Belly after child warning picture

Unfortunately you can't control where your body loses weight. I would suggest doing cardio/more cardio to burn fat and also focus on strengthening your core muscles with ab workouts, cruches and reverse crunches.

I had two 9-lb. boys, and had them relatively late (33 and 37), so I've always had the SAME Issue (you can see how pot-bellied I always looked in my profile pics).

It's true that you can't "spot reduce" -- but you're young, you're getting fit, and the less body fat you have, the more your stomach will appear flatter (my "after" profile pics show the difference I've noticed after 8 months of hard work). Watching the diet, working out hard (cardio AND strength) AND eating back all your exercise calories will get you there. Your body needs fuel, so don't starve it to get abs -- it doesn't work.

A challenging circuit training class I've been taking has also helped a lot b/c we do weight work and ab/core work that hits the whole body and ups your heart rate. It's brutal, but you can feel your body getting stronger by the week.

Hope this helps, and hang in there -- you're photo looks good, actually!! :flowerforyou: I think we're too hyper-critical of our bodies after children. Don't beat yourself up for the changes. You're a different woman now (a Mom) and your body will be different. But you can still be fit and feel sexy. And you're young -- I will never lose the wrinkly stretched skin I have from my kids, but you may even lose that b/c you're in your 20's.

Hang in there!!

Compared to mine, your belly looks great.

THIS! ^^

I do Jillian Micheals 30 day shred and we do crunches and reverse crunches. She mentions during the workout that the reverse crunches work that "pooch" that we can't get rid of. I also do Turbo Jam Ab workout, that will REALLY help with abs, obliques, ans strenghting those muscles. Hope that helps:happy:

I just noticed the shape in the middle. If you bend over and see an obvious line down the middle of your belly you may have diastasis recti. I'm not going to post the article I look at for exercises because it's from a different weight loss website but I would google "exercises for diastasis recti" or "exercises for separated ab muscle"

Your belly isnt bad at ALL! I c sum ladies that havent had children & look up 2 9 months preggo! o_O

I suggest the 30 day shred by Jillian Michael's I've seen a drastic change in my belly.

you can get post pregnancy workout DVD on Amazon the trainer was shakira's and gwyneth paltrow and none of them look like they've ever been pregnant so it must work!

Even few people who wasn't pregnant left reviews that it helped them tone their tummies, it got really good reviews, the trainer is called Tracy Anderson.

Hi everyone I've just joined up and Im nearly at my goal weight of around 8 st 3 ( prepregnancy weight) I have 6lbs to lose. Im 5ft2.
I hold all my weight on my thighs and stomach. Before I was pregnant I never had a flat stomach but I was never big...here is a picture of my stomach now after my child. He was nearly 9lbs and I held alot of weight when I was pregnant, that was a year and a half ago.

I'm really scared about putting this picture up but I need help with losing the weight around my belly and would like to know if I'd ever be able to achieve a flat stomach ever again. It really depresses me when I see my stomach, I'm 24 and want to be able to be confident in my clothes.

Can someone give me some advise on what exercises to do or how to go about this as I don't have much weight to lose now.

You should do the 30 day shred!

I was expecting to see something drastic, I wish I had your belly to work with, hate mine!

You need this https://player.vimeo.com/video/34813864 :P

Seriously, there are some good tips here, but don't beat yourself up about it!

OMG - i'll just say I WISH I had your stomach!! I started at 303.4, and am currently at 205.2 -- I'm worried about saggy skin -- you gotta love yourself no matter what size -- and be comfortable in your skin NOW. There's always room for self improvement - but don't think you look bad now!! Good luck!!

Eat CLEAN and I mean super clean (Check out Natalie Jill's 7 day jumpstart - I did it and it is amazing! - really teaches you how to eat).
Weight train 3-4 times per week & cardio 3-4 times per week. Make sure to eat enough. Don't starve yourself because you'll need fuel to get through the workouts too. You'll get there. Just keep going and don't be hard on yourself. You look fantastic girl!

bump. My tummy looks exactly the same (well with a few more pounds too). But same shape and everything, I wish you the best of luck!