Bodybuilder Posts Before And After Pictures Of Her Bloated Stomach & We Are All Surprised

• By Sara Salman
• December 25, 2017
• 3 minutes read

If you’re really conscious about your extra weight, then you must look at Michelle Middleton.

Middleton is a gym freak with thousands of Instagram followers. She recently showed her tummy with a message we all need to understand.

She posted her bare tummy pics before and after eating certain foods. These foods were yogurt, protein powders, apples, pears, watermelon, broccoli, cauliflower and asparagus and she calls them her “trigger foods.” We mostly consider these foods as a good source of nutrition, but Middleton’s stomach gets bloated by it. Middleton explained

“Yes I get bloated and it happens when I eat certain foods. I pretty much know which foods are going to do it (high FODMAP) but sometimes I will eat it anyways,” she wrote. “Like earlier I had Greek yogurt and I got bloated within a few minutes but the bloat only lasted for a few hours and now I’m back to normal.”

When I say I’m bloated… I’m bloated ?. I do these bloat posts every now and then but people still get surprised at how big my belly gets. Yes I get bloated and it happens when I eat certain foods. I pretty much know which foods are going to do it (high FODMAP) but sometimes I will eat it anyways ?. Like earlier I had Greek yogurt and I got bloated within a few minutes but the bloat only lasted for a few hours and now I’m back to normal ?. The foods that make me the most bloated are yogurts, protein powders, apples, pears, watermelon, broccoli, cauliflower and asparagus.

A post shared by MICHELLE (@madlymish) on Dec 10, 2017 at 12:17am PST

In all the three pictures that she posted, the difference was huge. But Middleton explains that its all a part of the bodybuilding process. She further tells:

“Since Im doing bodybuilding I go through phases of bulking and cutting. The reason being is I would like to put on more muscle (which is sooo freakn hard for a girl ?) so Im eating more which gives me more calories to grow and energy to kill it in the gym,”

Apart from this, she also explains that eating cleaner can help in getting your stomach flat.

BLOAT // I get bloated all the time ?. I pretty much know what foods are going to bloat me so it’s just a matter of if I care or not ?. I followed #fodmap in the past to figure out what works or doesn’t work for me and it helped immensely. That’s why I recommend girls who tend to get bloated to try a low Fodmap diet. So don’t freak out if your bloated. It’s only temporary and will go away. Some tips I have for if your feeling bloated is a) drink lots of water &/or hot tea b) clean up your diet & avoid foods that you don’t digest well c) get your sweat on ?. I always feel better after going to gym ?. Hopefully these tips help! A few of you have also asked about water weight/retention and when I feel like I’m holding onto extra water I make sure to drink more water (when your dehydrated your body will hold onto more water), eat cucumbers ? throughout the day (natural diuretic) or go sit in the dry sauna (after drinking a gallon of water that day). Oh another girl that gets super bloated is @jellydevote. Check her out… she gets it even worse then me ? Shorts @paragonfitwear -MICHELLE for 11% off

A post shared by MICHELLE (@madlymish) on Oct 5, 2017 at 9:02am PDT

Her tips were for her fans and anyone who feels bloated. She suggests to drink water more often, avoid “trigger food” and working out can get you away from the problem to some extent. But the best suggestion was from a commenter on that post, and it said

“No one has a flat stomach all day long, it’s simply not possible.”

So next time you check yourself out in front of a full-length mirror, do keep the suggestion in mind and accept what your body is like in the first place.