Well, that all depends on how you look at it!
I know a few belly dancers that have lots of jiggly-wiggly around their waistlines and I think it's beautiful! They are proud of their jiggly-wiggly and this is why they show it off! They love and appreciate their bodies and so they dance, celebrate and honor their belly pooch with pride and passion.
WOW what a concept!!!
I admire these women because it says to me that it is OK for us women to have some belly pooch around our waistline. Belly pooch is NATURAL, lovely and luscious as long as it's not taken to a point where it compromises our health and well-being.
Symptoms:
You will know when your healthy luscious belly pooch turns into an unhealthy bulging belly pot when you no longer have the energy to dance anymore and you become unhappy, tired and grouchy and no one wants to be around you anymore.
Reason:
The reason why our healthy luscious belly pooch turns into an unhealthy bulging belly pot is because when we get overly STRESSED OUT our hormones become all WHACKED out!!
YIKES!!!
Our bodies start to produce a hormone called CORTISOL (a fat storing hormone) which leads to an unhealthy bulging belly pot.
When we begin to see that our healthy luscious belly pooch is GROWING rapidly, we FREAK out and then we STARVE ourselves to death thinking that this will solve the problem.
This is a really BAD idea because this also leads to increased belly pooch!!
REALLY?
YES - Really!!
The reason for this is because cutting down on too many calories causes your body to become NUTRIENT DEFICIENT.
This, in turn, causes the production of the hunger hormone GHRELIN to increase and therefore turns you into a Ravenous- Wicked- Wild -Woman! (RWWW)
EEEK!!!
When this happens, your body sends a really STRONG hunger signal to your BRAIN which you won't be able to control and therefore causes you to OVER EAT which will INCREASE your calorie intake and increases your belly fat even more!!!
OMG!!
Solutions:
- Love and accept your luscious belly pooch for being beautiful and natural. Dance, celebrate and honor your fullness and your womanhood with pride and passion.
- Take some time out for YOU each day to quiet your mind and relax your body. Don't let stress consume you. If people BUG you - tell them to GO AWAY but smile and be nice about it - don't burn any bridges - you may need to borrow some money from them down the road! You never know - times are tough these days!!
- Be sure to exercise your luscious belly pooch a little bit each day so that it remains strong, beautiful and supple.
- Eat for your HEALTH. Eat whole live nutrient dense foods (fruits, vegetables, grains) grown straight from the earth. Processed foods cause mineral deficiencies and all kinds of YUCKY imbalances that lead your body to retain water. Also known as "water-belly."
These foods are also addictive and mess with your brain chemicals also known as neurotransmitters. Not only that but chemically engineered highly processed foods cause our bodies to accumulate harmful toxic waste.
Eewww - YUCK!!
This causes us to have inconsistent (poo- poo) bowel movements. This in turn increases the amount of toxic waste that is accumulated in and around our belly.
I don't know about you but I DON'T want any toxic waste inside my luscious belly pooch.
ICKY-YUCKY!!!
Below are a few exercises for toning up your belly pooch by keeping it strong and supple
http://www.tinajuanfitness.info/exercises/ab%20crunch%20str8%20legs.htm
http://www.tinajuanfitness.info/exercises/Bent%20Double%20Leg%20Lower%20and%20Raise.htm
