I was wondering if your body gets whatever is considers the “low hanging fruit” first and would remove visceral fat last.
If so are there targeted diets for that specific fat?
No. You cannot target areas to lean out. This also holds for exercise: doing sit-ups will not burn the fat off your abs. The fat will also not necessarily come off evenly. Sometimes it does, sometimes the saddlebags stay until the bitter end even when your ribs are clearly visible. Genetics does play a role, but it can be dealt with.
(I’m a trainer and physiologist and helping people to lose fat is something I do.)
It’s so confusing when the OP puts opposite questions in their title and their post.
I just read the title, then saw your comment, and was confused why you said “No” then explained how the answer is “yes”. Then I read the post to see OP mixed things up, lol
so they do whatever?
The only way to target belly fat is with estrogen pills
What does that mean?
Estrogen causes distribution of fat to move from visceral to subcutaneous. That’s the reason “beer bellies” are usually seen on men, and why women usually have a “softer” or curvier physique. For overweight trans people, fat distribution can be a source of dysphoria. A lot of trans women are upset to have big bellies, and a lot of trans men are upset to be curvy. Hormones will change a person’s fat distribution in a couple of years. The matter of where under the skin subcutaneous fat settles, though, isn’t changeable by hormones.
Interesting. Is there a specific estrogen that causes that? I know that I used to get Arimidex (an aromatase inhibitor) from my doctor along with my weekly testosterone cypionate shot to block the aromatization into estradiol.
I know that excess estradiol levels can do other weird things in men too, like gynecomastia.
I don’t know which estrogen does that
Not sure why people down voted you for not knowing… :/
Plenty of women put on belly fat too though. Most of us aren’t the hourglass type. I do understand what you are saying though, thanks.
Belly fat is a combination of visceral and subcutaneous. Even if you mostly have subcutaneous fat, a lot of that can still be on the belly. The difference is that visceral fat is among the organs and contributes to organ failure risk. It’s also below the tummy muscles. Subcutaneous belly fat is above the tummy muscles. This is why a man’s belly is more likely to be hard, while a woman’s belly is more likely to be soft.
It’s different for everyone. There’s no real way to control it, and anyone telling you otherwise is full of it.
Not by diet or by exercise.
By liposuction!
Well, the can also harden and mold said fat now.
Looks weird as hell, though.
Usually on diets where you go from a carb heavy regimen to less carbs:
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first you lose water weight as electrolytes start to balance due to the change in insulin levels
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the body removes fat from organs as first priority (sometimes called visceral fat). The body does not want to store fat in organs, but it does so only if it can’t put fat anywhere else. Once you start to lose weight it comes from here first.
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then we are at generalized weight loss, which is different for everyone.
Source on carb count making a difference?
The body spends “easy” energy first (carbohydrates) and resort to burning fat when it really has to
Thats a myth, here are some videos by a guy with a PhD, any sort of calorie deficit will result in fat being burned, unless you manage to break the laws of physics and create energy from nothing.
https://youtu.be/ot8Q8YceRNo?si=Lu7XR1DFNPnKcCft
calorie deficit
Eating enough carbohydrates to cover your energy need isn’t a deficit. I meant what I said, the body uses what it has available but prefers “easy” sources
i have no idea what are you talking about at this point, the question was if there is a way to target weight/fatloss, there isn’t one.
That wasn’t what I was talking about.
well thanks for your off topic contribution then I guess.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/keto
Here’s a good summary article, hover over any of the circles in the article to see the scientific sources
If you prefer just the data this is a better article
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It is to some extent a last in, first out inventory system. So if you only recently put on weight in the middle then yes likely you will lose that first.
If you only/mostly have excess fat in your belly, yes you will lose more of that, but no, you can’t for example keep the fat on your boobs and ass and lose it only in your belly. No.
You can somewhat target certain types of fat if you’re a heavy drinker and stop drinking.
Especially soda. Men literally drop pounds after stopping within weeks.
Does soda really cause the same build up as alcohol? Lol
At 40g of sugar for 12oz/355ml you bet. It’s way worse than people realize.
Yes, but alcohol causes a specific type of fatty build-up around the liver area IIRC.
Just having a lot of sugar wouldn’t do the same thing in the same way
There is some research that shows that aerobic exercise can have a positive effect on visceral fat:
But it’s not all too straight forward
There are probably more studies that show both positive and inconclusive evidence for exercise and changes in visceral fat because that kinda how science is…
Depends on your DNA AFAIK and you can’t really decide
In general, what went on first, comes off last.
No, what’s on second.
Who’s on third.
I don’t know.
Third base.
Who’s there.
Last*