My mid-section is the worst part of my body, as I am sure it is with many of us. I can invision myself as an hourglass shape and can see it, if the weight in the middle wasn't an issue. I look more like an "apple" around the middle.
What kinds of excerises can I do to help lose the fat, tighten and tone the skin and shrink away in inches? What about foods I can eat that will help this process along?
Thanks in advance!
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highest weight = 275lbs in '02
Short Term WL Goal: 230 {226} 207.5
Mid-Point WL Goal: 230 {226} 185
Like, I've been sick for the past 3 weeks and have probably lost 10 pounds. I can't eat a lot. I can count my ribs and my hips are sticking out but theres STILL that belly and it looks even more ridiculous than it did when I was at my regular weight. It just doesn't want to go away.
I have a belly too but the only thing that helps me is yoga and lots of crunches (like 200 a day). Don't think there is an easy answer to this one - but I would love to find one!
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i still have a bit of a belly, but i have discovered that a combination of strength and cardio helps a lot. I did jillian michaels' 30 day shred along with a low carb diet and, seriously, my belly fat melted away.
I have slacked a little over the last three weeks (snowed under... lots of work) but I want to start doing the shred again.
Hope it helps!
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Carrying your weight around your middle is generally a sign that your insulin sensitivity is compromised. Insulin resistance is just one of the many different health issues that comprise the polycystic ovarian syndrome. It's also a precursor to diabetes so anything we can do to improve insulin sensitivity will also help to improve our overall health outcomes. The good news is that out of all the hormones in our body, our insulin response and sensitivity is the one we have the most control over. With exercise, sleep and diet, you can make a HUGE difference to your health. Here's how:
1. EXERCISE:
- For the best one-two punch do strength training as well as cardio. For weight loss, the minimum is 300 minutes of dedicated exercise a week (taking the stairs and parking farther from the grocery store don't count as minutes).
2. SLEEP
- Walking around with a giant sleep deficit and having no set sleep schedule can really mess with insulin sensitivity. Treat your body like you would a malcontent toddler (seriously!). Pick a standard bed time and a wake time that ensures you get 7-8 hours a night, if possible, and keep as close to that schedule as you can. As well, limit television and computer time the hour before you go to bed as this can make it hard for your noggin to shut down and for you to get ready for sleep.
3. REAL FOOD
- This is where things get funky and a lot of it is going to depend on how insulin sensitive you are. The core thing is to eat real food - nutrient packed carbs like veggies (yeah, veggies are carbs!) and some fruit, healthy fats like nuts and avocados and protein (when we eat protein, our body produces this stuff called glucagon which is like insulin's sweet-tempered twin... insulin's job is to put stuff into cells and glucagon's job is to get stuff OUT of cells... glucagon is your new best friend).
- If it comes in a box with a label and a picture on it to tell you it's food, it's probably not real food anymore. Highly processed food is pretty easy for the body to digest and that generally means insulin spikes aplenty. It also generally means frankenfats like transfats, too much salt and too few nutrients, too.
- Fake sugar like splenda, truvia, aspartame, nutrasweet, etc. Guess what. It spikes insulin. I'd suggest to avoid this stuff and learn to like the natural taste of foods.
- There are oodles of great plans out there that are based on eating real food. To name a few: the Southbeach diet, the Mediterranean Diet, Precision Nutrition, Protein Power, Primal Blueprint and the Paleo Diet. Any one of these would be a great start in terms of improving your health.
I hope this helps!
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Last edited by TheBumbler; 11-06-2009 at 03:32 PM.
Bumbler, you look AMAZING I'm so envious of your body. Haha I wonder how long it'd take me to get there from where I am now (328 lbs., yikes!). What program did you follow?
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Thanks! I know women who've started at your weight and have gone on to really make some amazing changes. One of them, an awesome woman named Michelle (she's on Bodyforlife-tracker.com... her profile name is "Committed"), has lost over 150 lbs and is working on getting her first pull up. It's totally do-able. It takes patience and a will to keep on going.
I've done a bunch of stuff and it's taken a while.
- In 2005 when I was diagnosed with PCOS and insulin resistance, I weighed a bit more than 200lbs, smoked a pack of day and I hadn't had a period in over two years. While my weight may have been less, physically I was a wreck. I didn't want to exercise because I was embarassed. So, instead, I started with just the IR diet and did that for about six months. It was not an easy way to lose weight. I dropped about 20lbs in six months but, by the end, I was eating only 1300 cals a day and couldn't get the scale to budge.
- I started Body for Life in April 2006 This program has a very similar diet to the IR diet but included weight training three times a week and shorter but intense cardio workouts called interval training. I followed along with that program for quite a while and really saw my body change. A big part of this was mixing the diet and exercise together. On top of that, I started sleeping better, which helped tremendously.
- In March 2007, I decided to quit smoking and gained a bunch of weight back. Oops! I spent a lot of time eating sugar free popsicles and freaking out. It was worth it to get off the nicotine, though.
-Until March 2008, I played around with Afterburn by Alwyn Cosgrove (it's a weight training program) and Precision Nutrition for my nutrition. I lost quite a bit of what I had put on after I quit smoking and I started feeling better.
- In March 2008, I decided to join an on-line fitness team to get really serious about getting fit and healthy. I set a goal to run a half marathon and to keep up with the weight training. I ended up down to about a size six.
- In Augusut 2008, I found CrossFit (link to the main site, link to my CrossFit gym). A few months later, for the first time ever, my labs all came back completely normal! CrossFit is crazy but it's an absolute blast. They've taken olympic lifting, power lifting, running and gymnastics and mixed it all together into a sport.
- This summer, I went 100 percent strict paleo for nutrition and it's been fantastic. I'm now comfortable in size 4's and I kind of have some abs going on. Still working on taking off a few more final pounds to make myself a bit more competitive with gymnastics moves. I've also started assistant training at the gym and do some nutrition counselling. I'm training for CrossFit sectionals and regionals for the 2010 Games.
What I suggested is kindf of a culmination of everything I've learned to tackle insulin resistance and to get some semblance of hormonal normality going on. It's been trial and error to figure out exactly what works for me - not just physically - but mentally as well. Through this, I've gone from being someone who hated my body so much that I didn't really want to take care of it to seeing myself as someone worthy of caring for no matter my size. Now, I am firebreather at the gym and an athlete.
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The Bumbler your story is encouraging. I was at 252 and I am now around 230. I have platoed here. What can I do to encourage my body to start losing weight again?
Congrats on losing 22lbs so far! That's awesome! How did you lose the weight and what are you doing right now?
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Thanks for this information... this is EXACTLY where my weight is as well!
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