can we ever really get rid of belly flab???
By lra7469
@lra7469 (19)
United States
March 16, 2007 9:58am CST
we say oh its from pregnancies , its baby fat etc. etc. etc. but really now i have 3 kids the youngest will soon be 7 years old and i just cant stand my own reflection as far as my stomach area is concerned i have so many stretch marks its hard to tell if i have my own personal u.s. map or what???
i know they say exercise eat right etc. etc. etc. but come on now lets be realistic... i dont honestly know personally any one that has ever exercised continuously and ate right as well especially being a single mother its hard to find time to use the bathroom alone....
so can anyone tell me honestly how can i tighten up the loose stomach flab
1 response
@mailboxmoney (1216)
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16 Mar 07
Hi Im Toya Im not a mum but I do a lot of dance + exercise + I know you can get a thin stomach again. The best thing is to follow a diet without sweets, chocolates, or anything fattening + drink lots of fresh water. If you're stuck for time then you could do some stomach exercises maybe 5 or 10 minutes a day. You could do floor situps. You just start doing a few situps a day - lying on the floor knees bent feet on the floor + hands behind your head + then hold your stomach muscles in + squeeze up lifting only your head and shoulders off the floor - dont lift up to the full situps try + keep your legs bent, feet on the floor + quite far away from you until you get better + then just do 10 lifting your head to your chest + then cross your rt foot onto your bent left leg (above the knee) + do the same thing but with opposite elbow to your knee + then repeat on the other side. Then if youre okay you can repeat this + after a week or two increase the number of lifts + starting moving your feet further into your body. If youre in pain stop + curl up into a ball bringing your knees into your chest + supporting your legs with your hands. The other thing you can do on the go is when youre standing swing round right + left swinging your arms + do some side stretches aswell lift one arm over your head + stretch to the side + stretch down on 1 side with 1 arm + your hand pointing to the floor - youve got to keep your hips facing front in these exercises otherwise they dont work so just swing + stretch only as far as you can go at the beginning - do about 8 swings + 8 stretches each side I also wrote a replies to a couple of others about situps - GypsysTear + blogyourself. After a couple of weeks you should begin to notice the difference. And I know lots of women who get fit + toned with a busy life as I give exercise + dance classes sometimes aswell, once you get fitter the stretch marks should begin to disappear aswell. Please write back + let me know if you do the exercises and how you get on
