a few more questions..... little pot belly!

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  • mr_mitch
    mr_mitch Posts: 176 Member
    Honestly from your pictures not sure if you would benefit from a deficit or benefit more from eating at maintenance or even a small surplus and hitting the gym harder, specifically strength training.

    Neither am I! Lol

    You don't look fat, you look under trained and low muscle.

    I mean I think your belly looks "big" to you because your chest is small. Take that side shot of you. Picture yourself with a more full chest and see what that would do to your appearance...suddenly belly doesn't look so big right?

    Definitely agree on the undertrained low muscle look!

    I do still think I have a small roll of belly fat just below my belly button (my main bone of contention at the minute), which has been reducing because I've been at a deficit.... Problem being that so is muscle mass probably

    How "fat" one looks or how big of a belly one perceives has a lot to do with how big the neighboring bodyparts are. Pump up those arms and chest and suddenly that "potbelly" looks pretty lean.

    Yeah it probably would have that effect! As long as it doesn't still stick out when I wear a fitted shirt, I'll be more than happy!

    PS, thanks so much for your comments
  • tycho_mx
    tycho_mx Posts: 426 Member


    How "fat" one looks or how big of a belly one perceives has a lot to do with how big the neighboring bodyparts are. Pump up those arms and chest and suddenly that "potbelly" looks pretty lean.

    LOL. Very true - the first time I was complimented on my "muscles" (a long time ago, when I went from 160 to 200 lb by eating lots and heating the gym) was when I got a really short haircut. Weird how all those thing affect perception.
  • mr_mitch
    mr_mitch Posts: 176 Member
    A friend of mine recently upped her calories from 1200 to1650 and it took six weeks for her weight to start coming off after that. That's pretty normal. Once it starts coming off, though, it really starts coming off. Stick with it.

    Yes it has been coming off again now. Thanks for the reply.

    Now I must increase calories again! Repeat the process again!
  • mr_mitch
    mr_mitch Posts: 176 Member
    LOL. Very true - the first time I was complimented on my "muscles" (a long time ago, when I went from 160 to 200 lb by eating lots and heating the gym) was when I got a really short haircut. Weird how all those thing affect perception.

    Agghhh dammit my head is already shaven so I won't be able to try that one out! Lol

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