Is it possible to get a flat stomach. (Excess skin)

Start doing cardio now, when I started I had 130-135lbs to lose I'm down 116.5 right now. My stomach is getting flatter, no loose skin, Cardio is the only real thing besides surgery to get rid of belly fat...

Great question. I have a ridiculously large amount to lose myself and was wondering also. I am walking an hour every morning (approx. 2.25 miles)... does this count as "cardio" or do I need to be doing something else?

As I get my feet wet, I plan on adding something other than just walking, but for now, this is where I am.

Unfortunately, the only thing you can do is try to lose it slowly. Give your skin time to firm up along the way. If you drop the weight quickly, your skin won't be able to keep up, and it'll look saggy and loose.

I've only lost 42 lbs, and I have a few spots of loose skin. My belly skin seems to be tightening up quite a bit though as I go along.

From what I understand from friends who have lost more than I have is that some people get saggy skin more than others and some in other areas than others. There's a strong genetic component to it. It also can take up to a year or two before your skin finishes tighening up, so even if you do start to have some sagginess, just be patient and keep working hard.

Start doing cardio now, when I started I had 130-135lbs to lose I'm down 116.5 right now. My stomach is getting flatter, no loose skin, Cardio is the only real thing besides surgery to get rid of belly fat...

I've been doing the P90X program - would that qualify as cardio? Thanks!

Time and a combination of cardio and strength training. I to worry that I will have that loose skin, but we'll see.

Good question!
I know a girl who lost like 200 pounds but didn't work out, she had to have the surgery for the excess skin. But as you know the excess skin is going to be everywhere, not just the tummy. It will be on the arms and legs (of course not as bad as on the tummy) but this same girl started weight lifting and she has no excess skin or anything on her arms at all.
The CDC recommends doing two toning exercises per week.
Personally I do the AbLounge (that I bought four years ago and just barely started using) at least once a week for a hundred to two hundred crunches. My goal is two hundred in twenty minutes while watching tv in sets of 25 reps each. And I do change positions so that I get all the target areas. Crunches or sit ups are the same difference but I have back and neck issues so I use the AbLounge. Also I do tightening of the abs in random places like while driving or in the line at the store or other random things. They're easiest for me to do while sitting.

People say that its dumb for fat people to do exercises like crunches and stuff cause we're too fat. But that's dumb logic cause if you don't try to turn your fat into muscle then its gonna be flab and we'll have the excess skin. So its killing two birds with one stone cause we're exercising which loses the weight and tones the fat into muscle.
Fat is in the same skin on the same bones that the muscle is--the goal is to turn it around. And yes the skin is attached to that fat that's attached to the muscle so its gonna change as well.
And really its not the excess skin that's the problem, its the fat cells that have nothing to attach themselves to. If you don't tone the fat into muscle is going to hang cause it essentially doesn't know what is going on--its like the result of starvation mode. The body just freaks out and does stuff you don't want. So exercise it and feed it information of what you want it to do and it will do it. If you lay around and don't give it guidance is just gonna hang around, too.

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I suggest doing the 10 minute workouts. Netflix has many exercise videos that are for ten minutes at a stretch. Me and my daughter just did three different videos cause we want to work out in front of the living room air conditioner this summer instead of complaining its too hot to work out outside.
We also do the shake weight (we modify the workouts cause we're weaklings).
Our goal is Zumba but we're so not there yet.
My personal favorite is the pick your level Pilates (I found it on netflix). It is really informative on the actual movements your body is supposed to do. It goes a little fast at first but there's nothing wrong with staring at the people and not moving so that you can learn the movements correctly. My daughter for example doesn't raise her arms as high as the instructors but she says that it hurts less to have them lower. I know over time she'll increase her ability and that's the point. (she's only eight but very very very nonathletic)

I'm curious what stretch marks will do once the skin starts tightening up. do they stay but less visible or do they dimple up or what?

Im fairly new to this journey. (About 30 days) I have 160 pounds to lose and i am really scared about losing the weight and then having a stomach "pouch" Is there anything I can do now to help me get a flat stomach. It doesnt have to be super flat but I don't want excess skin hanging over my pants. Plastic surgery would not be an option.

yes-this is a very good question. Don't lose more than 2 pounds a week maximum. Start taking vitamins for your skin now, drink lots of water from now on. You look fairly young...the slower you lose it, the less the skin issue will be. it can take years for the skin to catch up. Bariatric patients would have the biggest issue with this. Just read everything you can on the subject.

Im fairly new to this journey. (About 30 days) I have 160 pounds to lose and i am really scared about losing the weight and then having a stomach "pouch" Is there anything I can do now to help me get a flat stomach. It doesnt have to be super flat but I don't want excess skin hanging over my pants. Plastic surgery would not be an option.

I forgot to add. At some point, when you feel comfortable, add weight/strength training. This helps too.