A correlation between hormone levels and predispositions towards fat storage in certain areas has been demonstrated…
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Very true statement!
Many hormones play a vital role in fat storage when talking about the endocrine system.
Only advice I have is the IF diet or variation (warrior diet, leangains, etc.) Im currently doing it due to a few educated people in this type of field who brought it to my attention. Some benefits include: increased insulin sensitivity, increased growth hormone production, increased epinephrine/norepinephrine levels, enhanced recycling of amino acids, shift from burning carbs as fuel to burning fat.
[quote]bwilliamsr89 wrote:
I dont know much about insulin sensitivity(that shit confuses the hell out of me) but I feel like regardless of your insulin sensitivity, you cant relocate fat. The fat cells will still be there no matter what, just empty or full depending on how lean you are. The only way to remove fat from a specific area would be lipo… But I think controlling insulin sensitivity is key to weight control. I have the same problem area.[/quote]
Very true. Short of literally getting the fat cells removed (think liposuction), you’re stuck with them for life. This means that that the areas you’re predisposed to store fat in will always re-fill if you slack off and gain some fat again.
In my experience, that area is very insulin sensitive and limiting or even eliminating starchy carbs is the key.
[quote]bwilliamsr89 wrote:
I dont know much about insulin sensitivity(that shit confuses the hell out of me) but I feel like regardless of your insulin sensitivity, you cant relocate fat. The fat cells will still be there no matter what, just empty or full depending on how lean you are. The only way to remove fat from a specific area would be lipo… But I think controlling insulin sensitivity is key to weight control. I have the same problem area.[/quote]
Very true. Short of literally getting the fat cells removed (think liposuction), you’re stuck with them for life. This means that that the areas you’re predisposed to store fat in will always re-fill if you slack off and gain some fat again.
In my experience, that area is very insulin sensitive and limiting or even eliminating starchy carbs is the key.[/quote]
Thanks for joining this discussion. Always nice to have more voices. (aside from the ones in my head)
I understand that I won’t be moving the fat that is stored in my midsection elsewhere by increasing my insulin sensitivity. But I CAN change the distribution on future fat that I lay down. This wont be an issue for the next 2 months or so as I lean for summer, but eventually I’m going to start going back for PR’s eating at a caloric surplus so I would prefer to store as little of the fat that I eventually will lay down, in my midsection.
I’m insulin insensitive and this is the one time I’m willing to work on my sensitivity.
Just as an update, I’m now a week into my no carb (well, some vegetables but less than 30grams cho) and no dairy 2 week phase. I can already see a pretty significant improvement. I took pictures at the start of day 2, and will take another set in a week so I can compare the two. I’ll upload both on here as well. I feel so much better. I had a constant bloated, gassy feeling that I just thought was normal. I do NOT want to feel that again. I’m pretty sure it’s the dairy and not so much the wheat (but I changed both variables at the same time so I can’t be sure). A week from today will be my first refeed, I will incorporate some grains and see if the familiar bloat returns.
As far as energy levels go, there was only really a 36 hour period where I felt bad. Around day 5. I now feel much better.
As I alluded to earlier, the only bad thing is the # of variables I changed all at the same time. I can’t be sure what is working to what extent. I made the following changes:
*Eliminated dairy
*Eliminated grains
*Upped protein intake (didn’t intentionally set out to, but had to make up the cals somewhere)
*Upped fat intake (same as above)
*Added 2X HOT-ROX in the morning
*Shifted my sleep cycle from 2am-9am to 10pm-6am (these extra 3 hours in the AM have been a godsend)
That is ALOT of change, and from what I have read it’s all positive from a body comp perspective so my progress and improvement is understandable. Will update soon!
Just as an update, I’m now a week into my no carb (well, some vegetables but less than 30grams cho) and no dairy 2 week phase. I can already see a pretty significant improvement. I took pictures at the start of day 2, and will take another set in a week so I can compare the two. I’ll upload both on here as well. I feel so much better. I had a constant bloated, gassy feeling that I just thought was normal. I do NOT want to feel that again. I’m pretty sure it’s the dairy and not so much the wheat (but I changed both variables at the same time so I can’t be sure). A week from today will be my first refeed, I will incorporate some grains and see if the familiar bloat returns.
As far as energy levels go, there was only really a 36 hour period where I felt bad. Around day 5. I now feel much better.
As I alluded to earlier, the only bad thing is the # of variables I changed all at the same time. I can’t be sure what is working to what extent. I made the following changes:
*Eliminated dairy
*Eliminated grains
*Upped protein intake (didn’t intentionally set out to, but had to make up the cals somewhere)
*Upped fat intake (same as above)
*Added 2X HOT-ROX in the morning
*Shifted my sleep cycle from 2am-9am to 10pm-6am (these extra 3 hours in the AM have been a godsend)
That is ALOT of change, and from what I have read it’s all positive from a body comp perspective so my progress and improvement is understandable. Will update soon![/quote]
As far as bloat, its probably not wheat per say, but gluten. The article has some stats on celiac disease(which runs in my family) vs just being gluten intolerant. Could explain the bloat, worth a read:
bwilliams, I read that article. Thanks for pointing it out, gluten could be the culprit. The reason I’m blaming the dairy is every time I have a glass of milk I get bloated.
As an update, I’ve gone from 217 to 205 since I began this no carb/dairy deal. Obviously that’s glycogen depletion and water shedding. If I lose more than 3 pounds this upcoming week I’ll dial up the calories 250 or so and try to hit that 2 pound per week sweet spot. Any more than that at this point then I’ll be losing muscle.
and this is the one time I’m willing to work on my sensitivity.