How can I loose my belly fat ? 😭 any one have tips on both diet and exercises ? I am male btw!

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I'm going to go on a mini rant that will aortiallt be in support and partially in opposition of your points... Many of the factors mentioned play a role in weight management (some of them quite a bit), but they do not invalidate the calories in vs calories out point. Your metabolism is faster? That means you burn more calories than someone whose metabolism is slower. Your body type is different? Well you're mostly burning more or less because you're likely to move more or less in a given day (as I've mentioned, somatotype theory had been scientifically disproved when controlling for calories, though it does play a role in where that weight is lost / gained). A calorie is a unit of energy, that's it. And energy cannot be created or destroyed. When you burn more calories than you consume, the difference comes from somewhere. That somewhere is either your stored carbs, fat, or muscle. Now it is true that fewer calories does not necessarily mean weight loss, but it does in most cases. If you're retaining water weight, this won't be true, for example. If your body type is different, or if your genetics are different, those do not invalidate the calories in vs calories out point. They indicate that your calories out may not burn at the same rate as someone else, or that you may be inclined to consume more calories, etc. HOWEVER - these ARE a big deal and have a huge impact on how easy or hard it is for someone to lose weight. Telling someone that calories out vs calories in is all that matters can actually be pretty disrespectful and cruel. It's just like telling a poor person, "to stop being poor you need to earn more money than you spend". It may be true but utterly pointless at best, and likely very condescending, and probably mostly not in their control. Similarly for food - Glycemic index matters because it affects your satiety, and while person A and person B may eat the same amount of calories, if person A consumes more simple carbs, they will be hungry much faster than person B and therefore likely consume more calories. Sleep matters, stress matters, how much water you drink matters, how much you walk matters, genetics matter, etc. But those do not invalidate calories in vs calories out. So frankly I think people should stop saying "eat less than you consume to lose weight" because that's a completely useless comment, even if mostly true. Instead find ways to regulate your consumption or your activity, and specifically ways that are sustainable. And yes, consult a registered dietitian or a doctor to get advice specific to you, because you will respond better or worse to certain stimuli than someone else would.