Why Do I Have A Beer Belly When I’M Skinny?

Summary –

Skinny people with protruding pot belly fat should not follow conventional weight-loss advice, since eating less food will make them weigh even less and weaker due to muscle loss. Eating less food doesn’t fix the cause of the chronic inflammation. Common reasons for people to become skinny is:

Not eating enough total protein to support muscle growth Not doing resistance exercise, such as bodyweight resistance training or lifting weights

Common reasons for someone to have belly fat even when they’re skinny is:

Being too sedentary (inactive), which builds visceral fat around the organs and abdominal fat. Eating too many processed foods, which stores at the belly. They are in the early stages of developing heart disease and diabetes due to a lifestyle/diet that fuels inflammation

Common reasons for someone’s posture to make their belly protrude even further

Being skinny, which would make their core and stabilizer muscles weak. Sitting too much, making their body adapt to sitting, so when they stand their belly pushes out, and the head moves forward for balance

The roadmap for fixing fixing the skinny-fat belly for good:

Overhaul your diet to eat more protein and mainly whole food (instead of processed food.) Eat 0.8g of protein per bodyweight pound that you want to weigh Begin resistance training

Do 3x resistance workouts a week

Become more active and less sedentary

Try walking 10,000 steps every day, no breaks, for thirty days. Do it outside in the sunshine and fresh air as much as possible.

Do simple breathing and postural drills for faster results on the protruding belly posture issue

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Why am I skinny but my stomach sticks out?

Low Body Fat With High Visceral Fat – So it is possible to have a low amount of regular body fat while having a higher amount of stubborn fat, specifically at the belly (and sometimes the neck to make a double-chin,) So it is possible for someone to have low body fat levels yet still have a stomach sticking out due to higher visceral fat around the organs, which is a sign of developing heart disease and diabetes due to chronic inflammation.

Why am I skinny but have a muffin top?

There are a few reasons that you may experience this condition: You’re committed to cardio workouts, but don’t do resistance training. You have a poor diet, despite your amazing metabolism that keeps you skinny. Everyone’s favorite reason – genetics.

Is it OK to have a beer belly?

Beer belly – Harvard Health Q. I am a healthy, active 39-year-old guy. I enjoy a beer with dinner most nights, and a six-pack most weekends. Over the past year or two, I’ve had to let my belt out, and now I’m letting out my pants. So here’s my question: is beer really responsible for my “beer belly”? A.

1. Whether it’s called a beer belly, a spare tire, the apple shape, or the middle-age spread, abdominal obesity is the shape of risk.
2. Abdominal obesity is a health hazard, increasing the risk of heart attack, stroke, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, and other woes.
3. Risk begins to mount at a waist size above 37 inches for men, and a measurement above 40 inches would put you in the danger zone.

For women, the corresponding waist sizes are 31 and 35 inches, respectively. Despite the name, beer is not specifically responsible for the beer belly. Research from the beer-loving Czech Republic tells the tale. In a study of nearly 2,000 adults, beer consumption was not related to girth.

• If it’s not beer, what is to blame? The culprit is calories; if you take in more calories with food and drink than you burn up with exercise, you’ll store the excess energy in fat cells.
• And unfortunately for men, their abdominal fat cells seem to enlarge more readily than the abdominal fat cells in women.

But although beer is not a special problem, it can add to abdominal obesity by contributing calories. In round numbers, a standard 12-ounce beer contains about 150 calories; a light beer, about 110 calories. For comparison, a 5-ounce glass of wine or a 1-ounce shot of hard liquor provides about 100 calories.

1. Since all these beverages contain approximately the same amount of alcohol, you can see that regular beer does have extra calories — unless you count the mixers and olives.
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4. Editor, Harvard Men’s Health Watch Explore the many factors to consider when deciding how much (if any) alcohol is safe for you.

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Is a beer belly mostly water weight?

