Tummy fat
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This may or may not be helpful but as others have said sometimes due to genetics having a flat belly is just not achievable unless you are in the difficult low body fat range (like 15%). The closest I have ever gotten was 20% and belly fat was definitely still an issue for me. However, some women have a 'flat' stomach if they are in the low 20% range. It really just depends on the cards you were dealt when you were born.
With that being said I found flexing or sucking in the abdomen region was easier to do when I was in the lower 20% bf range and was able to achieve the appearance of a "flatter" stomach when doing that. Eventually it just became a habit to flex all the time or at least when taking photos lol.0 -
AmatullahMuwahidah wrote: »And you also may want to consider doing a parasite cleanse, sometimes parasites cause the belly to protrude and makes it look bigger. Cloves, Wormwood and Papaya Seeds are great for this issue!
No one who "may" have parasites (undiagnosed!) should be self-medicated with anything like this. Wormwood, in particular, is potentially poisonous to more than parasites. The only exception might be someone who knew they had parasites, bad, but were thousands of miles from an actual doctor. I doubt that describes OP.
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Motorsheen wrote: »LouVee186000 wrote: »
I gain weight in New Mexico.
Have you ever visited the restaurants in Santa Fe ?
YES I HAVE. And I spent my teenage years in ABQ and still miss the food. Rather glad I'm not there now, it would be very tough for me to lose eating carne adovada and sopa pillas a couple of times a week.0 -
Since reading several posts like this lately, I have really been noticing at White Water. I have seen maybe 3 ladies with truly FLAT tummies. All of them looked like skinny 8-year old boys. No boobs, no booty, toothpick legs, and no bellies. The ladies with real figures have just a little pudge in the tummy.
Which means my suggestion is: look at real people for role models, not touched up magazine photos. or else have professional photos taken of you in a bikini, then don’t look at mirrors, just your pictures.
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I feel your pain. I would love to be losing more weight in my stomach but my body has other plans. My wrists have gotten so small it's crazy how loose my bracelets are now! My body type is an endomorph. As explained to me by a doctor who is a food science researcher, endomorphs typically do best with a higher fat and protein intake and carbohydrate intake being controlled. This has nothing to do with "swelling", its just that this body type gains fat and muscle more easily and often carries their weight in the middle. Endomorphs ideal macro intake is around 25% carbs, 35% protein, and 40% fat. Because endomorphs are not very carb tolerant, the best tactic is to limit high carb/starchy carb foods. This has to do with the fact that so many fat cells are in the middle and that's the first and last place to gain and lose for this body type. I am also on the patience train!8
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corinasue1143 wrote: »Since reading several posts like this lately, I have really been noticing at White Water. I have seen maybe 3 ladies with truly FLAT tummies. All of them looked like skinny 8-year old boys. No boobs, no booty, toothpick legs, and no bellies. The ladies with real figures have just a little pudge in the tummy.
Which means my suggestion is: look at real people for role models, not touched up magazine photos. or else have professional photos taken of you in a bikini, then don’t look at mirrors, just your pictures.
It's 2019 and we still haven't figured out how to compliment some women without putting down others, huh.24 -
Honestly. Women without boobs and booties still have real figures, for crying out loud.
Anyway, yes, it's largely genetic. I've always had a reasonably flat stomach because I hold my weight in my butt/thighs (I have a 25 inch waist but am 42 inches around the hips, lol). My mom was the same until she had kids, then she always had a bit of a pooch, but I still think she looks fantastic, especially for being in her 60s. Like others said, having some fat deposits either in the belly or the hips is smart from an evolutionary standpoint.
I really love the thread with all the women showing their various tummies and how things like a uterus or fibroids etc can all alter the appearance. They still look great. There are some amazing crossfit athletes who still have a tiny bit of a belly. I saw one where people were trying to shame her for it and she was having none of it. She'd dieted down to have visible abs at one point but she was hungry, miserable, and her athletic performance suffered, so she listened to her body and now she smashes a bunch of competitions--all with a small layer of fat on her stomach. Go her.13 -
I think you are talking about Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet - who is awesome btw!!!!
Anyway - your lower tummy is the bottom layer of the brick wall. The first bricks you lay and last you can smash away. Be patient and persevere. Thats what Im telling myself anyway,haha!2 -
pontious11349 wrote: »I think you are talking about Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet - who is awesome btw!!!!
Anyway - your lower tummy is the bottom layer of the brick wall. The first bricks you lay and last you can smash away. Be patient and persevere. Thats what Im telling myself anyway,haha!
