There is NO such thing as spot reduction when it comes to losing weight. You can't "shrink your belly" with exercises unless you combine it with eating less calories. The ONLY way to get rid of fat and excess weight is to consume less calories than your body is using. Exercise will help you burn more calories, and ab/core work will give you more strenth and stability. Working your abs will NOT make the flat. It will tone and strenghten them..but if there is a layer of fat over...you won't see how toned they are.

You are born with your natural shape. You can lean it, tone it, build it up or not..but you CAN NOT change your overall shape. If you are an apple, you can be fit and at your ideal weight, but you will ALWAYS be a little thicker in the middle. It's just your bone structure and genetics. If you want to change that, you need plastic surgery (and even that can only do so much).

So...everyone..please exercise and eat healthy. Aim for your healthy BMI. Aim to be 18-23% body fat (for ladies) and 8-15% body fat (for men). If you do that, you will be healthy and look good. If you have a round booty naturally (jlo?), accept it and move on. If you have thick muscular legs naturally (like I do), learn to love them and move on. If you have a thick waist naturally (like most apple shapes), get over the media images that tell you you need to have a 24 inch waist and move on.

Above all...STOP coming on here and asking how you can exercise to spot reduce. You know it doesn't work. It never has. It never will. Accept that you can only change your body within it's natural perameters with diet AND exercise...and move on.