Anyone else have a dent above their belly button after heavy weight loss?

I have maybe a half of an inch deep and half of an inch wide dent or concave dip in my stomach right above my belly button. It’s particularly evident when I bend in certain ways, and I want to know what it is. I’ve never been pregnant, and and not pregnant now, so I do not believe it has any association with diastasis recti. I’ve lost almost 80 lbs in the past couple of years if that contributes anything and I frequently work out my abdomen muscles. I wish I could show a picture for effect, but am not allowed to upload one on here.

Has anyone experienced this? It almost makes the very top of my “innie” belly button seem saggy LOL

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Communicating with my body

I’ve been following this subreddit for a while and thought I’d share some insights I’ve gained over the past 7 months regarding communication with my body. For reference, I’m a female, 5”5, and I currently weigh 189lbs.

I’ve been overweight my whole life. I’ve been obese for the last 15 years (I’m 33, F). I lost a solid 65lbs my sophomore year of college (230–>165) and slowly regained that weight by the time I graduated. I’ve been holding steady at 235 since then, with short periods of weight loss (10-15lbs) but I always end up back at 235lbs because nothing has ever stuck.

In November of last year, I was diagnosed with prediabetes and decided I wanted to add some type of fitness to my routine. I hate the gym and I hate indoor exercise so I started running with the C25K program. I have never been a runner. The farthest I’ve ever run was a mile in high school PE, and I don’t recall that being a pleasant experience. The C25K program changed my life. I’ve been running steadily since November and average about 2-3 miles, 3 days a week. It’s not far and I’m not fast by any means, but it’s done wonders for my physical and mental health. I also really enjoy the fact that it’s not a huge time commitment. I devote about 30-45min 3x a week and I don’t have to drive anywhere. I just step outside my front door and I’m back in half an hour.

The other thing running has done is changed my relationship with my body. I used to hate my body. I hated looking at myself in the mirror, I hated how weak I felt, how out of breath I felt walking up a flight of stairs. In looking back, I think I hated that my body couldn’t do the things that my body was meant to do. Running has provided me with a new found respect for my body and the amazing things it’s capable of. Once I started running, I noticed my body encouraging me to be more active in other ways. I walk everywhere, I go on hikes, I do yoga. I’m still overweight (technically still obese) but I’m no longer allowing my body to control me.

The other thing I changed was my eating. I’ve always been relatively healthy in my food choices (I don’t drink soda, don’t eat fast food) but I eat a lot and rarely feel full. I initially started by loosely counting calories. I didn’t log them in an app but I kept track of them in my head (I have a decent knowledge of calories from years of trying to lose weight). My goal is to eat somewhere around 1500 calories a day, but some days I eat less and some days I eat more. I don’t beat myself up when I have a bad day and I try to listen to what my body needs. I suppose it’s similar to intuitive eating, although I don’t know enough about it to say. Some days I wake up and I feel hungry for breakfast, and some days I wake up and don’t feel hungry until 2pm. Overall, I listen to what my body tells me. I saw a post recently about babies. It talked about how as babies, we are naturally intuitive eaters. We eat when we’re hungry and we stop when we’re full. At some point, our eating habits adjust to our parents schedules (we eat breakfast at 7, lunch at noon, dinner at 6, etc). I used to let food control me, and now I let my body control the food.

Ultimately, it’s calories in, calories out. But I think it’s important to pay attention to what your body is telling you. And on days where you feel like you hate yourself, or you look in the mirror and want to cry, try to remember to be grateful for your body and for the amazing things it’s able to do. Hell, even at 235lbs, I’m amazed my body was able to propel me up 3 flights of stairs to my walk-up apartment.

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My weight loss journey was interrupted. Now 4.5 months after having my baby, I'm ready to shed some weight again

I'm F/29/5'5"/CW:220/GW:150 Currently I weigh 220lbs, that's a BMI of 36.6 or obese. I wanted to briefly tell my story and start being accountable again.

