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  • ashayoc
    ashayoc Posts: 23 Member
    So how can I tighten my core I've had a big belly before my kids after them it's now 38inches!!!!!!!!!! The rest of my body is proportioned I've been told by everyone if I didn't have my belly I'd look fine. Thus me upping my cardio to drop the weight since I can't spot reduce
  • Losingthedamnweight
    Losingthedamnweight Posts: 535 Member
    EvgeniZyntx wrote: »
    ddavenport63 wrote: »
    Never weigh everyday , once a week the same time eg every monday morning , before eating anything and naked is best .

    Why? Weigh as often as you want as long as you understand fluctuations and don't let it emotionally drive you.

    Why? Because after years and me knowing the weight i see isn't my real weight, I still sometimes can't rationalize what I'm looking at. It's hard not to see the number on the scale and become discouraged. For some people it's like whatever. Others? That number, despite not being accurate, is everything. And one more reason to worry. And worrying can lead to falling off the wagon.

    So yeah. I don't think everybody should weigh everyday. And what's the point in doing it anyway? You're probably never gonna see the same weight. It'll go up and down day by day before settling at some point later on. What progress could you make in a day anyway? What's the point in weighing when you probably only lost a 4th of a pound? Weigh yourself when you think you've made some real progress.
  • upoffthemat
    upoffthemat Posts: 679 Member
    I have weighed 10 pounds more in the evening than I do in the morning, but I drink at least a gallon of water a day and I am losing weight over time.
  • emmycantbemeeko
    emmycantbemeeko Posts: 303 Member
    ashayoc wrote: »
    So how can I tighten my core I've had a big belly before my kids after them it's now 38inches!!!!!!!!!! The rest of my body is proportioned I've been told by everyone if I didn't have my belly I'd look fine. Thus me upping my cardio to drop the weight since I can't spot reduce

    You can lose more weight. You can build muscle in your core that changes the composition of your body and can, in some people to some degree, create a slimmer profile (in others it can create a wider profile, it depends on your anatomy). You can have surgery that spot reduces fat and skin in that area. That's about it, really. You can't safely reshape your body externally, and "spot fluid loss" is an equally nonsense concept- your body is a comprehensive unit, where you sweat from isn't going to have more than a brief effect on where you retain fluid, as our bodies are constantly circulating blood and fluid balance is maintained across the entire system, not just under the spot where you make yourself sweat.

    If this is a dramatic change in your shape since pregnancy and it doesn't seem to have resolved despite significant weight loss, it may not be excess fat but diastasis recti, a separation of the muscles in your abdomen during pregnancy that can cause a "pooch" afterwards. Wearing a binder often or during general exercise may actually make this worse as it weakens those muscles further and encourages you to attempt movement that might not be good for those damaged muscles, although a binder may be used by a therapist as part of targeted therapy (to support the muscles during specific exercises to promote healing).

    If it is diastasis recti, your doctor may refer you to physical therapy. Katy Bowman, a biomechanics specialist, also has some writing about approaches to DR. Especially if you intend to be pregnant ever again, addressing it is important, as subsequent pregnancies can worsen it.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    I dont have diastasis recti but I do have a little bit of a pooch and slowly but surely its getting smaller. been working out for almost 4 years.for some it just takes time.op I went from a size 27 waist to a 39.5 inch waist after my kids. I am now just getting the flat belly.as for how you look why does what others think matter to you? who cares what other people think. I weight lift more than I do cardio and I have had better results since I started the switch and weight lifting can change how your body looks,but that too takes time.just be patient, it will come off eventually. you tighten the core with exercise but you cant spot reduce and the fat will come off when and where it wants,I looked like I was 6 months pregnant when I first started.it can be done. anything worthwhile takes time and hard work. dont give up.
  • ashayoc
    ashayoc Posts: 23 Member
    I'll look this up sigh it's so discouraging I've even been to a tummy tuck consultation where the dr made me feel so bad for not doing sit ups after my kids I cried when I left and vowed never to return. At that time I was instructed to loose 30 pounds which I have shed but I'm looking for non surgical ways to reduce the "pooch" I'll look up weight lifting I'm suppose to get a personal trainer soon to help shed my last 20 pounds and help tighten core maybe he can properly diagnose me. Thanks
  • emmycantbemeeko
    emmycantbemeeko Posts: 303 Member
    Personal trainers can't diagnose things and shouldn't try, not that that stops some of them. Talk to your doctor about possible muscle damage, not a personal trainer.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    emmycantbemeeko wrote: »
    Personal trainers can't diagnose things and shouldn't try, not that that stops some of them. Talk to your doctor about possible muscle damage, not a personal trainer.

