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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a similar body type OP and similar issue. I have had success in the last year in sort of "smoothing out" my mom tummy. I am still thicker around the midsection than I was pre kids and I dont' think there is any way to change that without surgery -- I think literally my bones and organs have moved around in a way that makes my old narrow waist and totally flat belly impossible.

However my belly is no longer round. I look better in a bathing suit and I a feel like my clothes fit better. It wasn't about losing weight. I had to really focus on core exercises and start lifting heavier weights. I do a combination of barre and strength classes with a focus on using heavier weights whenever I can. Also I make sure to work every aspect of my core -- upper and lower abdominals and obliques and all core stabilizer muscles.

Here is a tough but very effective core workout that helped me: https://youtu.be/1WIah0t1Bzw?si=HPsoBj1c-3-uk2kr

It's a really tough workout and I still can't do every single thing she does but I push to get through it. There's also a 10 minute version I do when I am doing something else for a workout but feel like I need a core focus. Even just adding some of these exercises to another workout (I find the leg raises when lying on the floor to be easy to offer a lot of bang for their buck) helps.

I'm never going to get a tummy tuck or other surgical procedure to address this so I've been pretty happy to discover I can make it a lot better with just targeted exercise.[/quote]

Oh I wish I was you!  I’ve done that workout - have been following Caroline for years now. I can hold a plank for 2+ minutes, can get through most of her ab workouts, can even do pushups now (real ones, not on my knees). I’m the strongest I’ve ever been in my life. But my stomach pooch remains 😕[/quote]

What was your fitness and especially your core strength like pre-kids? One thing I think has helped me is that I was a gymnast when I was younger and then taught gymnastics for years prior to having kids and had super all around core strength. I think this helped enable me to recondition my core post pregnancies because it's like my body remembered how it used to be and started reverting to that once I started working it out with more focus.[/quote]

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