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Oh! this great fat belly.

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chicken Wed 08-Jun-16 12:40:25

I'm 5ft 5ins and under 10 stone, having lost one and a half stone on a diet, but I still look about six months pregnant even in shapewear. It's not that I'm inactive; I've put in three hours digging in the veg garden this morning and that's quite normal for me, but I just can't shift this great flabby belly! Has anyone got any ideas that might work---as long as it doesn't involve floor exercises? I'd never be able to get up again without a hoist.

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wot Sun 02-Jul-17 15:30:49

I often give it a good, spiteful pinch! It couldn't even carry a child so it's always been useless.

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MissAdventure Sun 02-Jul-17 16:03:55

Same for me, wot. Years ago, my friend told me I look like Clare Rayner on Twiggy's legs!

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wot Sun 02-Jul-17 18:10:42

Cheeky cow!!! Not a friend at all, I suspect. We tend to forgive the men in our lives/sightlines for their huge bellies, but still worry about our own!

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BBbevan Sun 02-Jul-17 18:27:56

Scientists and doctors say that your waist measurement should be half your height. So a 6ft tall man should have a waist of no more than 36 ins, A 5ft. 4 ins woman 32ins. Any more and you are courting trouble , diabetes for example.

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Jalima1108 Sun 02-Jul-17 18:31:18

oh dear hmm

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MissAdventure Sun 02-Jul-17 19:01:23

Scientists say all sorts of things we 'should' or shouldn't have, do, think.
I wouldn't mind, but it changes too, sometimes. If I lose or put on weight, I stay the same shape, just a bigger or smaller version.

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