1) muscles - they are looser from being stretched over bubs for all that time and take time to go flat again, once they ARE flatter, they've usually lost tone.
2) fat - you will probably have a little fat still from PG, and this will go in time - fat cells are storage cells and once they've formed they never go away, which means as we lose weight we go through a "wobbly" stage as there is the same amount of cells with half as much in them - like a half-deflated balloon (horrid analogy but you kwim). This will remedy itself with time, worry not. If you feel you want to lose fat then cardio exercise (running, aerobics etc.) will help with that. Talk to your GP or a qualified instructor before you begin anything new.
3) skin - it's been stretched too and depending on your skin type/tone will take a while to go back the way it was. It will happen eventually, and there are creams you can buy which, while they probably won't make it happen faster, will give you a lovely soft tummy in the meantime.
I can remember, when DD was 5 months old, still feeling like i was 5 months PG, but now, nearly a year on, it HAS all gone back much more to normal and i've done NOTHING in terms of muscle toning because i run all the time. This winter i'm going to do body pump and see if it makes any difference
HTH
Bec
Last edited by paradise lost; September 14th, 2007 at 05:26 AM.
: Edited to spare anyone doing serious injury.
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