Oh! this great fat belly.

Why not go to a local belly dancing class. You will learn all sorts of moves and be encouraged to dance with a repertoire of those moves that suit you.

All the moves are shown on utube. Here are some contacts for the camel move which is a tummy move of the three sets of abdominal muscles.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVl5LMzHJ8U

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMrGL3nRutI

before any exercise you should warm up your muscles. Good luck.

I do Pilates on the floor in class. Getting down and up takes a bit longer but I do manage ok. For anyone who does Pilates, I find I just can't manage the plank, so do something else. Otherwise I love all the movements and would never now go back to yoga.

I think the problem really is that we're all 'conditioned' by images on TV, in magazines and on the internet to the idea that we must have a flat tum or be abnormal in some way. I've always had a thing about my tummy but have decided at nearly 60 not to worry.

Good posture helps and proper advice about exercise. Doing sit ups on the bed isn't easy, unless you've got a superfirm mattress. You can do Pilates at a studio where they use a bed called a 'reformer' (eek!) so you aren't on the floor

I have always had a fat tummy since the birth of my son and now I have limited mobility my body is all fatty. If I try to lose weight it only comes off my face, arms and neck and makes no difference to my tummy. However as long I am healthy apart from the osteoarthritis I try not to worry.

I tore the major abdominal muscle in Labour with DD2 (9lb 8oz) but it healed very well so I can't blame that.
I agree you can 'dress'to hide an apple tummy but it's the worst place to retain weight as it disposes you to diabetes ..Sigh...
Oddly though, as I have lost weight off my bum with getting older my waist(always quite small) and hips are in much better proportion and I no longer have to buy things way too big on the waist

Tho I'm in my mid-70s I call my well-rounded bit my "baby-pouch"; my "babies" have done me proud so I'm proud of it.

I used to worry about my flabby belly until I heard some supermodel (forget which one) say that even she had a bit of a belly which she thought of as a badge of honour as it housed her baby for nine months. I thought that was a great thing to say so, as I've 'housed' 3 babies in there, I feel I can put up with it gracefully.

We were taught gentle and exercises to do on the bed after giving birth to get our tummy muscles working again. This involved raising your head and legs if I remember correctly. Pilate's is excellent low impact, strengthening and good for your balance, try to find an over 50s class and good luck

I have also lost visceral fat by adopting the principles recommended in Michael Moseley's BSD diet. I have not been sticking to it rigidly as I am not very overweight and neither do I have a blood sugar problem but cutting out high GI carbohydrates and substituting with brown rice, quinoa and buckwheat has helped me to shift that last bit of weight and more importantly, inches around my abdomen. It is worth trying. It is interesting that the principles in the diet also fit with current thinking about the gut bacteria and how to encourage the good ones. I have not felt this healthy for years! I am not a faddy dieter at all and find that most diets don't work and a lot of exercise plans don't work as they are unrealistic. For me, it had to fit in with my lifestyle and not leave me hungry!

I've given up and I'm past caring about fashion. Like Belladonna, my hip and breast sizes have never matched up so dresses have always been out. I tend to wear loose (usually pleated) skirts and wide leg trousers if, in the right material, look like a skirt.

Meant "lost weight"

If you have lost skin, are you sure that it isn't loose skin rather than fat? If that is the case, I'm afraid that you are stuffed. (I have same problem.)

I do tummy excercises on the bed, I don't eat bread so much now and that helped also cut down on potatoes.

I had twins and abdominal separation ( didn't know about those exercises, thanks Wilma) but even before that, and thin as a rake I was always an apple shape. Now, I'm not overweight but definitely more of an apple crumble. Totally identify with the trouser problem, having to buy for waist so always too big on hips) and waisted dresses, completely hopeless. I don't really mind in the great scheme of things but clothes shopping is VERY annoying. Plus I'm in between sizes for everything!

Well done on your weight loss Chicken,that is an achievement to be proud of.I have a similar problem and I don't think there is much to be done about it frankly.I bought a fashionable swing dress to see if that would hide the tummy,though I feared I may just look like a tent on legs.However,I have had several compliments while wearing it,including one from my daughter-praise indeed!Worth a try.

I've had 5 pregnancies but not in bad shape. Knee joints (due to dancing) and arthritis affecting what I do but still walk, play tennis and go 10 pin bowling. Will never have a flat stomach again but just enjoy what I do which is not exercises. You have done well losing weight so keep as active as you can and don't worry

Your suggestion of a low-carb diet, NanKate, is what I'd recommend too. It's the only way I've found to shift resistant fat and to keep it off, and I can eat things I've been yearning for on previous diets. (Info everywhere but this one is helpful: www.dietdoctor.com/) The best thing is that it carries its own motivation - as long as I stick strictly to it I don't feel any hunger.

Chicken it may be that after your weight loss you have loose skin, that could explain the wobble. I don't think there is a remedy for that short of surgery. Well done on that weight loss you have inspired me.

try this I failed dismally
www.wikihow.com/Get-Flat-Abs-Doing-TVA-Exercises

I lost visceral fat and regained my waist on the 5:2 fasting way of eating. I know the visceral fat has gone because before I started 5:2 I always had to loosen my belt and undo the button on my jeans when I sat down. I don't need to do that now. I've had three full term pregnancies and produced three fair sized babies so if I lean forward there's a bit of saggy crepiness going on but standing straight with good posture makes a big difference. Pilates, yoga or Tai Chi are all good for improving posture.

We all see our loved one as they were when we first met all those years ago, for better or worse. Mrs P got the rough end of that deal

If my DH said that to me (he wouldn't) I would tell him to go to the bedroom, take off all his clothes........and then look at himself in the full length mirror.

If your husbands said you had a fat flabby tummy and it turned him off, you wouldn't be too happy, so it's just as well we are happy with our better halves the way thy are. But encouragement to get fitter would be no bad thing for anyone, even an Adonis like me.

PPS - If our DHs are happy with the way we look, and we feel reasonably fit and healthy, why do we feel such pressure to conform to someonelse's standardised 'size 10 or 12 with big bust and flat stomach' model? Could it be that the pressure is simply a device to extract money from us to profit the fitness/beauty/fashion industries??

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Although testing positive for PMR, I have opted to refuse steroids, but remain under my doc's supervision, as I only have mild symptoms (so far.

When I injured my shoulder and couldn't get onto the floor, I did sit-ups on the sofa. I couldn't put my hands behind my head, but I could feel my muscles working. I have a six-pack, but unfortunately it is covered by a layer of flab .
I also bought this DVD, but never even played it. Watching might be fun though!