Struggling with tum??

robininfl

Body type, too. I can be lean lean and still the stomach isn't gonna be so tight, 4 babies and I am not built with a little waist anyway, more straight up n down. It makes it all the way to "acceptable" but never to what I'd consider "perfect", even when I am underweight by BMI standards, or lean and muscled enough to get compliments on back muscle in yoga, LOL.

First in, last out, as others have said, and don't get too hung up on getting it perfect.

seeing1111

Some of us carry weight there, I am definitely one of them. At 120-122 lb range @ 5'2" I look small everywhere else but I appear fat in my middle still! I am down 15 lbs from about 135 at my highest and I still have the same flabby roll in that area. I had it before kids and after absolutely the same. I don't really want to look smaller anywhere else. It sticks out further than my chest when I relax my muscles. Just above waist I am very slim. I don't do weights or exercise enough probably, but have lived with the same weird body proportions all my life. I don't think any amount of exercise will get rid of it and have actually thought surgery is the only option to ever have a flat stomach, either that or being underweight and looking & feeling bony-not my goal. I think some of us are just made that way. So annoying!!!

knmorris85

seeing1111 wrote: »

Some of us carry weight there, I am definitely one of them. At 120-122 lb range @ 5'2" I look small everywhere else but I appear fat in my middle still! I am down 15 lbs from about 135 at my highest and I still have the same flabby roll in that area. I had it before kids and after absolutely the same. I don't really want to look smaller anywhere else. It sticks out further than my chest when I relax my muscles. Just above waist I am very slim. I don't do weights or exercise enough probably, but have lived with the same weird body proportions all my life. I don't think any amount of exercise will get rid of it and have actually thought surgery is the only option to ever have a flat stomach, either that or being underweight and looking & feeling bony-not my goal. I think some of us are just made that way. So annoying!!!

This! Me too! I don't have kids but I've lost a lot of body fat to the point that I barely have boobs and I still have a little belly. I had to stop losing because my ribs were showing too much and I don't find bras that fit! I'm 5'4 and 118lbs and still have tummy. I've had it my entire life- looking back at pictures, even when I was a little kid. I'm the leanest I've been now since I was young and my tummy is the flattest, but still, it's there. I'm working on maintenance/recomp now, so hopefully one day the little tire I have there is gone.

I think some of us are just meant to have a belly!

robininfl

seeing1111 wrote: »

Some of us carry weight there, I am definitely one of them. At 120-122 lb range @ 5'2" I look small everywhere else but I appear fat in my middle still! I am down 15 lbs from about 135 at my highest and I still have the same flabby roll in that area. I had it before kids and after absolutely the same. I don't really want to look smaller anywhere else. It sticks out further than my chest when I relax my muscles. Just above waist I am very slim. I don't do weights or exercise enough probably, but have lived with the same weird body proportions all my life. I don't think any amount of exercise will get rid of it and have actually thought surgery is the only option to ever have a flat stomach, either that or being underweight and looking & feeling bony-not my goal. I think some of us are just made that way. So annoying!!!

Even at 5'9" and 120, there was no concave waist or flat belly for me. Bodies need some fat on them, and we can't really choose where it goes. I think tummy tuck would be the only real fix, as they can pull the ligaments tighter, and when the fat cells are gone it tends to choose to go elsewhere, but that is brutal and very expensive, and I can't really imagine a situation where I'd do that since it's a small issue.

Building good shoulders and legs does help to change the proportions, and for me, gaining back some weight also helped since the next place my body puts fat is on the upper legs and butt. More muscle and more fat in lower body now, looks better.

victoria_1024

I definitely still see my tummy as chubby even though the rest of my body is quite lean and most people describe me as tiny. I know it's not in my head. I could lose ten more pounds (I'm short) but I'm already wearing a size small or 4-6 in pants so I don't feel the need to lose more. I have 4 kids and lots of loose skin and stretch marks after losing 90 lbs so my tummy is what it is at this point! I still rocked a bikini this summer, stretch marks and all. But like others said, it took a long time to even start losing the stomach. And if I overeat one day, it bloats way out like crazy!