Belly Bloat? Get Your Waistline Back Fast!

Did you overdo it and now you’re feeling uncomfortable? Need to get rid of bloat fast?

Here are 5 easy steps to get rid of bloat, stop the cravings, and lose the excess weight within a few days.

Step 1: Get Rid of The Gut Busters

Tear a page out of Henry Ford’s playbook ‘You can have any color so long as it’s black.’ Only give yourself healthy choices. If you have any of the food and drinks that created this unpleasant condition in your home or environment, you need to remove them immediately.

Toss the leftovers and take home boxes, and clear your kitchen of anything that you know created the bloat and water retention in the first place.

Foods You Must Avoid to Get Rid of Bloat

If you don’t know where to start, here’s a list of foods you should avoid.

You might be surprised that some of these foods are healthy. These foods tend to promote gas, so decreasing your consumption of them for a few days will help get rid of bloat. Re-introduce them back into your diet when you are feeling better.

Sugar – fuels unhealthy gut bacteria and promotes dehydration
Flours – fuels unhealthy gut bacteria
Wheat – gluten promotes gas
Oat bran – promotes gas
Grains – whole or refined can slow digestion
Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts – contain raffinose that promotes gas
Starchy vegetables – slows digestion
Beans – indigestible sugars raffinose, stachyose, verbascose promote gas
Milk – promotes gas for many people
Lactose – promotes gas
Fructose – promotes gas
Fruits – contain fructose
Artificial sweeteners – indigestible components promote gas
Sugar alcohols – promotes gas
Gum – the chewing action and artificial sweeteners promote gas
Carbonated beverages – carbonation promotes gas
Alcohol – causes dehydration

Step 2: Flush Your System

Now that you’ve cleaned up your kitchen, you should know where your biggest water bottle is.

Go get it.

Start flushing your system with pure water.

This is a powerful way to get rid of bloat because it does three things at once:

Water gets the food in your intestine moving again.
It tells your body that it can start to release excess fluid from your tissues.
Drinking water kills cravings.

If that’s not getting rid of bloat fast enough for you, try this…

Step 3: Try Fasting

Do a 24 to 48-hour clear liquid fast. Consume nothing but clear, non-caloric liquids and you will see and feel results within 24 hours.

Fasting clears excess sugars from your bloodstream and primes your metabolism to break down the food in your gut much more efficiently.

As you fast, you’ll notice something interesting– that you are eliminating more water than you are taking in. That’s confirmation that as your body gets re-hydrated, it can start releasing all that water you were retaining deep in your tissues.

Step 4: Eat and Drink These

To get back on track, you’ll want to eat and drink foods that specifically get rid of bloat and water retention, like these:

Protein; eggs, meats, fish – gives you energy without bloat
Leafy greens – stimulates intestines with gentle fiber and provides electrolytes to help with hydration
Water-rich non-starchy vegetables – hydrates, nourishes and stimulates intestines
Healthy fats – reduce constipation, gives you energy without bloat
Broth – hydrates, provides electrolytes, and nourishes
Green tea – anti-inflammatory for your system
Ginger – naturally stimulates digestion
Pure water; at least 2-4 liters a day – flushes excess fluid and food from intestines
Electrolytes – rebalances your system so you don’t retain water, reduces cravings

Step 5: Get Moving

For most of us, our first instinct when feeling bloated is to hit the couch and settle in with Netflix until the feeling passes.

That will only prolong the pain and discomfort.

You need to get moving as soon as you finish that bloat-inducing meal. You’ll feel 100x better than your couch potato strategy.

How Exercise Gets Rid of Bloat:

Exercise stimulates your intestines so they can start contracting properly again– and food can move out of your system.
As your exercising muscles contract, they squeeze out excess fluid from your tissues.
Movement also gets your lymph circulating so toxins can be removed and excreted.

You don’t need to over-do it. In fact, you should keep your exercise modest. Over-exercising releases cortisol which also triggers bloat.

A simple 20-30 minute walk after your meal, and once a day thereafter will help.

Personal Trainer Food Can Help

If you are struggling with choosing the right foods that will keep you from experiencing bloat and water retention, Personal Trainer Food can help.

With perfectly-portioned breakfasts, meat entrees, and non-starchy vegetables that are ready in minutes, you can get back to your skinny jeans without the guesswork.

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Our Best Menu Items to Get Rid of Bloat

Here’s a list of the best foods on our menu to get rid of bloat…

Breakfast Entrees – rich in natural protein to start your day right.

Meat Entrees – real meats should be eaten to help reduce bloat.

Vegetables – low-carb and high-fiber; perfect options to reduce gas.

These blends are particularly good at reducing bloat:

Capri Blend
Riviera Blend
Scandinavian Blend
Zucchini
Green Beans
Yellow Squash

What Causes Bloat, Anyways?

Most people experience bloat when they eat foods they are not accustomed to digesting.

It seems to happen as soon as you push back from the table, and won’t let up for a few days, if not longer.

Of course, eating a large meal in one sitting will make you feel overstuffed. But as the word bloat suggests, there’s gas in your digestive system that’s expanding your tummy, too.

Some of that initial bloat you’re feeling is caused by air taken in as you wolfed down your meal.

Then as food is emptied from your stomach into your intestines, it just. sits. there.

Like a brick.

Stalled out in your intestines, the food starts to ferment (rot). This causes even more bloating as gases are produced and water is drawn to your gut, making you feel even heavier.

As your belly expands, you get constipated… and yes, gassy. *whew*

Is Water Retention Bloat?

It’s a common mistake to call water retention ‘bloat.’ These are actually two separate conditions– but they do go hand in hand.

While bloat will have you rocking a ‘food baby’ in the mirror, water retention makes your fingers, ankles, calves, and even your face swell up.

It seems counter-intuitive, but the main cause of water retention is dehydration. Your body responds to it by holding onto every single bit of water it can.

Sugars, refined carbs, alcohol, travel, and even stress can dehydrate you.

So that off-plan meal? Your stressful holiday gathering? Or how about that awkward work party– that you coped with a few glasses of wine?

Yup, those will have every cell in your body crying out for water.

And That’s When Things Get Really Bad

All that rotten food bloating in your gut along with the extra fluid in your tissues adds up.

The scale numbers get freaky and you see (and feel) disturbing changes in how your clothes fit.

The sooner you get rid of bloat using the steps above, the better.

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About the Writer: 100 pounds ago, Jan knew what it is like to be obese, unhappy, and stuck. She has spent the last 17 years as a fitness writer, trainer, yoga teacher, and Weight Loss Coach. Today, she’s proud to be a part of the Personal Trainer Food team so she can continue her goal to help others live their fullest lives possible. Email [email protected] if you have any questions!

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