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Eat a healthy, balanced diet to lose weight and get rid of your love handles. It is impossible to lose weight in one spot, therefore you have to lose weight overall. You can still tone specific spots, but for best results you need to be a healthy weight.
Eat five to nine servings of fruit and vegetables each day. Eat whole grains (whole grain breads, whole wheat pasta, brown rice, etc.). Eat lean protein such as chicken, turkey, fish and other lean cuts of meat.
Get plenty of protein through non-meat sources such as nuts, seeds, beans, eggs and low fat dairy such as low-fat milk, low-fat cheese and yogurt.
Drink a lot of water. Avoid drinks that are high in sugar such as soft drinks, premixed teas and juice. Diet drinks don't necessarily help you lose weight; in fact they may even cause you to feel more hungry and gain weight--so use them sparingly if at all.
Eat the right kinds of fat from sources such as olive oil and fish. Avoid unhealthy trans fat or saturated fats. Consider taking a multivitamin to help your body get all the nutrients it needs. - Exercise for at least 30 minutes three to five times each week. Do both aerobic exercises and strength training to get the best results. Each time you exercise, include exercises that tone the muscles under and around your love handles, such as those that follow.
- Lie face down on the floor with your arms down by your sides. Lift your head up off the floor and look straight ahead. Kick your legs up and down slightly for 20 seconds. Rest for 20 seconds and then repeat the exercise. This exercise tones your back muscles, which will help you reduce your love handles.
- Tone many of your abdominal muscles by doing the bicycle. Lie on your back with your hands behind your head and your legs out straight. Lift up your legs to about a 45 degree angle and lift your head up off the floor slightly. Bring in your left leg, bending at the knee while you twist your upper body so that your knee and your right elbow are touching or almost touching. Straighten back out, then repeat with the other side. Do 25 for each side.
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Twist with your torso to your left. As you twist, punch toward the left with your right arm. Go back to center and twist to the right while punching with your left arm. Repeat this 100 times. Not only will you tone your torso but you will get a mini-aerobic workout too.
