OK, so I was sleeved on April 10th and i'm down almost 25 pounds. It's been great trying on things that i haven't worn in forever, mainly dresses because i love a good dress. So here's the problem. Even with a cheap version of a Spanx onesie, i can still see my muffin top. When it;s all said and done, will this thing still be an issue when i lose all of my weight. As soon as my surgeon clears me to begin core exercises i know that will tighten up the abdominal area some but my muffin top hangs pretty low and i'm wondering if i'll need a tummy tuck in the next year or two. Anybody else have this issue?

Give it some time and for your body and skin to adjust to the wt loss, the abdominal area is usually the last area you will lose fat from.

Is it fat or skin? I will probably need a tummy tuck down the line. I hope my tummy and skin will adjust as time goes on, but if it doesn't, then I might get a tummy tuck.

A good body shaper helps alot, go try a few on, also the abdominal wraps that help you lose water from the middle...bed bath and beyond carries them for$15. The Biggest Loser website sells all kinds of shapers until you get to where you want to be and then when you reach goal if its just skin, consider the tummy tuck.

yup a good body shaper. I have a muffin top too now. I just put my shaper on when I feel I need it.

Well, when you had surgery they punctured your abdominal muscles and those take awhile to heal and come back. That fact alone could be effecting 'the muffin' and it will take care of itself as your body continues to heal.

I have a muffin top below my belly button and the incisions were made above in the upper part of my torso. There's no healing going on down there.

Dorrie I call that a muffin butt. LOL

Yeah, I have 6 incisions all over the place so my stomach is looking really weird and ultra-flabby lately! Except in the one point where the cut is about 1.5 inches long (where they pulled the stomach out). That's the one point where my stomach kinda weirdly dimples in. Luckily my dad had the same surgeon 3 months ago and he said that my stomach would equalize out.

i know it's only been a few weeks tomorrow but i really think this is fat and as i lose weight it will be flab. thinking there is a tummy tuck down the road for me but willing to give it some time to see what happens. Going to get ab-roller and do core exercises to tone what i can once doc says ok...thanks for the suggestions for body slimmer. this will have to do for now. Even if the muffin top doesn't go away at least i won't have the excess weight. Go me!!

How many ounces have you been cosigning at your meal times? I hear some saying that they could barely get 3oz...I'm eating 4oz since week1. Any one else? More or less ounces?

Since week 1 I was able to get in 6 ozs of yogurt or sf pudding. But when I eat more dense foods like meats It's more or less 3 oz. That's all I need and I am really full. Earlier it was smaller portions. I didn't eat dense foods until around 4 months out. I love my sleeve!

My dr's nurse seemed almost shocked when I said I ate a whole sf pudding cup already. She was like, "really? Do you stop as soon as you feel like you

Are full?" Uh... Yeah lol. Two weeks out. Btw, sorry... Had happy fingers... Stupid phone lol