Lose Love Handles
Erin S. asked:

I am short and skinny, but my love handles don’t really match with the rest of my body.. What are some specific exercises I can do to burn fat around my hips (love handles)?

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Health Guy 11.21.08 at 1:09 am

Everyone has a trouble spot. It can be around the stomach, thighs, arms or chest. No matter where your trouble spot is, the solution is exactly the same. You need to eat less and exercise more. The reason why there’s only one solution for all of these problems is because it’s impossible to tell your body where to burn the excess fat from.

When you eat too many calories, your body stores the excess energy as fat in different areas around the body. To lose this fat, you need to create a calorie deficit (eat less than you burn) to force your body to start burning that fat for energy. There is absolutely no way to control where your body goes to find this extra fat.

The larger your calorie deficit (a bigger calorie deficit means a bigger difference between what you eat and what you burn) the faster your body will burn excess fat and the quicker your body fat percentage will start to decrease. You can increase your calorie deficit by cutting your daily intake and exercising more. Sit ups will do nothing to target the fat around your abs just like squats will do nothing to target the fat around your thighs. You can read more about fixing your trouble spots at the Guide to Reducing Body Fat -

Michael B 11.21.08 at 10:44 pm

Working out only builds muscle under your fat. what fat you burn is genetic. drink 1 gallon of water every day and it fills up your stomach so you are not hungry and 0 calories. (fat free means you get cancer instead don’t eat those poisons)

HaloKitty 11.24.08 at 9:04 am

they wont go away, im short and skinny, and ive worked on mine..nothing :/

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