Help for the love handles...

[gailmac]

Leg lifts on your side

crunches kicking your legs out and in (hard to describe)

Those have really helped me.

Any others that you guys do that you think have really helped?

 

[LiberatedChick]

Thanks for sharing that. I'll give them a go.

 

[Tuffguy]

Change your diet. Working different areas does NOT reduce fat in that area. The only thing that will work is losing weight. There is no such thing as spot reduction. You may have built up the muscle under the fat but you did not reduce the fat by working one area. The muscle under the fat has nothing to do with the fat on top.

 

[phoenixdna]

I have a "fat back". It really bugs me. I've been assuming (like tuff said) that this will just disappear as I lose weight. But what bugs me is that I see people who don't have this problem and are nearly the same percentage of Body Fat as I am. So for me to get rid of all of the excess I'm going to have to drop to like 10%.

 

[fallen^sparrow]

Whatever foolio... don't rain on my parade NotsoTuff... for me I bought the Absotronica 3000 SL Mk III for three easy payments of $29.95 from Ronkomatel (endorsed by the College of Plastics'n'Implants in Reno, Nevada), a subsiduary of Parris Hillton Enterprises, and it did wonders for my love handle's (actual results my vary... with best results seen in 20 year old swimsuit and fitness models), and if you act now you'll also receive a Georgie Beforeaman Grill [$1.50 coupon only, 3 available] to get you started on BLASTING those love handles AWAYYYyyyy.

Thats great gailmac... continue to build those core ab muscles and combine that with better nutrition and you'll definately see those love handles start to disappear. There's no shortcut to real results, stick with it mate.

fallen^sparrow

 

[phoenixdna]

Thats sounds great fallen_sparrow. Tell me where I can rush my payment.

 

[Tuffguy]

Sparrow,,, Get a job man!!!!!!

 

[LiberatedChick]

Change your diet. Working different areas does NOT reduce fat in that area. The only thing that will work is losing weight. There is no such thing as spot reduction. You may have built up the muscle under the fat but you did not reduce the fat by working one area. The muscle under the fat has nothing to do with the fat on top.

My love handles aren't exactly excess fat...they are un-toned areas. Exercising those areas will tone them up. If I lost any weight I'd be underweight again...I'm only just about in the recommended weight for my height...not fat by any means but not toned either.

 

[Living Soul Dance]

Don't fall subject to the myth of spot reduction!
The only thing that will get rid of your love haddles is fat burning.
Fine out what how meny calories your body needs to function each day. (See exercise.about.com search on Calorie Calculator)
Once you know this number, your must create a calorie deficit.
There are 3500 calories for every one pound of fat. I recommend a body fat check done by a professional and diet counceling.

Richelle
Fitness Director-American Bar Association-Wash,D.C.

 

[brokenbananas]

You can be "underweight" for your height, but that doesn't necessarily mean you have a low bodyfat %. You can appear to be skinny, but in actually have a lot of bodyfat on your body. I know quite a few skinny fat people.

It will take work to watch your diet to reduce bodyfat and doing cardio. Also, the more muscle you have, the more fat you burn at rest (it takes more calories to burn muscle at rest than the same amount of fat by weight).

 

[LiberatedChick]

I'm happy with my weight. I actually have some nice curves now, not really toned though. I tell myself I have wobbily bits but I suppose they're no worse and probably actually far better than most women. I think I'm being too critical of my body, always have been to some degree. I'm not fat, I'm not skinny (least not anymore). I'm normal...maybe after years of being skinny it's taking time for me to get used to. There used to be barely any fat on me...nothing really visible anyway, a load tucked inside of course. So I suppose having some more now is odd to me now.

