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Mine is squishy - its my version of excess skin. I am so wonderfully lucky to have undertaken this journey in my late 30's after having had 3 babies and not be left with hanging skin. but I dont. When I stand up, my belly looks completely flat, so clothed and in anything but a bikini (which I'm not planning on wearing), its jsut fine, fitted tshirts, everything.

But its very doughy, that's exactly the right word. The skin just does not have the tone it had 25 years ago, but boy, that's aging, life, etc. There's nothing hard about my belly and it flops unattractively when I lie on my side. I am 32kg lighter than I once was, there's bound to be some effect of that.

I think I'd be a candidate for a mini Tummy Tuck, but to be honest, I'm 40 in 7 months time, I look a darn site better than a lot of my peers, I'm not looking to be the world's next supermodel, I'm not coverered in stretch marks and a belly that flaps in the breeze, so I consider myself pretty lucky. I dont care about it enough to undergo surgery.

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Ladies lets face it I think it is the age. We are all around the same age and my twin sister, who has never been overweight, had gained a whopping 15 pounds and was complaining to me the other nite about her doughey stomach. She said it has never been like that before. And when she lost the weight she experienced this wonderful phenomonon. The nice thing is that it even happens to the "once perfect" people like her.LOL. As long as mine doesn't hand and looks good in clothes I think like Jachut, I can live with it. I too, will not be in a bikini any time real soon.(Never). I too will be turning 40 on July 31st, and my goal for the next 10 years is health.

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