Why do I have such a big distended belly when the rest of my body is relatively normal sized? How can I get rid of it?
I'm a 25 year old male, 5'9, and 169lbs, so BMI is 25. I used to be very skinny (like 110lbs) in high school and first few years of undergrad, before I got married (4 years ago) and tried all kinds of things like weight gainers and diets (like GOMAD, etc) to actually try to gain weight. I used to lift some weights too back then.
Now I've gained a lot of weight since then. I'm a medical student so my lifestyle was very sedentary for the first few years; studying from morning until late at night at my desk. My diet is also not great: lots of curries, rice, bread, and junk food. My face has gotten kinda chubby but my main concern is my belly is large and protruding (looks like I'm pregnant sometimes). It's not soft/flabby like how the belly of other overweight people might be, but more tight and distended and poking out.
Since starting 3rd year of med school I've been on my feet a lot in the hospitals and it's made me realize that I don't want to be overweight and so sedentary. Last week I started intermittent fasting (16:8, sometimes I'll go over the 16) and I'm really really liking it so far and I've lost like 2lbs.
Should I continue the intermittent fasting? And what exercise should I incorporate into my routine? I was thinking about getting an exercise bike like the peloton thing to start slowly becoming more active, and then maybe start lifting weights again to improve my physique and health even more. Or should I just start out with lifting weights from now?
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I appreciate any help and advice. I tried posting in /r/fitness a few times before but I found the users there to be pretty mean spirited and not helpful, I'm hoping this community is a little nicer and more helpful. Thanks!
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