bloatedness

audge

Heu, don't know if I should put this here or in fashion and appearances.
Got two big events coming up, boyfriends 22nd birthday, which is this weekend(going to portarlington which is where he's from so wanna impress family and friends) the other is my graduation (which is on 11th November (I did media and all the girls in my course are like models!)
Anyhow, I wanna look slim and trim on the night, but I just cannot shake my belly and lovehandles, I go to aerobics once a week, I do 500 sit ups over the course of the week, and i do about 5 hours of brisk walking a week, and all to no avail!
Some people suggest drinking 2 litres of water a day, but I actually believe that is adding to the bloatedness.

Any excersise or diet plans you think might help? Even if its only a temporary loss, I just gotta shift this problem fast!

AARRRGH

You do know that doing 500 sit ups a week is probably making your belly worse? Think about it: you are making your stomach muscles bigger which will just push the fat out further (sit ups do not make you lose fat around your stomach.)

Why not try a vegetarian diet (no junk, lots of vegetables) for the next few weeks? And jog/something similar every day?

audge

Jeeze, I didn't realise sit ups would make it worse!!! All that pain for nothing!

AARRRGH

Yeah, the only way to get a six pack is either lucky genetics or having no fat on your stomach (with moderate sit ups.) But you are kidding yourself if you think you can get a six pack if you have any kind of belly!!

Just do more cardio and eat less junk. You'll eventually get results. You just gotta be consistant and patient...

~Leanne~

Well for a quick - fix solution i would suggest the Athkins Diet for 2 weeks. This will get rid of bloatness and you will drop a dress size too. I dont recommend this diet for a longer period, but i often just do the two weeks now and again if im heading to a party or important event!
Basically just cut out your carbs for 2 weeks, its isnt that hard really.

audge

~Leanne~ wrote:

Well for a quick - fix solution i would suggest the Athkins Diet for 2 weeks. This will get rid of bloatness and you will drop a dress size too. I dont recommend this diet for a longer period, but i often just do the two weeks now and again if im heading to a party or important event!
Basically just cut out your carbs for 2 weeks, its isnt that hard really.

Really? Can you give me some more information? I only have 2 weeks until my graduation night? What food did you eat?
Breakfast?
Lunch?
Dinner?
Did you feel sick? as I have heard that atkins can make you feel dodgy?
Did the weight pile back on as soon as you stopped the diet? Or would it be possible to keep it off with a bit of hard work? I am willing to break a sweat if it means keeping the weight off!

SBob

A girl i know went on a detox diet for a month and lost a stone and a half, the dietition she went to said she was retaining water and that was accounting for most of the weight build up, she totally went off bread and pasta etc, stuck to basmati rice and 'Quin'wa' (excellent stuff). She went off all drinks except for water and took supplements to help her digestion, she has resumed a normal diet (still off bread tho) and she has kept the weight off.
This kind of weight loss can be acheived in a very short time, the key is with your carb intake (as with the atkins diet mentioned above) if i were you i'd definitely get to a dietition and get yourself a good diet, then stick to it, Good luck!

audge

SBob wrote:

A girl i know went on a detox diet for a month and lost a stone and a half, the dietition she went to said she was retaining water and that was accounting for most of the weight build up, she totally went off bread and pasta etc, stuck to basmati rice and 'Quin'wa' (excellent stuff). She went off all drinks except for water and took supplements to help her digestion, she has resumed a normal diet (still off bread tho) and she has kept the weight off.
This kind of weight loss can be acheived in a very short time, the key is with your carb intake (as with the atkins diet mentioned above) if i were you i'd definitely get to a dietition and get yourself a good diet, then stick to it, Good luck!

Thanks for the advice, I tried giving up bread before and found it impossible, I think your right though, it is key to reducing bloatedness, so maybe I will give it another go!!!! Cheers!

AARRRGH

Are you fat or bloated?

In the morning when you wake up is the bloating there?

g'em

1. Drink lots (about 1.5 - 2 L water a day). Dehydration bloats you, not hydration.

2. Cut salt, causes bloating

3. Cut fizzy drinks.

4. Cut down caffeine

5. Eat lots of fibrous veg- green beans, broccoli, mange tout

6. Cut down n sugary, processed foots (contain lots of excess salt).

7. Try not to eat starchy carbs after about 5pm and eat no later than two hours before going to bed.

8. Increase protein intake which'll keep you fuller longer like lean chicekn, turkey fish and add to salads.

Diet is really and truly the only way to get rid of a bloaty belly!!! eat healthily, drink plenty of water, keep the booze to an absoltue minimum between now and then.

PJG

SBob wrote:

A girl i know went on a detox diet for a month and lost a stone and a half, the dietition she went to said she was retaining water and that was accounting for most of the weight build up, she totally went off bread and pasta etc, stuck to basmati rice and 'Quin'wa' (excellent stuff). She went off all drinks except for water and took supplements to help her digestion, she has resumed a normal diet (still off bread tho) and she has kept the weight off.
This kind of weight loss can be acheived in a very short time, the key is with your carb intake (as with the atkins diet mentioned above) if i were you i'd definitely get to a dietition and get yourself a good diet, then stick to it, Good luck!

