a dietician a few times.
Again not to get a strict diet that no one can stick to for the rest of their life. But to get a healthy food-lifestyle that helps you lose weight and is doable and enjoyable for the rest of your life.
Again, normal diet shizzel never works, isn't pleasant, and is NOT what is needed with 40+ belly fat. What worked when you were 20 or 30 no longer works as your bodily functions changes (hormones, also for men).
And belly fat is the most dangerous fat there is. Very high risk factor for cardio-vascular disease.
Edited by
SparklingCrystal šš
on Sun 05/12/24 04:35 AM