Does beer really make you fat? If I ate a low fat diet or was a vegan and drank pints every day would I get a beer belly? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk Does beer really make you fat? If I ate a low fat diet or was a vegan and drank pints every day would I get a beer belly? F Gillies, London, England

• Reputable research has suggested that it is the quality and quantity of food eaten after the beer consumption which results in the beer belly. Beer does not contain fat, but it has bulk, which stretches the stomach lining, and it contains sugar
  • John Cammish, London

• The local loading of all that beer stretches the stomach muscles giving the characteristic ‘beer belly’ shape; irrespective of its load of calories.
  2. Peter Brooke, By Kinmuck Scotland

• Beer alone would not make you fat unless you drank gallons of it. Three pints of beer are roughly the same calories as one bar of Chocolate!
  • Jim McDonnell, Chorley Lancs

• The stomach is situated just below the diaphragm and nearer the spine than the sturnum. The enlarging occurs from an accumulation of fat over the intestines coupled with a loss of tone of the abdominal muscles. I know several people with a b-b who have drunk very little beer.
  2. Richard Avery, Salisbury England

• A true “beer belly” is not just about fat, it is a sagging/stretching deformation due to a person regularly filling it with too much liquid (a water belly would be just as possible). However, “beer belly” is often simply used to refer to mean someone who has put on weight (ie fat) from drinking too much beer. This is not a myth, a pint of beer contains about 400 calories, so three pints is about half of the calories (2500) a man in a sedentary job uses per day. That is, it would be difficult to keep below 2500 calories if you are drinking three pints a day, even with an otherwise “slimming” diet. Example: To put on a pound of fat you need to eat 3500 calories more than you use up, ie to drink about nine pints of beer on top of an otherwise sufficent diet.
  • Chris Jones, Sheffield, Yorkshire

• Any alcoholic drink will make you fat if you eat food at the same time as the alcohol affects your body’s ability to metabolise calories (causing them to be stored as fat rather than glycogen in the liver), however as beer has a high associated calorific content (compared to other alcoholic drinks) it will make you fatter than other drinks. Combine with that the relationship between alcohol use and lack of exercise and you have a beer belly on it’s way.
  2. Glen Smeaton, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• The calories in beer can be converted to fat by an effect known as Hepatic de novo lipogenesis. Also if there is any fat in the diet it can be stored since the sugars in the beer give the energy for the individual and so the fat is not needed.
  • Carl, Leyland, Lancashire

• Is this a serious discussion, really? WTF
  2. Greg Willogby, Riedsville, USA

• The biggest problems with any alcoholic beverages is 1) when you consume them and 2) what you consume with them. Your body will naturally burn alcohol before either fat or glycogen so consider the effects of having a big meal while consuming several alcoholic beverages. Now take into account that *most* people drink in the evenings or night when your body doesn’t have the opportunity to burn off all those empty calories and at 65-75 calories per oz a couple drinks in the evening can really hit that waistline. Since its predominantly a social faux pas to go out on the piss in the morning (and will probably lose you your job unless you work the red eye) you might want to at least watch WHAT you eat when you drink and how much you consume when you do.P.S. Last note would be not to drink on an empty stomach either as that more often than not will end you up in more trouble than it’s worth!
  • Trevor, Tokyo, Japan

• Everybody from England and Europe provide awesome answers and suggestions and the one person from the US wrote what you see above. How typical.
  2. George Christoy, Larnaka, Cyprus

• I was enjoying reading everyone’s responses until the prick at the bottom had to bash the USA. One person making a stupid comment doesn’t indicate the intellect of a whole fucking country. We have plenty of idiots here, but your country has them too
  • Ken B., Chicago, US

• Ken B from Chigago. I think I know what you’re trying to say, but you haven’t exactly painted a good picture of the US. Be more constructive, and tone down the language please. I have a couple of American friends, and they’re great.
  2. Jack, London, UK

• What a bunch of bullshit, my beer has 95 calories per 12Oz.
  • Gil carpenter, Chattanooga, US

