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Have you noticed an increase in your belly fat after breast reduction or noticed an abnormality in your belly after the breast reduction? You are in the right place to get solution to that abnormality. I want to make this article a comprehensive one so I have decided to give detailed explanation to the targeted term.
What is belly fat or abdominal obesity?
Belly fat actually refers to the fat located around the abdomen. Everyone has a belly fat just that the size are not the same, and it varies. When there is a large amount of fat in ones belly, the belly becomes bigger and noticeable.
Some call it abdominal obesity but this defect is not a curse if probably you have longed enough to get rid of it. There are a lot of reasons why people gain much belly fat and this include lack of exercise, stress, poor diet. Improving the 3 reasons stated above will really help in providing solutions on how to get rid of belly fat.
(If you want to know the reasons why you get more belly fat apart from the 3 mentioned above you can probably check back on this blog as I prepare a comprehensive article on it).
Breast Reduction
Breast reduction is the process of removing extra fat, tissue and flesh from breast through a surgical operation. This is the process those who have large breast undergo to reduce the size of their breast.
The breast reduction is common among women and it is usually done to reduce back pain, neck and general pain as a result of the proportion of the breast to the entire body.
5 tips to lose belly fat after breast reduction?
Breast reduction does not really cause one's belly fat to increase but instead it just makes it more noticeable. This is because the breast have been reduced. So, how are you going to burn out the belly fat? and get the belly to the right proportion with the breast.
- Do exercise
- Eat highly protein food
- Avoid so sugary diet
- Stop drinking excess alcohol
- Monitor sleeping time
- Apply fasting
- Perform workout or lift weights
1. Do exercise
If you really have the urge to get rid of your belly fat as fast as possible, you should try doing at least 30 minutes moderate exercise for at least 5 times (days) a week.
As a woman you don't necessarily need to go for powerful exercise simple exercise is enough to apply on the belly fat. All you just need to get from the exercise is a quick breathing, fast heart rate, and more sweat than usual.When you apply exercise that increase your breathing, heart rate, and sweat level you burn away more calories in your belly.
Simple exercise like jogging, walking or running can do that for you. Going for a 30 minutes jogging 5 days a week will make you sweat out profusely and lose fat in the belly region. If you are already fit after the Breast reduction Jog or Walk briskly at an incline on a treadmill especially if you are not ready for Jogs.
The use of machine for exercise are effective too. But you don't necessarily have to go to gym you can play football (soccer) with your kids. Accept running challenges from them this is a pleasant and easy way to attain your goal.
To get rid of that belly fat in lesser time you have to apply other things below.
2. Eat highly proteinous food
Food in general contribute to the amount of fat we gain in our body. To tackle the belly fat, food is also a key factor. If you've applied every tips to lose belly fat and you do not watch your diet you may not see any result.
That isn't a joke you must as well watch your diet together with all the steps you take to lose your belly fat.
After the Breast reduction surgery you may not really have the strength to do exercise, then eating a highly proteinous diet is a good alternative.
According to researchers people who eat more protein tend to have less belly fat than those that eat a lesser protein food. So after breast reduction add more proteinous food to your diet. Even in every meal you should do that.
Proteinous meals like beans, whey protein, eggs, fish should shed some extra tissue around your waist and replace some amount of fat. Apart from helping you to lose belly fat protein food is important part of diet that helps to supply nutrient for weight management.
3. Avoid sugary diet
For the meantime you want to burn out the fats in your belly avoid sugary food but this doesn't mean you should totally abstain from it. But research has it that high sugar intake goes in handy with belly fats.
Apart from the by fat, intake of sugar causes the fructose contained in sugar have been traits to be the causes of heart diseases, obesity, type II diabetics and more. it is important to take into consideration that more than just refined sugar can lead to abdominal fat (belly fat) again. Real honey should also be taken in a little quantity.
4. Stop drinking excess alcohol
According to research, too much intake of alcohol can make you gain belly fat. Though alcohol have some health benefits but not when taking in large amount.
Heavy consumption of alcohol is really risky as it contributes a lot in the developing of obesity (i.e excess fat storage stored around the waist).
According to healthline one research conducted on 2,000 people on alcohol intake, after the result was obtained, it was discovered that those who took alcohol everyday but less than one drink average per day at least benefit compared to those who took less frequently but drank more alcohol each day they drank.
So resisting from alcohol could help reduce your belly fat. You may not give it (alcohol) all at once but reducing the amount you consume per day can help.
5. Monitor sleeping time
There's only one thing you need to apply here and that is monitoring the time you sleep after taking dinner. Sleeping instantly after eating dinner at night is a catalyst to getting belly fat.
Allow your food to digest before you sleep, you can wait for about 40 minutes after eating and allow the food to digest properly before you sleep. If you really have the time, go for a walk, sweat out a bit – this would allow the food to break down. After that you can have your sleep.
Make sure you eat dinner as early as possible especially proteinous foods to allow it digest before you doze off.
6. Apply fasting
Fasting has become one of the popular weight losing method. If you can form an eating pattern that comprises the period of fasting and period of eating, should help solve the belly fat issue.
Fasting works for both belly fat and heavy weight according to healthline. There evidences that intermittent fasting and alternate-day fasting can make people to experience about 4 to 7% decrease in belly fat with the period of 6 to 24 weeks.
You can schedule your fasting time as follows; 24-hour fasting for one or two times per week. Or 16 hours every day fasting then eat all your food for the 8 hours left.
7. Perform workout or lift weights
As a woman this is the last thing you'll want to do. But if you don't mind going extreme to get rid of your belly fat you can take this step and be consistent on it.
Performing workout is quite a bit easy but the last thing you will want to do is lifting weight, but these two activities is generally helpful it helps keep people fit.
Just a bit similar to exercise, performing workouts will help reduce your belly fat and give you a fit and healthy look. I will explain just two types of workouts you can do to burn belly fat.
1. Crunches
Crunches is one of the most effective workout used to burn belly fat so after your BR and you feel you need to burn belly fat you can try this workout. It is done by laying down flat on the ground (back on ground), have your knees bent and your feet on the ground.
Raise your hand and place them behind the head. This workout helps in building abs and helps melt belly fat.
2. Aerobics
This workout can be done without going to the gym. You can perform this type of workout at the comfort of your home. Aerobics helps to burn high amount of fat (Calories) effectively in a simple and fun way.
If you apply all these things above which little or no changes then give weight lifting a try carry the type of weights you can and by doing so the level at which you lose fat will be high.
Closing thoughts on how to lose belly fat after BR
After breast reduction surgery your belly may become more bigger when you look at it but that doesn't mean you gain belly fat due to the breast reduction surgery.
The illusion makes it looks like that as you've reduced the proportion of your breast size. The tips provided above can help reduce your belly fat if you feel your belly is too big. You are advised to see a medical personnel for advice concerning the belly fat. Thanks for reading.
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