I am a woman with an enormous gut. I hate it and am ashamed.

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Anonymous wrote:Cut out gluten dairy and sugar. Gut will be gone in six weeks.

Not true. It may help lose overall weight, but if you are genetically too heavy, nothing you eat or don’t eat changes that

Yes true.

I am an apple and I was holding about 10-15 pounds in my gut alone and I lost it by cutting out gluten, dairy and sugar. I actually have a flat belly and a waist now and I am fifty.

Try it OP. You can come back and brag in six weeks.

You still are top heavy relative to the rest of your body. An apple will never be a pear

I'm glad of that. Easier to reduce a gut than thick hips/thighs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Intermittent fasting will change your life. Listen to intermittent fasting stories with gin Stephens (podcast)

I agree that IF is the most effective way to lose weight. I’m thin but have a belly. The quickest way for me to get a flat stomach is to IF. I don’t eat anything from 7 pm to 12 pm the next day. After a week or so, you no longer get hungry for breakfast. Eat a sensible lunch and dinner and you’ll be surprised by the difference.

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Anonymous wrote:Intermittent fasting will change your life. Listen to intermittent fasting stories with gin Stephens (podcast)

I agree that IF is the most effective way to lose weight. I’m thin but have a belly. The quickest way for me to get a flat stomach is to IF. I don’t eat anything from 7 pm to 12 pm the next day. After a week or so, you no longer get hungry for breakfast. Eat a sensible lunch and dinner and you’ll be surprised by the difference.

The fact that it works for you does not make it the most effective way. Many people would still be capable of overeating even in a shortened window if not counting calories. People who are naturally hungry in the morning also have a tendency to binge in the evening. Works for some but it is not the ultimate answer to fat loss for everyone.

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IF means different things to different people. In conjunction with tracking calories, I try and stick to an eating window, which some might define as IF. I don’t wade into the debates about IF’s effectiveness except to say I think it works because it’s easy, and most people stick to reasonable, sustainable parameter. In extremes, some call going a day or more without food IF.

For me, I have a pretty generous eating window, but it discourages me from after-dinner snacking, which is my Achilles heel when it comes to losing weight.

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A place for hidden calories is a coffee cup. Unless you are drinking black coffee. Measure out the cream and sugar you actually put into a regular cup of coffee. I though I was adding a “big splash” of creamer but when I measured it out it was a 1/4 cup 😱 I drank 4 cups a day and ended up with a full cup of half and half each day that I wasn’t accounting for. I think that’s what a PP means about adding up every single morsel you eat to find out truly how many calories you are consuming.

[Anonymous]

The stomach is the last to go when dieting. The way to lose is it to lose every ounce of extra weight.
No planks, weight lifting will help you lose the gut. Nothing but old fashioned weight loss will do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A place for hidden calories is a coffee cup. Unless you are drinking black coffee. Measure out the cream and sugar you actually put into a regular cup of coffee. I though I was adding a “big splash” of creamer but when I measured it out it was a 1/4 cup 😱 I drank 4 cups a day and ended up with a full cup of half and half each day that I wasn’t accounting for. I think that’s what a PP means about adding up every single morsel you eat to find out truly how many calories you are consuming.

So you think you drank the cool-aid and that all people here are morons, but you?! That people don't know fancy coffee called beverages are full of calories?

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Anonymous wrote:A place for hidden calories is a coffee cup. Unless you are drinking black coffee. Measure out the cream and sugar you actually put into a regular cup of coffee. I though I was adding a “big splash” of creamer but when I measured it out it was a 1/4 cup 😱 I drank 4 cups a day and ended up with a full cup of half and half each day that I wasn’t accounting for. I think that’s what a PP means about adding up every single morsel you eat to find out truly how many calories you are consuming.

So you think you drank the cool-aid and that all people here are morons, but you?! That people don't know fancy coffee called beverages are full of calories?

Not the PP you're quoting, but I had the same realization. I wasn't drinking fancy coffee, just plain coffee with a splash of cream. The issue was my splash was more of a pour.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Intermittent fasting will change your life. Listen to intermittent fasting stories with gin Stephens (podcast)

I agree that IF is the most effective way to lose weight. I’m thin but have a belly. The quickest way for me to get a flat stomach is to IF. I don’t eat anything from 7 pm to 12 pm the next day. After a week or so, you no longer get hungry for breakfast. Eat a sensible lunch and dinner and you’ll be surprised by the difference.

