How to lose the belly fat without dropping more weight??

[shorty1988m]

In the last 6 months i've dropped from 201lbs of mostly fat to 160lbs. I did this by mostly cardio (jogging) and a small amount of weights but not much. The main problem still appears to be the belly fat. I don't really want to drop any more weight but i do want to lose this fat around the mid section. Any tips??

[nlite2000]

start by lifting weights.

[jon1995]

start by lifting weights.

this eat around maintenance

btw gotchya on recharge

[csb5731]

So you obviously will have to add lean mass (i.e. muscle) while losing the fat in your gut if you want to maintain weight. Which is hard enough to do even if you are doing everything right - and "doing everything right" includes lifting weights and making an attempt at progression (lifting more weight over time). If you are a newb and still kind of fat, you should be able to do that to some extent at least. Not at a 1:1 exchange, though, so you are going to have to expect to lose some weight if you want your gut to go.

As it stands, if I understand "a small amount of weights" as you are barely lifting at all, then I don't think you have a chance in hell.

What you probably ought to do is lose enough weight (and focus on lifting more) until you get to the point where your gut doesn't disgust you too much. Then focus on slowly adding weight and really ramp up the lifting. Then cut again. Repeat until you are back at 160 and lean enough.

[shorty1988m]

THanks so...Any particular weights or just all over workout?

[nlite2000]

THanks so...Any particular weights or just all over workout?

Work your legs, your chest, and your back. (Squats/deadlifts/bench press/chin/pullups) . Look up starting strength or 5x5

[shorty1988m]

Decided to upload some pics to see how long you guys will think this will take to sort out. Got that whole skinny fat thing going on!

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[nlite2000]

Decided to upload some pics to see how long you guys will think this will take to sort out. Got that whole skinny fat thing going on!

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There's really no way to put a timetable on it. Just get stronger and leaner.

[wuwe]

clean up your diet, and lift more.

[shorty1988m]

my diets pretty clean anyways so im hoping a little bit more weights and some core work will sort me out. Btw what do you think my body fat is from the pictures?

[nlite2000]

my diets pretty clean anyways so im hoping a little bit more weights and some core work will sort me out. Btw what do you think my body fat is from the pictures?

"Skinny but no muscle mass so it's hard to tell %"

If somebody told me it was 14% I'd believe them, and if somebody told me it was 20% I'd believe them. Probably high teens?

Good news is you are lean enough that you'll see huge changes relatively quickly.

[erifly]

you have two options in my opinion. Either start eating at your maintenance or a little over and start hitting the weights hard(winter is coming so this is the best time to do it) or up the calories a bit and up the exercising to lose a bit more fat.