Can tightly wrapping your abdomen in a sheet or bandage help you lose inches?
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If anything, it will cause you to sweat and lose water weight.
208302
Fat burning exercises and calorie reduction are key to a slimmer waistline. Crunches tone the midsection, give definition, and aids in burning fat. Sometimes, when the midsection is very flabby the skin just hangs loosely when the weight is lost. Fat burning, calorie reduction, and eating smaller portion at meals are key.
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It really depends on your general health. Typically, the older you are the harder it is for your body to recover from a major surgery, like stomach stapling, but, if you are overall a healthy person, it greatly reduces your risks. Have a complete physical and discuss your options with your general practitioner as to the pros and cons of the procedure. How successful it is will depend on how closely you follow the guidelines after the procedure. Be careful, they are very strict and, if not strictly followed, you will regain any weight that you may lose.
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yep, crunches or sit ups.  U don't have to lay all the way down on the floor, clasp your hands behind your head and then just bring your shoulders up to your knees that are bent and then don't go all the way back down on the floor.  That is the way they do it in the military and man it works, hurts like the dickens, but works.  Good nutrition and drinking lots of water does help but exercise will tighten up those muscles and your belly will be flat before u know it!
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Try laying flat on your back and raise your legs until your heels are about 2-3 inches off the floor, and hold them there for as long as you can.  Do it as often as you like but be prepared for sore muscles in you stomach.
91421
I bought one of those roller things that you roll on the floor forward and back while kneeling. It has burned a lot of fat on my tummy. But I still have a little extra pudge from being prego. I think that sometimes your skin stretches and when you lose the weight, Presto- excess skin. It doesn't always go back to the way it was.
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Work out and concentrate on your mid section and lift weights and increase protein consumption some.  When I had my children the OB doc gave me literature about loosing the belly flab and I used it and had flatter stomach than before kids.  Call yours and see if they have some.  Leg lifts seemed especially helpful for me while tucking my butt muscles.  But seriously check with MD that delivered your last baby for exercises.  I'll bet they would mail them to you.
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Yes, Sit-ups aid in a washboard tummy. You are also right about the lose of weight coming first. You have to commit to yourself before the results come. I give you a pointer. 20-30 lbs will take some time. realisticly around 6 mo or longer depending on how much you put into it. 6 months with a weekly commitment of 3 times each week adding a day everyother week to 4 day and crunches 5 times a week and you'll have a tone body feeling good as your paints fall off you while they are still buttoned. Also you get a 300% better workout in the morning before you eat breakfast. Yes sit-ups really do make your tummy flat. Remember to keep your muscles contracted to protect your core.
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A long time ago I bought a dress that was tight on me. I lost weight and not only was the dress too big around the waist but it was way too long. \nWhen your stomach sticks out, it makes the skirt/pants/whatever seem shorter, because the same amount of cloth isn't falling down straight, it's taking a curvy detour around the belly.
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It differs from person to person and male to female but usually it will start from your outter extremeties and work its way in. Although there is no such thing as spot reduction youwill notice that you will lose inches on your arms, legs and face first. Then it moves to your abs, butt and upper thighs. Its more because of the relative size of these areas. Your whole body is losing inches but the larger areas are harderr to notice.
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DONT GET YOUR NAVEL PEIRCED LOSE WEIGHT FIRST
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You have an issue with abdominal muscle tone... if you dont deal with your belly soon.. you will develop back aches too.\n\nYou are advised to keep your weight under check and not focus just on your belly. There is no such thing as spot loss.. unless you are looking for a short cut and want liposuction ( which I dont advise..)\n\nControl your diet and start exercising !
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From an ER nurse, and someone that has suffered with this as well (lost 60lbs after having 2 babies 360 days appart), once you loose the weight, you can have the fat sucked out, but what about the left over skin?  I had a tummy tuck and that was the only option for me - lots of flab.  My surgeon was great!  I trusted him 100%!  Food for thought.
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If the belly fat you are talking about is actually loose skin left over from losing weight or pregnancy, the only way to lose it is through surgery.  You lose actual belly fat only by losing fat all over your body - diet and exercise.  As much as we would like it to be different, there is no such thing as spot reduction.
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To help loose body fat switch to a higher protien lower carb diet.  I still eat breads and pastas, just not as much or as often as I used to.  By just doing that and working out I lost the inches in no time and have been able to keep them off!
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stapling your stomach (or medically speaking - bariatric surgery), is one of the last resorts to weightloss.  as a fitness instructor, i have seen so many people struggling to lose even more than a hundred pounds, and our team has somehow helped them.  we had one friend who came to us weighing 349 pounds, and over the last two years, she has lost 118 pounds.  i know she still weighs a lot, but for a person who has struggled a lifetime, this is quite an achievement.\n\nmy first advice is for you to TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE UNDERGOING ANYTHING.  \n\nweightloss is hard, but it can be done.\n\ni would like to help you.  email me if you want me to.
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It hurts like somebody kicked you in the stomach, but only for a couple of days.\n\nThe drainage tubes don't hurt.  Gross, but painless.  \n\nMany of our "biggest losers" at Kimkins.com need tummy tucks after losing 100-200 pounds.  Stretch marks don't disappear and the skin remains saggy.  \n\nI had a tummy tuck also after losing 198 lbs.  It wasn't any worse than a c-section ... but you're a guy so I guess that doesn't apply. ;)