Tips for belly weight loss

Well yes, but it’s not all equal is it.

Horrible, make you wet yourself 😆

Star jumps might feel more effective in the moment than a brisk walk, because you get out of puff, but in reality you'll do a lot more by brisk walking for half an hour or an hour than you will by doing 20 star jumps. You don't star jump for 30 minutes do you? It's a short intense burst of energy expenditure that doesn't do much other than get the heart rate up. It's good for a warm up if that's what you're after.

Any brisk cardio is good for reducing visceral fat, not specifically running

It doesn’t matter really, just pick one spot, ensure it’s identical, every time, ensure you stand on it, so it’s zeroed and come off, then step back on. Take that reading.

I think running, I lost over 6 stone with the help of mounjaro, by stomach is flat, bmi 20, but I started taking creatine, doing planks in the morning and running, just 20 mins a day running before my other work out ie strength

and I have bizzarely found in a month or so my stomach has shrunk by an inch or so.

I say bizzarely as I genuinely didn’t realise, I could see muscle, but I have two dresses that were close fitting round my rib cage and waist, and an event to go to, and I tried them on the other day to decide which to wear, and check they fit ok, and they are now loose in those areas. I was genuinely very surprised. So I tried in some trousers that were also tightish on the waist, and it’s the same, I’ve a good inch to spare.

i googled it and apparently running reduces visceral fat.

so I’d build up your walks to runs. I’m not sure trampolining and walking will do it for you but it is a great start to your fitness journey.

You unfortunately can’t influence where you loose body fat from. Lots of times where we store our fat is genetic along with declining hormones etc.

Crunches won’t help. What will is improving your general fitness through the walking and using the trampoline, being in a calories deficit and patience. Doing weights can also really help as a great deal of movements strengthen your core. However the only way to get rid of stomach fat is to be in a calorie deficit. Sounds like you are doing amazing well, keep going.

Move your scale to a different bit of floor - that much fluctuation suggests it's not quite level.
It sounds like you're doing great on fat loss. That's the only thing that will reduce belly fat, and the fat will go from all over, not just the belly. Doing crunches is fine but it won't make much difference to your belly appearance. Cardio is much more useful for fat loss, so the jumping and extra walking will help.

Try things like pop chips or ryvita bites or baked crisps (walkers?) for now. There’s some seaweed thins you can buy in supermarket, Itsu make them I think. They’re vile to me but you might like them. Kit Kat and Jaffa cakes are better chocolate options. As is one square of dark chocolate. Try to replace with fruit.

Walking the school run both ways is a great habit to get into, apart from anything else it’ll just become normal part of your routine not “exercise”.

It all sounds positive and not stuff that will be hard to keep up. (Buy a good brolly and rain coat if you don’t already have them, stops you being tempted not to walk for bad weather)

Me too refined sugar and low carb. All the things I like!

Agreed with dance type exercise. I hate the gym apart from gym classes.

And don’t deprive yourself eg of the odd square of chocolate or you may fall off the diet/healthy eating wagon.

The only thing that helps reduce my belly is cutting refined sugar and going low carb.

For me I can be 7 stone or 11 stone (I’m v short), but I always look pregnant unless I cut sugar/carbs irrespective of weight.

Exercise helps my mental wellbeing and fitness, not spot reducing.

Firstly, well done on starting a fitness journey. I’m assuming you are starting from a low baseline so don’t beat yourself up for not being able to cope the same as people who’ve already got a good fitness level.

Improving your fitness will bring so many long term benefits.

Keep the walking up. Do your legs hurt as you are walking or is it just afterwards? (Basically- do you need to modify what you are doing or improve your recovery)

previous posters are right, belly fat will go with overall fat loss.

Also, bouncing on a trampoline is said to be very good for lymphatic drainage and circulation. Its good exercise with less strain on your joints. 👍
If you like "dancey" type exercise I would recommend Jazzercise, if you can find a local class. I went for years and it toned me up, especially my belly. Good fun too.

@helpmelosemybigbelly don't be disheartened. 20 bounces at a time will gradually be 30, 40, just build up slow. Keep walking. Are you wearing decent supportive trainers? Because they can make the world of difference. If your aching muscles are putting you off, you could do alternating days, walking one day, bouncing the next.
The trick to maintaining your exercise is to mix it up a bit and not focus too hard on one type. I found swimming to be a great help.

My best friend has lost a shed load of weight since she got a dog.

Just to add I saw a musculoskeletal practitioner at my doctors surgery and she checked my legs, hips and joints. She ruled out problems with bones but thought the tendons in my right leg were tight which were causing the pain. She’s referred me to physio but told me to keep up the walking.