THE MOMMY POOCH

It takes time !!!! I know your baby girl is not that old yet,lol. I also know that you love your elliptical,but try to add some weights to your workouts

I don't know if you've hurd of Insanity or if you have are willing to do it- BUT if you do, & stick too it, I can promise you that will melt away! It's a 60 day program about an hour a day, if you have the time that is my advice. Of course eating right with it but I did it & it helped get ride of those stuborn love handles that I couldn't seem to get ride of after my having my daughter & the "pooch" that was so very annoying. Best of luck to you & I hope I helped! If you have any questions on Insanity feel free to ask, done it twice already!

reverse crunches will help...my mommy pooch is the most stubborn area on my body right now:( definetly start weight training as your core will strengthen with your reps. If you like to do workout videos i suggest the 30 Day Shred...it helped me loose inches and i feel like i'm stronger in my core, and it's only 25-30 mins a day...i also suggest Jillian Michael's Body Revolution as well awesome workouts and only 30 mins a day as well. Doing the plank will help also and of course eating right! Good luck and i hoped i helped a little:) Feel free to add me!

apparently, working your transverse abdominis will help. if you have diastasis recti certain ab work outs will NOT fix it, or will make it worse before they make anything better. you can google it to see if you have it.

i found a website with free exercises, i'm going to try them out tonight. instead of focusing on the muscles that go up and down, you focus on the ones that go horizontal/ and wrap around.

here is a little blurb~~~


The main way to work the TA muscle is to "draw in" the navel, thus taking pressure off those outermost abdominal muscles while allowing them to knit back together. However, if your body has experienced any of the following scenarios, you've spent a LOT of time doing the opposite of "hollowing" your belly and activating your transverse:
worked in a job where you slouch or lean over a lot
had any kind of abdominal surgery, including c-sections, hernia repair, abdominioplasty
more than one pregnancy
multiples in pregnancy
long pushing phase in labor
chronic coughing
chronic constipation where you have to bear down
The transverse abdominus acts as our God-given back brace - some call it a corset or a seat belt. However, the catch-22 is that people with diastasis have often lost their ability to target their TA muscle, and they think they're fat. They joke about their "pot belly" and how their six pack is hiding under a "keg," and then they do endless ab work that bulges and distends the area further, making the diastasis worse because all of that outward or forward/forceful pressure just pushes that split open more, literally ripping it like the seam on a pair of old pants

After 3 kids in 2 years...(now 3 years old & 17 month old twins), I have found the best exercise is cardio and for core stengthening planks and leg lifts. It will just take time. Good luck.

Tummy tuck! Gave myself the gift a little over a year ago and it was the best thing I have ever done for myself! My doctor said that all the dieting and working out was never going to fix my problem. He was right. I love my new flat belly.