• Great information. On behalf of the United States I give my sincere apologies for the coarse language and uncouth demeanour of my countrymen. Way to make us look like a bunch of flag-waving troglodytes! I found this article while trying to figure out why I can’t shake my gut; I eat a fairly healthy vegetarian diet and bike to and from work. My wife says it is the 2-3 beers a day that I consume. I think I may look into switching to spirits or abstaining completely until I get a bit trimmer! Thanks.
  2. Kevin Loss, Wichita, US

• This discussion is really quite pointless. Everybody knows that a beer belly is caused by the beer bugs. What else do you think it is that comes up in the bubbles? Once you’ve swallowed your beer, these beer bugs attack the lining of your stomach and force it to settle outwards, giving you what is know as a “beer belly”. You can avoid the beer bugs, by drinking wine. Wine only includes the wine fairies, these just make you a woman. For a man to drink wine, the ultimate effect is that eventually you will develop a vagina. Moreover, spirits will not do you much harm, unless you encounter the spirit snake which causes you to loose your memory and is related to some cases of alzheimers disease. So the moral of the story is to not drink unless you’re a woman drinking wine. This is fine.
  • Harry Brickwood, Portsmouth UK

• I drink 8 to 12 beers everyday nothing over 96 cal. I eat 2 lean pockets any variety after drinking. I workout one time a day and rollerblade every other day. I went from 210 pounds to 180 in 6 wks and still losing I have lost 4 inches from my waist. Beer does not cause you to get fat, and f wine thats for a fact. Stop eating burgers and fries. And eat lean then burn that shit off the next day don’t just lay there. These guys giving us advise don’t even drink. So just diet and workout and drink whatever you want except wine!!!!
  2. john dlc, harlingen us

• Aww man, but i love my beer 🙁
  • Jade Willow, LA US

• Wow! i actually googled “does beer make you fat” as a way to educate myself a little bit more. All the answers are amazing, even the ones with the cursing (they made me laugh), you need a mix of everything to balance it out ya know. Anyway, I agree with the working out and the eating healthy.its the best way to not even think about googling “does beer make you fat,” (that was me, i googled it). I will keep drinking beer.don’t be mean with wine.its a good resource when it comes to dates (i look a the wine glass and hope it was a guiness). Thanks for the info and the highly developed and medical answers on the top.
  2. Raudel Enrique, San Diego, CA USA

• I am a heavy drinker. I am asian. I eat a lot of food. I have no beer belly. So i guess it depends on the person.
  • Steve Lee, Sacramento, CA USA

• Well the general rule is if u consume more calories than you burn you put on weight. Do the math n u will be fine. Cardio 4 to 5 times a week will do wonders and you wouldnt feel guilty in treating your self to the good ol’pint. I love beer, Cheers!!!
  2. Lourenco Salvador, Goa India

• All this talk about beer is making me thirsty. I’m on my way to the convenience store.
  • John, Toronto Canada

• Great topic! I lost 28lbs last year by cutting out ‘high fat’ foods and exercising. Did not reduce my beer intake. Still need to loose more so might cut out beer for a month to see if it helps!
  2. John Tuffin, Bedford England

• I don’t want to have to give up drinking just to loose weight, but I know so many alcoholics that are in top shape.
  • Shannon Long, Nürnberg Germany

• I think the theory of beer and the belly seem to be true. I’m still looking for any proven answer and the above answers seem to be persuasive. Harry’s (from Portsmouth UK) is the most funny!
  2. Douglas Ringo, Mombasa Kenya

• I drink on weekends and used to drink when I felt like it, but never everyday. Eating and drinking at the same time always stretches my belly. Eating too many snacks after drinking is not good either. Drink about two good beers, don’t eat too much, and workout daily even if it is only a few minutes. Some exercise is always better than none. Rationing your food and drinks and ALWAYS pushing yourself to exercise will slowly but surely make a difference!!!
  • Marcus Minor, Washington, DC, US

• Reading some of these answers is making me lmao. That in itself is exercise right there as I’m burning calories. Now, time to crack open an ice cold corona.
  2. Sean, Los Angeles, USA

