[AbiDrew85]

Haha yes, I love this article as well! It's definitely a good one. I really don't like claiming that something works until I see the science and studies behind it, and I think that Dr. Lowery always does a pretty good job (I have referenced a few of his articles as part of my research!). I actually talked about this particular article in post #38 sometime over a week ago in my waist-is-small-and-curves-are-kickin' program thread, as well as integrating the stomach vacuum into the routine instead of other abdominal workouts to avoid from building the outer abdominal wall. This will burn the belly fat WHILE further increasing the strength of your abdomen's natural corset, AND you can do the stomach vacuum while you do your cardio (as opposed to stopping your cardio to do ab workouts as Dr. Lowery mentioned). And as for your treadmill, really any cardio will work (so insert elliptical, biking, etc here), but interval training with any of these is best for fat burning! Make sure to keep your rate at a low intensity (which will cause your body to utilize a greater amount of fat calories as opposed to glucose calories, and will utilize less of your muscle calories for fuel), with occasional intervals of intense cardio (do this for no longer than a minute, or your body will stop using glucose calories and will start to burn off muscle instead). If you don't have access to a treadmill, you can always just walk around the neighborhood instead.

A few problems... Without a treadmill or -something- like, I can't really do my exercising in a fasting state. And walking around the neighborhood is just plain impossible. I barely have time to squeeze a routine in naked let alone getting dressed twice... And that was if I had workout clothes that wouldn't just fall off my body as soon as I started jogging. My sweats and sweatshirts and oversized t-shirts might not be too bad for house lounging, but they are definitely not adequate to "public decency". I lost too much weight last year for ANY of it to fit, and I can't afford new right now.

My mom does have an exercise bike she NEVER uses, in the basement, but somehow I still doubt she'll let me set it up somewhere I could actually use it. "Just in case" she ever wants to use it! :eyeroll:

She has it cluttered up with junk smashed up against a chest in the basement, there's no way ANYONE can use it in the state she's got it in.