Would you give up if you had my body?

Never give up!!!

Also when the marks are red they can heal once they are white they cant

I say that because of the stretchmarks. If you had awful stretchmarks on your tummy, would you even work at getting a better tummy? Other than fat, can the sagginess even really be repaired? Could I even tone it? I mean, when I lose weight it's going to get veery, veeery saggy.

Heres the pictures of how I used to be.




Heres my stomach now




Would you even care about your body anymore? I mean, can the sagginess even get fully better? Even if it gets way more saggy when I lose the 33 pounds I have left to lose.

I have a body that is much WORSE than your body, and I am NOT giving up.

this was 2.5 months AFTER I started, and I had already lost 5-7lbs. Can you imagine what I looked like when I started? Oh yeah, FYI...my "baby" was in Kindergarten in this pic.
dillons party by crochetmom2010, on Flickr


I have been going to the gym religiously 3-4x a week since February 2012. I'm not sure there are many other members who are THAT religious about it....

I have now lost 32 pounds, and started weightlifting, and now I look like this.


IMG00817-20121113-0848 by crochetmom2010, on Flickr

I'm not sure I will ever have the flat belly that I had 18 years and 3 kids ago, but I sure am going to try. Never know, I may end up having a BETTER body once you can see all my muscles.

I have those stretch marks too, thank you children. Since I have been working out, my sagginess has improved and so have the look of the stretch marks. Do not give up!

No I would not give up I'd keep going... My body looked so much worse at the start

My before stomach photo


What it looks like now pretty much.


I am still working but there are things that you can do to lighten up the stretch marks and tone up the belly, I still have a ways to go but don't give up, I sure ain't!

NO way!!!! never give up! i've seen major transformations on people with stretch marks, you can so do it!!!

Never Give up! Your health should come first! Looking good is just a plus.


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Why would you give up? There are people on this site much bigger than you, probably with stretch marks covering the majority of their body and they strive to better themselves.

they will defiantly fade over time.. my kids are 11, 11, and 14.. two c-sections and believe me.. the twins did some SERIOUS damage! my stomach still isnt where i want it to be.. but im a work in progress..

Mine are MUCH worse than yours - BUT I am proud of my stretchmarks. They are battle scars. I will never fill them out again. You look fine hun and I am sure they will fade and reduce as time goes on. Mine were stretched for 30 years so I don't expect mine to reduce but I like them strangely BECAUSE I have lost the weight.

Hah, no worse than mine when I started. It improves if you lose the fat at a sensible rate.

I'd focus on the achievements of having great health.

Here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/805169-our-flaws-are-magnificent

I say who cares about stretch marks....I have them on my boobs.....yuck....but I had my boobs reduced and now they are awesome...even with the stretch marks.....

1) How you look is only a part of losing weight. The benefits to your health are far more significant
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I don't have kids, so I can't comment on stretchmarks from pregnancy, but I can vouch for the importance of having a strong core. Weight lifting, sensible amount of cardio, and compound exercises that also target your core (planks, deadlifts, Kbell swings) do wonders to improve your posture, they help improve your posture, and in the long run they reduce the probability of falling and breaking bones. Definitely do not give up on exercising!!!
Your skin will get better as you lose weight, and your stomach will shrink, but you will also become much healthier.

There's always going to be something discouraging. If I quit for every thing that won't or might not improve with weight loss, I'd have never gotten out of the gates. My stomach may never be perfect and I might always have stretch marks on my lady bits [oh yeah, those *kitten* got everything], but losing the weight will help with my back pain, breathing trouble, risk of diabetes, and the rate at which my muscular disease will progress. At the end of the day, the guaranteed benefits of doing something about it far outweigh the promise of nothing at all changing if I don't try.

What you see when you look in the mirror is normal. You are still beautiful, although it may be a different sort of beauty from the fake photoshopped beauty that is shoved down our throats. You are not a two-dimensional airbrushed image...but a real live WOMAN, who has lived and loved and given until it hurts. And your body is worth caring for.
I understand how you feel right now. I have had six children myself, and in a few short weeks, I will once again be doing damage assessment and tending to my battle scars. But I've learned that it is possible to look good and feel good about myself again, and I will just keep reminding myself of that. Time will fade those stretch marks into barely noticeable "tigress stripes". Feeding myself well with whole, healthy foods and doing some cardio will help melt away the cushioning that is sustaining the sweet little one and myself during this growing time. Picking up some heavy weights and doing some core exercises (planks!) will make those muscles not only strong but defined. After baby #6, I found that I felt stronger and more energetic than ever...and along with that, I was quite happy with my smokin' new body. You can feel that way about yourself, too, if you are willing to put in the time and effort to take care of yourself.
Never give up on yourself!