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Sounds like you have a double belly roll and in the past you've never lost enough weight to get rid of it.

If that is the preferred place for your body to store fat, you'll have to get lean for it to go away. Outside of that, something like Cool-sculpting might get rid of some of the fat cells in that specific area but I'd just focus on getting lean, maybe take up lifting.

@middlehaitch has this too. She calls it the B belly. I think she's had moderate success getting it flatter at lower BF.

mom23mangos wrote: »

@middlehaitch has this too. She calls it the B belly. I think she's had moderate success getting it flatter at lower BF.

Thanks for remembering my B belly
Wish it was my svelt girl like figure.

I will post in a while. I need to get pics and they are on my old phone.

Just didn't want you to think I was ignoring the call out.

Cheers, h.

I'd say you should alter your diet by eating more liter on the stomach foods, portions, and altering your time of consumption frame. Genetics and stress can also be considered, however clothing and clothing fit can also; when the abdomen develops over the belt line it's often from the shaping over time of leggings and stabilizers being too tight for a period of time.

Don't worry about the type of foods you eat nor the time - they'r both fitness myths. As long as you burn more calories than you eat you will lose weight

Yep. After most of my research people say its diet that loses fat moreso than exercise. I would pay attention to both.

Just dont go all Morgan Spurlock and eat low calorie McDonalds everyday. Diet matters. Eat clean and eat less. Avoid processed food and simple sugars those are the main culprits. Eat more thermogenic (metabolism booster). Avoid high GI foods, they spike an insulin response that signals your body to store fat. If you really want to lose weight seriously consider what you eat and how much. The MFP helps you track macros (carbs, protein, fat) as well as other types of fats minerals and nutrients. The MFP app is really useful for this. I am more aware of whats in my body from the types of foods I eat.

Diet matters. Don't expect to eat low calorie cupcakes and ice cream all day on a deficit and lose weight. You will lose weight but most likely skeletal muscle because you ingest low to no protein so Yes, diet absolutely matters.

OP please don't buy into most of what the previous poster said. The Greek yogurt I just had for breakfast was processed. That doesn't make it void of nutrients. Sugar is not the enemy. Specific foods don't boost your metabolism. Unless you have specific health issues, high or low GI doesn't matter.

Eat food within your calorie goal that meets your nutritional goals and that you like. Full stop.

yoherbs421 wrote: »

That greek yogurt most likely has some sort of unneeded bulking agent such as rice or tapioca starch. Your body will process and store that quicker than anything, and starch is hardest to mobilze aka burn and lose. If you want yogurt try plain yogurt it has no BS additives. If you want real nutrients look into veggies, or even multi-vitamins.

Erm... my Greek yogurt contains:

Milk
Cream (21%)
and the yogurt cultures necessary to make a yogurt.

No where on that list is a bulking agent...

Furthermore, if you're in a calorie deficit, there is no net storage of fat, regardless where the energy comes from. Starches and carbs don't make you fat. Eating too much of anything makes you fat.

As long as you maintain a calorie deficit (don't exceed the number of calories you need to exist) you can lose weight. Check your MFP dash board under goals to see what that would be for your age, gender, height and weight.

For me as a 187+ lb 5'6" woman (last November weight), that calorie deficit is 1400 calories per day to lose 1 to 2 lbs a week. That is also my "maintenance" calories. I didn't want to lose too fast because as an older woman, my skin is not as elastic as it once was and I was trying to minimize a dramatic weight loss. If you have a lot to lose, my recommendation go slowly to minimize excess hanging skin. I am not trying to get down to a certain size / weight that I wouldn't be able to maintain long term. I am merely restricting calories and watching to see how it goes.

My weight at last weigh in was 157 lbs.

I include some very nutrient dense foods (a protein shake* for breakfast and a "blended" meal for lunch along with some mushrooms and mixed greens along with some Greek yogurt and shredded coconut) to assist with supporting collagen and muscle maintenance. The added fat in these meals keep me from being hungry and are within my calorie limit.

For the idea behind blended meals, see this website for details: http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/

Many people think that you have to make many life-style changes all at once and in my opinion, that is not sustainable. As a former over weight person, who got that gradually due to aging, stress and slowing metabolism and menopause, the thought of exercising made me nervous because just walking more than a quarter mile would make me sick. I fiddled around with eating the same and just reducing calories and I was "hangry" (hungry and angry) and couldn't imagine "dieting" as a way of life.

After several months of fits and starts and no results I kind of fell into Paleo / Keto (high protein / fat with low, low sugar and carbs) and I cannot imagine not eating this way pretty much forever. I am not hungry. I seem to be able to stay within my nutrition / calorie goals and I FEEL better.

No aches, pains and I have lost almost 40 lbs almost without trying. (And, I am not always strict about eating no carbs -- I still occasionally allow myself some of the things that I like, {{{FRENCH FRIES}}} - just not more than once a week)

I have a six pack! All of the abdominal fat is G-O-N-E!!!

I encourage you to look at food differently by thinking about high protein/fat/fiber and low carbs/sugar meal planning (Paleo or Ketogenic).

See this website for a list: http://paleoiq.com/best-paleo-diet-blogs/

Right out of the gate, just work on making small sustainable incremental changes. For example start with changing out what you eat for breakfast for a filling protein shake. (If you add rice bran and psyllium husk it will stay with you longer and you won't be very hungry.)

Incorporate healthy fat snacks - I love peanut butter. I also love a square of coconut cream with a piece of dark chocolate.

You will be more likely to be able to build on these small successes and make long term sustainable gains.

I would love to help -- just let me know!