How long did it take for you guys to tone your belly and body?

[Anonymous]

I’ve been working out for seven months and I STILL LOOK THE SAME, except that I lose some inches. My belly, big ass legs and ass aren’t TONED! They’re still flabby! My aunt said some people aren’t going to have flat bellies, plus women and girls aren’t supposed to have flat bellies. Our bodies are built for pregnancy so we should have some belly.” Yea that’s true but I’ve never had a toned or flat belly. Ever! I’m too big, my fucking legs jiggle, my ass it HUG and my class are so big. I don’t understand why girls and women are obsessed with having them.
My twin friend said she KILL to have big calves and a fat ass like I do because she is sick of being thin.
I’m 5’10 and 201lbs. At least I went from 213 to 202.

[Sonorous]

Ultimately getting lean is the most important factor. But there are other factors to consider. For instance, right now I'm around 11.5% bodyfat but I can look 14-15% depending on my water retention or temporary fat gain or fat shifts. And I can look 9-10% bodyfat depending on the same factors.

For instance, back a few months ago when I was averaging like 40-70minutes of zone 3 shadow boxing cardio everyday, I looked the leanest that I ever have. This is also because at that time, I was doing everything in my power to avoid the randle cycle so my body was never really in a high insulin state for long. My insulin was only up for around 4 hours per day or less. I was mainly in a low dietary & bodyfat burning state for most of the day. This combined with depleting my glycogen in the area that I wanted to look leaner in the most, keeping cortisol in check, burning visceral fat via the cardio, doing fasted cardio at times, (etc) allowed me to look a lot leaner than if I were to just eat & exist like a normal person. Recently I've been not caring too much about looking lean & someone would think that I gained a few lbs simply because I'm not lean enough right now to look as lean as I did when I was really trying to constantly maximize bodyfat oxidation.

Right now I can pinch a bit of belly fat because there are circulating triglycerides & I spiked my insulin a couple hours ago. But today is a lower fat day & I've depleted around 80g glycogen while eating only 180g carbs so tomorrow I'm likely going to wake up & look leaner than I did today. My calorie averages matter as well. I notice that for leanest appearance, I have to be in around a 300cal deficit per day or more. This is to signal to the body at all times that you're in need of extra calories vie bodily tissue (ideally adipose).

There's more to all of this ofc like lowering inflammation, having optimal mineral levels & water intake, etc. for better fluid balance & a leaner looking appearance. But it all comes down to bodyfat the most if fat is truly what you're concerned about.

[Sonorous]

low insulin, high dietary & bodyfat burning state*

[blackgaletiger]

You gotta understand your body as everyone is built and functions differently. Excessive exercise isn't always the answer. Diet makes a difference and so does stress. Doing squats and cardio helps with core and legs/butt but if you’re stressing your body it is going to make it difficult. The body tends to hold on to fat cells when stress that is why diet alone doesn't help. Keep training and eating right but also do stuff like yoga to give your body a better balance. Your metabolism is probably slow so you may not burn your calories as fast but having more techniques on improving yourself goes a long way in achieving your goals

[Asker]

I do have slow metabolisms my friend who’s thin hates her fast metabolism and she’s thin! I thought she was crazy! I would love to have fast metabolisms and not gain weight! My mom also said my body isn’t built to be super skinny or thin. I have a tall thick body so mostly I’m going to have a thick large, curvy body but most girls kill to have curves.

[petitedollbabee]

Realistically, it takes years of strict diet and vigorous exercise to get to that level. As well as having a personal trainer. You’re not going to achieve that in 7 months on your own.

[Asker]

YEARS? Are you serious?

[aaron13547]

There are a lot of factors that go into why a person can or can't lose or gain weight easily. Honestly I think the most important thing is mindset. You said something about your mother saying girls are suppose to be big. That limiting thought process is the biggest problem in my opinion... believe your doing right by you... exercise for you as a person to better yourself, if you have the idea your chasing something you will always chase it. Believe you are thin already but still work toward it. Biggest thing is consistency. Just cause you don't see results don't stop, maybe try things differently. never stop growing! just know your growing mentally now, not physically.

#you've got this

[Mpodere]

When I decide to train, the results are seen after a week, so soon. The problem is that I don't feel like doing it 😅 text me so we can motivate each other!

[DryGermanGuy]

You're on the right track, so keep going. And you should add swimming to your training.

[slatyb]

Consider hiring a trainer for a session or two?