Best way to get rid of love handles?

[tayo]

Please let me know, I want to be really confident at the beach and am looking to possibly do some amateur bodybuilding, got the muscles but just the love handles need help. I don't drink or smoke.

I know alot of sex works but until that comes around... well let's just say I've been out of luck recently .

You might ask, why am I not on some bodybuilding forum for this? I don't run with that crowd and I'd get answers like, "Try this steroid it's great for cutting!" or "ECA stack forever!" or "andro!" Steroids are bad, and I wouldn't know where to get them.

You people are down to earth and probably (some of you) have your waists in check. I choose you. HOW DO YOU DO IT?

[Alicia]

Image is only skin deep, just cause someone is purty and nice don't mean there a nice person. looks do help but are not the most important issue.

Swia does the following but not just for her hips

Scales are your friends..

Swimming, excessive exercise in general, balanced diet, Oh an swia could say her fast metabolism as well as finding food boring in general. also a long period of opiate use helps too. Psychological conditioning on when to eat and sticking to certain foods at certain times. More exercise. vitamin pills.

[Lunar Loops]

You should be proud of those handles. The old 'something to hold onto' addage still holds true.

No partner at the moment? Try frottage to rub those handles away (mind you this method does incur a high chance of arrest).

Sorry the yak is of no use on this one as he sees no need for eradication, rather celebration.....that and the fact that he is a rather lazy yak who is very comfortable in his own fur.

[Alfa]

Simply a lot of sit ups should do it. Especially crossed sit ups. (direct your right shoulder or elbow towards your left knee and left shoulder or elbow towards your right knee) Do this often enough and they should be gone.

You can speed the process up by going to a fitness gym and asking for a training program there and by taking supplements with HCA(decreases the conversion of sugars/carbohydrates to fat), Chromium(if you like sweets, cause it decreases the urge for sugars) and Chitosan(absorbs fat from food).

[sterling77]

There are various topical creams made to apply directly to touch spots, and some of them are supposed to actually work decent. A product called sesathin is very effective to help slim down also.

[tayo]

I was thinking about getting some gravity boots to add some fun to it.. his head looks like it's going to explode.

Appreciate the help guys.

The HCA thing is interesting Alfa. I will look into that. It seems more ab exercise just makes the muscles bigger for some reason, which isn't really what I'm looking for.
I guess it may have something to do with the herbal supplements I am taking to inhibit SHBG (for more free testosterone), stop the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (less acne and prostate side effects), and inhibit the 5-alpha reductase enzyme (which converts testosterone to estrogen). So basically I have alot of testosterone, which is great for building muscles but maybe not so good for cutting fat?

Also, Alicia I do understand that it's not about looks (to an extent).. but it's about health. The whole reason I started working out was to test myself and see what my body could do and of course to prolong my lifespan. Self-improvement is quite the addiction. You can usually tell who will be good in bed by the shape they're in and I think consciously and subconsciously people are attracted to the most physically fit, hormone raging individuals, upon first site.

Shroomonger frotteurism is one I've never heard of... haha.

My friend Lump says dextroamphetamine doesn't work, cocaine addiction hasn't worked, but opiates did have the best effect, although none of those things were taken on in order to lose fat, they just happened. He is also not willing to go back to any of those things because he's found health.

[Heretic.Ape.]

Squat ?- lift to see-saw press:
Have two dumbells at your feet.
Squat down and grab them (keep back straight, etc).
Lift up and get arms under them, elbows at sides, dumbbells resting at shoulders (I forget what this lift by itself is called)
life one dumbbel up above head and lower, then do the other (see=saw press)
bring both back down to floor in reverse motion. repeat ~12x

The golf swing thing:
have one dumbbell on floor between feet
squat down and grab with both hands
rise up bringing dumbbell up and to the side and around like you are swinging it like a golf club.
return it in reverse back to floor. repeat ~12 each side.

Crossed situps like alfa siad

Leg lift sit up things:
these are like sit ups exept you lift your legs instead of upper body, keeping legs straight.

side rise things:
lean at about a 45 degree angle against a chair, bed, whatever, on your elbow so you're held up facing sideways.
lower your hips down so you're bent sideways still facing the same way.
bring hips back up so you're straight again. repeat each side ~12x

Hope those make some sense, I'm really bad at explaining movements Repeat the whole thing doing 3 sets of around 12. also spend time doing interval running, going as fast as you can for like a minute (not too long) and then walking briskly for about 5 minutes, alternating between really fast balls to the wall running, and quick walking. Keep this up for around a half hour.
h.a.

[Nature Boy]

Sit-ups, side crunches, pull-ups, plenty of jogging and eating well should do it. Not as easy as it sounds however. Good luck with it.

[The_Secret_Life]

A well cared for trim human body is beautiful. Men I think kinda look kinda odd naked, but women are glorious sights. I'd give a rib to see one in person tonight. Gave up on craigs list.

Anyway so i'm not going to give you the "love yourself the way you are" bullshit. for all I know you could be like me. All my adult life I can put on weight quickly and lose it nearly as quick. But now in my mid 30s I know I need to start making exercise a priority. These fluctuations are on 1/2 year time frames. When heavy usually a helper was times of winter and depression. But not always corelated!

my odd bit of advice: Try for 3 months to eat only organic food and cook for yourself. See what happens. Cut out industrial chemical plant beverages. Just water. NOt even milk, or juices.

