Getting rid of Abdominal Fat when post menapausal

me too

So most guys tend to accumulate abdominal fat first -- so I can tell you what has been working for me:

1. Avoiding white carbs/sugars: there's some evidence that people with abdominal fat accumulation are more sensitive to these kinds of foods. I'd experiment to see if this works for you.

2. Drinking coffee (2-4 cups): this curbs my hunger, and there's a lot of evidence that caffeine has numerous positive effects. The only downside is that if you have high blood pressure caffeine might exacerbate that.

3. Supplements: chelated magnesium (which is bioavailable) and chromium polynicotinate (NOT piconicotinate) *might* help increase insulin sensitivity... I've taken these before, and I can't really say if they've made any difference. But something to consider.

Sadly, you can not spot reduce and belly fat is the haaardest thing to move! All you can do is watch what you eat ie cals and exercise!

You can try some abdominal exercises but most likely these will strengthen you core (which is a good thing) but not do much to shift tummy fat.

Posture is a good thing to try to improve as we get older, we tend to put shoulders and heads forward, which doesn`t help us look slim. So, maybe try to walk taller and this will improve the general outline.

Meant to include my age LOL which is 62. So if I can do it anyone can

My profile weight is incorrect. :blushing:

Thank you. There is hope after all. :flowerforyou:

Thank you for that boost NotThePest!
You look pretty awesome yourself and such a cutie on your lap too! More than enough to keep on going for!!!

a low carb lifestyle is a really easy way to get rid of fat.
look into a ketogenic diet!

It is harder to get the fat off around the middle, but it can be done. Eat healthy and work out sensibly.

After I lost most of the weight, I really starting working the abs. It turns out that I have them. :happy:

Do not buy into the myth that you can't lose weight over 50 -- it's just not true! :noway:

Good luck! You can do it.:flowerforyou:

I'm 56 and postmenopausal with an initial goal of loosing 16 lbs. I've only been at this program a little over a month but the belly is receding and I have lost a few pounds. Loosing weight is slower this time (I lost weight eight years ago and it came back after menopause three years ago-sigh). I never had issues with weight until my 40's (and that was due to lack of exercise and eating big meals with my swimmer children-way too many calories). Eating better, exercising and strength training are helping to reclaim parts of my body. Using a tape measure and has been rewarding more than the scales. One thing I had not considered in learning more about this is how my calorie intake has changed as a result of age.

In general, keeping track of what I eat seems to be helping. The tape measure is rewarding even if visibly things are, at this stage, disappointing.

I'm 59 and have been maintaining at 123 pounds, 5'6", size 4, since September of last year. My original goal weight was 135 pounds, which had been a good weight for me in my 30s and early 40s. It didn't look so good on a reforming couch potato in her late 50s, though. My belly and midsection were still very flabby at that weight. At 123 pounds my belly still isn't flat by the standards of the average 20-year-old who has never had any kids, but it's flat enough. I'm not at all unhappy with the way I look in most clothes, I just don't wear bikinis anymore.

In my case, at least, I think the difference had a lot more to do with age and menopause related loss of muscle mass than with any real change in the way my body stores or utilizes fat. As an apple, my abdomen was the first place I packed on the fat and probably would have been the last place I lost it, regardless of my age. I just had more of it to lose, relative to my BMI, because my lean body mass was lower. In other words I was skinny-fat at 135 pounds and now I'm just skinny.

I'm 59 and have been maintaining at 123 pounds, 5'6", size 4, since September of last year. My original goal weight was 135 pounds, which had been a good weight for me in my 30s and early 40s. It didn't look so good on a reforming couch potato in her late 50s, though. My belly and midsection were still very flabby at that weight. At 123 pounds my belly still isn't flat by the standards of the average 20-year-old who has never had any kids, but it's flat enough. I'm not at all unhappy with the way I look in most clothes, I just don't wear bikinis anymore.

In my case, at least, I think the difference had a lot more to do with age and menopause related loss of muscle mass than with any real change in the way my body stores or utilizes fat. As an apple, my abdomen was the first place I packed on the fat and probably would have been the last place I lost it, regardless of my age. I just had more of it to lose, relative to my BMI, because my lean body mass was lower. In other words I was skinny-fat at 135 pounds and now I'm just skinny.

^^^this. I'm 50, post menopausal and 5'6"
I started one year ago at 153ish, and have been maintaining for the last month or so at 115ish. I work out 3x per week (my only exercise) and lost the weight pretty linearly :-) at a rate of about .5 to .75 lbs a week. It took nearly a year of hard work. My tummy is flat, finally, even after a pooch from my c-section (twins) 21 years ago. I'll never wear a bikini (gads the stretch marks and lose skin!) but it's certainly possible. Ate around 1400 cal a day and greatly reduced carbs ( usually under 120 a day) and dairy, although I have no idea if that really made a Hugh difference in itself...

Hi,,,,Im 58, post menopausal,,,,,been on MFP for 2.5 monthes and have lost 20 lbs,,,,,,4 inches in the abdominal area. Yes,,,,,it can be done. Still have another 55 lbs to go, but, Im really startingt to believe, I will be able to have that flat belly again....feels good.