# Needs ways to lose the belly fat! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724 "2010-12-02T22:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724/41 "2010-12-05T04:45:58Z")
What **runner pat** said, but I also run slower in the winter because I’m being more careful. I will slow and walk around really treacherous parts if I need to, but generally there is a packed down path in the snow so it’s not too bad. I actually find running on the pathways that are ‘cleared’ to be worse because it does get so icy. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724/42 "2010-12-05T06:22:33Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > Do you have a particular product that you’ve used before? Do Yaktrax work well? > > Or should I just go with these? > > [http://www.rei.com/product/806475](http://www.rei.com/product/806475) We don’t get snow where I live, I was just aware of some of the options available. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724/43 "2010-12-08T22:06:38Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Female, 41, with six pack abs, checking in. > > I got 'em from pole dancing. I wasn’t overweight before I started, but I was soft. No muscle really, just fat. A bit of a poochy stomach (which I’m still working on). Having six pack abs and a poochy belly aren’t mutually exclusive? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724/44 "2010-12-08T22:50:26Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Having six pack abs and a poochy belly aren’t mutually exclusive? 😕 I don’t think so. It’s a work in progress; I’ve been losing belly fat steadily. While my abs are coming out around my ribs and above my belly button – there’s almost no fat left there at all – I’m still working on this tiny little pooch below the belly button. It’s the result of too many years of poor posture: those muscles are weakest and also that which I’m working the hardest. I really need my lower abs for many of the pole tricks. I suspect that, as I continue dancing, the aerobic work will melt the rest of the pooch away and you’ll see it all. So maybe right now, it’s more like a three-pack. I was still just making two points: 1) Pole works everything and is an excellent overall toning/sculpting way to exercise; and 2) The only thing that melts fat away is aerobic exercise. My tiny pooch appears to be the last bit to go. My boobs were first. Of course. Dropped a cup size while I was busy getting a hardbody. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724/45 "2010-12-08T23:08:55Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Having six pack abs and a poochy belly aren’t mutually exclusive? 😕 I sort of have both… I have this little fat pad around my navel, even though I’m skinny, lean (around 20% body fat) and have defined abs. I still think my abs count as a ‘six-pack’ but it’s not like I don’t have a bit to pinch on the bottom two of the pack. I would have to tweak my diet and exercise like a fiend to get my body fat low enough to make it go away. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724/46 "2010-12-09T11:38:28Z")
For me, careful calorie counting and recording is everything. I lost 45% of my body weight in 14 months. There was quite a lot of exercise in there, too, but it was the calorie counting that made the difference. I even kept my calorie limit fairly high–never below 1500, and at times over 1700, because I was exercising a lot–and the weight came off. Consistency is more important than strictness. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724/47 "2011-07-15T16:38:54Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > As a side effect of my Cardiac-friendly (no saturated fat) diet, I’ve lost 20 lbs since the middle of July. For the first time in my life, I’m getting visible abs. 20 years ago, I used to weight-lift like a fiend, including doing a crazy amount of ab work, and I still wasn’t able to see as much definition as I can now. > > It all comes down to diet… At the risk of creating a zombie, I now have some photos that “put my money where my mouth is” in this thread: [It's been one year since my bypass operation - Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=616263) ---
**Author:** ![Melysnl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Melysnl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melysnl)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724/48 "2011-07-16T15:27:50Z")
Run. If you’re not a runner yet, start slow, like do intervals of 5 minutes running, 10 minutes walking. Stop eating as soon as you’re full. Chew gum when you’re done eating. Put your food away immediately as you start to get full. Listen to your body. It’s so hot now that I find that I just don’t have the appetite that I have in the winter. Drink green tea before you eat lunch and try to take a short walk after lunch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needs-ways-to-lose-the-belly-fat/562724.md?page=2)