Visceral fat, my hidden fat loss!

Fat2FitChick
Fat2FitChick Posts: 451 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Well my scale has moved and I have lost 25lbs but my body has not changed much when I look in the mirror. Turns out I had a ton of visceral fat hidden in my abdomen, that is now gone. I was getting discouraged because I would see the scale move but I couldn't see my body change. I was still losing fat, the most important fat I needed to lose because it was smothering my organs. I am glad to say my visceral fat has gone down tremendously.

So if you start seeing the scale move but not much change when you look in the mirror, you may be burning visceral fat. That's the fat you want to get rid off because it can seriously cause complications. That was the NSV I needed!

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  • healthygreek
    healthygreek Posts: 2,137 Member
    Great for you! That is truly the killer fat you got rid of!
  • CaddieMay
    CaddieMay Posts: 356 Member
    Thank you for posting this, because I carry all of my fat in my abdomen. The weight is coming off steadily, but I can still "grab it" with my hands. Now I am convinced that the fat is disappearing beneath my stomach muscles. It completely makes sense now. You rock!
  • Fat2FitChick
    Fat2FitChick Posts: 451 Member
    Glad I posted it as well because it is a reminder that all of our hard work is paying off even if we can't see it just yet.
    Thank you for posting this, because I carry all of my fat in my abdomen. The weight is coming off steadily, but I can still "grab it" with my hands. Now I am convinced that the fat is disappearing beneath my stomach muscles. It completely makes sense now. You rock!
  • elizak87
    elizak87 Posts: 249 Member
    I had a photo of my guts done during surgery a year before I started here. It scared me to see bits of fat on my organs. I would love to have another one done to compare.
  • aprmay
    aprmay Posts: 216 Member
    Great topic. Thanks for posting.
  • ron2e
    ron2e Posts: 606
    Interesting, and makes good sense (I've read up about it now thanks to this post). I was wondering why, although my weight was going down well, my stomach only reduced a little. So now I feel sure the visceral fat has indeed gone down, and the subcutaneous fat (the bit you can grab hold of) just under the skin will take a little longer but I can live with that. It means I am healthier, and I know it's not proof of any kind, but I do actually feel better in addition to the benefits of carrying less weight about.
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,142 Member
    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!:happy:

    I'm so glad you posted this! I just answered a post earlier today about how that inner fat (didn't know the name then though) may be part of someone's weight loss. I've only been obese for the last 5 years or so, but that was enough time to get a fatty liver. I pray it'll change with eating well and losing weight. The amount of fat we can hold around our organs is frightening, I don't think it ever dawned on me until I saw it first on The Biggest Loser and just how much of our organ functioning is reduced from internal fat.

    I'm SO GLAD you posted this, and very happy you lost a bunch of it!!!!
  • Teliooo
    Teliooo Posts: 725 Member
    I always tell my friends about visceral fat. Even though I am overweight, my visceral fat is in the normal range, yet some of my thinner friends probably have a much higher amount. It is really goood to know what it is!
  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,472 Member
    This is something I've been interested in and tried to read up on. How do you know when you lose visceral fat? After all, you can't see it! Is it a case of comparing body fat % measurements and body measurements over time? Or do you need an MRI scan? I would love to know, as it's important to me (I have heart disease and am trying to reduce the risks).

    Congratulations on managing to reduce it!
  • Teliooo
    Teliooo Posts: 725 Member
    This is something I've been interested in and tried to read up on. How do you know when you lose visceral fat? After all, you can't see it! Is it a case of comparing body fat % measurements and body measurements over time? Or do you need an MRI scan? I would love to know, as it's important to me (I have heart disease and am trying to reduce the risks).

    Congratulations on managing to reduce it!

    I got mine tested at the gym, via a machine. x
  • Vailara
    Vailara Posts: 2,472 Member
    I got mine tested at the gym, via a machine. x

    Thanks! My local gym doesn't have a machine. I've been loking into the scales but wasn't sure they were accurate. I have normal body fat scales, but I would pay for ones that measured visceral fat if I could be sure they worked!
  • Brad805
    Brad805 Posts: 289 Member
    Do you track your measurements or take pics? Visceral fat is still about the same density as the sub-cutaneous fat. 25lbs is a considerable change so my guess is your waist measurement and others did all reduce during that time. Great job.
  • suewestcountry
    suewestcountry Posts: 35 Member
    This is exactly what is happening to me, I have lost 25lbs and its stomach fat which was killing me. I havnt dropped any dress sizes but I definately feel better
  • Fat2FitChick
    Fat2FitChick Posts: 451 Member
    I had a body scans to test mine. Mine was covered by my insurance but they are expensive but very much needed. By the time I had my last child I was carrying so much visceral fat. It was so scary. So glad it's moving in the right direction now. May not be much smaller but I am healthier than I was.
  • Alwayssohungry
    Alwayssohungry Posts: 369 Member
    I have also lost 15 pounds with virtually no change in measurements. I am quite short waisted so the visceral fat on me is even worse. I have noticed some nice health changes and feel much better. I'll be really happy when some inches fall off, but I'm still very happy.

    With my measurements I am considered viscerally obese, BMI says 25 so just barely outside the range. I've always been very 'barrel-ish' even as a scrawny little kid.
  • babyluthi
    babyluthi Posts: 285 Member
    "Another method you can use to measure your own fat is to take a circumference measurement of the waist and hip which will give you your waist to hip measurements. This is an easy but not entirely accurate way to measure your visceral fat. Simply measure the circumference of each with a tape measure (around the largest point) and then divide the waist measurement by the hip measurement. If the number is worse than 1.0 for men, or 0.85 for women then they are considered excessive. For instance for a man a ratio of 36/40 is good. "

    http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/16040/1/How-to-Measure-and-Lose-Visceral-Fat.html

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