UGH - Will my tummy ever go away?

Kristi D.
on 9/28/11 6:42 am - Buffalo, NY
I have lost a total of 97 pounds (including my pre-op diet) and am down to 179.  I am wearing size 12 pants and large shirts.  However, I still feel like my stomach is the biggest part of me.  I have to buy certain styles of clothing to "hide" the "rolls" that are still there.  I know some of it is extra skin at this point, but it litterally still sticks out further than my breasts and they are pretty large too!!

Am I destined to never be able to wear "cute" clothes that don't hide the tummy or does the abdomin area just shrink the slowest?

 


Kristi

HW:276   SW:255   CW:201  LW:165  GW:140
        
 

 

Brazilnut2
on 9/28/11 7:05 am - TN
That's my problem area, too.  Were it not for my belly, I'd be wearing the next smallest size already.  I've been losing from the top down.

I've been contemplating buying support of some kind.  Does anyone have a type they feel is comfortable and works well?  I've tried traditional girdles in the past and they hurt!  One lady told me she liked the "onesie" tummy-trimmer-and-bra combinations. 

Recommendations?
ladybugnessa
on 9/28/11 7:08 am - Owings Mills, MD
mine did not till I had plastic surgery.

I lost 5 pounds and went from a size 10 to a size 6
Nessa
Ticker is from Day of Surgery.. weight goal is personal preference as I've MET my doctor's goal

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HG/SW/CW/GW
286/253/150/151


Alice P.
on 9/28/11 7:33 am
My stomach (well not the extra skin) was the last thing to shrink on me! I wore Walmart's brand of cami's that are a cottony feel to help smooth the rolls while I was loosing weight.
 HW 278 SW 259 GW 170 CW 142 Ht 5ft 6

   

Laura in Texas
on 9/28/11 7:38 am
If that's your body shape, it's probably going to stay that way unless you have plastic surgery. My waist was always at least 10 inches smaller than my breasts and hips, even at my highest weight.

Laura

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

Lori P.
on 9/28/11 10:09 am - Kenosha, WI
I am a size 2 and weigh 120lbs.....I SITLL buy clothes to hide my tummy!    I have found plenty of clothes that skim over the problem area and are still stylish and cute.  We cant change our basic body shape.

 



     SW 212 / Goal 130 / Current 130


 

 

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