poochie tummy

[thor]

i hope this is where this goes...anyway i can't seem to get rid of the pooch at all! eveyone tells me it is because of the surgeries i have had, all the incisions are in the same place but i just can't make the tummy go away. any ideas would be helpful....thank you

[Voodoo]

Yeah, i'd like to know this too.... cause since I have had my daughter my tummy just aint quite right.

[Puddles]

Crunches, leg raises, any abdominal work to get the abs as tight as possible. Diet is the only thing that will get rid of this fat aside from lipo and/or a tummy tuck. When I say diet, I mean dieting until you're in or very close to single digit bf %'s which isn't healthy for year round.

Honestly a little pooch is to be expected. Even the women who compete have some extra in this area until they're dieting down. For most of us, mother nature changes women's bodies as they mature and especially after having children (of course there are some who are geneticly blessed, but they're the exception to the rule). Fat is deposited differently as the years go on. Do what you can to be healty and attractive but do not obsess about about the pooch too much or you'll never be happy with yourself.

[Voodoo]

Originally Posted by Puddles

Crunches, leg raises, any abdominal work to get the abs as tight as possible. Diet is the only thing that will get rid of this fat aside from lipo and/or a tummy tuck. When I say diet, I mean dieting until you're in or very close to single digit bf %'s which isn't healthy for year round.

Honestly a little pooch is to be expected. Even the women who compete have some extra in this area until they're dieting down. For most of us, mother nature changes women's bodies as they mature and especially after having children (of course there are some who are geneticly blessed, but they're the exception to the rule). Fat is deposited differently as the years go on. Do what you can to be healty and attractive but do not obsess about about the pooch too much or you'll never be happy with yourself.

Funny thing.....
I used to never think I was attractive or thin enough.
I look at pictures of me when I was my leanest and strongest and I think I looked really good (now) but back then, I thought I was fat. You could see ab muscles on me and I thought I was fat because my ass still giggled....
now...im a marshmellow, but a whole lot happier and wiser than I was then.
So, I will trade them for now (im about 15lbs out from where I was pre preggers and still working on getting that # lower)...
Eventually though, when I grow up I want to be like Lacy and do a Strong Woman competition.

[Puddles]

Originally Posted by Voodoo

Funny thing.....
I used to never think I was attractive or thin enough.
I look at pictures of me when I was my leanest and strongest and I think I looked really good (now) but back then, I thought I was fat. You could see ab muscles on me and I thought I was fat because my ass still giggled....
now...im a marshmellow, but a whole lot happier and wiser than I was then.
So, I will trade them for now (im about 15lbs out from where I was pre preggers and still working on getting that # lower)...
Eventually though, when I grow up I want to be like Lacy and do a Strong Woman competition.

A lotta ditto in that post from me.

When I looked my best I didn't appreciate it. Instead I went into a depression and almost covered up my bathroom mirror because I couldn't stand the sight of myself. I was healthy and looked good with clothes on, but undressed, all I could see were the problem areas.

Depression lead to some over eating, then I busted a few disks in a car accident and haven't been able to train since November. I've put on way too much weight due to the lack of exercise and some other health issues but am getting it under control. Now that I'm 40 the weight loss is harder than ever. I just cleaned out my overstuffed closet and put my "skinny clothes" in 2 huge bins for the time being. My closet has never been this empty.

I know what has to be done and am working on it as much as I can. In the meantime, I've learned not to beat myself up for how I look right now, or in the future when I still won't be perfect. Being healthy is way more important to me, both physically and mentally.

[Voodoo]

Originally Posted by Puddles

I know what has to be done and am working on it as much as I can. .

Same here

Originally Posted by Puddles

In the meantime, I've learned not to beat myself up for how I look right now, or in the future when I still won't be perfect. .

This is what I need to learn

Originally Posted by Puddles

Being healthy is way more important to me, both physically and mentally.

agreed!

[Lacy]

Same here too I never thought I was ok but now lookin back..............

[Pammie]

Originally Posted by Puddles

I know what has to be done and am working on it as much as I can. In the meantime, I've learned not to beat myself up for how I look right now, or in the future when I still won't be perfect. Being healthy is way more important to me, both physically and mentally.

With age I'm getting better about this.

Too bad we have to get older to get smarter!!
(Well me anyway:cry )

[Puddles]

Know what's funny...we all actually start out with the right frame of mind. You look at little kids and most of them don't give two cents about how they look. The youngest ones, the ones still in diapers or just barely of of them, are happy to run around naked and they're laughing and playing for most of their waking hours.

Look at other countries, Mexico has fat women all over the place and they're quite happy with their looks. African tribes still run around naked or damn close to it without a second thought.

Our culture has screwed with our perception of beauty to the point of making many ill, both mentally and physically.

Even go back just a couple hundred years ago and look at the paintings of what was considered to be a beautiful woman. A poochy belly was desired! So was fair skin.

Now in the US there are two extremes that are way too common, the obese and the sickly thin (anexorics, bullemics, drug addicts, etc.). We, the body building community, for the most part tend to aim for a healthy body but we have our extremes too when we're dieting down for competitions or bulking up when on cycles and abusing AAS happens instead of just using it for a boost but overall I think we've done better than the average American.

I think the girls here are pretty level headed though and while we're not quite where we'd like to be all the time, we use the knowledge we've gained to help better ourselves.

Let's continue to use our heads and focus on a healthy lifestyle as well as accepting our bodies. We will feel much better, both physically and mentally.

[Pammie]

Originally Posted by Puddles

Know what's funny...we all actually start out with the right frame of mind. You look at little kids and most of them don't give two cents about how they look. The youngest ones, the ones still in diapers or just barely of of them, are happy to run around naked and they're laughing and playing for most of their waking hours.

Look at other countries, Mexico has fat women all over the place and they're quite happy with their looks. African tribes still run around naked or damn close to it without a second thought.

Our culture has screwed with our perception of beauty to the point of making many ill, both mentally and physically.

Even go back just a couple hundred years ago and look at the paintings of what was considered to be a beautiful woman. A poochy belly was desired! So was fair skin.

Now in the US there are two extremes that are way too common, the obese and the sickly thin (anexorics, bullemics, drug addicts, etc.). We, the body building community, for the most part tend to aim for a healthy body but we have our extremes too when we're dieting down for competitions or bulking up when on cycles and abusing AAS happens instead of just using it for a boost but overall I think we've done better than the average American.

I think the girls here are pretty level headed though and while we're not quite where we'd like to be all the time, we use the knowledge we've gained to help better ourselves.

Let's continue to use our heads and focus on a healthy lifestyle as well as accepting our bodies. We will feel much better, both physically and mentally.

Your 100% right on..


I didn't think I was a fat little girl until someone told me I was!:argh


Now I care less and less about what size I am!
I just want to be healthy and feel good!:woot