Yes, I think that was her!1 -
corinasue1143 wrote: »Since reading several posts like this lately, I have really been noticing at White Water. I have seen maybe 3 ladies with truly FLAT tummies. All of them looked like skinny 8-year old boys. No boobs, no booty, toothpick legs, and no bellies. The ladies with real figures have just a little pudge in the tummy.
Which means my suggestion is: look at real people for role models, not touched up magazine photos. or else have professional photos taken of you in a bikini, then don’t look at mirrors, just your pictures.
Responses like this drive me nuts. I am a real woman with 2 kids, a 1 year old and a 3 year old. I have a "real" figure with boobs, butt, legs and a 6 pack. I work insanely hard for my figure and have so for years including throughout my pregnancies. However, for me, the figure is a pleasant side effect in reaching my athletic goals. I think that I am a good role model for my family and friends demonstrating that if you work hard enough you can achieve whatever you set your mind too. And YES i have been overweight with pudge in the tummy in the past and my biological father and his entire family are morbidly obese with Type 2 diabetes and severe cardiovascular issues.
In regards to the original post, the tummy is always the last to lose and hardest to sculpt. You are only half way to goal weight and only at this a few months, it takes years to really develop a figure through exercise and diet. Dieting is obviously the king with weight and fat loss, but exercise will start to shape that figure in a way you like. My husband is just finishing a weight loss cycle, he has 5 lbs left to lose and all 5 of those lbs are in the "love handle" are and drive him nuts. He can't sustain the leanest level he needs to keep them off for good, but he does occasionally diet down to hold a very lean figure for a few months.17 -
My clients train with me for only 30 minutes a day. Most of them we do full body workout and I ask them to do it at least once if not 2 times more in the week on their own.sandramarshall200 wrote: »I think you have to do stuff like sit ups. I don’t really know, I walk the dogs everyday and swim twice a week. Vacuumed my car today. Just looked at the daily workout thread and couldn’t believe what I read there. I have no idea how people do so much. Made me feel really disheartened. I was going to get a personal trainer but if you have to spend 2 hours a day doing extreme sport I honestly think I’d sooner be fat.
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Broscience. If you have a parasite in your body (like a tapeworm) you need to see a specialist in gastroentrology, not do a "cleanse".AmatullahMuwahidah wrote: »And you also may want to consider doing a parasite cleanse, sometimes parasites cause the belly to protrude and makes it look bigger. Cloves, Wormwood and Papaya Seeds are great for this issue!
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corinasue1143 wrote: »Since reading several posts like this lately, I have really been noticing at White Water. I have seen maybe 3 ladies with truly FLAT tummies. All of them looked like skinny 8-year old boys. No boobs, no booty, toothpick legs, and no bellies. The ladies with real figures have just a little pudge in the tummy.
Which means my suggestion is: look at real people for role models, not touched up magazine photos. or else have professional photos taken of you in a bikini, then don’t look at mirrors, just your pictures.
so much hate for something that you've not been able to achieve yet....
I would have to disagree with your statements. My fiancee has a real figure (as you've described it) and has a very flat stomach.7 -
Has anyone linked this yet?!?
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10689837/does-this-uterus-make-my-stomach-look-fat/p13 -
corinasue1143 wrote: »Since reading several posts like this lately, I have really been noticing at White Water. I have seen maybe 3 ladies with truly FLAT tummies. All of them looked like skinny 8-year old boys. No boobs, no booty, toothpick legs, and no bellies. The ladies with real figures have just a little pudge in the tummy.
Which means my suggestion is: look at real people for role models, not touched up magazine photos. or else have professional photos taken of you in a bikini, then don’t look at mirrors, just your pictures.
I'm an A cup with a belly. Am I real person or not?
Anyway, bless your little heart.13 -
corinasue1143 wrote: »Since reading several posts like this lately, I have really been noticing at White Water. I have seen maybe 3 ladies with truly FLAT tummies. All of them looked like skinny 8-year old boys. No boobs, no booty, toothpick legs, and no bellies. The ladies with real figures have just a little pudge in the tummy.
Which means my suggestion is: look at real people for role models, not touched up magazine photos. or else have professional photos taken of you in a bikini, then don’t look at mirrors, just your pictures.
Were the other ladies figures imaginary?? Please be aware of how hurtful your response is to women who don't fit your stereotype. You tell the OP to look at real people and when the breath above you discounted the figures of 3 real people.
To the OP, everyone else has given really sound advice. Be patient and continue to monitor your progress. A flat stomach is not practical for everyone based on their genetics. It may be achievable, but not healthy in the long run for some. But I hope you can find a place where you are happy with your appearance and can easily maintain it.12 -
I have given up on the idea of eliminating my fat.
I have more weight and more fat on me than I have in a while...tummy, hips, butt. I go through phases. But the truth is it's all me. It's my body. Eat well, exercise regularly (without becoming obsessive). My body will handle the rest.
