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belly help please

I have lost 85 pounds in 6 1/2 months. My upper part of stomach is moving down and lower part is moving, but waist is not measuring any smaller in last couple months. Is this due to stomach moving down ?

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I don't know what the moving down stuff means. Since your waist has measured smaller in the past couple of months, have you lost weight in those months? Also, are you doing any kind of resistance training lie squats, deadlifts or even ab work such as crunches, burpees? If so, you could be adding some core muscle which adds muscle thickness to waist while not losing inches there. I've not dropped a waist size in 6-8 months, but I've lost 10-12 pounds since my last waist size drop. I know I've lost some fat on my waist during that time, but I also have new muscle there since I've been training my core pretty hard, which equals no smaller waist, but a fitter waist, so I'm cool with that. There also may be other factors like sagging skin, water retention, etc. Do any of these apply in your situation?

I don't know what the moving down stuff means. Since your waist has measured smaller in the past couple of months, have you lost weight in those months? Also, are you doing any kind of resistance training lie squats, deadlifts or even ab work such as crunches, burpees? If so, you could be adding some core muscle which adds muscle thickness to waist while not losing inches there. I've not dropped a waist size in 8-10 months, but I've lost 10-12 pounds since that last waist size drop. I know I've lost some fat on my waist during that time, but I also have new muscle there since I've been training my core pretty hard, which equals no smaller waist, but a fitter waist, so I'm cool with that. There also may be other factors like sagging skin, water retention, etc. Do any of these apply in your situation?

Sorry for the double post. Saw that it's actually been closer to 8-10 months since my last waist size drop.....my how time flies! :o

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I do crunch's in water aerobics, I also have started cycling. When I say moving down the upper part is getting smaller. It is like the belly is not as big in the upper half. I am I guess you can say apple shape. Waist doesnt seem to measure smaller, but I have lost pounds and dropped sizes in pants. My belly is still sagging and big to me. I weighed 246 when I started the weight loss journey. I am 161 now.I have never had a flat stomach though. I also have had several stomach surgeries, ( 4 c-section, hysterectomy, gall bladder ) all those caused stomach muscles to be cut

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