• I appreciate all the information everybody gave!! I am 5’2 and 130 lbs. I’ve never been at this weight. By reading all the post Im just going to cut my evening calories (but not my beer lol) and step up my activity. Thanks
  • Cynthia, Elysian fields USA

• Guys it depends on the person and the food. I knew guys they drink a lot but no belly and others they have because they don’t eat heavy food after drinking. Cheers mates
  2. Ahmed, Kuwait

• Hey everyone. Coming from experience, I drink beer everyday. But I also run for 30 mins everyday as well. Just stay active, and eat something healthy before hand. I for one don’t like to drink at night (although I do on occasion). I lost 30lbs in 3months because I decided to run and cut out the pizzas and burgers. But I never cut out beer, lol. I’m sure everyone is different, but this worked for me!! I see a “beer belly” as more of an “inactive belly”. stay active!!!
  • Abe, McAllen, TX, US

• Okay beer is full of carbohydrates so any excess will be turned into fat. So simply too many beers equals too much carbohydrates that if your body can’t use will be turned into fat. Good explanation from down South.
  2. John, Adelaide Australia

I am a female who eats a very healthy diet and exercises several times a week lifting weights with some cardio. I love my beer and drink every weekend in the winter and could drink several a day in the summer. I stick with Coors Light which contains 210 calories. I DO NOT have a beer belly.not even close.5 ft 3 weighing 128 pounds with a lean waist. It`s what you eat, drink and your lifestyle that make you fat.fat tends to go to everyones belly more, so anyone can have a “beer belly” even if they abstain from alcohol if they eat a lot and lay around. Suzy B, T.O. Canada

• People who think you don’t get fat from drinking beer are in self denial.1 pint is like having an egg and bacon sandwich and fry’s. If you must drink try scotch and water. If you continue to drink as much when you were 20 years old you will be a blimp by 40 and a beached whale by 60.
  • Andrew, Melbourne Australia

• For what it’s worth I’m 50 years old, drink beer or wine most days and do not have a beer belly. In fact I have a discernible six pack! I do high intensity weight training (HIT) once or twice a fortnight and don’t eat processed foods (cakes, sweets, crisps, ready meals etc.). Prior to adopting this exercise and diet regime (five years ago) I was moderately over-weight and had a discernible beer belly.
  2. Michael, London England

From personal experience. Calories are calories, but alcohol is more so. First, shot of alcohol is roughly the same as can of beer. It is a decent amount of calories. About 110 lets say. So four cans a beer/shots is same as a moderate hamburger. Sadly, alcohol makes you hungry so you go eat afterwards = extra calories and while the alcohol affects the liver to make it burn first, those extra calories turn into PURE fat via another process the liver uses while intoxicated. So if you drink, never eat afterwards for eight hours and do not eat a big meal before or with drinking. Also you must exercise to burn off those extra calories. Remember, pure alcohol still has high calories (burned as fuel in some cars) plus it shuts down your liver while it recovers so any food consumed during drinking is converted to all fat. Genetics some people have a lot of fat storage around waist which makes it worst. Jeff, C.B. USA

• Does it affect my butt? Or just belly?
  • Duong Tong, Bien Hoa City Vietnam

• Beer is gud for you.
  2. Jason Pason, London, UK

• I drink a lot of beer. I’m female, 5ft 6″, and weigh 130lbs. Just don’t be lazy, eat right, and work out. But the again, everyone’s body’s are different.
  • Bbmomma, Calgary, Canada

• I think it depends on the person, I have friends who play soccer but drink a lot of beer also and they are always fit. Not my case though, if I drink beer a couple a days, my belly starts to grow.
  2. Boris Karloff, Panama City, Panama

• Calories do not cause weight gain this is a myth only foods that raise blood sugar levels resulting in an insulin response can add on extra fat the correct term is a wheat belly from a poor diet.
  • Steve, Cheltenham, England

