Belly fat

[Streeter]

How the fuck do you lose it?

Last 3 months been eating healthy n running or biking about 2 to 5 miles a day depending on schedule. I'm 46 n Went from 5 11 225 n got down to 190 now. I see the weight loss in my face and neck n definitely feel healthier. But the beer gut wont go away no matter what it's almost like its mocking me.

Is their a legit supplement that helps with belly fat? an exercise other than sit ups ?

I cant do sit ups during to a hernia.

 

[smooth assassin]

Have you tried fasting ?

 

[wufabufa]

What's an average day of eating look like?

 

[Streeter]

Thpught fasting was bad for losing fat?

My average day .... breakfast is fruit or a protein shake with Coffe (cream no sugar).

Lunch sandwich an chips or similar calorie intake. Drinking mostly water all day.


After work might have a couple beers ,

Dinner is either Salmon , Chicken or steak with rice n veggies .

Maybe some ice cream after

Everything is portioned out so I'm not stuffing my face .

Losing weight well as I lost over 30 lbs in 3 months just cant lose the pot belly

 

[wufabufa]

Fasting is fine. "Starvation mode" is a crock of shit peddled by fitness magazines and supplement companies that want you taking their products every three hours. Piss poor evidence to support their claims.

Since it sounds like you're eating fairly high carb meals from the moment you wake up until you're ready for bed, you're constantly causing your pancreas to pump out insulin..... and still drinking a bunch of empty calories so it's not really a surprise you've still got a beer gut. In the presence of insulin, your body is much less likely use your fat stores for energy. It's an anabolic hormone meant to store and partition nutrients. The process of fat loss is the opposite of that and often times those two clash.

Compress your eating window(6 hours or less), prioritize protein, lower your carbohydrate intake, and stop drinking/eating trash. Portion control is great, but some foods are much more likely be obesogenic. The ice cream, chips, and beer aren't doing you any favors. With improved insulin sensitivity from eating less carbs and fasting you should note more improvements in your body composition. I can't promise that you'll lose your gut but it can't hurt since what you're doing right now isn't giving you the results you want.

 

[RobinHoodMoneyBags]

I’m fairly young and healthy. Don’t smoke or drink. Every morning I either eat a small egg sandwich or a bowl of soup.

Later during the day, I’ll eat a decent size meal. Something along the line two chicken legs and a plate of rice with veggies. And then around 2-3am I might eat the same thing again.

Not recently I’ve been developing a belly gut. I don’t think I eat that much. I don’t go out at all sadly due to the virus so not getting any exercise.

How do I lose this gut before it gets more out of control?? I try starving myself but end up giving out lol. Should I do sit-ups and planks daily??

 

[Streeter]

Fasting is fine. "Starvation mode" is a crock of shit peddled by fitness magazines and supplement companies that want you taking their products every three hours. Piss poor evidence to support their claims.

Since it sounds like you're eating fairly high carb meals from the moment you wake up until you're ready for bed, you're constantly causing your pancreas to pump out insulin..... and still drinking a bunch of empty calories so it's not really a surprise you've still got a beer gut. In the presence of insulin, your body is much less likely use your fat stores for energy. It's an anabolic hormone meant to store and partition nutrients. The process of fat loss is the opposite of that and often times those two clash.

Compress your eating window(6 hours or less), prioritize protein, lower your carbohydrate intake, and stop drinking/eating trash. Portion control is great, but some foods are much more likely be obesogenic. The ice cream, chips, and beer aren't doing you any favors. With improved insulin sensitivity from eating less carbs and fasting you should note more improvements in your body composition. I can't promise that you'll lose your gut but it can't hurt since what you're doing right now isn't giving you the results you want.

Will try some of this.

Just weird. Every other part of body had rapidly improved but tbe gut. Abputvall I might of been eating wrong was bread for sandwiches , occasional ice cream , an a couple beers a day ...... rest of time its water.

 

[thehighking]

Will try some of this.

Just weird. Every other part of body had rapidly improved but tbe gut. Abputvall I might of been eating wrong was bread for sandwiches , occasional ice cream , an a couple beers a day ...... rest of time its water.

The gut is just the last place it comes off. You just need to keep eating at a deficit until that goes too. Eating low carb definitely helps. Carbs are energy and that's what you're trying to get rid of. High protein, moderate fat and low carb is the way to go imo. Intense exercise like heavy weightlifting, circuit training or sprints help a lot too.

 

[ImmigrantMentality]

You don't seem to realize it but your diet is actually pretty awful

 

[ocean size]

Nothing special about the belly, just need to keep losing weight. Situps won't do shit. Compound lifts will though - if you consistently squat and deadlift and press and barbell row while still at a slight deficit, you will wear the fat a lot better.

what @wufabufa said about improving your diet maybe improving your body composition is potentially true, but if you are already at a deficit and getting a reasonable amount of protein as it is, lifting would definitely improve your body composition even if you keep eating ice cream.

 

[Beechwood]

I'm having some success losing belly fat of late at the age of 50. I still have a ways to go with fat loss but I'm making good progress of late. In the morning before breakfast have noticed that I'm able to see my abs.

