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[ekul]

It's the beer, no man in the world should be fat if he doesn't drink beer.

[PeteJB]

[zeldalee13]

Exercise is the only thing that works for me. Although if I stop eating after 6 p.m. my belly feels more flat... Perhaps it is this elusive bloat people are talking about.

[itaewonguy]

what about genetics? Isn't it true that some people have to fight off the genetics of becoming fat while someone else just doesn't have that problem at all?

I have seen people at my gym who seem fat or big, but run on that tread mill for an hour burn up a sweat! for the past 6 months this guy hasnt seemed to lose any weight.. maybe he goes out after the gym and pigs out on pork and Soju I don't know...

In my case.. I dont eat a lot.. never have been a big eater.. but now that I am in my 30's seem to put on weight around my gut If I dont work out for a couple months even though I don't eat a lot..

so only dieting does seem to work for some people...
but for me I have to work it off..

guess the combination of both is best...

[jajdude]

[cdninkorea]

[Atramentous]

Spot reduction of fat is a myth. Some people do lose belly fat first or they only have excess flesh on the abdomen thus their diet/exercise burns the belly fat.

I put on weight in the over the last two years, for the last 6 months I have been dieting and exercising and have lost 15 lbs. For me slow weight loss is the best as I keep it off.

Eating a good breakfast is key. If you are full from the get go, most people tend not to eat rubbish the rest of the day. The 5 or 6 small meals is the best, I think, because you simply don't let yourself feel actually hungry. The emotional or craving for junk is something else.

I think that genetics is also a component of belly fat. My sister and I have totally different body shapes. She is tall and lean and only puts on weight around her waist. I tend to pack the pounds around the hips and bum. My belly gets very flat and my waist shrinks very quickly - the thighs and hips is another matter. It is taking serious dedication to shrink them back to pretty. My sister, on the other hand, has a devil of a time getting her midsection tight. She did it once, but, the result was ripped abs and scary bony rest of her.

However, there is bloat to contend with - eat fibrous foods, drink loads of water and add some green tea and active yoghurt to your diet to help beat the bloat.

[bogey666]

can NOT spot reduce.

another effing useless piece of advice for complete idiots.

can't hurt much though I suppose.

atramentous is right about a genetic component, people have different builds and retain fat in different places BUT if you have the discipline, it eventually has to burn off everywhere.

[swigs]

It's not science. Burn more calories than you eat. That should be easy to do in Korea.

Stop buying ice cream or other obviously non-nutritional fattening stuff, not that hard.

America has so many fat people, it's insane.

[greedy_bones]

[Atramentous]

While the United States does have a large portion of the overweight to obese population of the world, it is unfair to say "geez, Americans are so fat" when the obesity rates all over our "western" world are skyrocketing. The British Isles also have a weight problem, as does Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada. One of the fastest growing rates is in France. France was tradionally one of the "thin" nations. Even South Korea made the top 30 fattest countries.

It isn't quite fair to say that just the Americans are fat or obese. A lot of "developed" countries are facing the same health crisis.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity

[bogey666]

[mistermasan]

i was 260 lbs and got to 185 in less than a year with no pain.

i stopped eating processed food as much as possible. just old fashioned korean food for the most part.

i drank only water and beer.

i rode a bike or walked.

the pounds just melted away.

when i got down to about 220 i started going to the gym and remainder fell off super fast.

PS- i kept a food diary and a weekly weight chart.

[mistermasan]

double post. my apologies.

[swigs]