If you are about a size 8-10 with a belly roll, how much weight to lose to lose that roll?

[Anonymous]

Try limiting carbs, alcohol, and increase cardio.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I am an 8-10 and have been that size seemingly forever. If you're in peri-menopause, im sorry but that roll is staying. And you know what? It's probably just fine. Dare I say, beautiful? You've had kids, no? You are a woman with a few curves. You are healthy and your stomach conveys a life well lived and proper/adequate nutrition?
It feels hypocritical of me to say because I have spent WAY TOO MANY years wanting my stomach to be flat, but can we all agree to reject the impossible and constricting beauty standards set for us and just fu984576ing enjoy the rest of our lives?

OP here. Thank you for this lovely post. I had twins and then a 3rd baby (over a decade ago) and my body did crazy things to get those kids here safely.

I want to think this body is beautiful but I just had the feel of the roll. Skin touching skin. Roll against ribcage. UGH.
I have issues.
I do think it may have shrunk a bit. I actually think my weight loss has been closer to 10 pounds. I said 3 in my OP but that was probably underestimating (note to self--next time weight self prior to dieting). I've been going at this for quite some time now and I swear my upper arms (so weird) look thinner.

I'll keep trudging along while trying to embrace my soft middle.

Oh this is me. The middle loses last. I lose weight from places I don’t need to lose like my butt but the roll persists. I’m about your size, maybe a solid 10, and I think if I lost 20 I’d still have the roll. My mom has a totally different build and I do t have sisters or female cousins so it’s just me.

[Anonymous]

I have always had a belly roll. Even as a vegan teenager playing soccer and swimming, I had a belly roll. My mother always had a flat stomach even at larger sizes (10/12). I really think it’s just something you have or don’t have. Maybe get lipo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have always had a belly roll. Even as a vegan teenager playing soccer and swimming, I had a belly roll. My mother always had a flat stomach even at larger sizes (10/12). I really think it’s just something you have or don’t have. Maybe get lipo?

This is me. Back when I was in high school and a thin and muscular athlete, I never had a flat stomach. Later I was in the Peace Corps and got dangerously underweight due to some intestinal issues I was 5'8" and a skeletal 101 lbs (my healthy weight is around 135) but I still had a belly roll. It's gotten bigger post having children and I just accept it as part of who I am. But if you're older and you've just gotten it, maybe it will go away if you lose some weight?

[Anonymous]

I think based on some of the answers here we need a definition of "belly roll" ...

Bellyroll is excess fat that goes around your front and sides.
Bellypooch is that soft cuppable bit below your belly button and above your mons pubis but doesn't go around the sides.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom is a size 4 and still has the same roll I have and I’m a size 10. Genetics and I can’t seem to get away from them.

this

It is what it is

[Anonymous]

Rafael Nadal has a little belly roll.

[Anonymous]

I think it's partly because your skin stretched after both pregnancies, and now it's just much looser. The only real solution is tummy tuck. (I wouldn't do it personally, though.)

[Anonymous]

I have an upper belly roll. Like, between my bra line and belt line. I hate it when I sit down. My abdomen and waist are fairly trim when I stand up. Maybe that's everyone's belly roll?. anyway the upper belly roll happened after Kid #2. I just gained weight in a weird place and I also think its stretched skin (I am petite and carried baby high). I think its there for good, although its small enough that I've considered trying coolsculpting to see if it reduces it.

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Anonymous wrote:I have an upper belly roll. Like, between my bra line and belt line. I hate it when I sit down. My abdomen and waist are fairly trim when I stand up. Maybe that's everyone's belly roll?. anyway the upper belly roll happened after Kid #2. I just gained weight in a weird place and I also think its stretched skin (I am petite and carried baby high). I think its there for good, although its small enough that I've considered trying coolsculpting to see if it reduces it.

I got this after pregnancy too. Carried high and it stretched out my upper abs and they never went back. The two things that have helped me are working on my posture (wearing posture correctors, getting a standing desk/better desk chair) and Pilates reformer 2x/week.

FWIW I also have a little lower belly pooch that I’ve made peace with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think based on some of the answers here we need a definition of "belly roll" ...

Bellyroll is excess fat that goes around your front and sides.
Bellypooch is that soft cuppable bit below your belly button and above your mons pubis but doesn't go around the sides.

Gosh I have both then.

[Anonymous]

I have been a size 6 before and after kids. I’m currently a 12 and have to get back to a 6 to get rid of the rolls. It’s smaller when I’m an 8, but still a little pouchy

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom is a size 4 and still has the same roll I have and I’m a size 10. Genetics and I can’t seem to get away from them.

this

It is what it is

This. My sisters are both size 2/4 health fanatics and have the belly roll. I am an 8/10 and have completely given up on losing it.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate the feeling of the roll. Honestly it is 100% more annoying to feel than look at. I also have a bunch of loose skin and diastasis. I'm getting a tummy tuck next month. Life is too short to have something this annoying. Of course I'm super fortunate to be able to afford this option. If I damaged my abdomen lifting weights insurance would cover it! But they will not help us.

Good luck OP, it sucks.

I did a TT too, and lipo. So glad I did it and the lipo made a huge difference. The first night after surgery, I could feel the difference in my abdominal skin and was so grateful to have finally rid myself of it. Report back - I'd like to hear about your experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know, ridiculous question.

But if you have been this size (large 8, small 10) and gained that single belly roll or muffin top (You know what I'm talking about), what are you talking about in terms of weight?

10 pounds? 20 pounds?

I have hit perimenopause (oh joy) and combined with the pandemic I have that roll. I think I was delusional that it was a 10 pound gain but now I'm losing weight and 3 pounds
down and the roll is not budging.
I'm actually not sure what my starting weight was (I was never a scale-user prior to this).

At 135, I have a slight roll. At 132, I do not.