belly pooch… is it ever going away?

I always thought I'd have a pooch too... But then I realized that it was my diet and digestive tract that was keeping that extra but there. Not sure if you have any issues with your stomach (intolerances or allergies to foods) but as soon as I started takin vitamins and digestive enzymes the pooch slowly decreased. I was deficient in magnesium, iron and vitamin D and I started to take Encyclomedia's Digest Spectrum before meals. Sometimes I will do shots of apple cider vinegar and that helps with gas too. You may be saying "no it's not bloat, it's fat" but once I cleared up my deficiencies my body stopped holding onto fat in my belly and it began to seem very evenly distributed on my body. Try to figure out if this may be the problem... I had amazing results after everything got fixed!

Have you had a baby? If so, you may be stuck with it, but with a lot of exercise & time, it'll get flatter. Work on your macros, getting your body good food choice wise, will help.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. I'm bumping this so that I can find that digestive enzyme name later

I am a size six and no, I don't think mine will ever go away because I am starting to believe it's in my head. I am just now readjusting my expectations to accept my body as it is. My body is thin, fit but my belly still looks large to me.

The answer is to lift heavy.

strong lifts 5x5 or New Rules of Lifting for women.

It will be hard, because more than likely you will need to gain a little bit of weight, but its just a number on a scale that doesn't mean anything. Do some searing on here.

This. See my pic? I have 2 kids and used to be a size 18. I'm currently an 8/10. This pic is 2 weeks old, and ten pounds above my goal weight. I'm 165 in this pic.

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you're soooooooooo thin and your belly looks flat for sure. I'm not quite sure what you're talking about

It may depend on what you mean by "pooch" I cannot see your picture, so I am going to have to gues here. Sometimes, yes, that will just go away with time and the tips above may help. IF you have loose skin, loose/torn stomach muscles, and fat deposits in certain places from pregnancy or large amounts of weight loss, no amount of strength training or diet will fix those.

I have struggled with hating my body and myself for over a year due to thinking I just wasnt doing enough, or working hard enough, or eating low calorie enough... When in reality, I have a 5 inch split between my abdominal muscles and loose skin that isnt going to be repaired by clean eating or strength training (which in fact, the ab work I was doing was actually HURTING my abdominal muscles because they were already torn)

I dont like to sugar coat things, so I try to be honest and share my experience. Because it is hard when everyone is saying just do more! just eat better! and nothing is happening, you start to feel very discouraged.For me, once I realized that this isnt something I can fix on my own (although I never stop working my hardest and doing all I can for myself) I was able to focus on the things I can change and DO like about myself, and let go of some of the dislike I have for my stomach.... Although, I do plan on having a tummy tuck and can not WAIT for the day I have a NORMAL looking belly button again instead of this frowny face I have right now!!:sick: :mad: :ohwell:

I've had three kids-you can see what my stomach looks like in my profile picture (taken about 2 weeks ago). I had to lose almost 20lbs more than my original goal weight and get down to the very low end of the healthy bmi range, and add walking/running, to get where I'm at now. But yes I now have a totally flat stomach. It's still soft though so I've just started doing a home strength training program (Mark Lauren), to tighten things up.