How To Lose Stubborn Fat | Why Patience Is Key

Struggle with stubborn fat? Then this video is for you!

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In today’s video, I will dive into detail on the topic of how to lose stubborn fat. First, I’ll explain why we have stubborn fat around areas like the hips and stomach and then we will look into practical solutions you can use to decrease stubborn body fat.

Now, most people are able to achieve good fat loss at the start of their journey. If you watch your diet by controlling calorie-intake and have a consistent exercise routine, the needle will move in the right direction. But for most people, the fat loss seems to be very slow in the stomach and hips area. Instead, you may notice your arms leaning down, by seeing more apparent veins while training biceps, or your face and legs become slimmer. And there is actually a scientific explanation for why your body often preferentially loses fat in certain areas before others.

We know you need a calorie deficit to lose fat. When you consume fewer calories than your body requires, you create an energy deficit that your body compensates for by burning mostly fat. When this calorie deficit is present, your body signals fat cells to release energy in the form of fat. These signals are received by two types of receptors. Beta receptors speed up the release of fat, whereas Alpha receptors slow it down.

It has been theorized that the fat cells of stubborn parts of your body like the fat around the stomach and hips contain more alpha receptors than beta-receptors. Because of this, the fat loss around your belly fat and hips is slower.

So now that we understand why you have stubborn body fat, what can you actually do about it? Anytime I get this question, people often expect a magic solution that will get rid of your belly fat in a few weeks. But that’s not how the human body works. To get some misconceptions out of the way, let’s start with what does not work for reducing belly fat. Things like fat-burning pills, waist trainers, and targeted abdominal training do not work.

What does work is patience, this may not be the answer many people want to hear. But the stubborn fat solution is simply about getting leaner. While you may mostly lose fat in your face, back, or any other area at the start, if you get lean enough, your body does not have any other option than to lose more of its stubborn abdominal fat.

But while abdominal training does not help burn abdominal fat, it can still be helpful in your journey. Strengthening the abdominal muscles via weighted abs training helps you develop the abdominal muscles. When you have more developed abdominal muscles, they will be more prominent once you are at a lower body fat percentage.

Also, I’d like to emphasize that completely getting rid of all your stubborn body fat and getting shredded to the bone is not something you have to do be physically fit. Unless you are a competitive bodybuilder it is even desired to have a bit of a body fat cushion. Especially if you currently don’t carry a lot of muscle mass, it’ll be tough to get rid of all your body fat while still having good muscle definition.

We can definitely decrease stubborn fat by staying consistent with a calorie deficit. But you will typically look more muscular and feel more energized keeping a bit of a belly fat cushion.

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[ashlyngagne]

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[iWannaBurnFat]

For most people, certain areas of your body lean down slowly compared to other bodyparts. Specifically, the belly/hips area is quite stubborn in terms of fat loss. Why is this happening and what can we do about it? That's the topic of today's video!

[ashleyrichardson]

Underrated channel!! Many thanks for the quality of your explanations! Great video

[Andunil]

Thank you for the good tips! Especially the last one where you mention that going too hard on the fat loss can reduce your overal performance

[adityaDY]

One of the best channels and its science backed love you brother❤️

[azr]

im in a stubbort fat plateau. very informative

[sylvestermariosu]

Another problem is when you bulk up, the waist increases as well after all the sacrifice.

[susannajavier]

I love your videos! Thank you for the information. Do you have any nutrition plans?

[HaseebKhan-oftn]

We are waiting for the body parts series like u made for biceps heads bro

[PedroSilva-tjdz]

Hello! I love your videos! Could you make a post about how to measure body fat using the skin fold method? And maybe other methods if you think they work better...

[mustafaaalmosawi]

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[juliusadriano]

Please make a video on upper lower body split for intermidate.TQ💪

[mohammedrashed]

Brother what about the headlight what do u use, over the time the headlight gets foggy due to constant exposure to sunlight can u please share what do u do????

[oldcremehelian]

Stubborn fat is fatty acids containing trans fats. It can take up to 10 years to eliminate it from your body and that is if you do not contain any more in the mean time.

[deltahomicide]

Mounir do you think chewing gum and face exercises really work to lose facial fat? I’m quite happy with my weight loss journey but my jowls are a problem 😔

[snappycattimesten]

The subtitles went crazy at the end of the video. 😂

[MrNavien]

How to coordinate cardio while building muscle? Does it work for skinny fat?

[ahmedalabdullah]

Writing a video explanation is very helpful

[templuss]

hey this video was very helpful thanks, but say I lost my stubborn fat around my belly and became lean, and then I wanted to bulk again, would that bring back the stubborn fat or will it not be stubborn next time?

[HaseebKhan-oftn]

Brother how do we know how much protein carbs n fat to eat. Macro count any vedio on it brother ❤️🇵🇰