Can get a flat belly but not as expected

Livingthe Dream · July 7, 2008

I started my lapband journey in Dec 2007 and have lost close to 80 pounds. I am a male that weighed 284 and this morning I am back around 215 with what feels like no fill. Anyway my latest discovery is that I am not losing the weight around the belly at the same speed that I am losing weight/muscles elsewhere. It never dawned on me that I could still have flab around the belly after hitting my goal weight. My point is that if I continue to lose weight and get a flat belly I will have no arms or legs. Lol

My wife who is in much better shape has started using P90X which is a 90 day fitness program. Those night owls out there have surely seen the info commercials that run in the early morning hours. I have decided that once I get my fill on July 15th I will start that regimen. It is for people that are in great shape and want to get ripped. I am not that guy but if I shoot for the moon and miss I still land amongst the stars. I really want to look at my belly and say it is loose skin and it can not be fixed but I haven’t really tried to build muscle. I play Vball and Basketball 2 or 3 times a week but never weight trained. We will see how it works out. I will do this for 90 days then I promise that I will be happy with the outcome regardless. I have to let this go and move on with life regardless. The end of 90 days will be a vacation cruise and really close to my 1 year mark. Here goes nothing.

PlanIt · July 10, 2008

You should definitely be trying to build or maintain your muscle during "losing" -- you'll have lots of extra skin if you don't -- more than likely there'd be loose skin with such a big weight loss anyway - but w/out weight training it will be even more -- it helps your body work for itself and burn calories even when you're not exercising.

If the stomach is still fat & not loose skin - have patience - it will eventually fall off.

Good Luck!

AshleyRose · July 14, 2008

Tony Horton is amazing.

I wouldn't recomend jumping right in to P90X though... have you thought about just doing his regular P90 program? It gives you a great foundation and will prep you for the X so you can be most successful.