I absolutely have suspect that many of the compounds added to our foods in the usa --- may not have negative health impacts -- but do something odd to our metabolism.

I ate just as much in my 4 years in Germany as I do here. O.K. yes it is very easy to eat way more calories here because of portion size. But I kept my portions german sized. I began to gain weight immediately when I came home for good. It was slow but measureable.

The rest of you. Try an experiment. STOP eating this bullshit margarine! Man has been eating butter since the dawn of time. It melts at body temperature, it has no more calories than margarine. It also can be natural if you can afford organic. IT tastes 10 times better.

See if butter makes you gain weight. And if you think margarine is going to be the miracle you need for blood pressure and cholesterol issues...you should try just dropping both!

Now, I'm learning at an older age to appreciate my body. You can keep it in trim good health. Worrying about being pretty or handsome is a mental poison. So what, my penis is 5" long! What good does it do my spirit to poison my mind with fear and doubt? It works, it actually looks nice and well proportioned.

The last two girlfriends that were comfortable with me really liked it.

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thanks, good advice

[cma24]

Just for the record, Tayo, for me as a girl, the worst feeling in the world is to feel like im going to snap my 'bedroom friend' as they are too slim [Im not a big heifer or anything, btw!]

Personally, I prefer men who are slightly un-toned, as a completely solid body like a rock is not v comfortable to get close to.

Good luck with all the kerrayzee exercising!

c

[keats]

Cardio exercise will work for 90+% of the population. It doesn't even really matter what kind, if your body can handle running do that, it's probably the best for you. But swimming works, elleptical crosstrainers work, hell walking enough will even work if you're not walking much now. Besides that diet is important, if you're just looking to lose weight eat more protein and less carbs/fat. Frankly if you're looking to lose weight it's as simple as consuming less calories than you burn, that's it. But more than anything just remember one central concept: there is NO MIRACLE CURE TO LOSING WEIGHT. Forget pills, topical creams, complicated diets, and drugs. Just eat less and exericise more, it's that simple.

P.S. Crunches are good and will make your abs look good, though they won't neccesarily help love handles that much. Love handles are just deposits of fat, and in men especially they're an area that fat gets distributed too pretty quickly (other areas being the stomach and chest). The love handle areas aren't part of your abs, and crunches burn a few calories but not nearly as many as cardio exercises.

[tayo]

I can only pinch like an inch and a half to two inches.. i'm probably being obsessive but thanks for everyone's help.

[augentier]

Cardio burns fat, so do at least 30 min of cardio every day and watch your diet like a hawk..eat healthier fats (olive oil, avocados) instead of heart-attack-inducing fats (fried foods, butter and margarine, etc) .. walking or running can be cardio, I lost a lot of weight by walking every day..but that is BRISK walking, getting the heart rate into the right zone and maintaining that (aka: CARDIO)

[darawk]

Develop a meth habit. Technically that's probably the fastest way. Barring that, i'd recommend clenbuterol, anavar, or both.

[tayo]

Dextroamphetamine seemed to burn more muscle than love handles for cyborg i know. And that was a bad thing.

[tayo]

DISCLAIMER: only mind the love handle region... she's certainly done well for those.

[Alfa]

I like trained women, but this.. yuk.

[toe]

augentier's probably given you the best advice. Ideally you should develop a running habit.

[tayo]

I don't get tired while running, but the lower back cramps because i have flat feet. I may start to do some biking, I do some boxing training every once in a while, and I think I will begin doing high intensity workouts with little rest time between sets, I already eat very nutritious.

Thanks for everyone's help..

[dadude]

google john stone fitness forums. tons of good info.
SWIM's easy way out is blow or meth. (coke preferably)
or... diet and excercise like a cool kid

[Nacumen]

Run, seriously. If that isn't possible, do some good kind of cardio - swimming (and by that I dont mean doing drugs or posting on DF), biking, having sex, or anything similar.

I know everyone has already said what I mentioned, but I felt obligated to repost it for emphasis. Such activities have always worked for SWIM.

[Kakkoii]

Get a prescription for Adderall or Dexedrine.

[DrGonzo]

blowing snow. it's a low calorie alternative to food, and it gets that metabolism sped up like hell.

...but the healthier alternative would be running and assorted cardio activities.

[rxbandit]

losing weight and losing love handles is not quite the same. swim is fairly fit but has these obnoxious love handles that wont go away regardless of what weight he is at. losing weight and losing body fat is also a different game. I think freestyle swimming with the kicking motion would be the most effective for love handles. possibly some lower back exercises to pull in your sides a bit. Iso ab exercises and high rep low intensity ab exercises should also promote fat burning rather then gaining more muscle in your problem areas. Eating lots of small meals helps amp up your metabolism, like eating ten of those nasty organic grain bars equally spaced throughout the day. Its also important to maintain a good protein intake, if you diet without doing so you will lose fat and muscle and you will have the same body fat % you will just look smaller equally as flabby and overall less impressive. I think buying one of those big trampolines and bouncing about for that for hours and hours a day sounds like the funnest way to lose weight.

[sparks1420]

as far as non steroids that havent been said other than exercise and diet, swim reconomends DNP or Liothyronine