Menopausal women - how do you keep a flat stomach?

[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.

Just reading this is going to trigger someone else's disordered eating. This is just awful and nuts. If I had to eat like this I would just give up. FWIW, I'm 5'8", 135 lbs, size 4, flat stomach. I lift weights 3-4 times a week. Don't watch my diet like that, I eat what the rest of the family eats except smaller portions since I'm not a male college/high school athlete--and I'm 57. I think HRT helps. I don't eat tons of carbs but don't avoid them like they're poisonous.

[Anonymous]

I think pp should cut it down to half a tablespoon of oatly. A whole tablespoon is way too much.

[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.

Just reading this is going to trigger someone else's disordered eating. This is just awful and nuts. If I had to eat like this I would just give up. FWIW, I'm 5'8", 135 lbs, size 4, flat stomach. I lift weights 3-4 times a week. Don't watch my diet like that, I eat what the rest of the family eats except smaller portions since I'm not a male college/high school athlete--and I'm 57. I think HRT helps. I don't eat tons of carbs but don't avoid them like they're poisonous.

Well you are taller than average so your skinny privilege is showing

[Anonymous]

Too much Sugar and fiber bloats the intestines which women tend to eat more of than men

Cutting all grains and fruits 3-4 days a week may work.

[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.

Is this satire?

[Anonymous]

57 year old here, years post menopause. My body hasn't changed much and I still have a small waist/flat belly because: I've always exercised regularly and I exercise more frequently and efficiently since I hit middle age, I weigh the same as when I was 20, I'm on HRT, it's how I'm built (I don't put on much fat in my middle if I gain weight). I'm not super thin and I eat healthy but not strictly regimented. It's just my body type and maintaining fitness.

[Anonymous]

Size 10. I had a tummy tuck. Post 3 c sections and a rather significant later in life weight loss there is literally no other way I could have accomplished a flat stomach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This is an underrated comment. Lifting heavy worked wonders for me.

[Anonymous]

Sign. Most of you fail the basic science of menopause. You need to limit the amount of visceral fat that you gain, which has more to do with limiting inflammation and maintaining a healthy metabolism rather than starvation. And by healthy metabolism, I mean functioning in a normal way, I don’t mean “fast”.

[Anonymous]

Wear a corset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you had to monitor calories and macros?

What helps?

I don’t. I have a belly at this point. Trying to tame it back down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wear a corset.

What? I don’t care that much. DP.

[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.

Is this satire?

This response made me laugh. Just make me unconscious so I can actually do this.

[Anonymous]

It’s not a choice between being skinny and fragile or being overweight/having a belly. Lift weights and build muscle, which can be done at any age. Plenty of science to back this up. You have to watch you depot too but no foods are good or bad. Just track calories and macros and see what works for you. There is so much info out there about this. You might not have washboard abs but every woman I know who lifts weights regularly and is post menopausal looks 1000x better than someone sedentary. Cardio is important for heart health but if we are talking straight up looks…weights win every time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not a choice between being skinny and fragile or being overweight/having a belly. Lift weights and build muscle, which can be done at any age. Plenty of science to back this up. You have to watch you depot too but no foods are good or bad. Just track calories and macros and see what works for you. There is so much info out there about this. You might not have washboard abs but every woman I know who lifts weights regularly and is post menopausal looks 1000x better than someone sedentary. Cardio is important for heart health but if we are talking straight up looks…weights win every time.

*watch your diet too