fatty fat

jmzz1

what is the main reason for gaining fat around belly apart from unhealthy eating, genetics and lack of exercise.......?

Capt_Apollo

what is the main reason for gaining fat around belly apart from unhealthy eating, genetics and lack of exercise.......?

life isn't fair???

Sarauk2sf

You pretty much named the main reasons..apart from I would replace 'unhealthy eating' with 'eating at a caloric surplus'

TonyStark30

Depression.

Skinny_minny_mo

i think you summed it up!

redraidergirl2009

Sometimes food allergies can make you bloated and think you are fatty fat more in the belly.

Lyadeia

Reverse liposuction to the belly?

OopsGrace

STRESS! Stress releases cortisol which makes you hungry, even if you're not. Then you eat, gain weight, get more stressed, release more cortisol...its a ***** (especially for women).

jmzz1

i am depressed at the moment ........ and i have been depressed for a while .......... but i do not overeat during such periods........ I avoid eating and usually end up with calorie deficit instead of surplus.........

so how is it related to gaining of weight inspite of under eating??

jmzz1

Reverse liposuction to the belly?

what do you mean by that?

missjojo31

I was ok until i had babies, then bam... not that id give my boys up.

Lyadeia

Reverse liposuction to the belly?

what do you mean by that?

Lolz.

It was a joke about having a doctor squirt fat into your belly surgically.

CaffeinatedConfectionist

Could it be water retention? If I'm bloated/retaining water from eating too much sodium or from TOM, that all tends to sit at my midsection. I can usually tell if it's water retention vs "normal fat," because it feels more jiggly/ripply, almost pillowy, and goes away after a couple days if I drink a lot of water and keep exercising.

princessd84

Being pregnant?

jmzz1

Reverse liposuction to the belly?

what do you mean by that?

Lolz.

It was a joke about having a doctor squirt fat into your belly surgically.

lol....... as i have mentioned earlier that i am depressed at the moment so did not understand ur sense of humor

jmzz1

Being pregnant?

nope........ not at all

chocl8girl

Eating too much. Period. If that is where your body decides to gain weight, that is where it will gain weight. You can't spot gain, just as you can't spot reduce.

jmzz1

Eating too much. Period. If that is where your body decides to gain weight, that is where it will gain weight. You can't spot gain, just as you can't spot reduce.

as i have already mentioned ...... i eat at a calorie deficit during my depression period......... and in normal days tend to eat at my calorie goal not surplus.........

neandermagnon

i am depressed at the moment ........ and i have been depressed for a while .......... but i do not overeat during such periods........ I avoid eating and usually end up with calorie deficit instead of surplus.........

so how is it related to gaining of weight inspite of under eating??

when I had PTSD really badly, I was just like you described.... then I'd have days where I got my appetite back and ate too much (compensating for prolonged periods of undereating, albeit accidental undereating) and it all piled on as belly flab.

I got rid of it by not allowing myself to undereat. Simple, no undereating means no rebound overeating.

Additionally, if you're depressed you move less, so you burn fewer calories, your TDEE will be lower than calculators predict as you're moving less than you think.

Lifting heavy weights really helps keep depression and anxiety symptoms at bay. I totally recommend it, along with eating all your calories even if you don't feel hungry (depression/anxiety may take the appetite away, but that doesn't mean you don't need food)

Ed98043

Why don't you just come out with what's happening to you specifically that you need help with? I'm confused by the question and you're not proving enough details about why you think there must be some other reason for belly fat than the obvious ones.

jmzz1

Why don't you just come out with what's happening to you specifically that you need help with? I'm confused by the question and you're not proving enough details about why you think there must be some other reason for belly fat than the obvious ones.

well my basic intention of asking this question is to figure out whether depression is the reason behind my stubborn belly fat or some other reason which might not be within my knowledge............

Lyadeia

Why don't you just come out with what's happening to you specifically that you need help with? I'm confused by the question and you're not proving enough details about why you think there must be some other reason for belly fat than the obvious ones.

well my basic intention of asking this question is to figure out whether depression is the reason behind my stubborn belly fat or some other reason which might not be within my knowledge............

Depression can often lead to unhealthy eating habits and lack of exercise. Stress may play a role as mentioned before, but if you are eating in a calorie deficit and exercising, stress shouldn't totally stop your progress...unless you are on medication for said stress which can throw things out of whack as well.

Alta2000

i am depressed at the moment ........ and i have been depressed for a while .......... but i do not overeat during such periods........ I avoid eating and usually end up with calorie deficit instead of surplus.........

so how is it related to gaining of weight inspite of under eating??

It is the type of food that you eat, not the quantity.
From the psyweb: "People who undergo stressful situations on a daily basis constantly release adrenaline and cortisol into their blood streams. The problem with this is that while adrenaline goes away when the anxiety eases, cortisol lingers in the body and causes people to want to eat more carbohydrates as a means of quenching the empty feeling that was left by the original energy exertion, linking cortisol levels and weight gain.

