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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.

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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.[/quote]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.

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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.[/quote]

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.

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