What's the quickest way to get rid of bellyfat?

[Ryan Marshall]

Hey everybody, I'm also having trouble with body fat. I've been reading a lot of articles and trying to eat healthier. I've been able to eliminate sugar from my diet almost completely however, I read about those foods that turn into sugar once in your body ie: bread. What is known about this? Is this accurate? Also what about juices? I drink a lot of water now but , I crave other stuff to drink. If a juice claims to be 100% fruit juice but it's from concentrate, is that still ok? Thanks!

[David Rosado]

Hey everybody, I'm also having trouble with body fat. I've been reading a lot of articles and trying to eat healthier. I've been able to eliminate sugar from my diet almost completely however, I read about those foods that turn into sugar once in your body ie: bread. What is known about this? Is this accurate? Also what about juices? I drink a lot of water now but , I crave other stuff to drink. If a juice claims to be 100% fruit juice but it's from concentrate, is that still ok? Thanks!

starchy carbs convert to sugar quicker. White breads. White rice. Potatoes. Juice is loaded with sugar. You might even find corn syrup in it. No bueno. IDK what to suggest af far as drinks other than water.

Bakers Dozen(burpees and pushups), cardio, but more importantly is your nutrition. 80/20. 80% nutrition/20% exercise. Give it some time and embrace the new lifestyle, patience is key. Lasting body transformation is more like a marathon than a sprint. Little victories lead to major victories.

Well put. I'll keep that in mind. And it's true. I've gone through rapid body transformations only to get fat again. Thanks for that piece.

If you can't give up alcohol completely, drink as little as possible. Wanna get drunk still? Mix liquor with things that have carbonation. As in a shot of whiskey with a light beer, or a stiff gin and tonic.

Paleo diet is good, but you don't have to become a fanatic. The basic idea of loading up on protein above all else is what you need. Stay away from carbs all together, like 50g a day maximum (which amounts to a large bagel).
There is no 'targeting the belly fat', there is no evidence your body drops weight in the specific areas you worked out. It just takes patience and dedication. You need to drop your overall body fat percentage. "normal" is around 15%, six pac starts showing up around 11%, to get the olympian/MMA body it's more like 7%.

so basically...
-start calorie counting everything! plan your meals out. Avoid sugars and starches. Eat lean meat and green veggies.
-workout literally every day. Focus on full body movements, compound movements, and fast high reps.
-sleep well

once you are at your goal, you can cut down the insane workout regiment, but you still need to watch what you eat.

Great advice. Thanks.

[Jon Watkins]

Wear a sauna suit while rolling or any strenuous activity , add vinegar to your diet, sit in a sauna for at least a half hour a day, quit drinking soda pop, cut some salt out of your diet, drink acacia and add fruits to your diet, turn up the heat while you are sleeping. Also if you ever jog, you should jog when you wake up on an empty stomach. You could also go to a health food store and buy a colon cleanse supplement.

Those are the short cuts I take to lose weight. Hope it helps.

[Jason Hyatt]

Diet -- anything that keeps your blood sugar stable and on an even keel. When I first started jitz I had some cheese around the middle from being on prednisone. I wanted to get rid of that and drop to 170 or so for competition. I basically just did your generic low-carb/high protein diet for six weeks and dropped 19lbs; the vast majority from around the middle. I went from a 36 to a 32 and have stayed there for three years. I have a hard time with that diet now because I can't handle fiber very well and eating fiber + fat is right up there with eating broken glass and gasoline.

Exercise -- anything that uses large muscle groups. There are several exercises that have been shown to improve your abdominal circumference and the thing they all have in common is that they use as many large muscle groups at a time as possible. This pretty much means core + legs; so burpees, bear crawls, squats, deadlifts, box jumps, etc are all good. I've become a recent convert to Tabata interval training. I don't know that Tabatas have been shown to improve belly fat, but they do substantially improve your cardiovascular conditioning - moreso than moderate distance running. It seems to make theoretical sense at least that if you are doing large-group exercises in a Tabata format you should see improvement in abd circumference.

As I understand it from every bit of literature I've encountered on the subject, the trick is that it takes BOTH. You gotta eat in such a way that you don't stimulate your body to store belly fat specifically i.e. keep your blood sugar ultra stable, AND you have to exercise in such a way that you encourage your body to store the fat it does need in the places where it needs quick access to fuel the most i.e. in and around the large muscle groups. Since those muscles are active, they will require more and more glycogen for fuel. This means that in general you will store "excess" carbs as glycogen instead of fat as well so your overall body fat percentage will drop too.

[Chad Lott]

If you want to lose it fast I'd recommend cutting dairy, processed sugar, and not drinking anything that's not water.

Cortesol levels also have a pretty dramatic effect on belly fat. Make sure you're getting the proper amount of sleep for you (average is 8 hours).

You might even be working out too often, too intensely. I know this sounds counter intuitive, but when I was pretty obsessive about CrossfitI had pretty stubborn bit of flab that would not go away. School forced me to cut down on my workouts about 30% and I leaned out without changing anything else.

[David Rosado]

Jason and Chad, great info. Thanks so much.