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c section mummy's

rachylouise87
rachylouise87 Posts: 367 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
do any of you have this flap of fat and skin which hangs lower than your scar? i have found with losing weight it has become a lot smaller but i am not sure what % of body fat i will need to be for it to go completely. i have noticed ab exercises has made it more compact towards the front but i want it gone. any tips ideas what are you all doing to combat the mummy apron?

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  • 50452
    50452 Posts: 170 Member
    I had two children by C-Section.

    I was able to get my body fat down far enough to get rid of the flap. I don't know what my % of body fat was, but I am 5'4" and weight under 130 lbs. I worked out like a fiend, though, so I was very lean despite that weight.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    It's body fat unfortunately ...I have a small curve above my scar but it doesn't hang over

    Compound lifts in a progressive weight lifting programme and losing body fat
  • rachylouise87
    rachylouise87 Posts: 367 Member
    Thanks for the replies i guess getting my body fat down enough is the key. i am 5ft and 147lbs right now so i amquite overweight. 130 is my mini goal
  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
    Ah yes, the matrons apron! I am 4 stone down and train 4 times a week. It is the one area that I really dislike. It will be the very last area to go and I don't think the skin will ever be flat, there'll alway be loose skin there for me.

    I have accepted that but I continue to train to lower my body fat percentage and build the muscles underneath.

    At some point you just have to tuck it in your spanx and get on with it!
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