Any flabby belly before and after pics? Is it fixable??

estabeee
estabeee Posts: 7
in Health and Weight Loss
I'd like to know or better yet see (pics) of someone successfully shrinking their flabby belly. I'm talking the kind that hangs! Is it fixable without surgery. I've had no kids and I'm 26, and my belly is slowly shrinking, but it's still gross :sad:
I've lost about 20lbs since September, not a lot, but I'm still on my way.
I just feel like there's no hope :indifferent:
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  • jardimgirl
    jardimgirl Posts: 522 Member
    Same here :(
  • Serena272
    Serena272 Posts: 53 Member
    Bump
  • Eric_DeCastro
    Eric_DeCastro Posts: 767 Member
    I don't think there is away around surgery if you have extra skin left over. I have the same problem and will be looking to a plastic surgeon to remove the extra skin when I'm finally at my goal weight.
  • fayefayee5
    fayefayee5 Posts: 87 Member
    None yet, at least no afters. Im taking monthly pics or me in underwear (lots of jiggle showing), and im hoping to have minimal skin at the end, however im realistic, and know that having 100lbs to lose will mean I probably have some.

    I have been using lots of firming moisturizer, lifting weights, keeping very hydrated etc, anything I can to try and reduce the amount of extra jiggle at the end lol.
  • catherinemaxwell566
    catherinemaxwell566 Posts: 75
    how do we post pics here?? I never had an overhanging belly but with running and yoga theres a vast improvement
  • estabeee
    estabeee Posts: 7
    I started saving for a tummy tuck, but I'd rather spend the money on a vacation or something else. I'll have the money in a few years, but I really want to avoid surgery. I've read dry brushing can help with cellulite, because my belly is loaded :(
    But I'm kind of skeptical about that also. I've been juicing, and my tummy is shrinking, but it's still gross. I see pictures online of people going from flab to flat, but most of them are parents. So it seems like it's just baby weight. I have no kids, but I look like I've had a litter!
  • estabeee
    estabeee Posts: 7
    I'm new to this website, I saw others posting pics on other boards, there's got to be a way
  • Junken__Diraffe
    Junken__Diraffe Posts: 102
    Definitely possible. Hard work, patience, heavy lifting, eating a deficit. That's all it takes. 59941475_7704.jpg
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    There are things that can help but first, as I understand it, there are two ways people carry body fat (for a lack of a better way of saying it). There is the firm fat that doesn't look fit but at least it doesn't jiggle really and then there is the loose, squishy, jiggly fat. From what I have been told, read and taught (but I'm not a professional) the firm fat has lest blood flow and is more likely to be between organs and in muscle while the much less attractive fat that is all jiggly has better blood flow and is actually the healthier type of body fat. Soooo, if you are exercising you may be increasing the blood flow in those areas and making it look loose and flabby. If that's the case, as you continue to lose weight, it may tighten up and not leave a lot of loose skin. Loosing weight slowly, and getting all your vitamins and minerals (including eating healthy fats like avocado) can also help with skin elasticity. If there ends up being loose skin then you will probably not be able to fix it without going under the knife. If you have a lot of stretch marks then you are more likely to have loose skin. Good luck on your journey. And again, I am not a medical professional and while I have seen/heard/been taught this stuff from multiple sources, I can't say that I know for a fact it is completely true.
  • estabeee
    estabeee Posts: 7
    Incredible!!!!!!

