That tummy dent! What is it from? Can I get rid of it?

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I have had this "tummy dent" for longer than I can remember, even when I was very thin. Does anyone else have this? Or have you had it?

What I want to know is where does it come from and will I ever be able to get rid of it?

Yes, I, too, have the tummy dent! I've found that it's decreasing as I've lost weight (I'm 5'2 and recently went from 150 to 135) but there's still a little indent right below my belly button. It HAS improved, however, and I'm adding ab exercises (much as I hate crunches!) to try and tone it up a little bit.

 

Please try sending the link again. I think I also suffer from tummy dent...

sakhmet--just copy and paste the link (the entire thing between the quotation marks) into a new browser and you'll be able to see it. :-)

It's probably where your body has decided to store fat, in one band just around our belly button. I find it weird that our body stores fat in bands/rolls on the midsection area as opposed to just a flat spread...if that makes sense lol.

I fixed the link...I didn't realize the forums don't show pictures. Sorry!

I hate ab workouts, too! They're just a necessary evil if I want to get rid of that tummy dent, though. So I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one...  I wonder if it's possible that the dent was created by my pants waist. That's my husband's theory, but I'm skeptical because I've always worn my pants a little higher than the dent.

Our silly bodies and where they decide to store fat....always an enigma. I think I'd be so much better proportioned if I was "fattened" in a flat spread! Anyways, a few months and I (hopefully) won't have to worry about it :) 

I have it too! Mine just happens to coincide with where my underwear/pant line falls...could that have anything to do with it?

I've wondered the same thing for years!

Me too! :[

Ab workouts? I'll try the m I guess! 

I don't really know if the ab workouts will even help! It just seems to be the most reasonable solution, and I haven't really had a serious go at ab workouts yet...

I guess it's worth a try, right? Though I haven't had a go at ab workout before either. (Apart from the ones I was forced to in gym class, but I can't say I enjoyed those..)

Haha! I wish there was some place I could go in my head to make me enjoy ab workouts...tell me if you find one. Here's to a strong core!

I noticed a tummy dent at my heaviest, it's from button on my jeans (tight point).

I have that too!  It is also where my underwear waistband ends.  I always wondered if that was why.....

I have a line like that where my underwear waistband ends too. It is so frustrating because I can't get rid of it. My mom says it is just part of being a woman, but who knows. But, I am not overweight (110 lbs and 5'5'') and it is still there.

It's normal to have some kind of dimple/dent if you're a woman... your body stores fat on your tummy and the dent is where the 'tummy' stops and the underneath part starts. A larger woman (like me) has a major overhang there, not just a dent!

I believe that comes from the pressure of where your pants/skirt/short go around your waist. Fat will only go where it can and since we constantly have that pressure around our lower waist our fat gather below or above that line. Just my theory. Kinda like with bra/back fat we usually wear a bra 75% of the day so fat can't deposit it's self where that strap is so it goes below or above it (usually below)

I have one too! However, as I have lost weight, it has gotten significantly smaller. In fact, I can usually tell if I've lost weight by my tummy dent before I even check on the scale!

BELLY FAT! It REALLY Sucks! I am fortunate in the respect that I have not had a weight issue I am on CC to keep track of nutritional habits because I am working towards becoming a Personal Trainer and I feel it is important to be an example to my clients.

One thing I DO know about though is Belly Fat.

I have always wanted one of those beautiful hard midsections with just enough muscle to say Wow but not so much it looks masculine..you know the Gisele Bunchen belly.

You can do sit ups and Ab exercises all day and you will never see those abs of yours because of belly fat.

Recently I was doing some research and found this diet (it is more of a diet concept really), but it is designed to help you lose the dreaded belly fat which has been proven to cause several Health problems as well as your dreaded tummy dent!

I have never seen my ab muscles even though I have a flat stomach and work my abs all of the time because of the fat stored in that area of my body.

So I decided to try eating the recommended foods used in the Abs plan to see if it really worked. Though I am not following their "diet" I am simply eating the foods listed whenever and however I want to eat them and incorporating those foods along with some new abdominal exercises into my existing daily routine.

I have been doing this for 2 months now and you know what...I have abs! I am so excited because I have never seen them! The results were quicker than I had thought.

I highly recommend this article. I have started some of my friends who I am training on this plan and they have had wonderful results too.

Maybe this would help you with your tummy dent. I know once I receive my certification I will be recommending this to my clients.

FYI this is from Men's Health Magazine but it has a plan for women if you actually wanted to follow their plan. Just Look for the Abs diet for Women link.

http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site =MensHealth&channel=weight.loss&categ ory=abs.diet&conitem=972a99edbbbd201099ed bbbd2010cfe793cd____ 

 If you cannot click on the link above, copy and paste it into your web browser. Be sure to include the last four underscores.

Eh I don't really think it has anything to do with pants, just genetics. Those of us who store fat in our upper/middle bodies just have it, For me, when I was thinner it was FAR less noticeable, so I think it should almost totally go away as you reach your goal and tone up.

Curse you, genetics!!!! 

I have a small one too and it gets on my nerves!!!!! Oh well, I guess just overall weight loss will help reduce it. sucks though..I know how you feel. haha makes bathing suit bottoms difficult.

You're not going to like this, but that overhang at the belly is not subcutaneous fat - it's visceral fat. You have an oversized omentum:

http://www.oprah.com/health/yourbody/slide/20 061102/yourbody_20061102_350_103.jhtml

and

http://www.oprah.com/health/yourbody/slide/20 061102/yourbody_20061102_350_104.jhtml

I recommend Dr Oz's You on a Diet book. It will tell you what to do about this fat. Anyone who gets fat enough will have this, but if you are not all that overweight and still have this, it is a sign that you have inflammation processes going on in your body.

The prescription is a combo of...

1) Diet: standard advice - fruits & veggies, whole grains, no refined carbs or processed foods,no trans-fats and reduced saturated fats.... but including a focus on increasing omega 3 fats, which are anti-inflammatory. A fat-free diet is NOT the answer! Dr Oz even "prescribes" a handful of walnuts each and every day.

2) Exercise: cardio such as walking every day directly attacks visceral fat

3) Reduce stress: which produces cortisol which encourages inflammation

4) Get good sleep: lack of sleep produces cortisol

5) Limit alcohol