Can I Ever Get Rid of This Belly Overhang?

I'd like to chime in on this specifically, because the complex carbs counting and cardio are usually the answers, with one addition... reduce the number of complex carbs in the evening. Most of your carbs should be consumed morning/afternoon and/or around your workout time. When you first wake up, your body needs the additional protein and carbs because it's been "resting" for so long (and unless you take some form of casein protein or other slow-digesting protein, you're body has been in a catabolic state during your sleep, which is breaking down muscle instead of fat).

When you're doing cardio, what target heart rate zones are you utilizing? If your doing an interval type of cardio, where your heart rate will fluctuate for brief periods between the "weight management zone" (which is a misnomer) and the "aerobic" or "anaerobic zone", you'll loose more "body fat". This is because during the "weight management zone", your body will utilize more adipose cells for energy (fat cells), which are more difficult for the body to break down. While in this zone, the heart rate is slow enough that the time it takes to convert the fat cell into energy can be completed before the energy is actually needed (or just in time). During the "aerobic" and "anaerobic" zones, your body will utilize more carbs for energy. This is because your body can convert the carbs into energy much quicker, which is vital when your heart rate is in those zones. If your cardio consists of mostly aerobic or anaerobic, your not doing as much for the body fat content as you are for the calories.

If you're loading up on complex carbs at night (it's typical to eat a potato or rice or something with dinner, isn't it?), and your not doing cardio before bed, the carbs won't be broken down by the body to be used as energy, and the body will instead convert the carbs to be stored as fat. It's almost a self-destructive cycle and IMO one major reason most people are loosing the battle of the bulge.

Additionally (as stated previously), having a protein shake right before going to bed will prevent the body from breaking down any muscle to use as energy, and will keep your body fat count lower, preventing the "one step forward, two steps backwards" cycle.

Most of your carbs should be consumed morning/afternoon and/or around your workout time. When you first wake up, your body needs the additional protein and carbs because it's been "resting" for so long (and unless you take some form of casein protein or other slow-digesting protein, you're body has been in a catabolic state during your sleep, which is breaking down muscle instead of fat).

This is a myth! Eating carbs at night won't make you fat!. Eating too many carbs throughout the day will though. The breakfast thing is a myth too. Fasting actually speeds up metabolism. The eat like a king for breakfast queen for lunch and pauper at dinner is missinformation as well.

OK this is NOT me

its another MFP member who posted pictures of her weight loss sucess and I saved the photos for inspiration. In the pics u can see a bit of belly overhang and IDK how she did it, but once she reached her goal she looked fantastic!1 I tried finding her on MFP to ask her the secret but I can not find her anywhere! (if someone else finds her profile or knows who she is please let me know, i really have some question about the keys to her sucess lol)

As a courtesy, I'd suggest removing those until you have her permission to do so. Sure, she may have posted them in another thread, but they are her pics and she knew where she was posting them.

:flowerforyou:

In addition, there are legal issues involved with using pictures without the owners expressed permission. :flowerforyou:

Guessing you two were the jerks that reported it as well.....

I think eating a very clean diet and doing some serious strength training may help, although it will probably still be there until you are down to a low BF %