Should I get Lipo??

Why would you think you wouldn't lose it with your last 20? The belly is often the last place to go.

I wasn't happy with my stomach until a few months after I reached goal weight and that was likely because I continued resistance training after I reached goal.

I would never get liposuction while I still had twenty pounds to lose. The last few pounds made the most difference for me and I've seen other people share the same experience.

No weight is permanent, otherwise people would not starve to death, it just feels that way.

The measurements will drop, I would avoid anything drastic like Lipo which has a lot of issues.

Just a word of caution, maybe see a GP or something about it, a lipo clinic will not be the most objective source of information.

Are you male or female?

The position of your womb, combined with the shape of your spine can mean you will never be able to get a flat stomach as your body shape isn't set up that way, a bit like the whole thigh gap thing its genetic,

As a Man I don't know for sure but I guess the same applies with the spine shape affecting how your belly looks,

When I got down 10st 7 for my wedding, my tummy was almost flat, but I still had a small pouch under my belly button which was "soft", my trainer told me it was just how my body is shaped and that I would have to significantly reduce my body fat % to professional athlete levels to get a flat stomach

I was tempted by lipo, but how often do you see a famous person in OK showing an incredible body post lipo, then 6 months later back to how they were? Its a temporary fix

To shift fat from any part of your body, you need to focus on reducing your body fat % not just losing lbs, I am not trained or qualified to give advice on how to do this, I follow guidance from a trainer, its best you seek out professional advice on diet and exercise to shift body fat for you,

What works for me, is cardio 3-5 times a week (usually an hour sometimes more if I'm doing a long run) and weight / resistance training 3 times a week, the cardio burns fat, the weight training helps tone up my body. Food wise I eat two low carb, high fat meals a day with two protein based snacks and an evening meal which is low fat high carb for post training

Alchohol plays a big factor in retaining body fat, you can be losing lbs but holding fat around your belly if your still drinking reguarly, I drink once a week and focus on clear spirits rather than beer so that I can still enjoy my weekend treat

Neighbor moved. She was a doll. Husband was not. I think our “pack of vicious dachshunds” at the time had something to do with it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Reluctantly agree with @jessef593. I’m afraid that’s a hard truth.

Things do disappear as you lose more weight and your body rearranges itself like a crazy woman moving furniture. I’m not joking when I say some days my thighs are bigger than my butt, and some days vice versa. Lately, my thighs are shrinking, but that makes my belly look bigger by comparison. It’s like “oh great, my belly overhangs in the shower again”, but that’s really because the lower half has receded even more.

@AnnPT77 has some lovely snippets around here that sincerely helped me, especially her words of wisdom on so called bat wings. To wit, if you think you have ugly bat wings, tense your triceps á la Popeye. If your batwing feels firm underneath, it’s muscle, not floppiness or fat.

I don’t know why that was so eye opening for me, but I’ve extended that thought to other parts of my body.

For example, if I’m sitting and my thighs appear to be spreading like a pool of melting ice cream, if I stand up and can’t feel any extra there, which I can’t, then that’s nothing to worry about.

We get into such a mindset of critiquing individual body parts, instead of admiring, appreciating, and being grateful for the whole. Would you look at a beautiful painting and complain,”oh look, the artist messed up the earlobe”? We should give ourselves the grace to not require perfection of our wondrous bodies.