• Great answers! I agree it depends on the time of day, which most people generally drink beer in the evenings after a long day of work, or exercise, etc. with the addition of food. Now you’re screwed, because you’re most likely going straight home to relax & go to sleep. I changed my lifestyle a bit to resolve this. I work hard, play hard (only socially drinking), come home relax a bit while I get ready to hit the gym, I walk to the gym & back to take care of the Cardio Training, which my Resistance Training is done while at the gym, hit the hay once back home without a protein shake till morning. Note: 1 or 2 glasses of Red Wine is a healthier alternative to the Beer.
  2. Michael Harlan, Visalia, CA USA

: Does beer really make you fat? If I ate a low fat diet or was a vegan and drank pints every day would I get a beer belly? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk

Why do I have a beer belly when I don’t drink?

Does Beer Cause Beer Belly? – While alcohol can play a role in excess belly fat, other lifestyle choices contribute to additional body fat even more. In general, it is too many calories that cause the waistline to expand, not calories from a specific source such as beer.

Whether they come from alcohol, sugary drinks, fried foods, desserts or oversized portions, any type of calories have the potential to increase belly fat. Although alcohol is not the only culprit, there is good reasoning behind the association between beer and belly fat. Alcohol has earned its reputation as a contributor to stomach fat because when alcohol is consumed, the liver works to burn off the alcohol instead of fat.

While the liver is busy burning off the empty alcohol calories, fat can more easily accumulate in the midsection. It is also easy to overdo calories when drinking beer or another alcoholic beverage. When sipping on a beverage, it can be difficult to keep track of or limit calories because the beverages go down smoothly.

1. Especially for those who can drink a considerable number of beers in one sitting, the calories from alcohol can add up quickly.
2. Of course, drinking beer usually includes eating some unhealthy foods with it.
3. Most often, alcohol is consumed at a bar or a party, both of which tend to serve foods like pizza, wings, burgers, onion rings or other fried foods.

Additionally, alcohol can increase your appetite, causing you to consume more unnecessary calories. Age also has a large impact on stomach size. As people get older, their beer bellies typically become more prominent because they are less active and have decreased calorie needs.

1. This lack of exercise and core strengthening mixed with a high caloric diet makes gaining weight easier.
2. Additionally, hormone levels decline in both men and women as they age, making them more likely to store excess fat in the stomach area.
3. As men get older, their abdominal muscles start to weaken and lose mass, which causes their intestines and other organs to push outward.

Because men have a large omentum — the protective layer of fat wrapped around the intestines — they tend to gain weight more rapidly in their midsection than anywhere else. Weak abdominal muscles combined with extra mass within the abdomen pushing outward results in the rotund beer belly look for men.

Do skinny people have stomach rolls?

What Causes Abdominal Fat? – Fat around the belly is common. When you stand up tall, your torso is elongated. The skin and tissue in your midsection are spread over a greater surface area. When you sit down, your torso shortens. The skin and flesh are now compacted into a smaller space.

• Excess body fat : If your body fat percentage is higher, some of that excess fat is likely sitting around your middle, resulting in rolls that appear when standing or sitting.
• Genetics : Research has found that storing excess fat in the abdominal area is up to 60% genetic. This study adds that your genes can also determine if the excess fat sits deeper inside your midsection (visceral fat) or if the fat stays closer to the skin (subcutaneous fat).
• Poor posture : Just as belly fat is more apparent when sitting versus standing due to a shortened torso, the same is true if you have poor posture. Leaning forward or slouching can both cause bigger or more prominent folds of skin.

Why am I skinny but have fat?