We all work so hard to "figure out" how to "manage" our bodies. For many MANY years our bodies did just fine managing themselves...now we have to figure out how to sculpt...detoxify...cleanse...our organs do what they do, our metabolism does what it does.
I'm effing tired of trying to manage it-so I'm letting my body do what it does best. I eat healthfully maybe 80% of the time or more...I exercise...and that is all.
It took an eating disorder to get me to realize that what my body looks like is not the most important thing. We are more than our bodies. What we look like is no the be all and end all of everything.7 -
maureenseel1984 wrote: »I have given up on the idea of eliminating my fat.
I have more weight and more fat on me than I have in a while...tummy, hips, butt. I go through phases. But the truth is it's all me. It's my body. Eat well, exercise regularly (without becoming obsessive). My body will handle the rest.
We all work so hard to "figure out" how to "manage" our bodies. For many MANY years our bodies did just fine managing themselves...now we have to figure out how to sculpt...detoxify...cleanse...our organs do what they do, our metabolism does what it does.
I'm effing tired of trying to manage it-so I'm letting my body do what it does best. I eat healthfully maybe 80% of the time or more...I exercise...and that is all.
It took an eating disorder to get me to realize that what my body looks like is not the most important thing. We are more than our bodies. What we look like is no the be all and end all of everything.
I agree with a lot of this, particularly about ones weight not being the be all and end all of everything, but I wanted to address the bolded. For many of us, our bodies do not "manage" themselves very well, which is how we've gotten to a place of obesity in the first place. I assume the "many many years" is referring to how obesity has mostly only been a modern thing. And while that's too a certain extent true, it's not from anything our bodies do or did. People used to be naturally skinnier because they used to be more active and food was scarcer. The bigger risk used to be starvation, not obesity. Now most of live in a world where food is regularly available and we move around a whole lot less. That has led to a lot more obesity. We don't need to cleanse or detoxify anything of those things to get rid of it. We just need to eat at a calorie deficit.
I don't think anyone is wrong for accepting their body the way it is, and I don't think anyone is wrong for wanting to change their body. I think you can still love your body while doing the latter. My fat, my skin condition, and my stomach problems, etc, are all a part of me. I can love myself while having them while also wanting to reduce them all.
I don't think anyone should feel like they need to meet body expectations that are unrealistic for many people, but if people are able to reach them while coming from a healthy place physically and mentally, I think that's great for them.
I don't think I'll ever have that ripped six pack body, but as I get farther along, I may work for it, but in a healthy way.7 -
LouVee186000 wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »LouVee186000 wrote: »
I gain weight in New Mexico.
Have you ever visited the restaurants in Santa Fe ?
YES I HAVE. And I spent my teenage years in ABQ and still miss the food. Rather glad I'm not there now, it would be very tough for me to lose eating carne adovada and sopa pillas a couple of times a week.
Welcome to my biggest excuse for not having a flat gut. We live south of Albq and there is NOTHING to eat except Mexican food (and it's delicious Mexican food....which I can consume a really impressive amount of in a sitting)
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In the past I found that tababa style workouts did a lot for my muscles. It didn’t help so much with fat burning but I could see muscle developing underneath.0
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Broscience. If you have a parasite in your body (like a tapeworm) you need to see a specialist in gastroentrology, not do a "cleanse".AmatullahMuwahidah wrote: »And you also may want to consider doing a parasite cleanse, sometimes parasites cause the belly to protrude and makes it look bigger. Cloves, Wormwood and Papaya Seeds are great for this issue!
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RxAP-EtKZF4 3 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »AmatullahMuwahidah wrote: »And you also may want to consider doing a parasite cleanse, sometimes parasites cause the belly to protrude and makes it look bigger. Cloves, Wormwood and Papaya Seeds are great for this issue!
Whoa. If you have parasites, you need a doctor. Not seeds.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RxAP-EtKZF4
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Broscience. If you have a parasite in your body (like a tapeworm) you need to see a specialist in gastroentrology, not do a "cleanse".AmatullahMuwahidah wrote: »And you also may want to consider doing a parasite cleanse, sometimes parasites cause the belly to protrude and makes it look bigger. Cloves, Wormwood and Papaya Seeds are great for this issue!
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The Dr on this show works in hospital as a Gastroenterologist, here is her telling you what to do if you have parasites. She suggests eating 2 cloves Garlic daily, it kills parasites. Wormwood Tea, kills and paralysis parasites & reduces their egg production. Papaya Seeds with Honey, in one study this method cured 75% of the children infected with parasites.21 -
AmatullahMuwahidah wrote: »
Broscience. If you have a parasite in your body (like a tapeworm) you need to see a specialist in gastroentrology, not do a "cleanse".AmatullahMuwahidah wrote: »And you also may want to consider doing a parasite cleanse, sometimes parasites cause the belly to protrude and makes it look bigger. Cloves, Wormwood and Papaya Seeds are great for this issue!