I'd have to agree with SBob, along with giving up bread and pasta I'd include dairy (swith to soya products). A very high precentage of people have some sort of alergy to either Wheat and dairy.

Eat, only fish, fresh fruit, fresh veg and brown rice for the two weeks. Get some good quality aloe vera juice (25ml 3 times a day). Spread your total calorie intake over 6 meals. Increase the aerobics to 3 times per week and also keep up you current walking schedule. No alcohol and plenty of water.

cheers

audge

dublindude wrote:

Are you fat or bloated?

In the morning when you wake up is the bloating there?

5"6 and size 12, medium build!

Transform

do a colonic cleanse with herbs e.g. colax, available in health stores and take linseeds every day for extra good fats and fibre.

Also white bread etc is great for getting fat and bloated so decide what you want

t5pwr

You cannot spot train fat. Doing situps does not burn fat from your stomach. Your body decides where it will take off and put on fat, so while you are doing your sitpups you could be burning fat from your legs.

Doing situps will tone up the muscles underneath the fat and will stretch the fat out to look a bit less but probably not enough for what you are looking for. It is no harm to keep doing the situps but also exercise your lower back too as you don't want those muscles becoming too weak when you are strenghtening your abs.

The only way to lose weight is to exercise properly and eat properly.

To lose weight properly you need to keep your heart rate in about 50% to 70% of your max heart rate when exercising. The max heart rate calculated by taking 220 - your age in years. It's only an estimate.

I know you need to lose this in a hurry but this is general advice and long term for after the 2 weeks... I don't recommend any crash diets...

hardtrainer

PJG wrote:

.......along with giving up bread and pasta I'd include dairy (swith to soya products). A very high precentage of people have some sort of alergy to either Wheat and dairy.

A very high percentage? Based on what research? People of European descent have evolved over the last 6,000 years to tolerate dairy products past childhood. Just 5% of white Europeans show a marked decrease in lactase (the enzyme the breaks down lactose) after early childhood, whereas up to 70% of other ethnic groups are affected.

Excess dairy can lead to urticaria (acne breakouts) in some individuals through adolescents but this usually does not persist into adulthood.

Soy is a viable alternative for those who actually are lactose intolerant (remember, thats only about 5% of the white Irish population) but it too can have potentially negative effects but I'll mention them in a new thread.

PJG

hardtrainer wrote:

A very high percentage? Based on what research? People of European descent have evolved over the last 6,000 years to tolerate dairy products past childhood. Just 5% of white Europeans show a marked decrease in lactase (the enzyme the breaks down lactose) after early childhood, whereas up to 70% of other ethnic groups are affected.

Excess dairy can lead to urticaria (acne breakouts) in some individuals through adolescents but this usually does not persist into adulthood.

Soy is a viable alternative for those who actually are lactose intolerant (remember, thats only about 5% of the white Irish population) but it too can have potentially negative effects but I'll mention them in a new thread.

Yes ‘soy is a viable alternative for those who actually are lactose intolerant’. But its also a viable alternative to milk allergies.

Quoting
‘Eight foods account for 90% of allergic reactions: milk, eggs, peanuts, wheat, soy, tree nuts (walnuts, pecans, etc.), fish, and shellfish.
Food allergies differ from food intolerances. Intolerance is a metabolic disorder and does not involve the immune system. A food allergy occurs when the immune system reacts to a food protein causing symptoms that can affect the respiratory system, gastrointestinal tract, skin, and/or cardiovascular system. ‘

This tread is about bloatedness and the person was looking for a quick fix, my point is that dairy and wheat are known to cause bloatedness in people with the allergies mentioned.

SBob

I'd have to agree with PJG, whose opinion on dairy products is shared by any nutrionists ive ever talked to.
Yes it maybe a low percentage who are actually properly lactose intolerant, as in like my sis they cannot drink milk at all and may have shown serious signs of this since childhood.
However dairy products (and wheat products) can have mildly negative effects in a lot of people, should as fatigue, acne (which is what i, and many i know, have experienced), weight gain etc.

When there are good, healthy alternatives out there, it is good advice to people to try and make a switch in their diet. This does not mean that cutting out dairy and wheat is essential for your health, it just means that it may well be just better for your health.

~Leanne~

audge wrote:

Really? Can you give me some more information? I only have 2 weeks until my graduation night? What food did you eat?
Breakfast?
Lunch?
Dinner?
Did you feel sick? as I have heard that atkins can make you feel dodgy?
Did the weight pile back on as soon as you stopped the diet? Or would it be possible to keep it off with a bit of hard work? I am willing to break a sweat if it means keeping the weight off!

Ok with 2 weeks to go i would just really suggest to cut our all carbs. Limit to 20g a day.
Drink lots of water too. You might feel yourself a little tired - due to lack of carbohydrate but take a multi vitiman each day to help this.

BossArky

I would recommend running every second day too. Try and do 15 or 20 minutes at a moderate pace. Stop and start on a thread mill if you do it all in one go. Aim for 8 or 9km per hour... its not too drastic.