This is a VERY interesting thread! I've been very frustrated with my stomach fat, although having completed NROL4W I am very happy with my body overall. I haven't been able to eliminate the baby-bulge after baby #3 (although it is much better than before I started NROL4W). I found a couple of things very interesting about the points made about diet.
1. I have had gestational diabetes 3 times and was told by 2 different doctors that developing Type 2 diabetes is a question of "when" not "if" (I have never been overweight and during my third c-section the surgeon made the comment that I should have made a few more trips to the salad bar - and this with a 9lb 6oz baby!). I appear to have bad genes. Now I have been having trouble with belly fat since this last baby was born.
2. I went on a wheat-free diet briefly a few years ago and my shape and weight made a dramatic change for the better in the course of a month. I would have continued with the diet except that it was difficult and I discovered I was pregnant (a surprise).
3. I have been considering going wheat-free again and this thread has convinced me to do it, both because I would like to regain my waist/stomach, but also because it sounds like it would increase my odds of avoiding Type 2.
I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with this trouble and that there are some ideas to help.
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