pot belly - what to do

I've noticed that over X mas, I got a REALLY bad pot belly. Today I had four friends and one fam members ask me if I was pregrant. :frown:

It's really starting to get me down. but it sticks out so far, it does look like I am, I must admit. what can I do about it?

any help would be great, myself I blame the choc, drink and x mas in genral :p:

lol

Reply 1

FireDeuce

14

Start eating well tomorrow. Everyone gerts fat over xmas...dont worry about it.

Reply 2

nuttymimi

2

just try getting back to your normal eating routine, maybe slightly healthier for a couple of weeks - thats what Im trying to do anyway. You'll soon be back to the way you were!

Reply 3

ExitMusic

9

More exercise, a more balanced diet (5 portions of fruit and veg a day) & regular water intake

Reply 4

Mrs_F

15

Optimistic

(5 portions of fruit and veg a day) & regular water intake

I'm trying to do that but chocolate and milk are so much more appealing at the minute. My parents got me enough chocolate to last until next Christmas - my healthy eating is never going to start.

Reply 5

zhivago

2

Well then finish all your chocolate and indulge, January is supposed to be a fat month. Start it when you have actually gone off chocolate and no longer enjoy the taste - otherwise why deprive yourself!! Seriously, when the chocolate has all been consumed, then you can start to lose it. :smile:

Reply 6

Mrs_F

15

zhivago

Well then finish all your chocolate and indulge, January is supposed to be a fat month. Start it when you have actually gone off chocolate and no longer enjoy the taste - otherwise why deprive yourself!! Seriously, when the chocolate has all been consumed, then you can start to lose it. :smile:

W

Were you replying to my post there and not the thread starter? As I don't think the thread starter mentioned having lots of chocolate :confused:

Reply 7

Duck and Cover

15

What I tend to do is eat it all in one go, like any food given for christmas (as in, say if I had something chocolate given to me, i wouldn't save it for weeks and weeks), so then it's *out of the way* and I can concetrate on the good foods, which helps. Obviously if you have enough to last you until next Christmas don't eat it all on the trot lol, but don't worry about eating it now because then it will be gone! I know it sounds stupid cos its the same calories and everything, but I do find this beneficial if I'm trying to eat properly :wink:

Reply 8

twiga

15

Go swimming and drink water :smile:

Reply 9

Barny

17

Do 500situps morning and night, you'll be buff before you know it.

Reply 10

lol, oh trust me I had ALOT of chocolate :p:

Reply 11

Mrs_F

15

Anonymous

lol, oh trust me I had ALOT of chocolate :p:

Lol, ok. I just thought people seemed to be replying to my post and not yours. :smile:

Reply 12

soilman

12

imasillynarb

Do 500situps morning and night, you'll be buff before you know it.

we all know you need to do more than that!

Reply 13

clouddweller

apparently cardiovascular activity is needed to burn the fat thats there; then you can see the muscle, theres no point in toning it if you cant see it.
so yeah, cardio and a balanced diet.

dont beat yourself up though, im sure a brief survey would reveal that a large number of people are feeling a tad porky after the christmas excesses; and january always seems like such a loooooong month.
much better to wait a while... :biggrin:

Reply 14

hugatree

11

Actually, having a pot belly does not mean you're fat. If it's just round (like you're pregnant) and hard and you can't grab your skin, you're just eating too much. I think you can start worrying once you get fat on your hips. Just eat less.

Reply 15

Fluffy

15

Anonymous

I've noticed that over X mas, I got a REALLY bad pot belly. Today I had four friends and one fam members ask me if I was pregrant. :frown:

It's really starting to get me down. but it sticks out so far, it does look like I am, I must admit. what can I do about it?

any help would be great, myself I blame the choc, drink and x mas in genral :p:

lol

Reduce your energy intake and increase your energy output...

Interesting factlet - most overwieght and obese peeps only take in on average an additional 1%-2% energy compared with a 'normal' peep... Over a decade this can equate to an extra 50 Kgs of weight...

Reply 16

bone-machine

9

look, ok this is really unhelpful, but i HAD to post the quote from pulp fiction

FABIAN
on a woman, a pot belly is very
sexy. The rest of you is normal.
Normal face, normal legs, normal
hips, normal ass, but with a big,
perfectly round pot belly. If I
had one, I'd wear a tee-shirt two
sizes too small to accentuate it.

BUTCH
You think guys would find that
attractive?

FABIAN
I don't give a damn what men find
attractive. It's unfortunate what
we find pleasing to the touch and
pleasing to the eye is seldom the
same.

Reply 17

Duke Flipside

Get ill. I was ill, didn't eat for a week over Christmas...it's not fun, you feel like you want to curl up and die...but I'm skinnier than I've ever been. (Not a good thing, really, but hey; if you're trying to lose weight...)

Reply 18

icedsilhouette

bone-machine

look, ok this is really unhelpful, but i HAD to post the quote from pulp fiction

FABIAN
on a woman, a pot belly is very
sexy. The rest of you is normal.
Normal face, normal legs, normal
hips, normal ass, but with a big,
perfectly round pot belly. If I
had one, I'd wear a tee-shirt two
sizes too small to accentuate it.

BUTCH
You think guys would find that
attractive?

FABIAN
I don't give a damn what men find
attractive. It's unfortunate what
we find pleasing to the touch and
pleasing to the eye is seldom the
same.

Hell yes!

Reply 19

Bis

1

Duke Flipside

Get ill. I was ill, didn't eat for a week over Christmas...it's not fun, you feel like you want to curl up and die...but I'm skinnier than I've ever been. (Not a good thing, really, but hey; if you're trying to lose weight...)

yeah thats an extremely good way of losing weight. its not like its gonna come piling back on once you start eating like a horse again with a slow metabolism now is it?

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