Has anyone lost in their stomach...

kadimcnair

...without surgery? I've lost 80 lbs, and I am proud of that. But I have a mom belly and though it has shrunk considerably, I am still not happy with it. =( Has anyone not had crazy loose skin after their weightloss?

puffbrat

Congratulations on your weight loss! It really varies by person, but here are a couple of great threads to read:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10689837/does-this-uterus-make-my-stomach-look-fat/p1

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

cheryldumais

First of all I lost in my abdomen last. Seemed like everything shrank but that and then finally low and behold it started to change. I had a hanging flap of skin and fat before I even lost weight so of course after the weight was gone it was still there. I had a tummy tuck to remove it. If your abdomen was tight before losing I wouldn't worry about it until you get to goal. Then you need to wait at least a year to see what you will end up with. I am amazed at the changes in the rest of my body that I was concerned about after a year of maintenance.

Cassandraw3

puffbrat wrote: »

Congratulations on your weight loss! It really varies by person, but here are a couple of great threads to read:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10689837/does-this-uterus-make-my-stomach-look-fat/p1

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

Just going to re-emphasize checking out these threads. Everyone's journey will be different. For me, the biggest impact has been strength training.

dhiammarath

My stomach was the first to go, but I still have toddler ankles and knees (seriously, because of evenly distributed fat, I was basically shaped like a toddler from the ribs down XD) and I wish harder than anything that the back haunch fat (my inner rubber duckie floatie) would go. Everyone's experience -- as had been said! -- is different and I will say that this thread, https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10689837/does-this-uterus-make-my-stomach-look-fat/p1 --> that thread is amazing and has been instrumental in teaching me that my body is not weird.

As far as loose skin, I have been very lucky so far. I have a small smidge on my super lower belly, but that's really nothing that bothers me (easily hidden and as I lose more fat, it's just really thin skin). I'm almost 95lbs down now, FWIW.

I check that uterus post all the time for new pictures and someday hope to be brave enough to post myself. Those ladies are amazing and very, very inspiring.