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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did with daily peloton and very restrictive eating. Basically vegan keto/IF.

What I thought was diastasis turned out to just be baby weight that I could sweat and starve away.

Not sure why the size of your babies was relevant, tbh. [/quote]

:roll: Women with bigger babies usually wind up with bigger bellies which can impact the abdominal core more. Also,the bigger your belly the more skin sag you get, especially if you are older when you have them. All of this is pretty straightforward.

Also, everyone is talking about several different issues as though they are the same issue.

Diastasis is a separation of abdominal muscles and usually results in a pooch. If you have diastasic and don't correct it via physical therapy or focused abdominal work, you will still have a belly even if you lose all the baby weight.

Skin sag comes from the stretched skin over your pregnant belly and women recover from this to varying degrees. Abdominal core work can help a bit but it's mostly a cosmetic issue and can only be "fixed" with a tummy tuck. Weight loss actually makes skin sag worse -- women who lose baby weight quickly can wind up with very pronounced skin sag. Weight gain is obviously not the only impact of pregnancy on your body.

Extra weight around the midsection. Which happens to a lot of people in midlife and can be exacerbated or brought on my pregnancy. It's very common for women who have multiple kids in their 30s to struggle with losing weight in their midsection, especially if their body shape tends to carry weight there.

You might have one or a combination of these. There is no magic bullet. And in particular, there's no guarantee that diet and exercise will address any of them, and it is unlikely to affect skin sag at all (you might see some moderate improvement via work on the obliques and lower admirals in terms of getting a smoother appearance, but only when upright). Diet won't affect diastasis - it's a musculature issue. And diet and exercise can obviously help address extra weight, but for many women it's extra challenging because of the way their bodies want to hold weight. Plus it's normal to get thicker in the midsection as you age so you may be fighting something other than baby weight.[/quote]

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