Menopausal women - how do you keep a flat stomach?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was a size 0-2, weighed about 100 lbs all my life, and had a little belly pooch even when I weighed 97 lbs. Now my menopausal pooch is so big- I'm shaped like my mom. Don't know how to even deal with it! This just happened in the last 4 months. Had to buy new pants in size 4-6.

That’s still a small size.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No belly fat, 55, and 3 years post surgical menopause. 20% body fat. For me, a relatively sedentary person working a desk job, the key is weight lifting 3-4x/week and a healthy diet of 1700-1800 calories daily depending on exercise. No alcohol, lots of protein, healthy fats, good sleep, hydration, and moderate carbs.

Do you take HRT?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's generally what I eat in a day:

AM: Coffee with 1 tbsp oatly. Usually only drink 6 oz. Drink 32 oz cool water.

Walk dog 1/2 mile. Come back and drink 6 oz cold press juice or have a small bowl of miso soup. Go to yoga practice. 90 minutes. Drink 32 oz cool water.

Lunch: Rest of bottled cold juice (10oz.) 1/4 cup home made yoghurt, topped with fresh fruit, a bit of lemon juice and honey. 32oz cool water.

Snack: 1 clementine and 5 walnut halves. Matcha tea.

Dinner: Tofu and veg stir fry with hoisin glaze--6oz. 4oz cooked short grain rice. Marinated cucumber salad--2-4oz. Pellegrino water., more still water.

Evening wind down- Lavender and Chamomille tea, or warm water with lemon.

Life’s too short to do that every single day, no?

[Anonymous]

To the tiny people with the big pooches - that might not be fat. I’ve had that since giving birth, but my doc told me it’s not fat, so there’s little to be done about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No belly fat, 55, and 3 years post surgical menopause. 20% body fat. For me, a relatively sedentary person working a desk job, the key is weight lifting 3-4x/week and a healthy diet of 1700-1800 calories daily depending on exercise. No alcohol, lots of protein, healthy fats, good sleep, hydration, and moderate carbs.

Do you take HRT?

No

[Anonymous]

My grandmother was still complaining that her stomach wasn’t flat when she was in her 90s. It is so toxic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's generally what I eat in a day:

AM: Coffee with 1 tbsp oatly. Usually only drink 6 oz. Drink 32 oz cool water.

Walk dog 1/2 mile. Come back and drink 6 oz cold press juice or have a small bowl of miso soup. Go to yoga practice. 90 minutes. Drink 32 oz cool water.

Lunch: Rest of bottled cold juice (10oz.) 1/4 cup home made yoghurt, topped with fresh fruit, a bit of lemon juice and honey. 32oz cool water.

Snack: 1 clementine and 5 walnut halves. Matcha tea.

Dinner: Tofu and veg stir fry with hoisin glaze--6oz. 4oz cooked short grain rice. Marinated cucumber salad--2-4oz. Pellegrino water., more still water.

Evening wind down- Lavender and Chamomille tea, or warm water with lemon.

how do you make your yogurt?

NP. I make in the instant pot. Very easy since there is a yogurt setting.

To pp that posted daily food plan, that sounds super painful to only be allowed to eat that in a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really clean diet. Lots of water.

Exercise every day - LOTS of weight training. You need muscle as you age. Lots of it.

I teach fitness classes. Let me just say that lifting heavy makes a big difference, at least in my body. I'm 57.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's generally what I eat in a day:

AM: Coffee with 1 tbsp oatly. Usually only drink 6 oz. Drink 32 oz cool water.

Walk dog 1/2 mile. Come back and drink 6 oz cold press juice or have a small bowl of miso soup. Go to yoga practice. 90 minutes. Drink 32 oz cool water.

Lunch: Rest of bottled cold juice (10oz.) 1/4 cup home made yoghurt, topped with fresh fruit, a bit of lemon juice and honey. 32oz cool water.

Snack: 1 clementine and 5 walnut halves. Matcha tea.

Dinner: Tofu and veg stir fry with hoisin glaze--6oz. 4oz cooked short grain rice. Marinated cucumber salad--2-4oz. Pellegrino water., more still water.

Evening wind down- Lavender and Chamomille tea, or warm water with lemon.

