Menopausal women - how do you keep a flat stomach?

[Anonymous]

Genetics, my friend. You do the best you can, and then accept.

[Anonymous]

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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

Huh? This makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Genetics, my friend. You do the best you can, and then accept.

It isn’t genetics, it is age. Even Jane Fonda widened in the middle, yet probably weighs less than she did in her physical prime. It isn’t what you weigh, the body just changes with age, including proportions and how fat is distributed

[Anonymous]

No sugar whatsoever

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never had a flat stomach. Even when I was 5 years old.

So glad to see almost everyone in my peer group joining me now that I am 62.

Same! As much as I don’t like the menopause pooch in my middle, I guess I’m more conditioned to not freak out over it since I’ve spent my life without a flat belly no matter how much I starved myself in my earlier years.

[Anonymous]

I've always been slim and even as a child had a tiny pooch just under my belly button. I have skinny arms and legs, a fairly flat chest, no booty or hips to speak of, but do have a tiny pooch. It's annoying but what can you do -- it is where my body stores the small amount of fat it has (5'6'' 115 lbs). And I eat well and lift, so don't worry about me starving myself, I'm just genetically petite.

[Anonymous]

No wheat. No dairy. Pilates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never had a flat stomach. Even when I was 5 years old.

So glad to see almost everyone in my peer group joining me now that I am 62.

Same! I've never had a flat stomach, even in my teens and twenties when I was in great shape. My mom barely weighed 10p lbs and still had a belly. I think it's genetic.

[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?

That’s under 1,000 calories and isn’t enough to ensure proper nutrition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never had a flat stomach. Even when I was 5 years old.

So glad to see almost everyone in my peer group joining me now that I am 62.

Same! I've never had a flat stomach, even in my teens and twenties when I was in great shape. My mom barely weighed 10p lbs and still had a belly. I think it's genetic.

I’ve always had a small belly but I consider my small belly a “flat stomach.” Lol

I’m 5’6 and have been between 110lbs and 120lbs my whole life (except pregnancies).