Getting rid of (or lessening) a stomach flap

fatgirlslim32 · June 2012

I'm pretty confident I'll never get rid of it totally, but some exercise tips would be great please.

If they're ones that can be done at home with no equipment, then even better

I lost a lot of weight a few years back (with exercise) and have gradually put it all back on again

hence my confidence in not getting rid of it totally - some of it must be loose skin.

In the gym I am building up my fitness, am jogging on the treadmill, intervals on the rower and spinner and/or the aerobics setting on the cross trainer. I have the amazing abs app for my phone (glute bridge/planks (normal & side)/spiderman climb/superman etc) but am not really doing it regularly atm. Any other ideas for trying to get rid of it?

Thanks in advance

Helloitsdan · June 2012

Eat well.
Certain vitamines can help with skin elasticity.
Look into Vitamin E, D and K.
Eat at a slight deficit for fat loss.
Maybe 20% below TDEE.

fatgirlslim32 · June 2012

Great, thank you - I'll look into the vitamins & start doing the app more often rather than just looking at it!

fitpilatesqueen · June 2012

Eat well.
Certain vitamines can help with skin elasticity.
Look into Vitamin E, D and K.
Eat at a slight deficit for fat loss.
Maybe 20% below TDEE.

I like this...I need to look at more vitamins.
What is TDEE if I may ask?

AyaAEtman · June 2012

TDEE is the common abbreviation for Total Daily Energy Expenditure which is a metric to calculate the amount of calories your body needs to function in a day. This is quite similar to BMR; in fact, you need your BMR to calculate your TDEE; but your TDEE accounts for your average daily activity as well to give a figure truer to your specific situation. Basically, the TDEE calculation relies on categorizing your daily activity into one of the metrics' predetermined groupings:

Sedentary - desk job and little to no exercise
Lightly Active - light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk
Moderately Active - moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk
Very Active - hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk
Extremely Active - hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or training

Once you have determined where you fit in on the TDEE activity rate scale, this activity rate is used to weight your BMR giving you a more accurate assessment of how many calories you really need throughout the course of the day. Since BMR only accounts for your bodies basic functioning needs and not your daily activity, TDEE provides standard multipliers for accurately determining a TDEE. Those multipliers are as follows:

Sedentary - 1.2
Lightly Active - 1.375
Moderately Active - 1.55
Very Active - 1.725
Extremely Active - 1.9

frootcat · June 2012

I wish the answer to this was "It will just disappear in shame because it knows how much you hate it."

Meatsies · June 2012

Edited 'cause Aya answered the TDEE question in way more detail than I did.

Also to add that I like FrootCat's answer the best.

DzzyButterfly · June 2012

Saving this! Thanks!

donnamorad · June 2012

A trainer once told me that fish oil helps too.

mlc323 · June 2012

make sure to do your research on the vitamins before you take them. vits ADEK are all dangerous or toxic at certain levels.

NotGoddess · June 2012

I wish the answer to this was "It will just disappear in shame because it knows how much you hate it."

Or "If you wish really hard and really really want it, the weight loss fairy will come and take it away"

I do believe in fairies. I do. I do.

MooMooooo · June 2012

I once saw a show where a woman had loose skin after having 4 babies - a special massage therapist worked with her over several months and made it nearly disappear.

So perhaps a massage with oil every day might help? You have to remember to massage it into the position you want it to go in.

Ladyiianae · June 2012

Sedentary - desk job and little to no exercise
Lightly Active - light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk
Moderately Active - moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk
Very Active - hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk
Extremely Active - hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or training

This is where I get confused. Sedentary is listed as a desk job AND little to no exercise. I have a desk job but I DO exercise an hour or so every day 6-7 days a week. For instance, this morning my session had my heart rate up consistantly at 152-153 for 45 minutes...and that's normal. Where would I fall in the TDEE?

Thanks!

mommamuscles · June 2012

Sedentary - desk job and little to no exercise
Lightly Active - light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk
Moderately Active - moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk
Very Active - hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk
Extremely Active - hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or training

This is where I get confused. Sedentary is listed as a desk job AND little to no exercise. I have a desk job but I DO exercise an hour or so every day 6-7 days a week. For instance, this morning my session had my heart rate up consistantly at 152-153 for 45 minutes...and that's normal. Where would I fall in the TDEE?

If you work out for 6-7 hours a week, you are very active.

Thanks!

Yanicka1 · June 2012

Sedentary - desk job and little to no exercise
Lightly Active - light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk
Moderately Active - moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk
Very Active - hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/wk
Extremely Active - hard daily exercise/sports & physical job or training

This is where I get confused. Sedentary is listed as a desk job AND little to no exercise. I have a desk job but I DO exercise an hour or so every day 6-7 days a week. For instance, this morning my session had my heart rate up consistantly at 152-153 for 45 minutes...and that's normal. Where would I fall in the TDEE?

Thanks!

Very active

Doing TDEE minus 15% and strenght training I was able to lose my belly after giving birth to 6 kids. As you can see I still have loose skin but I am the only one that see it.