Unfortunately, you can’t target fat loss in one area of the body, and it can seem as if it’s taking a long time before you see any change in the belly area, as it’s one of the last places you’ll still see fat as you get thinner. As the body doesn’t store fat in equal amounts throughout the body, the stomach area often holds more body fat than other parts of the body. And while the fat-burning process removes fat more evenly than it is stored, and even though fat around the stomach is also being burned, it often takes longer to see results in the midsection. Therefore, it will often take longer to lose all of the fat around the stomach, even while you’re seeing results in other areas of the body. Luckily, visceral fat – the kind of fat that accumulates under your muscles and around your organs and is associated with all kinds of metabolic diseases – can be easier to eliminate than the fat that is found in other parts of the body (10).