How to lose belly fat without losing weight?

There are a lot of people who would say carbs are important. For example Ryan Hall. and meb. I have lost fat a number of times while still eating carbs. And Im going to vote with the dont worry about losing weight yet people. But you might want to read- Eat carbs, Lose weight by Denise Austin. You know how hyper she is. And while you are rehabing back into running, the exercises people in her classes do could be a bit of a challenge. but be patient. and eat enough to get stronger. But her diet plan can be adapted for males. And can be adapted for maintaining or gaining weight. I found it interesting what sort of portions she used and what sort of frequency she ate at. And slight variations on her ideas worked for me. But the reason I am bringing this up is not to push dieting. It is to say- carbs are not the enemy. they can help. What you want to think some about while getting stronger patiently over time, is portioning.

Also lifting light weights will help at first, but eventually you will want some heavier weights to toughen up the joints that were weakened through starvation. I went a few years, after injury, with body weight and light weight exercises before i picked up heavier weights and finally got joints strong enough to gradually get back into the run. The light weights alone did not work.

Thank you for your advice which fits indeed very well into my experience. I am very sorry your wife has been through, but I guess it gave you an insight of what we go through. Anyway, I was very motivated at first to recover and gain weight until I got skinny fat, I am losing all the progress I did in recovery because I got "skinny fat", I never waited long enough to see if the fat could redistribute and always relapsed because of my fat percentage. Today I got back to 9 % body fat, with only a few days of extreme calorie restriction and extreme exercise, but the problem is that although i want to keep my recovered weight I dont see how I can deal with the amount of belly fat I have at that weight.

Anyway, I will try to work on strength training and eat a bit more when I have the chance to do strength training.

I think therapy is something I am gonna have to look into again too, thank you for the advice.

I just wanna get back to run, for now like you said I am good with God, I do not want to be with anyone else, since only God offers true and genuine understanding and unconditional love. One day we will all give back the atoms we borrowed from the universe and that God offered to us, I meditate and try to appreciate being alive with God. I am going to have to work on my patience to deal with being sidelined from the greatest love of my life which is running.

Again thank you for your powerful answer like the guy below me said , it really fits into my experience. I know I have to lose the fat percentage in my head but I have to prevent a relpase before its too late so for now I will work more on recovery work than fat percentage, which is of secondary importance considering my history.

You have no right to delete my post. Over.

When I was in recovery my energy intake was about 2,500kcal. Now I am eating about 1800-2,200kcal with a NET of about 1,300-1,500kcal subtracting the exercise. But its just to lose this fat percentage then i will eat more dont worry

I believe that it is not necessary to use all sorts of additives as they are harmful to health. Much better, according to Nolan Harris, to jump on a trampoline. What do you think?

Great post. You might also benefit from listening to Unleash the Power Within by Tony Robbins. It's only six hours long, which is short for an audiobook, but he covers a lot of tools that you could use to deal with body image issues. If you like it, you can buy a Kindle version of his older work Unlimited Power for $4.99. The guy has trained over 15,000 counselors and therapists. Use what you like. Discard the rest. 448 pages in paperback for $4.99... that's only a penny a page from one of the greatest minds in therapy.

My point? Your answer is in your head... not your belly fat. Good luck!

Hi! How are you doing? I read that the recovered anorexic report a “redistribution” of weight within six months, and that by about one year out, there is no difference in shape between a weight-restored body and someone who has never had an eating disorder. It would be great if you shared your experience.

special exercises for the belly will solve your problem.

You should also understand what type of belly it is when choosing the exercises. When my belly appeared, I found rather good explanation at https://betterme.world/articles/5-types-of-bellies. So this is really important to first find out what caused your belly and then choose proper meal plans and effective workouts.