July 04, 2019 Huh? It certainly is strange to hear two opposing adjectives to describe one person. How can you be fat when you don’t look fat? Apparently, being skinny fat is even more dangerous than being overweight! If this sounds a bit too much to digest, let Consultant Internal Medicine Physician, Dr. T Kalaiselvam A/L Thevandran from Columbia Asia Hospital – Klang shed some light on the matter. Tools that can be useful for finding out skinny fat are caliper measurements, Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA), and clinical tests. In general, some symptoms or signs that very suggestive of skinny fat:

Feeling dizzy or light-headed after mild exercise Lack of resistance exercises for many years Flabby arms Weak muscles Increased Body fat percentage more than recommended. Excess belly fat Unhealthy eating habits with a neutral weight Family history of Diabetes, Hypertension, Ischaemic Heart Disease

Is the term “skinny fat” a real thing? Yes, skinny fat is a real, remarkably common phenomenon and can be deadly even. It describes lean individuals (BMI < 25kg/m2) with a dangerously high percentage of body fat compared to lean muscle mass. Many terms had been coined with skinny fat like Thin Outside Fat Inside (TOFI), Metabolically-Obese Normal-Weight (MONW), Normal Weight Obesity (NWO) and Sarcopenic Obesity (SO). In a recent research study, it was estimated that 14% of the men and 12% of the women scanned with a BMI 20–25 kg/m 2 were classified as TOFI. Being lean doesn't mean you're healthy. What does "skinny fat" look like? Phenotypically, they look lean and healthy, but when we check them out they have high levels of body fat and inflammation. This ectomorph body build has hidden high levels of body fat. They appear thin and flabby. How do we know whether we're considered "skinny fat"? What can we do to find out? What are the symptoms? Weight is not the main measurement to use when determining the presence of skinny fat. The best way to tell if a body has excess fat stores on a smaller frame is to have their body composition checked out. Once you're able to get reliable information about your body fat percentage, you can compare it against the recommended percent body fat ranges. The recommended ranges for healthy men are between 10-20% body fat, and for women, the ranges are 18-28%. If your body fat exceeds these ranges, but you have a normal weight when you stand on the scale, you may be skinny fat. Who does this usually affect? Is it common? All age groups in both genders are affected and it is common. Why do people who are "skinny fat" end up that way? Most skinny fat people are the way they are because they don't lift heavy weights or do any resistant exercise. Skinny fat people have low muscle mass. Their fat percentage is high compared to their muscle mass. If someone is slim (means have low-fat percentage), you would be able to see their abs and their bodies wouldn't be flabby (especially their upper arms, thighs, and bellies). Is it a dangerous issue? Are there any health risks? Yes, skinny fat does lead to adverse clinical outcomes. The medical term for ‘skinny fat' is technically MONW or "metabolically obese, normal weight" and "Sarcopenic obesity". Skinny fat people are often a normal weight (or underweight!) but because of their sedentariness, lack of muscle, or poor diet, they have a high percentage of body fat. Often, skinny fat people are at risk of certain medical issues as listed:

Raised blood sugar, leading to insulin resistance or diabetes. Increased inflammatory markers in the body, which is linked to an increased risk of certain cancers, heart disease, arthritis, psoriasis, and depression. Elevated blood pressure, which puts you at an amplified risk of stroke and dementia. High triglycerides, which can root to heart disease. Vitamin deficiencies that can lead to conditions such as chronic fatigue, anemia, and more Digestive issues like IBS or acid reflux.

A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed that 1 in 4 skinny people have prediabetes and are ‘metabolically obese.’ This study also found that if you are ‘skinny fat’ at the time you are diagnosed with diabetes, then your risk of death is double that of someone who is an overweight diabetic.

