Anyone got "Rollie belly" success photos??? I need motivation

Bump, I wanna see something about this too, I can never find someone with my exact body type. Trying to get rid of this thing.

I don't have any pictures, but in response to your question about what kind of exercises you should do to lose the belly rolls...

Weight loss happens in the kitchen. You could do a million crunches a day and still have rolls because you've got too much excess fat. In order to lose fat, you need to eat at a calorie deficit. Exercise is good for you health/fitness, but what you eat matters most when it comes to losing weight. Do whatever exercise you like to do while eating fewer calories than your body is burning daily. That's it.

As you can see I carry most of my weight around my stomach. I've lost 40lbs and 11 inches off my waist. With clothes off my stomach still isn't fantastic, but in clothes it looks reasonable. I've still some weight left too lose but happy with my progress.

As for exercise, I mostly walk, a bit of running, a bit of Deep water exercise, and a bit of weight training. Certainly nothing that targets my stomach, just plain weight loss....

I'm in the rollie belly/B shaped belly/apple shaped/big tummy/abdominal obesity club.....whatever you call it, I'm in it. I always gain weight on my belly before anywhere else and even at my adult skinniest (many moons ago at age 28 - 124lbs at 5'5" and UK size 8-10....erm, think that's US 4 - 6?) I could never get my waist below 28" and I had a little tummy. I am now 42, have 2 children and recently weighed in at my adult heaviest on Jan 1st - 181lbs!!!! This put me at a BMI of 30.2 (ie, obese) and shocked me into doing something about it at long last.

So, I've cut out booze, sugar & wheat (these are my biggest triggers/weaknesses and make me overeat) for January and I'm staying at/just under 1200 cals per day, sticking to 3 meals a day (no snacks as I end up grazing & overdoing it) and plenty of exercise (mostly running, walking/hiking, swimming & kickboxing). It was tough at first but I'm used to it now.

So far I've lost 10lbs and it's mainly coming off my tummy (2" off slimmest part of waist/torso, 4" off biggest part of belly/torso- yay!). So, it seems to be working so far. I'm going to continue with the no booze/sugar/wheat thing until Valentines Day then have a 'day off' as my hubby is taking me out for dinner at our favourite restaurant. Then I'm getting right back on my regime until I get to my goal of 140lbs (or less if need be).

I'm really hoping to get to goal before June 3rd as it's my 10 year wedding anniversary. I was about 140lbs (UK size 12, US 8) on my wedding day and I always think of that as my 'best weight' (I got back to that 12 months after each baby....but my babies are aged 5 and 7 now and I gradually gained the extra weight over the last few years).

I took 'before' photos in my underwear (that was quite a shock to my self-deluded eyes) on 1st Jan and will be taking photos on the 1st day of each month to compare progress. When I get to goal, I'll post them!

I'll never have an hourglass figure (and how I envy those who do) but I just want to make the most of what I do have and be as healthy as possible.

We all have a waist in there somewhere - it's just a matter of finding it!

Good Luck!!!

psych101 wrote: »

Not sure if this is what you're referring to - but this is mine

Awesome progress! Was there a point when you didn't think it would flatten out ? Hoping for results similar to yours!

psych101 wrote: »

Not sure if this is what you're referring to - but this is mine

Lifting and eating appropriately FTW! You are incredible!

usmcmp wrote: »

psych101 wrote: »

Not sure if this is what you're referring to - but this is mine

Lifting and eating appropriately FTW! You are incredible!

Couldn't have done it without your advice xx

Omg. Fruit salads and vegetable salads and lean meats and proteins all the way then....oh yeah, and some lifting.

Thanks for all the responses guys