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Sharing something from the Dr. Oz show gives a claim less credibility, not more.
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I agree with a lot of this, particularly about ones weight not being the be all and end all of everything, but I wanted to address the bolded. For many of us, our bodies do not "manage" themselves very well, which is how we've gotten to a place of obesity in the first place. I assume the "many many years" is referring to how obesity has mostly only been a modern thing. And while that's too a certain extent true, it's not from anything our bodies do or did. People used to be naturally skinnier because they used to be more active and food was scarcer. The bigger risk used to be starvation, not obesity. Now most of live in a world where food is regularly available and we move around a whole lot less. That has led to a lot more obesity. We don't need to cleanse or detoxify anything of those things to get rid of it. We just need to eat at a calorie deficit.
I don't think anyone is wrong for accepting their body the way it is, and I don't think anyone is wrong for wanting to change their body. I think you can still love your body while doing the latter. My fat, my skin condition, and my stomach problems, etc, are all a part of me. I can love myself while having them while also wanting to reduce them all.
I don't think anyone should feel like they need to meet body expectations that are unrealistic for many people, but if people are able to reach them while coming from a healthy place physically and mentally, I think that's great for them.
I don't think I'll ever have that ripped six pack body, but as I get farther along, I may work for it, but in a healthy way.
The problem I'm getting at is the diet and fitness industry...and how things like eating restrictive diets in order to achieve a certain body type may not be realistic. My body will never NEVER be like a ballerina. My metabolism even when I eat well and exercise routinely...the only way I can get a ballerina body is by starvation and over-exercising (I'd know from experience-got the body-and an inpatient admission). It is great to want to exercise and eat well. But if you're doing those things and still don't "see the body you want"...then it is time to accept what you have. It is ok to be eating healthfully and exercising and not have the "perfect body". Particularly as we age-this expectation of how we're "supposed to look" (especially-but not exclusively women) is not realistic...and will drive us insane.4 -
I didn't say parasite DON'T exist. Where does he say to do a "cleanse"? There are ways to help reduce getting them, but gain if you have parasite like that, then you need to see a gastroenterologist.AmatullahMuwahidah wrote: »
Broscience. If you have a parasite in your body (like a tapeworm) you need to see a specialist in gastroentrology, not do a "cleanse".AmatullahMuwahidah wrote: »And you also may want to consider doing a parasite cleanse, sometimes parasites cause the belly to protrude and makes it look bigger. Cloves, Wormwood and Papaya Seeds are great for this issue!
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Girl, I have lost 36 pounds since the beginning of this year. I still have a belly. I have a mama tummy. I can say I have lost 5 inches off of each, my chest, waist, and hips. I can tell you what I've done, maybe it would work for you, maybe not.
I followed the Flat Belly diet. It has worked for me in the past. For only the first 4 days its really restrictive, and you eat an anti-bloat jumpstart. Then It emphasizes eating healthy fats, like nuts, healthy oils, seeds avocado etc. Watching sodium has also been a huge thing for me.4 -
I am 5”5” 130lbs I hold weight in my midsection. The only way I can get rid of it is to lower my body fat percentage with diet and exercise.(cardio and weight lifting) Right now, I’m at 23% body fat. I’m working to get to 21%.0
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I've been on this journey since 12/2012. I had about 60 pounds to lose. I lost it, still had a belly (not as big, but still there) but also regained 30 pounds quickly. Since then, I've taken my time, and finally in March I again hit goal plus 5 pounds. Still had a belly. I've now maintained since then, and just the other day I realized that I could look straight down and see my boobs and my feet... but NOT my belly. When I lost it, I'm not sure, just that it happened so slowly I never noticed. (Actually, same thing with my butt! lol) OH and my exercise is basically hiking/walking, with a little recumbent biking if the weather is too bad for hiking. So no sit-ups (those are SO bad for your back!) and no "spot reduction" exercises... just time and perseverance.
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People can genetically have "hormonal" guts. This basically means that more fat accumulates here and it's harder to lose when you lose weight. My family is plagued with it; my mom has skinny arms and legs and NO uterus, and a belly she just can't shake (or I guess, she could shake, which is the problem). I am obese and most of the fat for me is in my stomach region as well. When I was 100-120 pounds as a preteen, I had a gut. For some people that is just the facts. I don't know what you look like, but it might not even be as bad as you think? On the other hand, 3 inches is still a lot to lose!6
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