How do you tell the difference between being bloated and tummy fat?
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How do you tell the difference between being bloated and tummy fat?
Bloating hurts sometimes and when I’m bloated I fart and burp a lot. It also comes and goes depending on what and how much I eat. For me it’s more like my stomach’s ballooned out. When I gain fat, it’s more like my stomach protrudes with flab slightly more. Bloat is also more immediately noticeable. Fat gain builds up over a long period of time. Gluten allergies are common and cause bloat among other symptoms. You have to cut it out of your diet for 2 weeks and then add it back in. Food allergies in general are what cause this. Other common allergens are dairy, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, and egg.
I am pretty much always bloated. Sometimes I feel it, otherwise I feel fine but my belly protrudes. This protruding always perplexed me because my weight is healthy as is my BMI and I even have pretty well-developed abs. I go with the old, firmness test. If my belly is hard or firm, it’s gas. If it jiggles it’s fat. Right now it’s jiggle with a underlayer of firmness. So mild bloat. Plus this apply to the location of the gas. I usually get it worse in my upper stomach regions, so that generally excruciatingly firm compared to the rest.