The B shaped belly

Sid1988

I have one of those, a horrible flabby B shaped belly.

I see a lot of success stories with before and after pictures that include a lot of rounded tummys in the before photos but very rarely see the B.

Has anyone else got the B shape? why have we got this shape? or has anyone lost this B shape tummy and got themselves a lovely flat stomach?

Queen8shaq

Bump. B belly shpae here too.

CherylP67

Do you mean 2 fat rolls around your torso, 1 below belly button and 1 above?

I have that belly and I'm pretty sure it's just extra fat. My top roll is vanishing with my new lifestyle.

I'm seriously researching heavy lifting and cross fit. It seems like those fitness plans net the best results for losing the abdominal fat.

Nataliieexo

I have one aswell and im hoping it goes away and i'll one day have a flat stomach.

xynyth

Following because I have it too. I just assumed it would go away when I lost the weight, but I've pretty much always had it, even when I was a lot thinner so IDK.

Alexandra289

Yes!! Except I've mostly lost the top of the B (it comes back when I'm bloated though) but the bottom half REFUSES to shift. Really, really hoping I can get rid of it with a few more pounds. However, I have a sticky-out rib cage and think that even with very little flat on my stomach, a perfectly flat belly is probably something I will never have because of my shape.

Thunderfan66

I have one of those two and I have never been able to get rid of it. Even when I got down to my lowest weight a couple of years ago, it was still there. It was like I lost from the "inside" if that makes any sense! The rolls didn't disappear, they just got closer to my body! I am pretty much resigned to always having it and never feeling comfortable showing off my midriff, which is really disappointing. I know people who are bigger and heavier than me who look better in a bikini simply because they have a flat (or slightly rounded) tummy. I have a smaller waist measurement but I look worse because of the rolls!

Alexandra289

I have one of those two and I have never been able to get rid of it. Even when I got down to my lowest weight a couple of years ago, it was still there. It was like I lost from the "inside" if that makes any sense! The rolls didn't disappear, they just got closer to my body! I am pretty much resigned to always having it and never feeling comfortable showing off my midriff, which is really disappointing. I know people who are bigger and heavier than me who look better in a bikini simply because they have a flat (or slightly rounded) tummy. I have a smaller waist measurement but I look worse because of the rolls!

I always feel this with the bikini issue - I know my stomach is not necessarily bigger than many other people's but they look so much better because their fat is sort of spread evenly and smoothly. So frustrating!

Crankstr

I never heard it referred to as a B shaped belly.

RhondaOnAJourney

I have one of those, a horrible flabby B shaped belly.

I see a lot of success stories with before and after pictures that include a lot of rounded tummys in the before photos but very rarely see the B.

Has anyone else got the B shape? why have we got this shape? or has anyone lost this B shape tummy and got themselves a lovely flat stomach?

Research body types (it sounds like you're an endomorph which means you need to eat less carbs and more protein and fat). I don't have a "B" belly, but I have a belly, but it's dwindling now that I know what I should be eating. I was clean eating like crazy, but I was eating too many carbs.

Xianpu27

Yes!! Except I've mostly lost the top of the B (it comes back when I'm bloated though) but the bottom half REFUSES to shift. Really, really hoping I can get rid of it with a few more pounds. However, I have a sticky-out rib cage and think that even with very little flat on my stomach, a perfectly flat belly is probably something I will never have because of my shape.

Yep this is me too... I guess it's more like a lowercase b belly now, lol. I remember having this belly since I was around 10 - I've never got rid of it at any point in my life so far, even when I was at my lightest weight. My body just loves storing fat in my lower tummy . The depressing thing is - my mum is exactly the same. I feel like I'll never get a flat tummy EVER and I'm so desperate to have one...

I'm trying a heavy lifting plan now to see if that helps... it's something I've never done before, so you never know!

socioseguro

HI:

I had the B shaped core as well.

Lots of core exercises (push ups, planks, dog bird, pike on a medicine ball, Inverted pushup in the rack etc, etc) and a lot of weight lifting has helped me eliminate the top part of the B. No crunches though. The only sit up set is with a weight at the inclined bench.

I still have a smaller lower round belly but I keep working the core exercises at least once a week. If I do not, I can see my core start getting flabby again. I just have to keep on plugging along.

Good luck in your journey

sherrihuntsmith

I have one too. It sucks. So i will wear a one piece and blow everyone away with my little waist!

BeachIron

Just focus on eating at a calorie deficit and exercising. The current shape of your body matters much less than what you do now to reach your goals.

Velum_cado

I have one of those, a horrible flabby B shaped belly.

I see a lot of success stories with before and after pictures that include a lot of rounded tummys in the before photos but very rarely see the B.

Has anyone else got the B shape? why have we got this shape? or has anyone lost this B shape tummy and got themselves a lovely flat stomach?

Research body types (it sounds like you're an endomorph which means you need to eat less carbs and more protein and fat). I don't have a "B" belly, but I have a belly, but it's dwindling now that I know what I should be eating. I was clean eating like crazy, but I was eating too many carbs.

What.

Xianpu27

I have one of those two and I have never been able to get rid of it. Even when I got down to my lowest weight a couple of years ago, it was still there. It was like I lost from the "inside" if that makes any sense! The rolls didn't disappear, they just got closer to my body! I am pretty much resigned to always having it and never feeling comfortable showing off my midriff, which is really disappointing. I know people who are bigger and heavier than me who look better in a bikini simply because they have a flat (or slightly rounded) tummy. I have a smaller waist measurement but I look worse because of the rolls!

