Big belly

[calibanzwei]

There is a lad at my son's primary that is huge (proper bulging face) - mum's 'normal size' so I wonder what the hell she's been letting him eat.

What are the class sizes like? Decreasing?

 

[Adasta]

Aren't you forgetting that internal organs also become coated in an extra thick layer of fat as well that reduces their performance and longevity? Like the heart and heart disese.

Visceral fat is a problem but that is also affected by genetic predisposition, I think. It's possible for someone to be skinny buy have loads of visceral fat, or for someone to be "big" and have very little.

 

[accountantpete]

To the op - check how you are breathing.

At you age (and mine!) the lungs can start taking the easy way out and expand by pushing the stomach out of the way. If your tummy is expanding as you breathe in then that is the root cause.

 

[MyBikeCodes]

Are you doing any rides on an empty stomach? I've been following a blog about running for weightloss where a strong black coffee and a regular run on an empty stomach is advocated. Seem to recall something similar being pushed in Cycling Weekly about 2 hour rides on an expresso to the point of blowing - basically it gets your body used to switching to fat for energy rather than just carbs, so much so that it can access fat more easily the rest of the time as well.

 

[Crankarm]

Are you doing any rides on an empty stomach? I've been following a blog about running for weightloss where a strong black coffee and a regular run on an empty stomach is advocated. Seem to recall something similar being pushed in Cycling Weekly about 2 hour rides on an expresso to the point of blowing - basically it gets your body used to switching to fat for energy rather than just carbs, so much so that it can access fat more easily the rest of the time as well.

Common sense tells you this is an absolute crap idea. Do it if you want it's your body. I wouldn't. I don't even drink coffee. Could it be that CP is now being sponsored by Lavazza or Doue Egberts?