How do I get rid of my huge tummy apron?

[JBFletcherismyaunt]

After 3 large babies, and 3 c-sections in 4 years, I’m about 4 stone overweight and have a huge tummy overhang that I desperately want rid of. However, I feel like it’s insurmountable right now. I just can’t see how my stomach would ever look even reasonably good ever again. Logically, I know If I lost weight it would look better, (and I need to for health reasons anyway) but I just can’t see past this huge apron of flab! Has anyone been in a similar so and successfully managed to reduce theirs via diet and exercise?

TIA

[JBFletcherismyaunt]

I think I’m going to give low carb a go. I’ve had results with it on the past but I struggle maintaining that sort of lifestyle though. Carbs are everywhere! And they’re delicious

[thenewaveragebear1983]

Tell me about it. Too much sugar does age your skin though, and doing a combination of intermittent fasting and low carb has really good health benefits and gets rid of fat. We have a long running thread for the blood sugar diet followers on here, I'll add a link. It's not for everyone, it's quite strict, but it does get good results. I basically lost 3 stone in 6 months and have now kept it off for 9 months so it definitely worked for me!

[thenewaveragebear1983]

Blood sugar diet thread 13 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/fasting_diet/3437086-blood-sugar-diet-thread-13

We'll be starting a new thread in 50 posts so it's a good time to join, you won't need to read through 950 messages!!

[JBFletcherismyaunt]

Brilliant, thanks for the link!

[Wallabyone]

@thenewaveragebear1983 I definitely don't think your bikini days are over! Your skin looks good

I've had three pregnancies, two csections, and gained 4+ stone each time. I also have moderate diastasis recti, since the second pregnancy. My tummy looks quite sad (literally, it looks like a downturned mouth 😭) and whilst I am on the way to losing the last 1.5stones and doing Pilates, it does get me down. Good to hear it can get a bit bette with some TLC.

[VelvetPineapple]

You’d need to lose weight first and then consider an apronectomy to remove loose skin. There’s no way to tighten skin without surgery unfortunately.

[thenewaveragebear1983]

Wall there were lots of high waisted ones out last year but I wasn't quite brave enough, maybe this year!

Unfortunately, when you lose the weight it can sometimes be 'worse' in a way because when you're newly confident, the skin can be more obvious than when you're all covered up in baggy t-shirts. This isn't like when people lose 10+ stone though, it's 3-4 stone from all over your body, so the stomach does stand some chance of making some significant improvements, Just on its own, with a good diet and exercise and a bit of tlc. And time. I think of how angry and red my stretch marks were when I was pregnant, I thought they'd never go, but now they are faded so much.

[Ohyesiam]

Yes yes to plank and intermittent fasting. It’s wprkomg for me.