Getting rid of (or lessening) a stomach flap

fatgirlslim32

I'm pretty confident I'll never get rid of it totally, but some exercise tips would be great please. If they're ones that can be done at home with no equipment, then even better

I lost a lot of weight a few years back (with exercise) and have gradually put it all back on again hence my confidence in not getting rid of it totally - some of it must be loose skin.

In the gym I am building up my fitness, am jogging on the treadmill, intervals on the rower and spinner and/or the aerobics setting on the cross trainer. I have the amazing abs app for my phone (glute bridge/planks (normal & side)/spiderman climb/superman etc) but am not really doing it regularly atm. Any other ideas for trying to get rid of it?

Thanks in advance

Helloitsdan

Eat well.
Certain vitamines can help with skin elasticity.
Look into Vitamin E, D and K.
Eat at a slight deficit for fat loss.
Maybe 20% below TDEE.

fatgirlslim32

Great, thank you - I'll look into the vitamins & start doing the app more often rather than just looking at it!

fitpilatesqueen

Eat well.
Certain vitamines can help with skin elasticity.
Look into Vitamin E, D and K.
Eat at a slight deficit for fat loss.
Maybe 20% below TDEE.

I like this...I need to look at more vitamins.
What is TDEE if I may ask?

AyaAEtman

TDEE is the common abbreviation for Total Daily Energy Expenditure which is a metric to calculate the amount of calories your body needs to function in a day. This is quite similar to BMR; in fact, you need your BMR to calculate your TDEE; but your TDEE accounts for your average daily activity as well to give a figure truer to your specific situation. Basically, the TDEE calculation relies on categorizing your daily activity into one of the metrics' predetermined groupings:

Sedentary - desk job and little to no exercise
Lightly Active - light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk
Moderately Active - moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk
Very Active - hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk
Extremely Active - hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or training

Once you have determined where you fit in on the TDEE activity rate scale, this activity rate is used to weight your BMR giving you a more accurate assessment of how many calories you really need throughout the course of the day. Since BMR only accounts for your bodies basic functioning needs and not your daily activity, TDEE provides standard multipliers for accurately determining a TDEE. Those multipliers are as follows:

Sedentary - 1.2
Lightly Active - 1.375
Moderately Active - 1.55
Very Active - 1.725
Extremely Active - 1.9

frootcat

I wish the answer to this was "It will just disappear in shame because it knows how much you hate it."

Meatsies

Edited 'cause Aya answered the TDEE question in way more detail than I did.

Also to add that I like FrootCat's answer the best.

DzzyButterfly

Saving this! Thanks!

donnamorad

A trainer once told me that fish oil helps too.

mlc323

make sure to do your research on the vitamins before you take them. vits ADEK are all dangerous or toxic at certain levels.

NotGoddess

I wish the answer to this was "It will just disappear in shame because it knows how much you hate it."

Or "If you wish really hard and really really want it, the weight loss fairy will come and take it away"

I do believe in fairies. I do. I do.

MooMooooo

I once saw a show where a woman had loose skin after having 4 babies - a special massage therapist worked with her over several months and made it nearly disappear.

So perhaps a massage with oil every day might help? You have to remember to massage it into the position you want it to go in.

Ladyiianae

Sedentary - desk job and little to no exercise
Lightly Active - light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk
Moderately Active - moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk
Very Active - hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk
Extremely Active - hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or training

This is where I get confused. Sedentary is listed as a desk job AND little to no exercise. I have a desk job but I DO exercise an hour or so every day 6-7 days a week. For instance, this morning my session had my heart rate up consistantly at 152-153 for 45 minutes...and that's normal. Where would I fall in the TDEE?

Thanks!

mommamuscles

Sedentary - desk job and little to no exercise
Lightly Active - light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk
Moderately Active - moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk
Very Active - hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk
Extremely Active - hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or training

This is where I get confused. Sedentary is listed as a desk job AND little to no exercise. I have a desk job but I DO exercise an hour or so every day 6-7 days a week. For instance, this morning my session had my heart rate up consistantly at 152-153 for 45 minutes...and that's normal. Where would I fall in the TDEE?

If you work out for 6-7 hours a week, you are very active.

Thanks!

Yanicka1

Sedentary - desk job and little to no exercise
Lightly Active - light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk
Moderately Active - moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk
Very Active - hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk
Extremely Active - hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or training

This is where I get confused. Sedentary is listed as a desk job AND little to no exercise. I have a desk job but I DO exercise an hour or so every day 6-7 days a week. For instance, this morning my session had my heart rate up consistantly at 152-153 for 45 minutes...and that's normal. Where would I fall in the TDEE?

Thanks!

Very active




Doing TDEE minus 15% and strenght training I was able to lose my belly after giving birth to 6 kids. As you can see I still have loose skin but I am the only one that see it.

Ladyiianae

Thank you!

cckeimig

I wish the answer to this was "It will just disappear in shame because it knows how much you hate it."

Couldn't agree more!!!!!

lizzybethclaire

*BUMP*

Time2LoseWeightNOW

NikoleD

Very inspiring, thanks for sharing the picture. It shows hard work, discipline, and love.

OpenHeaven

BUMP!!!

blondiek91

bump

fitpilatesqueen

TDEE is the common abbreviation for Total Daily Energy Expenditure which is a metric to calculate the amount of calories your body needs to function in a day. This is quite similar to BMR; in fact, you need your BMR to calculate your TDEE; but your TDEE accounts for your average daily activity as well to give a figure truer to your specific situation. Basically, the TDEE calculation relies on categorizing your daily activity into one of the metrics' predetermined groupings:

Sedentary - desk job and little to no exercise
Lightly Active - light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk
Moderately Active - moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk
Very Active - hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk
Extremely Active - hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or training

Once you have determined where you fit in on the TDEE activity rate scale, this activity rate is used to weight your BMR giving you a more accurate assessment of how many calories you really need throughout the course of the day. Since BMR only accounts for your bodies basic functioning needs and not your daily activity, TDEE provides standard multipliers for accurately determining a TDEE. Those multipliers are as follows:

Sedentary - 1.2
Lightly Active - 1.375
Moderately Active - 1.55
Very Active - 1.725
Extremely Active - 1.9

Ok, I´m not smart enough for this but I was wondering if I could ask a few questions.
I market number 1 when setting my weight and all in, that is desk job and I´m a stay at home mom during summer, school during winter but just last week I started using bike 40-50 minutes a day. My BMR says I need around 1650 calories a day. My currant weight is 102 kg and 1m63cm
To get a better result should I change my settings to more active to get a correct BMR?
Is it bad for me to say have around 400-600 calories left after the day?

fatgirlslim32

Wow, loads of good advice & Yanicka - thats an amazing picture. Inspiration!! Thanks for sharing

fitpilatesqueen

I want to bump this up