Belly fat?

emilyrthompson
emilyrthompson Posts: 45
in Food and Nutrition
I struggle with belly fat, as a hypoglycemic, what should I eat or avoid eating to help with this? Anyone with these same issues overcame this?

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  • collingmommy
    collingmommy Posts: 456 Member
    I speak for a lot of us when I say, we all struggle with body fat. It's unattractive and extremely hard to reduce. All I can say is easy a clean diet and exercise and see where that takes you
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    All belly fat is unhealthy to carry around. There are two kinds of belly fat. Subcutaneous (the kind we see, that sits right under our skin, that we all complain about) and visceral (the kind that wrap around your organs that you cannot see) Visceral fat is the bad fat that our bodies keep. Visceral fat promotes diabetes, heart disease and stroke. It hinders your organs ability to function properly. I believe it has even been linked to dementia. Diet alone will reduce subcutaneous fat. The way lose visceral fat is to exercise.

    What you should eat is a diet high is lean proteins, fiber and healthy fats (like avocado, olive oil, just peanuts peanut butter) And drink a boatload of water. Avoid things with additives, esp added sugar. Also fruit is good for you, but if you have to watch your sugar then stick to the lower sugar fruits, apples, grapes, berries, prickly pear, etc.. And exercise daily. Even a 20 minute walk counts.
  • emilyrthompson
    emilyrthompson Posts: 45
    Thank you for your comments, I exercise almost daily and I am pretty sure it my diet that I need to work on. I am going to really try and reduce my sugar intake. I hope it works!
  • lovemylulu
    lovemylulu Posts: 4
    Thank you for the thread... I actually learned something too :D
  • ashliejones13
    ashliejones13 Posts: 51
    Fat loss is 70% diet and 30% working out. You cannot spot reduce, but lowering your body fat % will take care of everything. Add or message me if you need any help!
  • Jplante312
    Jplante312 Posts: 41 Member
    I just started the Abs Diet for women. It gives you the power foods that help melt belly fat and the exercises also. I do feel thinner after 2 weeks on it so far.
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  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Where you store your fat is genetic. Continue losing body fat by eating at a reasonable caloric deficit, preferably add some resistance training into the mix and be patient. It will come off eventually.
  • collingmommy
    collingmommy Posts: 456 Member
    eating clean does help, if you go out and eat 500calories in burgers and garbage, where you could have eaten 500calories in vegetables and nuts then you are going to notice a difference, grease and sugar and salt all tend to make you bloat, so if you bloat you hold water, if you hold water, then your stomach is the first place to show, so eating clean is the best way to do the calorie deficit. it takes a lot of time and trial and error, but it will ultimately beat the "just stick with a calorie deficit" theory

    don't want to start a argument, but ive seen it done. ive done experiments to show it.
    I just started the Abs Diet for women. It gives you the power foods that help melt belly fat and the exercises also. I do feel thinner after 2 weeks on it so far.

    Those foods don't exist. Sorry.

    OP, what you need is caloric deficit. Keep losing weight/fat and eventually the belly fat will start to go away. Like tons of others it's probably the last place you will lose it. Eating "clean" makes no difference.

    Oh yea, also, start weight training if you aren't already.
  • ViktoryaC
    ViktoryaC Posts: 124 Member
    You should add me Emily...I'm fighting the exact same thing......in one year, my waist went from 24 to 36 inches, and I cant get it to budge! My body looks completely disproportionate/pregnant :blushing:
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    If we're talking about actual fat build-up though and not just the appearance of a larger belly due to temporary bloating, there's nothing in a carrot vs. a strip of bacon that tells your body to burn the fat from your midsection rather than from your arms or wherever else you happen to carry it.
  • collingmommy
    collingmommy Posts: 456 Member
    That may be true, but what I was getting at is to beat the battle of the bulge, you want to eat a clean as humanly possible diet. if you eat a piece of bacon, its got sodium, sodium causes swelling carrots that are uncooked or just steamed, have no sodium, the potential for the carrot to burn more is actually higher cause its not putting anything extra or processed in the body for the body to burn off, a 60 calorie strip of pig fat or a 10 caloried piece of vegetable? the bodys metabolism is going to kick in and burn that carrot faster AND take off some other calories as it burns. So, in reality, it makes more sense to eat that carrot or even 6 carrots! but as for spot reducing, yea, that don't happen!!
    If we're talking about actual fat build-up though and not just the appearance of a larger belly due to temporary bloating, there's nothing in a carrot vs. a strip of bacon that tells your body to burn the fat from your midsection rather than from your arms or wherever else you happen to carry it.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    That may be true, but what I was getting at is to beat the battle of the bulge, you want to eat a clean as humanly possible diet. if you eat a piece of bacon, its got sodium, sodium causes swelling carrots that are uncooked or just steamed, have no sodium, the potential for the carrot to burn more is actually higher cause its not putting anything extra or processed in the body for the body to burn off, a 60 calorie strip of pig fat or a 10 caloried piece of vegetable? the bodys metabolism is going to kick in and burn that carrot faster AND take off some other calories as it burns. So, in reality, it makes more sense to eat that carrot or even 6 carrots! but as for spot reducing, yea, that don't happen!!
    If we're talking about actual fat build-up though and not just the appearance of a larger belly due to temporary bloating, there's nothing in a carrot vs. a strip of bacon that tells your body to burn the fat from your midsection rather than from your arms or wherever else you happen to carry it.

    Actually, bacon is a better choice as it's higher protein and therefore has a higher TEF. Also, eating as clean as possible is not necessary. Having a diet that has a lot of nutrient dense foods is good for health, but that does not mean that carrots > bacon as fats and protein are necessary. Sodium just causes temporary water retention and =/= fat.

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