 

[fitmom]

Tuffguy and mdolls are right. You cannot spot reduce, you must eat a healthy diet, do cardio, have a complete and BALANCED strength program, get your 'motor running' (metabolism), and then you will see some results. A person can be over weight, keep on eating the food that got them there, not do cardio or weights, and do 5000 great ab exercises a day. What will you get? Strong ab muscles that don't show and a very sore back! Possibly you could develop very tight hip flexors, develop poor posture, then get tight hamstrings, etc, etc, etc,......We lose fat proportionally, and lets remember, fallen^sparrow is a hard gainer ectomorph and may be genetically predisposed to rippling abs? Lets wait and see what he has to say about that? J

 

[fitmom]

Whatever foolio... don't rain on my parade NotsoTuff... for me I bought the Absotronica 3000 SL Mk III for three easy payments of $29.95 from Ronkomatel (endorsed by the College of Plastics'n'Implants in Reno, Nevada), a subsiduary of Parris Hillton Enterprises, and it did wonders for my love handle's (actual results my vary... with best results seen in 20 year old swimsuit and fitness models), and if you act now you'll also receive a Georgie Beforeaman Grill [$1.50 coupon only, 3 available] to get you started on BLASTING those love handles AWAYYYyyyy.

Thats great gailmac... continue to build those core ab muscles and combine that with better nutrition and you'll definately see those love handles start to disappear. There's no shortcut to real results, stick with it mate.




fallen^sparrow

B UT DOES IT HAVE DEEP CLEANSING FOAMING ACTION?

 

[gailmac]

Whatever foolio... don't rain on my parade NotsoTuff... for me I bought the Absotronica 3000 SL Mk III for three easy payments of $29.95 from Ronkomatel (endorsed by the College of Plastics'n'Implants in Reno, Nevada), a subsiduary of Parris Hillton Enterprises, and it did wonders for my love handle's (actual results my vary... with best results seen in 20 year old swimsuit and fitness models), and if you act now you'll also receive a Georgie Beforeaman Grill [$1.50 coupon only, 3 available] to get you started on BLASTING those love handles AWAYYYyyyy.

Thats great gailmac... continue to build those core ab muscles and combine that with better nutrition and you'll definately see those love handles start to disappear. There's no shortcut to real results, stick with it mate.

fallen^sparrow

Oh, I don't have them anymore after I lost all of my weight and did those exercises. Did you see my before and afters on my homepage?

 

[brokenbananas]

Phoenixdna,

Your "fatback" is still excess fat. That's just probably where your body stores fat more and it's probably the last place to lose. You need to figure out what it's going to take to lose that fat. Crash dieting, doing certain exercises, or other extreme things are not going to get it off. The only thing I know of that will "spot reduce" is liposuction and I am not an advocate for that type of stuff.

Speaking of what really bugs a person, I exercise every single day, watch my diet very carefully (you should see my extensive food & other logs-journals). Most people don't even do a fifth of what I do, and yet I see people lose a ton of weight. I started on my quest to seriously lose weight in '98. I would have to say in '98 I did lose some weight (bodyfat and muscle), and I'm still not to my goal yet.

However, along the way, I've learned the following:

1. How to eat very healthy for my specific body
2. Biochemistry & biomechanics of the body and how my body is
3. All sorts of alternative, healthy, natural ways to live
4. Finding the root cause of eczema for my daughter & helping her overcome this
5. How to exercise properly
6. How to lead a very busy, yet balanced life
7. The importance of sleep
8. The importance of proper stress management in the mind & body
9. Grown way closer to God
10. Developed patience, compassion, understanding, love, acceptance
11. Got rid of my bad attitudes in all sorts of areas
12. Developed greater perseverance
13. Gotten rid of the "quick fix" approach
14. Gotten rid of lots of emotional baggage (self esteem went from very poor to great)
15. How not to be a perfectionist (this can ruin one's life)
16. Have a successful marriage
17. Better manage my finances
18. Better manage my time
19. Gained a way better understanding about choices
20. Failing forward

There are lots of other things I've learned along the way. I don't know how long it will take me to reach my goals, but I'll hang in there. Afterall, I have a lifetime and once I lose it, I don't want to gain it back again. Exercise & eating very healthy are things I want to do and I find fun. Though they may be work for others, it doesn't feel like work to me.

Yes, I see people get to their goals way sooner than me, often by taking "quick fix" approaches, but I know in time their lack of discipline, unchanged habits will come back to haunt them and they will be worse off than where they were before. I see it all the time.

So, if it takes you much time, perseverance, etc to get to your goals, don't "hate" or be envious of others. Think about what you can learn and how you can apply what you learn to your life.

