Pregnant looking belly!

[Jul]

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Let me start by saying that I am NOT pregnant . My body is fairly proportionate,I am not overweight(Pretty close to my ideal weight) and I have the classic "pear shape" except that my pear is a bit thick in the middle! After having 3 kids (ages 5, 3, and 1 1/2) I still have a tummy. In the mornings, I like how it looks - pretty flat!! But after I start eating and drinking, I notice that it bulges out like I am 4-5 mos. pregnant. It is firm and rounded and makes my pants feel tight. Like I said before, in the morning it looks good. I noticed this on the beach that others do not seem to bulge in the tummy area as I do. I do Cathe's sit ups 3 times a week switching among various tapes and I can feel the muscles. Do others have this problem, or maybe this is just where I tend to carry more fat. The food & drinks make me bulge! YUCK! Any thoughts??

 

[Cheryl D]

pot belly

I have this same problem. Someone suggested that I keep a food diary and see if my tummy pooched after certain foods, but that wasn't the case. Do we just have very weak abs? Any ideas?
Cheryl

 

[Joanna]

My thought...

...is that some people just have a tendancy to show weight there. Take me for example - since adolescence I have had a tummy. Now, after five kids, serious dieting and weight loss plus great fitness level thanks to Cathe (

) I STILL can grab on to some flab there. Sometimes, I too feel bloated and 'pooch' out. All these years, though, I have tried to make a habit of holding in my abs on a routine basis...sometimes even flexing and releasing during normal daily activity. This seems to have helped. I still cannot where a bikini, though, and am very thankful for the benefits of spandex

!!!

Hang in there, you are not alone...

Joanna

 

[lynxeagle]

Do you drink alot of water?

I started drinking between 50 and 60 ounces of water a day ( and gave up caffeine). This seemed to keep my stomach from bulging. I also no longer retain any water before my period. Hope this helps.

 

[Jul]

Thanks for all the feedback!

I have just started drinking more water thanks to someone's idea of filling up two 1-liter bottles each day. I have been drinking them plus more! i have also been eating lots of fruits & veggies which sometimes cause some bloating. Thanks to Cathe's videos ( and some SUPER advice from this forum

) I wore a bikini this year at the beach! I was constantly sucking in that belly, but i felt good about my body! Too bad it has taken 32 years to overcome my body image problem!! Thanks everyone!

 

[Kathleen]

Pooch

I am thin (5'8" and 115 lbs)and have good abs but the same thing happens to me everytime I eat; I asked my doctor and she said it happened to her also but she didn't know the medical reason! For what it's worth, if I do an hour of TaeBo my stomach gets flatter, so maybe it's air displacement?

 

[Miamom]

Suck the Tummy in Often

I have 4 kids and I understand how hard it is to get those abs showing again. Something that is very important, I have found, is to suck the tummy in while doing the excersises. If not it becomes the shape that you put it at.