Tips for belly weight loss

Try a banana and a couple slices of cheddar cheese instead of those higgeldy things. It’s so hard because there are hidden calories in everything. 😕

Resistance training aka strength training is what you need, so weights, resistance bands or body weight exercises such as squats, planks.

Make sure you are having plenty of plenty of protein and good sleep.

Not ideal. Look for unprocessed wholefoods.

You can’t decide where the fat loss will come from. Your body will the order of weight loss for itself. The sore legs will calm down when your body gets used to it.

If you're in a pinch and need to buy pre-packed food, salad boxes are usually your best bet, especially if they come with the dressing in a separate sachet, so you can add less/none.

Look for a healthy protein-based salad, e.g., chicken, tuna, prawn, cottage cheese, and eat the pasta salads sparingly.

How many did you eat?
They are 177 calories and 5g protein per 2 rolls so not a great snack, the whole pack is 531 and 15g protein so not great for a whole meal either.

I wish I could lose weight from my boobs. They stay the same size no matter what. If I'm overweight, I look relatively in proportion. If I'm a healthy weight, I am 90% boobs and look indecent in 90% of my clothes.

Bunnybackinherwarren
I lost a stone giving up cakes and biscuits for about 10 weeks. That stone came off my boobs. I could cry.

My friend said the same- face and boobs!

That's a lot of fat and not a great deal of protein. I wouldn't eat them if I were eating for health/fitness.

Honestly, the best thing you could do for your health is to bypass the pre-packaged food and eat whole foods. If you're short on time/money, frozen veg is fine, frozen meat and fish is usally fine, just read the ingredients for hidden extras.

I typically aim for 30g protein per meal, less than 5g fat per meal unless it's a "good" fat i.e olive oil/oily fish/avocado.

Work out your macros using an app or online calculator. Divide fat/protien/carbs/cals by x meals and snack per day, and that's what you should be aiming for per meal/snack.

Bloody hell 😂

As the PP said you need to educate yourself and put some effort in if you want to change your body composition.

FWIW I don't think pastry based cheese rolls would be the most advisable addition to a calorie deficit diet. Depending on their nutritional content they could be factored in if you really like them, but this is why it's important to check the actual details rather than vague banding of healthy/non healthy.

Or you can look on the package?!
You need to pay attention to these things if you're trying to lose weight!

It’ll be said a million times OP but you can’t choose where the weight comes off (and I wish you could, as literally the only place I put on weight is my stomach) you can reduce bloating etc but you can’t spot reduce the fat 😭

What are the macros? Calories, protein?

Brisk walking for 15 minutes a day (so you’re slightly out of breath) helped me lose 2 stone. Plus walking everywhere on a commute, taking stairs at work. 30 mins walk outside at lunch. Combine that with lower carbs eg in evening and less but not zero sugar and you should see results in 3 months. If you can manage a clean diet even better. Dates and fruit good for snacks. I add peanut butter to slit dates for energy boost.

OP - weigh yourself in the same place at the same time of day (I always go for first thing in the morning after I e been to the loo but not gone downstairs to have a drink and breakfast yet!), ideally wear the same thing (or in your own bathroom, nothing! No point adding your clothes and jewellery to the total)

The walking you are doing is great and being the school run has the potential to just become “how we live” not “I am doing special exercise”. Get that habit locked in and then add more. But don’t swap it for something else, this is now how you do the school run and crucially, your dcs walk now as well.

I didn’t say onky running would be effective. I am unsure why you’re being arsey over an honest answer to a question. She asked for a tip to belly loss, and I gave her mine, at no stage did I say nothing else will work.

Stand on your scale then get off and let it go blank and then stand on it again. Thats how you get mine to be accurate.

I have a tendency to carry weight around my middle. Right now it’s the flattest it’s been since I was in my teens and I’m only a few pounds heavier than I was at 18 now. I lost a few stone over about 18 months and have now kept it off for another 18 month.

the only thing that has made my stomach pretty flat is endurance running. When I was doing a couple of 5ks a week I didn’t loose weight unless I was also dieting. Now I run 30 miles a week on average and more if I training for something I can most eat what I like. It’s a lot of effort though and certainly not for everyone 😂. It also needs to be built up to over time.

with regards to the muscle soreness. It’s like delayed muscle soreness from increased exercise. If anything keeping moving will probably make your legs hurt less.

No, but OP is totally new to exercise and I wouldn't want her to think that only running will be effective as some people are really not suited to running and if she tries it and hates it then she could get discouraged.