Typically, high cortisol levels and weight gain tends to collect around the stomach. Because fat cells in the stomach are especially sensitive to cortisol and store energy at most, this is where the fat that comes from high cortisol levels tends to accumulate."

Another study related to depression:

A new study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) confirms the relationship between depression and abdominal obesity, which has been linked to an increased risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease.
"We found that in a sample of young adults during a 15-year period, those who started out reporting high levels of depression gained weight at a faster rate than others in the study, but starting out overweight did not lead to changes in depression," said UAB Assistant Professor of Sociology Belinda Needham, PhD. The study appears in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

"Looking at the CARDIA sample data, we found that everyone, as a whole, gained weight during the 15-year period of time that we examined," said Needham. "However, the people who started out reporting high levels of depression increased in abdominal obesity and BMI at a faster rate than those who reported fewer symptoms of depression at year five. In year five, the waist circumference of the high-depression group was about 1.6 centimeters greater than those who reported low depression."

She added, "By year 20, the waist circumference of the high-depression group was about 2.6 centimeters higher than those who reported lower levels of depression. In contrast, a high initial BMI and waist circumference did not influence the rate of change in symptoms of depression over time".

Needham said there have been reports showing that cortisol, a stress hormone, is related to depression and abdominal obesity. "So, there is reason to suspect that people who are depressed would have higher levels of abdominal obesity versus other parts of the body because of elevated cortisol," she said.

jmzz1

Depression can often lead to unhealthy eating habits and lack of exercise. Stress may play a role as mentioned before, but if you are eating in a calorie deficit and exercising, stress shouldn't totally stop your progress...unless you are on medication for said stress which can throw things out of whack as well.

i am not on any medication

iqnas

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ms_leanne

Refined sugar from sweets, chocolate, alcohol, fizzy drinks.

Ed98043

I've never heard of depression having a direct effect on body fat distribution. It can definitely affect your eating habits and activity level so in that way it would affect overall physical fitness, but the most likely cause of stubborn belly fat on a 25 year old is probably diet, exercise and genetics.

jmzz1

i am depressed at the moment ........ and i have been depressed for a while .......... but i do not overeat during such periods........ I avoid eating and usually end up with calorie deficit instead of surplus.........

so how is it related to gaining of weight inspite of under eating??

It is the type of food that you eat, not the quantity.
From the psyweb: "People who undergo stressful situations on a daily basis constantly release adrenaline and cortisol into their blood streams. The problem with this is that while adrenaline goes away when the anxiety eases, cortisol lingers in the body and causes people to want to eat more carbohydrates as a means of quenching the empty feeling that was left by the original energy exertion, linking cortisol levels and weight gain.

Typically, high cortisol levels and weight gain tends to collect around the stomach. Because fat cells in the stomach are especially sensitive to cortisol and store energy at most, this is where the fat that comes from high cortisol levels tends to accumulate."

Another study related to depression:

A new study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) confirms the relationship between depression and abdominal obesity, which has been linked to an increased risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease.
"We found that in a sample of young adults during a 15-year period, those who started out reporting high levels of depression gained weight at a faster rate than others in the study, but starting out overweight did not lead to changes in depression," said UAB Assistant Professor of Sociology Belinda Needham, PhD. The study appears in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

"Looking at the CARDIA sample data, we found that everyone, as a whole, gained weight during the 15-year period of time that we examined," said Needham. "However, the people who started out reporting high levels of depression increased in abdominal obesity and BMI at a faster rate than those who reported fewer symptoms of depression at year five. In year five, the waist circumference of the high-depression group was about 1.6 centimeters greater than those who reported low depression."

She added, "By year 20, the waist circumference of the high-depression group was about 2.6 centimeters higher than those who reported lower levels of depression. In contrast, a high initial BMI and waist circumference did not influence the rate of change in symptoms of depression over time".

Needham said there have been reports showing that cortisol, a stress hormone, is related to depression and abdominal obesity. "So, there is reason to suspect that people who are depressed would have higher levels of abdominal obesity versus other parts of the body because of elevated cortisol," she said.

how to reduce cortisol level?

Ed98043

A 1.6 centimeter difference in waist circumference between the study groups after 15 years? And this is supposed to be significant?

jmzz1

what are the methods or food items for reducing cortisol level in the body?

Alta2000

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how to reduce cortisol level?

Cortisol is also known as the stress hormone. The main vitamins for that are the vitamins in the B complex. Also, some studies have shown that lemon has helped. Magnesium and omega-3 fatty acids. Keep exercising. Magnesium is very important and athletes even take it to reduce the stress of the body from high exercise which increases cortisol. Green leafy vegetables, whole grains, nuts and seeds are rich sources of magnesium.
Beans, liver, wheat bran, tuna, bananas, oats, potatoes, turkey, avocados, salmon, lentils, chile peppers, spinach, turnip greens, eggs and whole-grain cereals, are just some of the natural sources of B-complex vitamins.
Squeeze fresh lemons on food. Get the vitamins by eating clean, not vitamin and supplements. Also, try to eat at a good caloric level, because otherwise you put your body under stress.