No, You Can't Just Lose Weight In Your Stomach - But You Can Do This....

I frequently have people tell me they want to lose weight in one specific area, while keeping everything else the same. Unfortunately, our bodies don't work like that. You can't
tell your body where you want to lose fat and where you want to keep it.

When I started losing weight I was a 36D and had a lot of hips, thighs and booty. If I ha my way, I would have kept all of that and lost my belly. Well, kept most of it and just lost my belly.

Left: 2005
Right: 2014

But, when I started losing weight, I dropped to a C cup. And then [in what seemed like] one day I woke wearing a B! I'll be the first to say I was bummed. I miss my cleavage some days, but I don't miss everything else that came with it.

And don't get me on my booty. You see it!

Now it's waaay smaller. I've lost over 15 inches from there alone. Yeah. Believe it.

But before you get all bummed out - you can target those areas, by building the muscles - not holding onto fat. For the last few months I have been targeting my glutes. I wasn't ignoring all my other muscle groups, just hitting them a little harder and more often, to help them develop quicker.

My workouts consisted of a lot of squats & lunges to work on my butt. I was building the muscle, so that area"sits up." Some people do arm workouts because they want the appearance of muscles in their arms. The tricky part is that you have to lose fat in order for muscles to be visible and you can't really control where your body loses fat from first. .

So, unfortunately, my friends, you will have to lose fat from all over & genetics will decide where you lose it first and where you lose it last.

What's the best way to lose fat all over? Combining nutrition, cardio & strength training. Cardio helps to burn the fat, while strength training develops muscle and proper nutrition helps with fat loss and muscle development.

Nutrition, cardio and strength training are the keys for losing fat and gaining the muscle definition that you want.  

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If you are interested in having me as your health & fitness coach, or if you are interested in what I do as a coach, email jamar.paige@gmail.com.

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