I always feel this with the bikini issue - I know my stomach is not necessarily bigger than many other people's but they look so much better because their fat is sort of spread evenly and smoothly. So frustrating!

Already replied to this thread but I wanna add that I feel the same pain!! I always have to make sure the bikini bottoms come up high enough to cover my belly. I really wish I could wear a tiny pair of bikini bottoms!

BeachIron

I have one of those, a horrible flabby B shaped belly.

I see a lot of success stories with before and after pictures that include a lot of rounded tummys in the before photos but very rarely see the B.

Has anyone else got the B shape? why have we got this shape? or has anyone lost this B shape tummy and got themselves a lovely flat stomach?

Research body types (it sounds like you're an endomorph which means you need to eat less carbs and more protein and fat). I don't have a "B" belly, but I have a belly, but it's dwindling now that I know what I should be eating. I was clean eating like crazy, but I was eating too many carbs.

What.

Ludicrous

Willowana

When I was skinny, I had a belly than had a perfect line down the middle like it was in two halves and I hated it. Now obese, I have a B belly. I don't think I'll ever like my belly, but that's okay.

Contrarian

B is for belly. That's good enough for me.

LittleSmurfX

I have had this, and slightly still do but it's going with clean eating and exercises focussed on the abs (:

theCarlton

Buy a vowel.

Changeisachoice

Hate my B belly! I am 5' 7 and currently 204 but i had it when I was at 160 many years ago. I figure that it will always be with me but perhaps I can minimize it byadding some core exercises.

deksgrl

B is for belly. That's good enough for me.

And Boobs plus B Belly makes it triple B.

beattie1

Buy a vowel.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

RhondaOnAJourney

I have one of those, a horrible flabby B shaped belly.

I see a lot of success stories with before and after pictures that include a lot of rounded tummys in the before photos but very rarely see the B.

Has anyone else got the B shape? why have we got this shape? or has anyone lost this B shape tummy and got themselves a lovely flat stomach?

Research body types (it sounds like you're an endomorph which means you need to eat less carbs and more protein and fat). I don't have a "B" belly, but I have a belly, but it's dwindling now that I know what I should be eating. I was clean eating like crazy, but I was eating too many carbs.

What.

Ludicrous

Why is this ludicrous? You are entitled to your opinion, of course, but I can speak from experience that since I've adjusted my macros to eat less (not NONE AT ALL, but less) carbs, I've lost an inch off my stomach. How is that ludicrous?

RhondaOnAJourney

Here is great starting point. This person linked up some great articles. You can say it's ludicrous, but science is science.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/740931-less-carb-more-fat

BeachIron

Here is great starting point. This person linked up some great articles. You can say it's ludicrous, but science is science.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/740931-less-carb-more-fat

Even the most basic research would reveal to you that this was discredited long ago. So yes, science is science.

BeachIron

I have one of those, a horrible flabby B shaped belly.

I see a lot of success stories with before and after pictures that include a lot of rounded tummys in the before photos but very rarely see the B.

Has anyone else got the B shape? why have we got this shape? or has anyone lost this B shape tummy and got themselves a lovely flat stomach?

Research body types (it sounds like you're an endomorph which means you need to eat less carbs and more protein and fat). I don't have a "B" belly, but I have a belly, but it's dwindling now that I know what I should be eating. I was clean eating like crazy, but I was eating too many carbs.

What.

Ludicrous

Why is this ludicrous? You are entitled to your opinion, of course, but I can speak from experience that since I've adjusted my macros to eat less (not NONE AT ALL, but less) carbs, I've lost an inch off my stomach. How is that ludicrous?

Carbs have their place in a diet, period. There are certainly times to get "more" and "fewer" carbs but it depends on the person and their goals. The ludicrous part is the body type garbage.

MyChocolateDiet

ETA: ^ I believe I'm going to agree with that, a big belly is a big belly whether pregnancy shaped or "B" shaped or "P" shaped or "b" shaped or any other number of ways you want to look at it. Saying a person needs to eat a certain way and using a body shape as the excuse to me just sounds gimmicky and like a way to sell books. It would be like what if I walked outside and noticed that a whole bunch of men are muscular on top, but not on their legs and wrote a book claiming they can get results by adding raisins to their diet but only before bedtime on a full moon. It might sell. In that book I could also say, when you workout don't forget leg day. Then, I'd even have programmed in the results. I'd have a cult following of "raisin" dieters that would SWEAR that my theories worked and that I solved all their problems with my raisin diet. Doesn't make it true. Just makes me rich.
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MY ORIGINAL POST:
I guess you could say I have a lot of weird letters going on in my body. They are all slimming down to my normal hourglass shape. I would venture to guess your shape will also return to whatever it was before you put on weight, or if you've never been thin whatever it was meant to be. I don't think any specific way of eating will affect your belly "shape" per se, but certainly it's size and thus the "shape" will naturally be a consequence of that.

I do however think that workouts will be important in getting the kind of look you want in that area as fast as possible and you'd be better off looking into tailoring those for your specific needs. Not necessarily expecting any exercise to target the fat loss in that area but find things that give you the effects in that area like stronger muscles (weights), stronger core (pilates/dance), longer leaner (pilates) etc. Good luck, don't focus on what you can't do, but what you CAN do. The rest will take care of itself, or if not, by the time you get there, you will be so motivated by your past success that finding solutions for trouble spots will seem totally doable and realistic. :flowerforyou:

bregalad5

I have one of these too. I was never small, but I still had it when I was 150 in high school... still a long ways to go, though, so we'll see what happens with mine!

mandycasey

I've also got the B belly and hate it!!! xx