How did you get a flat stomach?

[Anonymous]

I read somewhere to soak chia? seeds in hot water until they turn jello-y add honey and lemon. Drink that. Not 100% sure it was chia seeds.

Don’t know if it works. Stomach is not flat and I would never drink that.

Try it and report back.

[Anonymous]

Ha! I eat Chia every morning, have for years, and can report I do not have a flat stomach. I am slim and fit (130) but have struggled my entire life to have a flat stomach. Having kids made it worse by just giving me a layer of loose skin. I have abs and while stomach exercises have made it a bit better, I have given up and think I will always have a pudge there. I agree with the poster that I think it’s because I have narrow hips and the way my waist meets my hips I have it. Every woman I see with a flat stomach seems to have wider hips but I don’t know. It’s super frustrating to work so hard and always have a pudge. The chia is just because I like it and it keeps me regular. But it certainly doesn’t flatten anything.

[Anonymous]

It's the weight. You get a flat stomach when you are very slim. There is nothing else to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think flat stomachs are genetically inherited, honestly, OP. I've never had a flat stomach, and I've always been slender. I can see 4 separate ab muscles - the top ones. Then right below there's pudge Once in my late 20s, out of curiosity, I slimmed way down, exercised like crazy, and nope, still couldn't see the two bottom abs. But since I have a slim figure generally, I wear high-waisted clothes and no one is the wiser.

I've been told that there might be a link with auto-immune issues, and I do indeed have two auto-immune diseases.

The best you can do is eat clean, exercise and reach your target weight. After that, if you still have a belly, well, you'll have to learn to live with it.

How slim are you? And how tall?
I am 5'4" and always had a flat stomach until recently.
Up to 115 lbs I have a flat stomach. Now that I am above 128, I do not. But, it will look flat(er) when I drop to 120, and then flat at 115.

[Anonymous]

Stop eating processed crap food, drink a lot of water, work out daily.

[Anonymous]

Are you bloated? Try going off gluten and/or dairy and see if that helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think flat stomachs are genetically inherited, honestly, OP. I've never had a flat stomach, and I've always been slender. I can see 4 separate ab muscles - the top ones. Then right below there's pudge Once in my late 20s, out of curiosity, I slimmed way down, exercised like crazy, and nope, still couldn't see the two bottom abs. But since I have a slim figure generally, I wear high-waisted clothes and no one is the wiser.

I've been told that there might be a link with auto-immune issues, and I do indeed have two auto-immune diseases.

The best you can do is eat clean, exercise and reach your target weight. After that, if you still have a belly, well, you'll have to learn to live with it.

How slim are you? And how tall?
I am 5'4" and always had a flat stomach until recently.
Up to 115 lbs I have a flat stomach. Now that I am above 128, I do not. But, it will look flat(er) when I drop to 120, and then flat at 115.

o

5’4” and 110lbs. In my 20s I went down to 100lbs, with all kinds of core exercises, cardio, weightlifting, etc. Still had a round lower belly! My mother has been skeletally thin all her life and has the same thing. Most of my female relatives are underweight or in the lower range of normal, and have the same thing.

Please believe me when I say that some bellies are genetic. Plus there’s the autoimmune angle, as I said previously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think flat stomachs are genetically inherited, honestly, OP. I've never had a flat stomach, and I've always been slender. I can see 4 separate ab muscles - the top ones. Then right below there's pudge Once in my late 20s, out of curiosity, I slimmed way down, exercised like crazy, and nope, still couldn't see the two bottom abs. But since I have a slim figure generally, I wear high-waisted clothes and no one is the wiser.

I've been told that there might be a link with auto-immune issues, and I do indeed have two auto-immune diseases.

The best you can do is eat clean, exercise and reach your target weight. After that, if you still have a belly, well, you'll have to learn to live with it.

How slim are you? And how tall?
I am 5'4" and always had a flat stomach until recently.
Up to 115 lbs I have a flat stomach. Now that I am above 128, I do not. But, it will look flat(er) when I drop to 120, and then flat at 115.

o

5’4” and 110lbs. In my 20s I went down to 100lbs, with all kinds of core exercises, cardio, weightlifting, etc. Still had a round lower belly! My mother has been skeletally thin all her life and has the same thing. Most of my female relatives are underweight or in the lower range of normal, and have the same thing.

Please believe me when I say that some bellies are genetic. Plus there’s the autoimmune angle, as I said previously.

Me again. We’re also slender with hips that aren’t very wide. So maybe the inner organs don’t have anywhere else to go! I remember being pregnant and having a huge belly that jutted outward. The baby couldn’t grow otherwise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think flat stomachs are genetically inherited, honestly, OP. I've never had a flat stomach, and I've always been slender. I can see 4 separate ab muscles - the top ones. Then right below there's pudge Once in my late 20s, out of curiosity, I slimmed way down, exercised like crazy, and nope, still couldn't see the two bottom abs. But since I have a slim figure generally, I wear high-waisted clothes and no one is the wiser.

I've been told that there might be a link with auto-immune issues, and I do indeed have two auto-immune diseases.