    Definitely possible. Hard work, patience, heavy lifting, eating a deficit. That's all it takes. 59941475_7704.jpg
  • catherinemaxwell566
    catherinemaxwell566 Posts: 75
    https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t34.0-12/1980770_10153881372285274_542302454_n.jpg?oh=925279e68ada54b3ac95dbbfdffe76bf&oe=532424D7

    https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t34.0-12/10003221_10153891920715274_1703218317_n.jpg?oh=0436ec140be79b1099115a0f60b2cf44&oe=53239F18

    dunno if this will work but the first one is now n the second one is maybe 18 months ago, not exactly drastic but its something
  • Junken__Diraffe
    Junken__Diraffe Posts: 102
    I see pictures online of people going from flab to flat, but most of them are parents. So it seems like it's just baby weight. I have no kids, but I look like I've had a litter!
    It's just as hard to lose weight after having kids, if not harder. Please don't minimize my hard work, or anyone else's as "just baby weight". I was fat for years after having my kids, and I worked my @ss off to lose it. Literally.
  • sentaruu
    sentaruu Posts: 2,206 Member
    Definitely possible. Hard work, patience, heavy lifting, eating a deficit. That's all it takes. 59941475_7704.jpg

    damn, girl! great job!


    and to the op. give your body a while to catch up before you think about surgery.
  • estabeee
    estabeee Posts: 7
    Unfortunately my belly is loaded with stretch marks :(
    I've got the whole shebang going on. Even the ones that go above the belly button, so even if I was to have surgery one day, a lot would still be there. If they weren't there, my skin would look a lot smoother, and I'd feel better about it. The only thing I dislike about myself. Who knows how horrible it will become when I actually have a baby one day!
  • Tabithas_Transformation
    Tabithas_Transformation Posts: 93 Member
    I'd love to see more success pictures on here, commenting to keep track! :smile:

    I have such a huge belly overhang despite not having kids either. I'm hoping being young will help me but I know that I'd rather be healthy and a bit loose skinned, than fat and a filled sausage.
  • estabeee
    estabeee Posts: 7
    Sentaruu, you're right. I'm so impatient! I have a bad habit of running to the mirror after a workout, and weighing myself every morning. Like I'm going to see results that quick? Yeah right, I'm just crazy lol. I wish I would have taken pictures every month til now, to actually be able to see the changes.
  • AlysonG2
    AlysonG2 Posts: 713 Member
    I see pictures online of people going from flab to flat, but most of them are parents. So it seems like it's just baby weight. I have no kids, but I look like I've had a litter!
    It's just as hard to lose weight after having kids, if not harder. Please don't minimize my hard work, or anyone else's as "just baby weight". I was fat for years after having my kids, and I worked my @ss off to lose it. Literally.

    I agree. Significantly harder to lose the weight after kids. Not only the lack of time, but your body just....changes.

    I lost 50 pounds in 4 months about 5 years ago, and barely even had to try. Didn't count a single calorie, too many cheat meals to count, etc. Now I've been obsessively weighing and counting every morsel of food/drink that enters my body, and working out 6 days a week religiously, and I've only lost 33 pounds in almost an entire year.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,331 Member
    It can take two years before skin will tighten up as much as it is going to. Good hydration may help this, but it will take time. The other factors are age and genetics. Personally I would suggest not worrying about it while you are going, and wait and see. Some say heavy lifting will help, but that is debatable. At the very least it will help with getting rid of the fat, and providing a solid base helping to retain the muscle you have. I do know the women I have seem who lost their belly and have a tight stomach all lift heavy, every single one.
  • shellywelly123
    shellywelly123 Posts: 159 Member
    I don't have pictures, but I found good cardio workouts followed by stomach crunches and full sit ups help. Days that I don't do this my tummy becomes more rounded so for me that is what works. Since having my son my tummy has become a lot more jiggly and is taking a lot more effort and time to lose the baby flab
  • sentaruu
    sentaruu Posts: 2,206 Member
    Sentaruu, you're right. I'm so impatient! I have a bad habit of running to the mirror after a workout, and weighing myself every morning. Like I'm going to see results that quick? Yeah right, I'm just crazy lol. I wish I would have taken pictures every month til now, to actually be able to see the changes.

