How on Earth....

Do you lose that below the belly button pooch! after I had my daughter it seems like a lot of my extra weight decided to hang out right below my belly button, where the waist on your pants sit! I thought crunches at first but those really work your abs...I need ideas to get rid of that ugliness!! Please Help!

I wish I had the answer to that! I have lost over 30lbs -- 3 pant sizes and I still have the below the belly button jiggle -- I workout 5 days a week --- I think I just have to hide it and stop hoping it will melt away. 3 kids (last one at 39) -- not an easy fix... if anyone has any suggestions I welcome it too.

Cardio girl... you have to decrease your overall body fat percentage... some lose from their waist first and others from their hips and butt so hopefully your one that losing from your waist... first :happy: Crunches will help strengthen the muscle but won't get rid of that bulge... Good luck!

~Leash

edit- 2 times I spelled waist wrong, wooow

I'm searching for the same answer after twins 18 months ago.

In addition to the cardio, strength and healthy diet I have recently cut out alcohol. In addition to the obvious empty calories, it also hinders your body's ability to metabolize fat AND supposedly goes right to your tummy area (although how they know alcohol turns into belly fat I do not know).
Search the message boards for 'the alcohol question' and have a quick read.

Not seeing dramatic results just yet, but I'm giving it a try. Good luck!

It is so true that diet is what makes or breaks the abs. Cardio, calisthenics, or isolated exercises cannot do much to reduce that area -- which many of us are genetically prone to get, including me!! -- if we are not eating well. You need to be consistently eating clean, natural food and avoiding sugar, high fat foods, processed foods, junk foods, and yes, often alcohol.

I have been doing all of this -- most recently avoiding alcohol -- along with toning/strength exercises and cardio, and I have seen some results, but not as quickly as I'd like. Still, my stomach looks and feels way better than when I used to be addicted to sugar and the like. I've learned it takes patience and a long time to get the flat-belly results I want! Nothing good comes easily -- I really believe that to be true -- so just keep consistently eating clean and healthy and exercising and your body will shape itself into its natural best shape. Good luck.

ya you can't spot reduce, but you can work out that area.

No reason not to have tone muscles under the fat :laugh:

The best way to reach those in my experiance is leg lifts. just lift your heals about a foot of the ground and slowly lower them, you should start to feel the burn in that lower ab area right away.