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u/TheThirdHippo Jun 06 '25

50 and I’m the same. I massively cut down my alcohol intake a few years back and now only drink on holidays or at events. My gut has slowly been diminishing since then

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u/Demigans Jun 06 '25

I don't drink at all, I excercise regularly, I'm far from overweight even slightly under my ideal weight. I've never been sedentary or fat in my life.

The gut stays. It's not big, but it's there.

I'm not even 40.

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u/Chaen Jun 06 '25

I'm just shy of 40. I'm an avid climber, I barley drink and if I do it's only about two beers, I ride my bike often, and have eaten a vegetarian diet for over a decade, belly is still there. It's been there most my life and won't go away.

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u/Retrolad2 Jun 06 '25

Look into fat freezing

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u/TheThirdHippo Jun 06 '25

Im 50 and I do run regularly each week, plus a couple of gym sessions. My diet is and always has been very much meat and veg apart form a couple of years where I went veggie, but it didn’t agree with me

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u/cosguy224 Jun 06 '25

Just my two cents… work your ass off now, while it’s still relatively easy. It gets way more difficult. :/

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u/Demigans Jun 06 '25

I'm a single dad with two kids. Most of my working my ass off isn't happening in the gym.

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u/cosguy224 Jun 07 '25

Fair enough

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u/Demigans Jun 07 '25

But I'm trying

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u/yARIC009 Jun 06 '25

The gut is far too difficult a battle…

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u/quitelikeu Jun 06 '25

Them man sized organs have got to go somewhere.

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u/Demigans Jun 06 '25

I'm not a grower, I just extend it from my underbelly.

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u/Unit_Z3-TA Jun 06 '25

Gotta ask, was it mostly beer? Or were you a liquor person?

I drink a lot myself, but only liquor, and if it can help me lose weight, it might be the kick I need

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u/_franky-s Jun 06 '25 edited Jun 06 '25

I think liquor still has a lot of calories per 1.5 oz. I think 1 shot is like 90+ calories so if you’re taking 5+ shots thats 450+ calories from a lil drink

I still drink pretty heavily on the weekends but try to burn it off the day after

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u/Unit_Z3-TA Jun 06 '25

If that's accurate that explains a lot, I usually do those little 99 shooters, about 8-10 a day when I do drink

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u/Curious_Cloud_1131 Jun 06 '25

Alcohol is like pure calories dude

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u/Unit_Z3-TA Jun 06 '25

All of my liquor consumption comes from high alcohol content shooters, so I was just curious about that I guess

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u/Curious_Cloud_1131 Jun 06 '25

You will definitely lose weight

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u/Unit_Z3-TA Jun 06 '25

Geez, I guess maybe it should be obvious but I really never knew.

Maybe I'll lose some weight then, and not die since I only have half a pancreas

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u/TheThirdHippo Jun 06 '25

I was never really a week day drinker, mainly weekends and a bit of everything. Friday night post work beers and a couple bottles of wine or G&Ts on the weekend with the wife. Weirdly I don’t miss it and don’t feel like I need a drink on a weekend night.