The over-the -age-50-belly bulge

tammyannwebb
tammyannwebb Posts: 8 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Is it possible to shrink the subcutaneous belly bulge when your over 50? What exercises or any legitimate supplements that would help?
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  • Jayco141
    Jayco141 Posts: 221 Member
    Its the only way? Hmm no. Doing a combination of cardio and weight training will help dramatically. The right calories in is also important. Lean meats, veggies, protein like eggs/beans. We've heard it all before but hey diet and exercise are the way..
  • Jayco141
    Jayco141 Posts: 221 Member
    The way the body metabolizes them for one, and thats a big one. Staying away from processed sugar which is a gateway to fat. Weight training is key as it burns calories even after your workout, especially for over 50's who lose muscle mass much quicker. Blindly saying calories in/calories out is not the right way to get fit or healthy.
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  • Jayco141
    Jayco141 Posts: 221 Member
    Good article:
    https://authoritynutrition.com/debunking-the-calorie-myth/
  • annaskiski
    annaskiski Posts: 1,212 Member
    edited March 2017
    Jayco141 wrote: »
    The way the body metabolizes them for one, and thats a big one. Staying away from processed sugar which is a gateway to fat. Weight training is key as it burns calories even after your workout, especially for over 50's who lose muscle mass much quicker. Blindly saying calories in/calories out is not the right way to get fit or healthy.

    Ummmm, no.

    Kriss seems a little more knowledgeable
  • Jayco141
    Jayco141 Posts: 221 Member
    Ummmm no, so your saying it doesn't matter what you eat? That its all just in/out?
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
    Following this, because it's going to be good. ;) That said, I've shrunk my subcutaneous belly bulge just fine with weight loss via CI<CO in general, now I'm just wishing I could afford a tummy tuck for the excess skin. Not really even serious about that, at 63 I'll just live with it and wish I'd never gotten fat in the first place.
  • Jayco141
    Jayco141 Posts: 221 Member
    https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/is-calories-in-calories-out-a-weight-loss-myth-or-the-truth.html

    I can send you 300 more
  • pamfgil
    pamfgil Posts: 449 Member
    Cico will result in weight loss, cico alone means you lose fat and muscle, where you lose fat from is genetically determined, in other words you don't get to choose. If you want to keep muscle you need enough protein plus strength training. If you want a flat belly you need to lower your fat percentage and research for types of exercises to do that tone core muscles
  • jringold1
    jringold1 Posts: 45 Member
    This is all very interesting. I just started Nutrisystem. I am keeping below 1500 calories daily and the pounds are starting to come off. That being said, several people have told me that I will stall out if I don't starting adding exercise. I am not a gym person. I'm (slightly) over 50 and work a ton of hours weekly. The thought of using what little free time I have in a gym is not appealing.
  • Silentpadna
    Silentpadna Posts: 1,306 Member
    I'm 54 now, fairly early on in my journey. I won't be able to tell for sure whether it's the what or the count because I've mostly picked foods to try to meet my macros. In order to do that, I've (mostly) given up my Coca Cola, which is where most of my excess calories and weight came from. The change to picking foods that meet my macros, which in turn meet my caloric intake targets allow me to eat more food than I did before. I eat all day long and am rarely hungry. I weigh and measure my food all the time. When I get more exercise, I indulge now and then with an extra couple of hundred calories. I go plus or minus 100 calories from target without worry because I know the deficit is fairly consistent.

    So far, the results are too. Started at 240, now at a touch under 224 after about 8 weeks - switching to MFP about 4 weeks in for tracking.

    All that to say I'm not dogmatic about the what - except that there other benefits to putting the healthier stuff in. But I am dogmatic about the deficit.
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  • mayafit405
    mayafit405 Posts: 61 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    Jayco141 wrote: »
    https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/is-calories-in-calories-out-a-weight-loss-myth-or-the-truth.html

    I can send you 300 more

    Any of them from a peer-reviewed journal?

    This^
  • jringold1
    jringold1 Posts: 45 Member
    Thanks Kriss!
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
    edited March 2017
    jringold1 wrote: »
    This is all very interesting. I just started Nutrisystem. I am keeping below 1500 calories daily and the pounds are starting to come off. That being said, several people have told me that I will stall out if I don't starting adding exercise. I am not a gym person. I'm (slightly) over 50 and work a ton of hours weekly. The thought of using what little free time I have in a gym is not appealing.

    I don't know about stalling out. As long as you're in a calorie deficit you will continue to lose weight. I can't stand the thought of hopping in my car, driving the 10 miles to the gym, and mingling with all the fitness folks. I walk, hike, ski, snow shoe, whatever fits into my day. These activities are for my sanity and general overall health. Plus, they allow me to eat some foods that don't fit into my "non-active" daily allotment. I don't work right now, so I don't have the added bonus of burning calories doing that. If I were working, my schedule would be 12 on/12 off for an undetermined number of days so I wouldn't be adding cardio to those days, just lots of sleep.
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    50 here. You can look at my picture in my profile if you're on desktop, my belly drastically went down as I lost 30 lbs and I ate ice cream.

    Calorie deficit with an overall balanced diet, planning for sweets a few days a week.

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  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    edited March 2017
    tammyannwebb wrote: »
    Is it possible to shrink the subcutaneous belly bulge when your over 50? What exercises or any legitimate supplements that would help?

    Yes it is, within reason.

    One doesn't need supplements, one needs a good resistance programme. This can be body weight, machines, dumbbell or barbell.
    Start where you are comfortable and progress from there.

    I started with nerdfitness, bodyweight; Hasfit, dumbells; then AllPro, bar bell.

    A higher protein level than the recommendation on MFP would be good. I aim for .8-1g per lbs of my ideal body weight. It helps in muscle retention, especially as we age.

    If you are at your goal weight you can do a recomp- this is adding strength, and a little muscle as you lose fat while eating at maintenance. It can be a long process but well worth it.

    If you still have weight to lose, start some form of resistance training now, it will help in muscle retention, increase your strength and strengthen your abs and obliques while you are losing.

    I am enjoying quite nice results after recomping over the past 3 years and I am older than you.

    Cheers, h.

    Sorry I am working on my phone so have to do edits to include these 2 helpful links.

    This is how to do a recomp if you are at maintenance.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1

    This is a list of good programmes. Pick one that suits you.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1
  • tammyannwebb
    tammyannwebb Posts: 8 Member
    The calorie deficit and of course exercise makes sense but when you are over 50 the metabolism is shot. I walk, bike and canoe but nothing changes. Ive added 8lb dumbbells to my routine to start. I agree weight lifting is needed when you get older so hopefully the dumbbells will help. I'm not fat but its irritating when all the effort shows no change. At least I'm staying the same. I look 10 years younger than my age, so I'm told, so doing something right. Thankful to be healthy. Loosing some fat would be a bonus. :o)

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