Originally Posted by pooka (Post 1038682)

which foods, and are they different for men and women?

Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 1038770)

My best friend and I are attempting to cut the garbage food out of our diets in place of fruits and salads. It's not going great.

Originally Posted by Dirty (Post 1038689)

I think DJ is pretty much wrong on everything he said... Like I said, focus most on cardio. The crunches are good too but they won't target the area you are trying to get rid of. A million crunches are just gonna give you a layer of muscle way below your fat. So it won't even really be noticable until you lose the weight first.. Best way is simply just going hard on the running. I like to do sprints, makes it go quicker in my head. Sprint a bit, walk a little while, sprint, walk, sprint, walk. Mix in some ab workouts and pushups along the way.

As for those foods, I think it's basically just what you'd consider eating healthy.. AKA eating vegetables and fruits, not eating snack junk food and drinking soda. There's no magical foods that are really gonna make you lose the weiight in that lower stomach area. Just keep up the cardio and watching what you eat, nonsubmissivewife. don't get frustrated, it wasn't easy putting the weight on so it wont be easy shedding it either.

Originally Posted by nonsubmissivewife (Post 1038652)

Yes, the results are obvious. However, I still have all this pudge around the middle that is really bothering me. My question is, what is a good way to minimize or get rid of the flab around my midsection without doing a bazillion crunches every night? Honestly, I don't mind doing crunches, but it just gets old and monotonous.

Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1038822)

Well if you are trying to go cold turkey with garbage food then maybe that's why you are struggling. You should slowly transition and don't beat yourself up too much if you have some garbage type food every once in awhile.

Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 1039058)

It's not that my diet is entirely awful, it's just riddled with poor choices when the two of us get together, haha.

Originally Posted by djchameleon (Post 1038822)

There are certain foods disregard what Dirty said he's wrong about the food thing. Almonds are helpful for helping you to burn belly fat. Oatmeal, protein powder/shakes, olive oil, berries, eggs , beans , whole grain products, peanut butter, specifically green vegetables, avocados and green tea. Some of them help to speed up your metabolism. As far as the whole different for men and women, I don't think it differs. Of course , these aren't magical like it's going to happen overnight but it will help while you are doing cardio and crunches. I don't get why having a layer of muscle under the fat is such a bad thing like Dirty seems to think. Once you lose the fat it will start to become more visible so keep up with the crunches.

Originally Posted by Dirty (Post 1039125)

Not sure where you got that from. She originally said she wanted to get rid of the flab around her lower stomach, and crunches aren't gonna help her lose the weight. You can't target fat loss to a certain area. It just takes a lot of cardio. I even said about doing crunches and ab workouts but they aren't as important as cardio because you won't see the results until you lose more fat anyways. And the food thing is basically just eating healthy. Lean meats, whole grains, nuts, veggies, and fruits. Eating healthy will obviously help you lose fat.

Originally Posted by BTown (Post 1039124)

I'm 17, probably like 5'8 or 9 and weigh around 115-120. i wanna get jacked. I eat a lot of garbage and don't exercise much. I've been attempting to do 3 sets of ten push ups and 2 or 3 minute long slants before bed.
how can i expedite my process of getting ripped?

Originally Posted by BTown (Post 1039124)

I'm 17, probably like 5'8 or 9 and weigh around 115-120. i wanna get jacked. I eat a lot of garbage and don't exercise much. I've been attempting to do 3 sets of ten push ups and 2 or 3 minute long slants before bed.
how can i expedite my process of getting ripped?