Exercise Often (Including Strength Training) Being skinny fat, you need to switch from a sedentary lifestyle to one that includes both cardiovascular exercise and strength training. Building muscle is crucial to moving back the negative health effects of being skinny fat. Strength training can be done with weights or with your own bodyweight alone; there’s no fancy equipment required. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC recommends 150 minutes of cardiovascular activity for a week, and you may start strength training 2-3 times per week. Putting on muscle will re-balance your body composition, making you healthy and strong. Apart from gym workups, a simple taking more steps can be a good starter. Get a pedometer and aim for an initial goal of more than 5,000 steps daily and then ultimately, at least 8-10,000 steps daily. This will simultaneously allow you to increase endurance and strength. Manage Your Food Choices Ensure that you’re eating healthy with foods that nourish your body and muscles. Make sure you’re eating a vegetable-rich diet and include clean sources of protein (like lean chicken breast, salmon, and occasionally red meat) as well as healthy fats (olive oil, avocados, nuts) and fruits, legumes, and whole grains. Importantly, lowering carbs is vital to lower fat. Manage Stress Stress management is vital for general overall health. Studies show that chronic stress predisposes onto visceral fat which is harmful. Make meditation a daily practice, take time to unplug from devices, try yoga, and practice deep breathing when faced with difficult situations. The most important thing to remember is that your health is more internal than external. Regular checks and tests Take charge of your health and get all your numbers checked, not just your weight. The important numbers to know for your health are your body composition (the ratio of muscle to fat), your blood pressure, your blood sugar, and your cholesterol (including the “good cholesterol,” the “bad cholesterol,” and your triglycerides). Getting these numbers in the normal range is so much more important than any number on the scale.

What Not to Do

Don’t starve with very low-calorie diets. When a person is looking to increase their muscle mass, calorie restricting is the last thing they want to do. Human bodies need those calories for energy, and a lot of energy goes into beefing up muscle mass. Don’t overdo the cardio. When a person puts themselves through an intense cardio session, especially when they don’t have the calories to burn, their bodies will start consuming muscle. This is the last thing they want to happen when trying to rid themselves of skinny fat.

Dr. Kalaiselvam Thevandran Consultant Internal Medicine and Nephrology Columbia Asia Hospital – Klang BSc (Medical Science)(UPM), MD (UPM), MRCP (UK), ISN – ANIO Nephropathology Certificate (USA), MSN Broad Certified Nephrologist (Malaysia) PDF and Online Articles: This article first appeared in Female Magazine, Issue June 2019 Follow us for latest Health Tips:

Am I bloated or fat?

How to Tell the Difference Between Belly Fat and Bloat – One easy way to tell the difference between bloat and belly fat is to note belly fat does not cause your stomach to expand wildly throughout the course of a day; bloat does. One other way to tell the difference between bloat and belly fat is you can physically grasp belly fat with your hand, you cannot with bloat.

Why is belly fat the hardest fat to lose?

The battle of the bulge – One reason belly fat is so hard to lose is that it’s considered an “active fat.” Unlike some fatty tissue that simply sits “dormant,” belly fat releases hormones that can have an impact on your health — and your ability to lose weight, especially in the waist and abdomen areas.

In fact, hormones and belly fat are so intertwined that some that the fat acts like an “extra organ” or gland. As a result, losing belly fat often takes hard work, especially if you’re in your 40s or older. That’s because your hormones and your belly fat affect each other, and as your hormone levels change during middle age, fat around your midsection tends to accumulate faster than it does in other areas.

Other than age, other factors also contribute to stubborn belly fat.

Can too much exercise cause belly fat?

12. Weight gain – Exercising too much without resting enough in between can lead to low testosterone levels and high levels of cortisol, the stress hormone. These hormonal changes are often associated with loss of muscle tissue, weight gain, and excess belly fat.

Can cardio cause belly fat?

Cardio can’t directly cause you to gain weight or fat. According to Mayoclinic, how you eat and drink in addition to your physical activity level are things that ultimately determine your weight. This is also impacted by your metabolism — the process by which your body converts what you eat and drink into energy.

Is it normal to be skinny and have rolls?

A fitness blogger has shown that even women who have chiseled abs have stomach rolls when they sit down – and that’s absolutely okay. On the day before her wedding, Anna Victoria took a photo of herself standing in her underwear looking super toned. Two minutes later, she took another photo while sitting down and posted the two images side by side on Instagram. “Someone recently said to me that we all have our good angles and we all have our bad angles, so why do we let our bad angles carry so much more weight than our good angles?” she captioned the image. “If you focus on how bad you look in the bad angles, at least focus on how good you look in the good ones too.” It isn’t the first time the blogger has chosen to post honest photographs. Earlier this year, while stretching out on a foam roller, she posted a similar photo of her stomach folding over her leggings, Speaking to Marie Claire about the recent image, Victoria said she used to feel self-conscious about her stomach when she sat down because there are so many images of women looking flawless online. But she has learned to love her body and wants her 900,000 followers to do the same. “I wanted to show my followers that while you may see girls posed and at their best angle on Instagram, we don’t walk around like that,” she said. Victoria said she chose to share the image the day before her wedding before she felt she was in the best shape she’s ever been, but even then she had stomach rolls. “I wanted to further reiterate that when you sit down, it’s normal to have rolls, even if you have a very low body fat percentage,” she said. “I wanted to show that it’s OK for your body to look different from various angles. 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Why do skinny guys have love handles?