My very long journey to weight loss which has now turned into only wanting just to lose bodyfat and nothing else will one day allow me to get my PhD in a few different areas that I'm finding very intriguing. This probably wouldn't have been the case had I not gone through all the challenges that I've had to experience the past nearly 7 yrs. I look way better, am stronger, healthier, fitter than I've ever been in my life. I still have about 35 lbs of bodyfat I'd like to lose. I'm going to learn all the way and keep plugging at it. I'm not envious of others any longer that reach their goals before me. Those that have made lifestyle changes they can maintain, I'm happy for their successes. Be happy for others for their successes. It's not a reflection of where you are. Their success is not about you unless you had a part to play in their success. Heck, I'm always happy when I can help others achieve their goals & help them be successful.

Be Blessed,
Doris

 

[fallen^sparrow]

fallen^sparrow is a hard gainer ectomorph and may be genetically predisposed to rippling abs? Lets wait and see what he has to say about that?

Heh, ya well there must be SOME benefits to being an ectomorph besides my 11.5 inch "guns." And I believe the politically correct term these days is "shredded" ... and not the oh so 90's "rippling." I tell ya though... I really feel my talents are being wasted... I exhibit clear infomercial tendancies. I even have one of those "plastic" smiles that I can wear for 45 minutes at a time while working out, pure gold baby !

fallen^sparrow <--- see ? ... come back 45 min from now and it'll still be there.

 

[SAPguy]

Something else to think about that many people don't keep in mind. Fat typically comes off in the reverse order that it went on. This means that for most people, the tummy, love handles, mid section area will be the last place that fat comes off because it was the first place that it went on. This isn't _always_ the case, but normally.

Cardio and eating right will get rid of it pretty quickly. The exercise will tone what's underneath. The two combined will show results.

 

[fitmom]

Heh, ya well there must be SOME benefits to being an ectomorph besides my 11.5 inch "guns." And I believe the politically correct term these days is "shredded" ... and not the oh so 90's "rippling." I tell ya though... I really feel my talents are being wasted... I exhibit clear infomercial tendancies. I even have one of those "plastic" smiles that I can wear for 45 minutes at a time while working out, pure gold baby !

fallen^sparrow <--- see ? ... come back 45 min from now and it'll still be there.

O.K. then, shredded. Funny, I am at weight rooms all over town every day and have yet to hear the term shredded! But I am sure that you are shredded, SOOOO very shredded. Today I am partaking in my annual Salsa preparations/canning. I cannot eat such hot food, but I do grow the peppers. Can you think of how this applies to your quoted thread? I really hate to see waisted talent. Is your friend who just moved to Regina planning to attend one of my classes? Keep on smiling, do not stop, ever, J

 

[fallen^sparrow]

lol, ya... I wasn't really being serious. I haven't been in a weight room in a LONG time. I feel too self conscious walking around having rediculous biker tan lines and having bb'ers tossing towels at me that "needs washing." So I'm not exactly up on the latest gym^rat slang. I'm going to try and be down in Regina some time over the next month for a visit. I spoke with her about your offer and she sounded interested. She's kinda busy right now starting her new job and reorganizing after her move... that and recovering from the adventure race last weekend. You'll have to PM me when and where you work... so we can drop by and impress the locals with our "shredded" gastrocnemius and soleus's.

fallen^sparrow

 

[fitmom]

lol, ya... I wasn't really being serious. I haven't been in a weight room in a LONG time. I feel too self conscious walking around having rediculous biker tan lines and having bb'ers tossing towels at me that "needs washing." So I'm not exactly up on the latest gym^rat slang. I'm going to try and be down in Regina some time over the next month for a visit. I spoke with her about your offer and she sounded interested. She's kinda busy right now starting her new job and reorganizing after her move... that and recovering from the adventure race last weekend. You'll have to PM me when and where you work... so we can drop by and impress the locals with our "shredded" gastrocnemius and soleus's.

fallen^sparrow

I look forward to gazing upon some shredded gastroc and soleus. Let me know when you are coming to town, I will tell you my schedule that week. What is this thread about again? Oh ya, help for love handles. Where will the love go if the handles are gone? Think about that!
Hey everyone, my salsa is done, all the lids went 'pop'! YAHOO!!! I named it "No Mercy 2004", it is very hot this year. I used all my own peppers. I think if you can eat 1 jar of my salsa in 3 minutes, it will melt your love handles. Hey sparrow, do we have an infomercial? How about "Shred those unwanted love handles with......." God Bless, J