    I hear you. I have the same thing going on too. and i am an impatient nutcase about it. i realize that it takes time, but i want it done yesterday.
  • catherinemaxwell566
    catherinemaxwell566 Posts: 75
    Definitely possible. Hard work, patience, heavy lifting, eating a deficit. That's all it takes. 59941475_7704.jpg

    first of all well done! thats amazing, second of all how did u post those?
  • estabeee
    estabeee Posts: 7
    I'd love to see more success pictures on here, commenting to keep track! :smile:

    I have such a huge belly overhang despite not having kids either. I'm hoping being young will help me but I know that I'd rather be healthy and a bit loose skinned, than fat and a filled sausage.


    Nice to know I'm not the only one. Someone else that has it, without having a child. So mad at myself for letting this happen. I believe it's from gaining so much weight in college, then dropping it after graduation. Then kind of floated up and down 20lbs like it was my job for years.

    But good news is, I weighed myself this morning, and I'm 173lbs. I haven't been this close to the 160s since high school! Happy Dance!
  • Tabithas_Transformation
    Tabithas_Transformation Posts: 93 Member

    But good news is, I weighed myself this morning, and I'm 173lbs. I haven't been this close to the 160s since high school! Happy Dance!

    Yay! Congratulations :drinker: :flowerforyou:
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Definitely possible. Hard work, patience, heavy lifting, eating a deficit. That's all it takes. 59941475_7704.jpg

    And good genetics. Amazing transformation though... but I highly doubt mine is going away, it has folds and folds... under and over the belly button. And huge stretch marks too. I basically have two pockets sitting on top of my belly button.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I had a baby 20 years ago...have always has that hang since then plus yo yo dieting for those 20 years hasn't helped.

    337cf4fe-0b1f-4ec4-a6ec-d2e551f7d567_zpse8037836.jpg

    The top left hand pic in the red dress...well that had spanks built in so you can guess...I wouldn't take naked pics at that time

    This pic was 3 weeks ago...
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    Not quite there yet but it's coming...wait for the vacation pics from next year...:drinker:

    as a note of interest I don't do situps, planks etc...I lift heavy 3x a week and eat at a 15% deficet...

    ETA better pic for after
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1161603-so-you-want-a-nice-stomach

    Mine didn't hang until towards the end, but it slowly tightens as I stay lean. Focus on the fact that you'll be healthier and if you end up with extra skin you can have it removed.
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  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1161603-so-you-want-a-nice-stomach

    Mine didn't hang until towards the end, but it slowly tightens as I stay lean. Focus on the fact that you'll be healthier and if you end up with extra skin you can have it removed.
    PhotoGrid_1380639685183_zps218147ba.jpg

    Wow. Just wow.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1161603-so-you-want-a-nice-stomach

    Mine didn't hang until towards the end, but it slowly tightens as I stay lean. Focus on the fact that you'll be healthier and if you end up with extra skin you can have it removed.
    PhotoGrid_1380639685183_zps218147ba.jpg

    Wow. Just wow.

    :heart: :flowerforyou:
  • SusanL222
    SusanL222 Posts: 585 Member
    I had a baby 20 years ago...have always has that hang since then plus yo yo dieting for those 20 years hasn't helped.

    337cf4fe-0b1f-4ec4-a6ec-d2e551f7d567_zpse8037836.jpg

    The top left hand pic in the red dress...well that had spanks built in so you can guess...I wouldn't take naked pics at that time

    This pic was 3 weeks ago...
    1920570_10153874960340521_91040949_n_zps6a1a7748.jpg

    Not quite there yet but it's coming...wait for the vacation pics from next year...:drinker:

    as a note of interest I don't do situps, planks etc...I lift heavy 3x a week and eat at a 15% deficet...

    ETA better pic for after
    Lovely!! You look so healthy, fit and happy!! So very well done! :smokin:
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,331 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1096001-halp-heavy-lifting-made-me-supah-bulky

    Also following the link in the first post of this thread will take you to the first 500 replies to it which will have more examples.

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