What I'm doing different is following the ideas in Dr. Robert Thompson's book, The Calcium Lie. The book can be seen here ~

The Calcium Lie II: What Your Doctor Still Doesn't Know



Basically the author theorizes that we're consuming to much calcium in our diet and taking to many calcium supplements. He theorizes that excess calcium in the diet is leading to a host of health problems, one problem being that it causes obesity.

So I've cut out dairy products from my diet. I also don't take a supplement with calcium in it.

So far so good, along with exercising an hour a day I'm losing the fat.

 

[Frode Falch]

Volume training.

Dont really matter what kind. As long as it contains both cardio and strenght. And you find it fun enough to do it day after day.

For myself it was muay thai.

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

Will try some of this.

Just weird. Every other part of body had rapidly improved but tbe gut. Abputvall I might of been eating wrong was bread for sandwiches , occasional ice cream , an a couple beers a day ...... rest of time its water.

Unpopular opinion but alcohol /beer can cause fat to accumulate in the belly. I know I am like that. 2 beers per day may not sound much but you are consuming 15 beers / week --> you ll keep your gut. IMO and IME.

 

[ChristianOgden]

do not go for quick results, you must adapt to new sort of lifestyle, not lead a healthy lifestyle , but get used to it as a usual one. that is were the game-changing point will be set

 

[TerryMCLOOPS]

Your body matches your lifestyle exactly, 100%, everytime. Something about your lifestyle is soft like a beer belly.

Im gonna guess its a couple beers a day. There's no upside to that. I know about that from all sides. Are you running a couple miles every day? Each beer sets you back at least one. So if you were running 14 miles a week, which is nothing and not enough to stay fit if you eat like an American, your drinking habit would totally negate that.

So if you ran 2 miles a day with your drinking, you'd still have to do more work to achieve anything other than baseline "im as healthy as a guy who drinks" in your fitness. Very quickly the work adds up and you can't keep up with the poor choices.

Take a serious look at your lifestyle and ask do I like the way Im changing my body every day? Because you are.

 

[TeTe]

Trying spending weekends eating nothing but proteins shakes. If you aren't shitting your brains out by Sunday, then I'd say keep it up and report back.

 

[zuffazombee]

How the fuck do you lose it?

Last 3 months been eating healthy n running or biking about 2 to 5 miles a day depending on schedule. I'm 46 n Went from 5 11 225 n got down to 190 now. I see the weight loss in my face and neck n definitely feel healthier. But the beer gut wont go away no matter what it's almost like its mocking me.

Is their a legit supplement that helps with belly fat? an exercise other than sit ups ?

I cant do sit ups during to a hernia.

I'm having similar issues.
Been dealing with a hernia for about 9 months. I'm 47 years old & need to lose some belly fat before surgery in 8 weeks.
5'9", 195 lbs, & my body type is ectomorph so I know I'm more likely to gain weight in my mid section than anywhere else.
Any tips for diet or low impact exercises?

 

[Xoleth]

I'm having similar issues.
Been dealing with a hernia for about 9 months. I'm 47 years old & need to lose some belly fat before surgery in 8 weeks.
5'9", 195 lbs, & my body type is ectomorph so I know I'm more likely to gain weight in my mid section than anywhere else.
Any tips for diet or low impact exercises?

- low impact: swimming
- low impact: walking
- low impact: biking
- diet: low fat greek yoghut with psyllium husk
- diet: veggies, fruits, lean meats, cottage cheese

 

[Ultra O’Dia]

beer and ice cream, bud.
thats not gonna cut it at 46.

 

[ocean size]

I'm having similar issues.
Been dealing with a hernia for about 9 months. I'm 47 years old & need to lose some belly fat before surgery in 8 weeks.
5'9", 195 lbs, & my body type is ectomorph so I know I'm more likely to gain weight in my mid section than anywhere else.
Any tips for diet or low impact exercises?

Low impact exercise is good and can help but ONLY with the diet dialed in. One beer or a cookie or two and you are undoing a half hour+ of cardio.

Different approaches to diet work for different people (due to what they are able to adhere to) but as long as you are eating less than you burn you will lose. I'd start with getting an app like myfitnesspal, calculate your TDEE, set a target 300-500 calories lower and start logging everything you eat. After a week if you aren't losing, adjust your TDEE estimate or log food better - use a scale and include things like cooking oil. A little bit of resistance exercise will help you maintain lean mass.

Personally I like a high fiber diet with shitloads of plants and lean protein like fish. But I'm just not the type of person that can have 'a little' ice cream or cake or whatever. Others are going to be happier doing something like keto, but be warned if you only have eight weeks, you will lose a lot of weight on keto at first but most of it will be water as you deplete glycogen stores, and then after surgery if you don't stick with it the weight is coming right back if you reintroduce carbs. Which is a more important broader point - you don't want to try crash dieting before your surgery, if you are successful but during recovery you can't stick with it, all you will have done is decreased your metabolic rate but will still be just as hungry and your weight will return and then some probably. Up to 500 calorie deficit is probably fine.