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success stories/pics for baby belly flab please?

mjanemorgan
mjanemorgan Posts: 43 Member
edited January 22 in Success Stories
Hi, My son is 2 and a half now and since having him I lost a lot of weight, I managed to get down to a bmi of about 19.5 but have since put some weight back on :s (i'm currently 159lbs and 5foot11) Even when I was at my smallest, 9st12lbs through diet and excercise I still had the loose flab on my stomach which hangs when you bend over and looks really weird! this time last year I went on hol an wore a bikini despite this hang as I was around 10st, but now I am a stone and a half heavier and despite buying new bikinis I look too bad to wear one when I go away in four weeks. I just wondered if anyone has managed to make the flab go/look a little better in a month or should I just give up and pack lots of big tshirts? lol. Any help/advice/inspiration would be sooo much appreciated as I am getting very upset/stressed about this :( thanks!

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  • aprilcherryblossom
    aprilcherryblossom Posts: 8 Member
    I honestly very much doubt you look "too bad to wear one"! Try not to stress out about it and just enjoy your holiday! People won't judge you for having a little bit of a tummy. It's completely understandable, especially as you've had a child! I'm sure you'll look beautiful whether you loose a bit more weight or not (:
  • elfin168
    elfin168 Posts: 202 Member
    hi there :) i too used to have loose tummy skin and probably flab underneath. i have been strength training regularly at the gym and also doing some but not many ab exercises (irregularly) and now my tummy looks pretty damn good (if i say so myself) i call it my elephant skin
  • elfin168
    elfin168 Posts: 202 Member
    oh and what the poster above me said. be proud of yourself. you are not your tummy. you are a wonderful human being whether or not you like the way your tummy looks in a bikini. just are not worth any less as a person because you dont look like some crazy ideal
  • SGSmallman
    SGSmallman Posts: 193 Member
    There's no magic cure as we age the elastin in the skin greatly reduces making harder for skin to shrink.

    Drink plenty of water and do strength/ resistance training to tone up and this should help, it wont happen overnight but the lower your body fat %/ the more lean muscle you have the firmer your skin will be.

    Good luck
  • edwardkkleung
    edwardkkleung Posts: 5 Member
    Wow... any specific strength training to recommend?? Thx... and great results!!
  • mazdauk
    mazdauk Posts: 1,380 Member
    :ohwell: I'm still wokring on mine...I think I've left it a bit late as my "baby" is 13 now

    You're much younger so it will snap back with diet and exercise. If you're not comfortable get a one-piece or a tankini, or wrap something round the "offending" area like a nice sarong.

    For what its worth, I've been down the tankini top/ shorts-bottoms route but my hubs says I look better in a "normal" bikini (bra-top and normal briefs, not the "short" style) as otherwise it draws attention to the tummy area. But then men are happy to wear brief swimmer whatever they look like:tongue:
  • aarmstro99
    aarmstro99 Posts: 1
    I don't have time to figure out how to upload a picture but I have had great success with Insanity DVDs. My belly used to hang down (2 babies will do that...and I figured I'd never see flat again.) when I did planks and now, my belly area is tight and toned! I was really shocked to see the results. No flab at all. Worth the investment--I have NEVER had toned midsection and I do now at 35!
  • geekmomof3
    geekmomof3 Posts: 18 Member
    I too would love to see some pics....after 4 babies my tummy is not so pretty anymore!
  • caterpillardreams
    caterpillardreams Posts: 476 Member
    Same here, I have seen some go away, but I feel its never going to leave. might as well get to know it become friends with it. Just kidding I am also trying to get rid of it for good. I am doing insanity right now, waist is shrinking, I mean its a like a snail, I have to measure myself to see progress.
  • MrsBozz1
    MrsBozz1 Posts: 248 Member
    I understand! I have 3 babies, 2 of which were 10 lbs. Yes I have a tummy! I am still working on losing the fat (but actually not baby fat,I lost all of that pretty quickly, I need to lose my fat Lol) but I don't know if the loose skin will ever go away? I don't like it but I also feel kind of proud. I earned it!! And my babies are TOTALLY worth it!! I'm sorry I don't have any good tips except love the woman you are,a beautiful mommy! :smile: I wish you the best!! :flowerforyou:
  • mjanemorgan
    mjanemorgan Posts: 43 Member
    Hi thanks for your replies, made me feel a lot better :happy: i will use the advice and try not to worry on holiday, thankyou!:happy:
  • SerenaFisher
    SerenaFisher Posts: 2,170 Member
    I just had my daughter January 13th 2013 here are the last months in stages. She ismy second child by the way.
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    I will always have stretch marks, I still have a "little bump" but the more I work my abs and work out the tighter my waist line has gotten. I have a little extra skin. My first was 8lba 3.5oz second was 9lbs 2.2 ounces. It took a LOT of work, and after my son I waited nine years so I am sure that helped.
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