Life’s too short to do that every single day, no?

geez if I have to count my walnut halves into my 60s, is life worth living? and the detailed portion sizes are a tell of ED as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keeping a flat stomach means that you’re really going to be in trouble if you get sick. Older women need to have slightly higher BMIs to be healthy. The fragility of a very thin older woman is not healthy.

This seems like a very self-serving comment. I'm pretty certain that weight carried around your midsection has more negative health implications than having a flat stomach.

lol agree. This sounds completely made up on PP part.

nope: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230717/In-older-adults-a-little-excess-weight-isne28099t-such-a-bad-thing.aspx#:~:text=Indeed%2C%20an%20optimal%20BMI%20for,surrounding%20obesity%20in%20older%20adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keeping a flat stomach means that you’re really going to be in trouble if you get sick. Older women need to have slightly higher BMIs to be healthy. The fragility of a very thin older woman is not healthy.

Not true, and regardless I'd rather be a delicately thin octegenarian that still does yoga than an obese blob on endless medications.

OP the way I am keeping a flat stomach through peri and into meno is DIET and EXERCISE. It's 80% what you eat and 20% what you do. Abs are made in the kitchen.

I have a “delicately thin” relative in her 80s - trust me, you do not want to be “delicate” in your old age. Pursuing a flat stomach after menopause is unhealthy, period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's generally what I eat in a day:

AM: Coffee with 1 tbsp oatly. Usually only drink 6 oz. Drink 32 oz cool water.

Walk dog 1/2 mile. Come back and drink 6 oz cold press juice or have a small bowl of miso soup. Go to yoga practice. 90 minutes. Drink 32 oz cool water.

Lunch: Rest of bottled cold juice (10oz.) 1/4 cup home made yoghurt, topped with fresh fruit, a bit of lemon juice and honey. 32oz cool water.

Snack: 1 clementine and 5 walnut halves. Matcha tea.

Dinner: Tofu and veg stir fry with hoisin glaze--6oz. 4oz cooked short grain rice. Marinated cucumber salad--2-4oz. Pellegrino water., more still water.

Evening wind down- Lavender and Chamomille tea, or warm water with lemon.

This is so depressing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's generally what I eat in a day:

AM: Coffee with 1 tbsp oatly. Usually only drink 6 oz. Drink 32 oz cool water.

Walk dog 1/2 mile. Come back and drink 6 oz cold press juice or have a small bowl of miso soup. Go to yoga practice. 90 minutes. Drink 32 oz cool water.

Lunch: Rest of bottled cold juice (10oz.) 1/4 cup home made yoghurt, topped with fresh fruit, a bit of lemon juice and honey. 32oz cool water.

Snack: 1 clementine and 5 walnut halves. Matcha tea.

Dinner: Tofu and veg stir fry with hoisin glaze--6oz. 4oz cooked short grain rice. Marinated cucumber salad--2-4oz. Pellegrino water., more still water.

Evening wind down- Lavender and Chamomille tea, or warm water with lemon.

This is so depressing.

it’s also an ungodly amount of liquids. besides being hangry I would be chafed from so much peeing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's super hard. I'm thin (size 2) but with two kids and it takes a tremendous amount of effort. If I stop doing these things the belly comes back:

1. No food 4 hours before I sleep
2. Mostly protein and fat, very few carbs
3. Lots of yoga and pilates exercises that target the lower abs. Like, every day

I am a size 4 with a flat stomach. Same as PP. I mostly eat protein and fat. Very few carbs. I moved away from carbs so long ago that I don't crave sweets or pasta. I'm 55. I work out every single day. I do cardio (that's what keeps my weight down), but also lift every day. One day arms, next day legs, next day whole body, etc. I don't lift heavy. 20 lbs max. I don't do ab work but I do alot of core.

No it isn't. It's your diet that keeps your weight down. Do some research on that. Exercise is great for a lot of things, but it doesn't help with weight loss/gain

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My grandmother was still complaining that her stomach wasn’t flat when she was in her 90s. It is so toxic.

Theres a reason women have fat there. It is actually healthy (within limits)

Honestly, cortisol (stress) from over exercising and over dieting/starvation kills early too.