If you’re a person who is constantly working out everyday and still have belly fat, wondering why it’s not going away, it’s because you have visceral and subcutaneous fat.

Visceral fat is a fat tissue that everyone has, some people just have more than others. It surrounds your vital organ that is deep inside your body, mostly in the belly area. If a person has too much visceral fat, they could be at high risk for health conditions and diseases. This type of fat is pretty difficult to get rid of.

Having too much visceral fat can cause you to have many health problems, this is a condition called visceral obesity or visceral adiposity. It can set a high risk of conditions like insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, high cholesterol, high blood pressure or a heart disease.

Visceral fat it not the only fat that is keeping you from having a tone stomach, subcutaneous fat is a type of fat that is underneath the skin. It’s located all over the body and “is important for your body to function properly” according to VeryWellfit.  To lose visceral fat or subcutaneous fat, you will need to increase your daily activity like walk to places you need to go instead of taking the car or go do at-home workouts with a friend to make it more fun and to motivate each other. Also reduce the fat that you eat on a daily basis. There are tons of advertisements for pills and supplements to get rid of fat on TV, don’t waste your money on that because most of them don’t work and some can even be dangerous.

If you are having problems getting rid of fat and having weird symptoms of not breathing well, getting tired all the time, and experiencing sharp pain, talk to your doctor. They can explain if your at risk of a disease or they recommend some treatments to do.