The best you can do is eat clean, exercise and reach your target weight. After that, if you still have a belly, well, you'll have to learn to live with it.

How slim are you? And how tall?
I am 5'4" and always had a flat stomach until recently.
Up to 115 lbs I have a flat stomach. Now that I am above 128, I do not. But, it will look flat(er) when I drop to 120, and then flat at 115.

o

5’4” and 110lbs. In my 20s I went down to 100lbs, with all kinds of core exercises, cardio, weightlifting, etc. Still had a round lower belly! My mother has been skeletally thin all her life and has the same thing. Most of my female relatives are underweight or in the lower range of normal, and have the same thing.

Please believe me when I say that some bellies are genetic. Plus there’s the autoimmune angle, as I said previously.

Thanks for replying. You should be having a flat tummy, do you build muscle easy or it is hard for you? What is your muscle tone like? That could affect it, I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think flat stomachs are genetically inherited, honestly, OP. I've never had a flat stomach, and I've always been slender. I can see 4 separate ab muscles - the top ones. Then right below there's pudge Once in my late 20s, out of curiosity, I slimmed way down, exercised like crazy, and nope, still couldn't see the two bottom abs. But since I have a slim figure generally, I wear high-waisted clothes and no one is the wiser.

I've been told that there might be a link with auto-immune issues, and I do indeed have two auto-immune diseases.

The best you can do is eat clean, exercise and reach your target weight. After that, if you still have a belly, well, you'll have to learn to live with it.

How slim are you? And how tall?
I am 5'4" and always had a flat stomach until recently.
Up to 115 lbs I have a flat stomach. Now that I am above 128, I do not. But, it will look flat(er) when I drop to 120, and then flat at 115.

o

5’4” and 110lbs. In my 20s I went down to 100lbs, with all kinds of core exercises, cardio, weightlifting, etc. Still had a round lower belly! My mother has been skeletally thin all her life and has the same thing. Most of my female relatives are underweight or in the lower range of normal, and have the same thing.

OP, this is similar to me as well. My BMI is under 18, but a have a tiny lower belly pooch. I had this even as a child. It's the one place on my body where I retain a bit of fat. Short of lipo, there is nothing to be done. Some of us just can't have a pancake-flat stomach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:51 and it's the only thing God gave me. I have to fight for everything else.

Ditto. Except I’m 52

My mother is 80 and her stomach is still flat.

[Anonymous]

I increased my workouts - now do 4-5 times a week. I do weights 2-3 times a week. I do cardio with every workout and mix it up with walking on treadmill on incline, bike, and elliptical. I cut alcohol and also increased protein and cut way down on bread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think flat stomachs are genetically inherited, honestly, OP. I've never had a flat stomach, and I've always been slender. I can see 4 separate ab muscles - the top ones. Then right below there's pudge Once in my late 20s, out of curiosity, I slimmed way down, exercised like crazy, and nope, still couldn't see the two bottom abs. But since I have a slim figure generally, I wear high-waisted clothes and no one is the wiser.

I've been told that there might be a link with auto-immune issues, and I do indeed have two auto-immune diseases.

The best you can do is eat clean, exercise and reach your target weight. After that, if you still have a belly, well, you'll have to learn to live with it.

How slim are you? And how tall?
I am 5'4" and always had a flat stomach until recently.
Up to 115 lbs I have a flat stomach. Now that I am above 128, I do not. But, it will look flat(er) when I drop to 120, and then flat at 115.

o

5’4” and 110lbs. In my 20s I went down to 100lbs, with all kinds of core exercises, cardio, weightlifting, etc. Still had a round lower belly! My mother has been skeletally thin all her life and has the same thing. Most of my female relatives are underweight or in the lower range of normal, and have the same thing.

Please believe me when I say that some bellies are genetic. Plus there’s the autoimmune angle, as I said previously.

Thanks for replying. You should be having a flat tummy, do you build muscle easy or it is hard for you? What is your muscle tone like? That could affect it, I guess.

Good guess, PP, I have mild hypotonia and cannot build muscle easily. When I was lifting serious weights, I still had itty bitty chicken arms
I've made my peace with having pudge on my belly. With my figure, I can wear whatever I like except mid-rise pants and skirts. Low rise works with long flowy tops, high rise flatter my tiny waist. I wear mini skirts, bikinis, etc. Anything that doesn't hit across my pudge. So I can't complain.

[Anonymous]

It’s genetic. If you are at a heathy weight/BMI, what your waistline looks like at that weight is genetic. Women either carry more fat around their waist/arms/breasts or their hips and thighs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s genetic. If you are at a heathy weight/BMI, what your waistline looks like at that weight is genetic. Women either carry more fat around their waist/arms/breasts or their hips and thighs

This. You beat me to this answer. I have always had a flat stomach. Now if I put on a little weight, I might get a little Pooch, but generally, I carry all of my weight in my thighs. I have this teeny tiny stomach, and I've got some thighs and a butt. The sad thing about having a flat stomach is since I don't carry my weight there, my boobs are not that big either.