Im 22 years old and weigh 70kgs. Im happy with my weight but i have a pot belly, some days it worse than others & actually look pregnant! It upsets me and gets my down knowing I cant wear certain clothes :( Are there any cures for this? And what are some good foods for it? I dont like to exercise… Thanks in advance xx

For me, I start developing abdominal fat when I eat too many snacks in between meals.

Melissa.

If you don’t like exercise then you need special attention on your diet. Add salad, fruits, vegetable and try to avoid red meat, you can take chicken is good source of protien. You can do walking, swimming, dancing its help you to lose weight. Its like a fun ways to lose weight.

Agree with the two posters above.  Also, maybe you have a sensitivity to milk or wheat?  I get very bloated and pregnant looking when I eat those foods.  If you cut out milk and/or wheat, make sure you get your calcium from calcium-fortified OJ, almond, or soy milk.  And get other more stomach-soothing grains into your diet, like brown rice or quinoa.  Also, I cut out refined sugar at the beginning of this year and trust me, that alone, the weight comes off.  Exercise helps too.  Put on dance music when you have to clean your house.  Park in the farthest parking space when you go do errands.  Once you start slimming down, you’ll feel more like you WANT to exercise!

good luck!

I basically try up to burn fat around the abdomen. Also try fast walking, cycling and play volleyball as exercise.  As far diet is concerned, I used to have fruits and vegetables rich in fibre. Take breakfast having 200 calories. Do eat three times a day but with the proper portions and nutrition. 

I know it is hard to get rid of pot belly but with proper exercise and diet you’ll loose it.

Pilates was developed to help people with bad backs.  

It strengthens your core muscles and flattens your stomach.

Don’t think of it as exercise per se.  The routine I do is done lying on a mat.

I took the diabetes risk tape to my mother’s on the weekend, as she has started the, “you don’t need to lose any more weight hype”,  According to that tape I was at the wrong end of the red.  I am now at the wrong end of the orange and want to get to the green.

However Mum is a few kiolgrams less than me and she was in the red.  She has stopped doing pilates, I have continued so my stomach is flatter than hers!!!  I am a dress size lower than her and as I said I weigh more thanshe does and of course bieng mother and daughter we have the same body shape and bones.