– The underlying cause of love handles is fat retention. Generally speaking, fat cells accumulate when your body takes in too many calories or you don’t burn as many calories as you’re consuming. Over time, these fat cells can become noticeable as they accumulate in certain areas, such as around your waist and hips.

• hormones, especially too much cortisol
• age ( belly fat accumulation is particularly common as you get older)
• lack of physical activity
• diet high in fats, sugars, and high-calorie foods
• sleep deprivation
• undiagnosed or untreated conditions that slow down your metabolism ( hypothyroidism — or underactive thyroid — for example, makes it difficult to burn off extra calories)

Why is beer belly hard to lose?

Q: How does a so-called “beer belly” form? – A: Too many of any kind of calories, whether they’re from alcohol or sugary foods or just from eating too much food, can increase belly fat. Since an average beer can be more than 150 calories, it doesn’t take long for the calories (and the belly) to build.

How to burn skinny fat?

1. Train Hard, and Train Intentionally – First thing’s first, you need to be hitting the gym more. This is a given. But there’s a difference between mindlessly walking around the gym experimenting with different machines and completing intentional workouts that target specific muscles. To cut skinny fat and strengthen your muscles simultaneously, you should be doing exercises like squats, deadlifts, presses, rows, chinups, and pullups.

These exercises utilize the most muscle and will target your overall body strength. The best way to increase muscle is by performing two or three sets of these exercises. Take an exercise and complete 12 repetitions, with a 30-60 second rest period between each set. With a routine like this, you’ll maximize your time at the gym.

Whichever exercises you pick for the day, please don’t walk into the gym, complete 100 bicep curls, and call it good. This won’t help your skinny fat transformation.

Can you get rid of a beer belly without giving up beer?

Can Exercise Get Rid of Your Beer Belly? – In general, exercise is overrated as a means of weight loss. When it comes to weight loss, the food you eat (or rather, that you don’t eat) is a lot more important than what you do in the gym. Brad Pilon, author of Eat Stop Eat, once came up with an interesting thought experiment on this very subject.

1. He said: “I want you to STOP thinking about exercise as a way to burn calories and lose fat. “Stop it.
2. In fact, I want you to pretend that it’s not even possible, that somehow workouts don’t burn any calories at all.
3. Think of your workouts as a way to build or maintain your muscle, and think of your diet as how you lose body fat and maintain low (but healthy) levels of body fat.

“That’s it. No cross over. Because from my experience that’s when the trouble sets in. Mindlessly killing yourself in the gym to burn fat, then purposefully overeating to ‘feed the machine’. This becomes a vicious cycle of doing a LOT of HARD work, but never really accomplishing anything.” And that’s exactly what I suggest you do – treat your workouts as a way to put on muscle, and your diet as a way to get rid of stored fat.

• While it may not be entirely accurate, pretending that it is will give you much better results in the long run.
• While there are plenty of training programs you can use, I’d recommend a 3-day full-body workout, a 4-day push/pull split, or a 4-day upper/lower split,
• Can you turn a beer belly into muscle? You can’t turn fat into muscle, or muscle into fat.

The two things are completely different substances. However, body fat is a reservoir of chemical energy, which can be used to fuel muscle growth. The way to go about doing so is to put yourself in a calorie deficit, lift weights 3-4 times a week and make sure you’re eating enough protein each day.