The Tight Belly

le partners dropping the pounds with far less The movie “Tully” is about a mom called Marlo (played by Charlize Theron) who just had her third child and is on the very brink of postpartum depression, until her brother sends a night nanny (Tully) to her rescue.

In order to be able to play the role realistically, the ever fit and gorgeous Charlize Theron had to pile on 50 pounds of excess weight in order to accurately depict what a real postnatal body looks like. Although Charlize is no stranger to body transformation, she says losing the weight after the movie was complete took a lot longer at 42 than it did in her 20s.

“It took me a year and a half to lose that weight. It was one of the hardest things that my body went through — and women do this every day,” she told NPR. “When I do it, people are like ‘so brave’ — and I’m like: No. Women do this all the time and we don’t acknowledge it enough.”

It’s a fact that as one’s metabolism slows down, it becomes a lot harder to shed those extra pounds that you may be carrying around. This is especially true for women, so it can be doubly frustrating if you’re in this age group and trying to lose weight with a male partner or friend.

So what are the main reasons women over 40 find it so much harder to lose weight…

Left: March/2015. Around 197 lbs. Around 25% body fat. Eating a high carbohydrate/sugary diet. Right: June/2016. Around 160 lbs. Around 12-13% body fat. On a high healthy fat / keto/ plant diet and I haven’t turned back. All natural through food and exercise.These are MY results.Everyones body is different, but I do believe this way of eating will help the majority of people lose weight and be healthy. Studies prove that the government has steered us the complete wrong way for nutrition and foods that we think we shouldn’t eat we should, and foods that we shouldn’t eat take up 99% of the grocery store. I started this page to help people who WANT to learn more about this. And share my findings with those that do. People who disagree are welcome as well. You need discourse to learn and discover. But I will post my products, research, and findings here that work for me. Enjoy

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The keto diet plan certainly seems to have helped for one particular media star…

The cast of Jersey Shore are mostly known for their buffed bodies and tans. However for one member – Vinny, this was something of a falsehood. As he admitted to himself, he was quite seriously obese, and the situation was steadily getting worse rather than better.

A poor diet of sugary drinks and junk food had left him badly out of shape and in worsening health. So he decided to finally get serious about it.

Someone suggested looking at the keto diet plan and so he started reading up about it, and more importantly, he determined to actually start doing it as well! The results are impressive as you can see. 50 pounds less and looking and feeling better, he’s now become a true disciple of the keto diet plan.

I really wasn’t sure whether or not I should post this up, after I found out about it yesterday It does after all deal with the subject of a young child. However, I thought that his story was really inspiring and so I decided to share it.

12 year old Indonesian Arya Permana was named by the Indonesian Wold Records Museum as the world’s most obese child (as if we really need to keep records like that 🙁 !). He weighed in at a staggering 418 pounds, and was quite obviously suffering huge health problems as a result.

Last year though we undertook gastric surgery and embarked on a disciplined exercise and diet regime. As a result of this he lost a huge 183 lbs, almost half his body mass, and is now starting to enjoy life again.

Young Arya Permana lost nearly half of his body weight in a year:

Before:

Arya as he was last year before his surgery – photo via media

It’s clear from this that if something drastic hadn’t been done then he was heading for a tragically early demise. As a parent this image truly broke my heart.

After:

Photo via media

What a Change! He obviously still has a way to go, and his goal is to lose another 100 – 100 lbs, but he’s now well on the way to a much happier and healthy life.

In his own words: “I lost my appetite, now even six spoons [of food] already makes me full. They ask me to eat more fruits and do exercise regularly. I’m now so delighted to have the opportunity to play with friends wherever I want”.

Although I pretty strongly disagree with using surgery for weight loss, I have to admit that in this case it was not only a good thing, it was an absolute necessity. Without it he probably wouldn’t be with us today.

I wish young Arya every success in his efforts and would really like to see another picture of him in a year from now!