Middle Age Spread...Watcha Gonna Do?

YES! OH man I hated it. It was hard on two fronts. Not only not eating whatever ya wanted when ever you wanted, it was eating less. Since I had slowly stretched out my stomach some, it was like I was allways hungry.

THAT SUCKED! Shrinking the stomach down on the inside.

One of the things I found helpful was to drink a glass of water before the meal and one during the meal. This takes up room and helps the "I feel full" feeling.

Your stomach is used to a certain weight and/or strech. When it gets there, the "Full" switch is thrown and you get that feel good/I'm done feeling.

One of the tricks my work bud told me was to eat 5 times a day and keep up on the exercise end consistantly. % times a day I freak. Like, your kidding me. Of course he said smaller meals. (DUH! Why didn't I see that coming? LOL!)

Eating 5 times a day (For those who don't all ready know) speeds up the bodies metabolism (SP!) and helps burn calories since it is allways useing more energy digesting. In addition, I'd walk after every meal and sometimes add a few basic push ups, sit ups, ride the bicycle a few miles each day and push an extra one out if I could. etc... between/after meals just to continue to ramp up the calorie burn.

It took 6 months, but, like I said, in the end, the shirt could come off and I felt good. 45 or lbs later, I was good....er, no, I was feeling great. SO worth the effort.