Does This Uterus Make My Stomach Look Fat?

Oh, and I couldn’t possibly get a picture of it, but when I look down at my stomach hanging/ belly button when I’m in a plank it makes me think of the mouth in Edvard Munch painting ‘The Scream’...

I just want to thank you all for posting. I hope I will be as brave as you all some day.

I've lost over 140 pounds. I still have around 15 or 20 to go. I am not happy with my body really and I feel very insecure with my partner. He loves me, but he's made comments that have at times, made me sad.

I am going to rededicate myself to strength training and exercise in hopes of gaining self esteem and good health.

Again, thank you to all you lovely ladies. You are an inspiration.

Age: 37
BMI or Height/Weight/Bone Structure: 5’4 145 pounds
BF%: N/A
Number of Pregnancies: 1
Primary form of exercise: Weight lifting & cardio
Number of years doing aforementioned exercise: 6

I'm still overweight but I would love to later show or see how a c-section scar can affect bellies. For me, I had no real "flap" or apron from my scar until after my next pregnancy. It's normal but many women find it hard to reconcile.

kdbulger wrote: »

I'm still overweight but I would love to later show or see how a c-section scar can affect bellies. For me, I had no real "flap" or apron from my scar until after my next pregnancy. It's normal but many women find it hard to reconcile.

I’ve had 2 C-sections.

This is the lower half of my abdomen that you couldn’t see in yesterday’s pics.

middlehaitch wrote: »

OK, I'm back. Had to do a few extra pics then play at editing on my small iPhone

Just turned 65 on the 10th August so did take a few pics to celebrate.

Age: 65

BMI: 19.5

BF%: ? Guessing 22-25?

All my fat is in my abdomen as you are going to see.

Number of Pregnancies: 1 (45years ago)

Medical Conditions affecting appearance: none (well, slightly wonky leg with a big dent where the femur popped through, but we ignore that)

Primary form of exercise: at the moment, virtually none(walking and bodyweight). We had a number of family medical emergencies over the past ~18 month where I have had to travel and stay away from home for months at a time. I say I'm doing a recomp, decomp, maintenance, cycle.

Preferred exercise: when life is 'normal' lifting x3, plus a variety of classes, walking, yoga.

Length of time exercising: 10 years. I started exercising at 54 (cal counting too) with aqua fit.
I used to hate exercise, now it is a mild dislike.
I have run the gamut of classes just to keep me going, so well versed in a lot of things, proficient at none.

Me on my 65th birthday in my birthday suit (new bikini inspired by @quiksylver296' blue one) as normal a posture as possible when taking pics

<<snipped pics>>

Got to add, I am extremely healthy, take no meds, and love my body for what it can do and how it looks.

Cheers, h.

@middlehaitch You are awesome! The bolded really made me smile.

Speaking of the blue bikini... I've never had "abs" in my life, but good angles and lighting make it look like I have.

Age: 34
BMI or Height/Weight/Bone Structure: BMI 21, ht 5'2" wt 116
BF%: no idea
Number of Pregnancies: 3: 1 c section and 2 vbacs
Medical Conditions affecting appearance: Scoliosis
Primary form of exercise: Weights and some cardio
Number of years doing aforementioned exercise: about 2

This is my favorite thread. Ever.

This is such an important thread. This weekend has been rough for me (not to do with weight loss or body image), but knowing that my body (and my belly) are not out of the norm is somewhat enlightening. As a child, my examples have been either overweight images or Hollywood's perfection. Even now, while I'm still doughy, I am super critical of what I term my inner rubber ducky floaty (a good chunk is fat I have left to lose that seems to want to ride on the tops of my hipbones) and how, even though my pants fit, my stomach still "spills out" when I sit down. I have low-rise pants that fit, but because of this "spilling out" problem, I never wear them because surely no one else has this weird donut at the tops of their pants. And sometimes I don't believe the pants I'm wearing fit because of this pooch that sometimes appears (granted, it comes no matter if the pants are falling off, so it just needs to take a hike, but that's a different story, still being written). I don't wear fitted shirts because I'm super self-conscious of the muffin. >.>

I'm not at a healthy BMI (yet), but I'm getting close. It is time to realign the struggle of perception with reality. I guess I'm not assembled from alien parts, after all.