My quad belly bothers me more than any other change in appearance that quadriplegia imposed. Gnarled fingers, atrophied legs, sunken chest? I can manage. But the slow expansion of my belly bothers me constantly. The fact that I can't seem to do anything to affect it is maddening. I know passing 40 has something to do with it. I know most guys of a certain age deal with it. But being in the chair AND appearing fat even though I'm not really overweight is so depressing. There are also practical problems. It makes sex more challenging, for starters.
I'm not planning on anything silly like a tummy tuck, but man I would love to hear some healthy way of slimming down my middle. Sigh. On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 8:09 PM, greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: > After my stoma my quad belly went down a lot, but it sure came back. > Bigger than ever. > Even a binder does nothing for it. > When laying on my back, my stomach looks pretty flat. But once I sit up... > it just flop out. > It actually gets uncomfortable. > Exercising really does nothing for that area, since I have no muscle > control there. > I am trying to twist and do what bending forward that I can. Diet does not > seem to help, the rest of my body it average. > Greg > >