I almost never eat after 7pm, and I still have a belly. And I don't overeat, or eat much junk food.

The way I started to lose weight, including belly fat, was by moving more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:eat less, move more. there's no magic secret.

Not that simple. I recently lost 25 pounds and now weigh 128 pounds (5ft 7in) and I STILL have a huge gut. It runs in my family (apple shape) and I hate it. I’ve tried ab-focused exercises which help but the only thing that will get rid of my gut is lipo or some kind of body countouring (like laser or cool sculpting).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The stomach is the last to go when dieting. The way to lose is it to lose every ounce of extra weight.
No planks, weight lifting will help you lose the gut. Nothing but old fashioned weight loss will do.

For most women it is actually the fat on the butt and hips that is last to go. Also, planks are fine, unless OP really has diastasis recti in which case she should stay away.

[Anonymous]

I have the apple shape, as do all of the women in my family. Of course you should eat right and try to be as fit as possible, but you’re also going to have to accept your body shape and learn to how to dress in a way that flatters your shape.

[Anonymous]

I’m the same as you! I also look pregnant when I gain weight. I wouldn’t mind being overweight if it went to decent places. But no, I just look pregnant if overweight. Without the weight, I look thin. There is no in between look for me.

To lose 20 lbs, I ate only fruit after dinner (if hungry) instead of anything else, I also stopped putting dressing on salads, and I was careful about what I ordered at restaurants. I also exercised and I was more mindful about what I ate.

I’m in my 40s. It took maybe a year to lose the weight. I also weighed myself once a week and wrote it down and wrote down exercise. This is helpful to keep you motivated.

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Anonymous wrote:Cut out gluten dairy and sugar. Gut will be gone in six weeks.

Not true. It may help lose overall weight, but if you are genetically too heavy, nothing you eat or don’t eat changes that

Yes true.

I am an apple and I was holding about 10-15 pounds in my gut alone and I lost it by cutting out gluten, dairy and sugar. I actually have a flat belly and a waist now and I am fifty.

Try it OP. You can come back and brag in six weeks.

You still are top heavy relative to the rest of your body. An apple will never be a pear

How do you know what my body is like?

Sorry it bugs you to hear this, but no, I am not top-heavy anymore. True that I am not a pear. I am a slender hourglass now with a discernible waist. You can keep telling yourself you have no control over how heavy you are, or you can go gluten/dairy/sugar free for a couple months and see the results for yourself.

Actually I'm not overweight at all and have a very small waist. I work in the fitness industry and have never seen a woman with a "large gut" go on to have a narrow waist/hourglass. Sorry just doesn't happen. It doesn't mean you can't have a flat stomach and be in great shape, but a narrow waist compared to hips, no.

NP here and I, like the apple PP must be an exception because I have also rid myself of the apple shape. I am a naturally slender person who primarily gains weight in the gut. I have a slender waist and a small butt. There are two ways for me to overcome this... Intermittent fasting or a lower carb diet combined with regular cardio and strength training. I now have flat abs which gives me that slender hour glass shape. Notice I didn't say pear shape because that is impossible with my natural figure. The biggest thing is diet. At 5'2 I have to keep myself no more than 120 lbs or else that extra weight will just go right back to my belly.

Hi fellow former apple. They will never believe us b/c it means being very disciplined about what you eat, and yes, heavy lifting helps a lot.

I am 5'6" and about 115, and yes, I am a slender hourglasss. No-- not Marilyn Monroe type, but my waist is not smaller than my hips and my boobs.

Sorry, PP who "works in the fitness industry and has never this happen" but it did for me! Yay me! And I never stopped foot in the gym. NEVER. and I've never done an ab exercise and I have a flat stomach. True story. It's about food. Not exercise.

Eight-five percent of my weight loss/body reconfiguration was cutting out grains/dairy/sugar. the other 15 was lifting heavy and yoga.

[Anonymous]

^^ should say my waist is NOW smaller

I went from about a 33" waist (worse days it was 35!) to a 27"

Just cutting dairy alone and I lost like three inches.