Do you hold your stomach in...

Skymochalite
Skymochalite Posts: 5 Member
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when you take your progress pics?
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  • iluxoxo211
    iluxoxo211 Posts: 241 Member
    no I let it all hang out lol.. I want to see my progress.
  • megmay2591
    megmay2591 Posts: 621 Member
    Nope, I try to stand up straight though.
  • mes1119
    mes1119 Posts: 1,082 Member
    I flex... but I wanna see my abs!
  • Kellllog
    Kellllog Posts: 81 Member
    Most of the time yes

    Edit:- not in progress pics - I read the title but not the OP:blushing:
  • Krissy366
    Krissy366 Posts: 458 Member
    Wouldn't that kind of defeat the purpose? I mean, I do that when it's a picture in regular everyday life (vacation, family photos, etc), but the whole point of my progress pictures is to look at the real me. If I hold my stomach in, i'm not really seeing the real me.
  • CherylAnne1988
    CherylAnne1988 Posts: 161
    i feel like i push my stomach out to make sure im not sucking in
  • SergeantSunshine_reused
    SergeantSunshine_reused Posts: 5,382 Member
    I flex... but I wanna see my abs!

    Yup! I just flex
  • MaryPhillips90
    MaryPhillips90 Posts: 236 Member
    Yeah, I don't see the point in holding your stomach in for progress pictures. That's not giving the photo a true "picture" of the progress. I hold my stomach in for everyday photos, though.
  • caviarblack
    caviarblack Posts: 41 Member
    I don't.
  • swall0810
    swall0810 Posts: 148 Member
    Nope, I just stand up straight
  • catherine4211
    catherine4211 Posts: 944 Member
    I don't.
  • BigDaddyBRC
    BigDaddyBRC Posts: 2,395 Member
    I flex... but I wanna see my abs!

    Yup! I just flex

    RAWR

    Even if I did, you couldnt tell. But you can tell it's smaller than it was!
  • GemmaRowlands
    GemmaRowlands Posts: 360 Member
    I do, but I always have, so at least it's constant lol.
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    I don't suck it in, but I rarely let my abs relax. Engaging those muscles keeps me from slouching.
  • Jeff92se
    Jeff92se Posts: 3,369 Member
    I do this

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  • ReadySara
    ReadySara Posts: 86 Member
    no I let it all hang out lol.. I want to see my progress.

    ^ Agree, I think your just cheating yourself, and for me I rather see the truth & best results :wink:
  • PrincessLou71186
    PrincessLou71186 Posts: 741 Member
    Yeah, I don't see the point in holding your stomach in for progress pictures. That's not giving the photo a true "picture" of the progress. I hold my stomach in for everyday photos, though.

    Agreed.

    How else are we supposed to know how well we are doing if we, for lack of a better term, lie to ourselves?
  • MattGetsMad
    MattGetsMad Posts: 429 Member
    I hold mine in all the time. I have to really think about it to let it go. Wonder if that will ever go away.
  • Axels91
    Axels91 Posts: 213
    i dont, it is pointless. i want to see muscle definition without having to flex.
  • SMarie10
    SMarie10 Posts: 956 Member
    I hold it in so my ta-ta's look more perky... Does that count?
  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    I don't 'suck it in'...but I hold it tight. This is a position I try to maintain 24/7 though...so progress pictures are just another reminder.

    Besides, your belly fat is still going to show no matter how tight you hold your abs. I could even argue that holding your stomach perfectly tight will make your progress pictures more repeatable a guage of fat loss. But either way, even if EVERY time you take a progress picture you suck your stomach in as far as you can, you'll still be able to use the pictures for their intended purpose, which is guaging your progress lol.

    /shrug
  • DaisyHamilton
    DaisyHamilton Posts: 575 Member
    I don't let it all jiggle out, but I don't super-suck it in either. I just do my normal, every day sucking it in, what I look like all the time. Pretty much just contracting my muscles.
  • montana_girl
    montana_girl Posts: 1,403 Member
    Nope... I like to see my actual progress! :smile:
  • LauRoxx
    LauRoxx Posts: 115 Member
    I don't suck in, I merely contract my abs. :)
    ...speaking of, I need to do a progress pic!
  • CollisionofNova
    CollisionofNova Posts: 98
    I hold mine in all the time. I have to really think about it to let it go. Wonder if that will ever go away.

    This!

    It sounds crazy, but I don't even know when I'm sucking in or not anymore. I don't know the difference. I don't super contract all day long, but my mom taught me to suck in from a very (very!) young age so it's a 20 year habit.

    In my pics I try to let it go, but I think I'm going to just do my usual amount of sucking in during all my photos. I'll still see the difference.
  • twisted88
    twisted88 Posts: 294 Member
    I do this

    tumblr_lfkk9jNklB1qfoogio1_500.jpg

    That's awesome.

    On topic: No, I don't hold it in.
  • melissafranks90
    melissafranks90 Posts: 42
    I will be honest I do suck in, not all the time but sometimes. I want to look better off than I am, but I am gonna work on it. I am learning to love myself again it takes time.
  • SexyCook
    SexyCook Posts: 2,249 Member
    I started holding my stomach in...most times I don't and I hear this helps with the abs....
  • AABru
    AABru Posts: 610 Member
    I do this

    tumblr_lfkk9jNklB1qfoogio1_500.jpg

    HOly crap! LMFAO!
  • Skymochalite
    Skymochalite Posts: 5 Member
    Well, what's the difference between flexing and sucking it in?

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