    I agree, a personal trainer cant diagnose an issue. you can check if you have diastasis recti yourself, look up videos on how to check, then if not sure ask your dr.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited February 2016
    ashayoc wrote: »
    So how can I tighten my core I've had a big belly before my kids after them it's now 38inches!!!!!!!!!! The rest of my body is proportioned I've been told by everyone if I didn't have my belly I'd look fine. Thus me upping my cardio to drop the weight since I can't spot reduce

    Strength training ...progressive resistance ...squats, deadlifts, bench press etc and eat at a defecit

    Ditch your "waist trainer" it's doing the opposite and making your core weaker and could lead to injury

    Structured online programmes
    http://stronglifts.com/5x5/
    https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/jason-blaha-ice-cream-fitness-5x5-novice-workout
    http://www.muscleandfitness.com/workouts/workout-routines/4-week-guide-starting-strength

    Pilates / yoga also good

    Anything that is progressive and engages the core

    I've had kids too ...you need low body fat and decent musculature

    Eventually you can build in isolation exercises but seriously cardio alone will only help increase your TDEE
  • ashayoc
    ashayoc Posts: 23 Member
    Wats TDEE? I'm buying some more weights this week I did research on the distasis recti on Pinterest for exercises in going to get a ball for core strengthing I've dropped another inch off my belly 7 more to go but it's progress
  • ashayoc
    ashayoc Posts: 23 Member
    I'm already eating at a 1200 cal diet today is my rest day and I have a massage planned but tomorrow I'll work on only core exercises and probably 30 mins cardio
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    total daily energy expenditure

    how many calories your body burns each day doing what it does

    eg your basic body requirements to keep your systems going = BMR
    plus your general activity in living - getting up, brushing teeth, working, moving from room to room, dressing, shopping etc
    plus your purposeful exercise

    by far the largest part of this is your BMR

    cardio you can assume you would earn about 3 - 400 calories in an hour's worth of steady-state jogging for example

    do you have diastisis recti? has doctor confirmed?
  • aliencheesecake
    aliencheesecake Posts: 569 Member
    ashayoc wrote: »
    EvgeniZyntx wrote: »
    ddavenport63 wrote: »
    Never weigh everyday , once a week the same time eg every monday morning , before eating anything and naked is best .

    Why? Weigh as often as you want as long as you understand fluctuations and don't let it emotionally drive you.


    I use to weigh every Sunday morning naked before I eat and I did this Sunday I logged those results but I'm saying since which I've gained on the scale so it's depressing I guess I could stick to just Sunday and yes it emotionally stresses me :(

    Plus, what really is the point of weighing everyday, especially if you "understand fluctuations?" You can't possibly lose a noticeable amount of weight that could not be attributable to water from one day to the very next so why do it more than once a week anyway?
  • blues4miles
    blues4miles Posts: 1,481 Member
    I'll just leave this here.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
  • successgal1
    successgal1 Posts: 996 Member
    I weigh myself daily because it's part of the discipline like logging my meals that keeps me going. I only record my weight when its lower than the last recorded weight.
  • emmycantbemeeko
    emmycantbemeeko Posts: 303 Member
    alienredqueen wrote: »
    ashayoc wrote: »
    EvgeniZyntx wrote: »
    ddavenport63 wrote: »
    Never weigh everyday , once a week the same time eg every monday morning , before eating anything and naked is best .

    Why? Weigh as often as you want as long as you understand fluctuations and don't let it emotionally drive you.


    I use to weigh every Sunday morning naked before I eat and I did this Sunday I logged those results but I'm saying since which I've gained on the scale so it's depressing I guess I could stick to just Sunday and yes it emotionally stresses me :(

    Plus, what really is the point of weighing everyday, especially if you "understand fluctuations?" You can't possibly lose a noticeable amount of weight that could not be attributable to water from one day to the very next so why do it more than once a week anyway?

    Personally, I weigh daily and record it in a trend-tracking app, because my deficit is such that my weekly target loss is less than the possible range of fluid fluctuation, and it would be very possible to miss the overall downward trend if I happened to pick two high days a week apart.

    More data makes me happy. And keeping in the daily habit has historically been important to me.

    Everybody's different, of course. But there are plenty of valid reasons to weigh daily, as long as you *do* truly understand fluctuations and don't go crazy over them each day.
  • ashayoc
    ashayoc Posts: 23 Member
    blues4miles wrote: »
    I'll just leave this here.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1
    Thanks!!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    alienredqueen wrote: »
    ashayoc wrote: »
    EvgeniZyntx wrote: »
    ddavenport63 wrote: »
    Never weigh everyday , once a week the same time eg every monday morning , before eating anything and naked is best .

    Why? Weigh as often as you want as long as you understand fluctuations and don't let it emotionally drive you.


    I use to weigh every Sunday morning naked before I eat and I did this Sunday I logged those results but I'm saying since which I've gained on the scale so it's depressing I guess I could stick to just Sunday and yes it emotionally stresses me :(

    Plus, what really is the point of weighing everyday, especially if you "understand fluctuations?" You can't possibly lose a noticeable amount of weight that could not be attributable to water from one day to the very next so why do it more than once a week anyway?

    You're kidding right?

    Because this kind of tracking over the last 2 weeks ...is hormonal and due to water weight going the wrong way ...if I tracked weekly I would get freaked that the 4lbs increase must be part fat ...but it's bobbing up and down (hormones, sodium and killer workout) and my head, if not my heart, knows it's just extended water weight

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    From one point to the next I could just sees 4lb increase

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