It can be very frustrating when you have an area of your body that you are struggling to lose weight from, especially when other areas are starting to respond. There could be many different factors at play and without sitting down to speak with you specifically, I can only provide you with a few ideas as to what you may need to do to help lose the weight around your midsection.
As with all exercises, I don't feel that any one type of exercise will target the love handles and it is key to understand that spot reducing is not effective. In saying that though, there are a few things that I would encourage you to pay attention to and focus on to help whittle down your middle.
- First, I would recommend you look at what you are eating; if you are eating a lot of carbohydrates and sugary foods your insulin levels are being affected and you may be dealing with some insulin resistance. This will put weight on your midsection, so it is imperative to clean up your diet by addling protein, fat, and fiber to your meals and cut down on the snacking throughout the day.
- Second, if you are losing weight in all other areas of your body but the mid-section continues to stick on, than it might be more of a pressure system problem that you may be dealing with, so take a look at these videos to see if you have Diastasis Recti (split abs), or if you are creating pressure down on your low belly which may be creating a belly pooch.
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- Last I would make sure you are working out with enough intensity to lose the mid-section weight. It has been show that High Intensity Interval Training is a great way to lose the weight around the belly.
Working on certain exercises that will strengthen the mid-section are a great way to help work on losing the love handles along with practicing all the things I have mentioned above. These exercises although not designed to spot reduce the area, are targeted to help strengthen the muscles in your core which will in turn to help with the area.
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