So back in July of 2018 I had my gallbladder removed, with 26 stones in it. I didn't want to believe that I was as unhealthy as I was, so after surgery I thought I could keep eating greasy onion rings and crap. But I started to feel even worse so by the end of August, I was doing CICO and walking a lot. I was 198lbs and ashamed. I also had PCOS and was told it was unlikely I could have kids without fertility treatment. I hadn't even had a menstrual cycle in years.

Then I started to actually lose weight and I felt great. I liked seeing my progress and had more confidence. I started getting my period again. I was at 162lbs in April 2019. Then in May I got pregnant but I didn't figure it out until 6 weeks later. By that point I was 170.

My husband and I were over the moon about being pregnant and preparing to start our family. My pregnancy was completely uneventful, except that I gained 50 fucking pounds! I was 220lbs when my baby arrived via C-section. 9 days after giving birth, I was at 204lbs. Then breastfeeding made me ridiculously hungry and I ate high calorie snacks and meals. I started gaining more weight until I reached 220lbs again. I felt so uncomfortable in my own skin. Now my baby is 4.5 months old and I'm so ready to get back in shape.

I'm starting CICO tomorrow as well as consistent walking with my baby. I am still breastfeeding/pumping which is burning about 500 calories a day. So my calorie intake needs to be 1900 to maintain my milk supply. This is definitely doable because I used to do 1200 calories and was fine.

I'm ready to focus on my health and wellness again and make it a priority. I want to feel confident again. If anyone has any tips for activities and exercises to do with a young child, please give me your tips!

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Running Journal Calendar – July 2020 free printable

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Stopped counting calories, still losing weight. This really is a lifestyle change.

Over the last couple years I've gone from over 200lbs as a 5'6 woman to my current weight of 133.9lbs. Not all of it was healthy weight loss, I have struggled with disordered eating for a lot of my life. But the last year I dropped about 30 lbs just counting calories religiously, and it's been actually pretty easy, albeit inconvenient. I didn't deprive myself of any foods, I just found a way to keep them in my budget. I kept to about 12-1300 calories a day, with occasional cheat days where I'd let myself go up to maintenance if there was a special occasion.

My original goal weight was 135, but I've decided I'd like to lose 10 more pounds than that, however I've gotten kind of tired of counting calories. So, I decided to try eating without weighing my food and see how it goes. It's been about a week, and while I'm still aware of about how much I'm eating and I'm making healthy choices, I've also had ice cream almost everyday the last week, as well as steak dinners. And I've lost over a pound!

I guess this is what intuitive eating is, right? I have a solid grasp on nutrition and general calorie counts, but I'm not weighing out every single thing. It's very freeing, and apparently still effective at helping me reach my goals. I feel confident that I can continue to lose, and eventually maintain for the rest of my life.

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I'm not sure exactly what weight I'm at here, probably around 180, could be higher. I didn't take any progress photos as I was usually very insecure. The other picture is me 5 minutes ago.

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Losing weight without counting calories?

When I was in high school, I struggled with severe anorexia, to the point where doctors weren't sure I would ever fully recover. But I did! And then I went too far and was borderline obese.

It's been a few years since then, and I'm now at a healthy weight (21F/5'4/140lbs) but I'm not quite happy with it. Not in the same way I was with my anorexia, I just want to be fitter and take better care of my body. My goal is 115-125lbs. But the problem is, I can't count calories without sending myself into a relapse.

I was nearly 190 at my heaviest, and I lost those 50 pounds over the course of a year, maintaining around 140 for 2 years now. But I lost that weight mainly through unhealthy restriction and old disordered habits. I don't want to go down that road again.

I eat most likely around 1200-1500 calories a day if I had to estimate, and I play sports for 1-2 hours at least 4 days a week, burning an average of about 450 calories each time (estimate based on fitbit readings). I'm tired of being stuck at this weight no matter what I do, but I'm worried most traditional weight loss methods will trigger a relapse.

I've been doing 16/8 intermittent fasting for about 2 weeks now and haven't seen a significant change in my weight, though I feel like my stomach appears more bloated. I'm not quite sure if IF is the best fit for me. Any advice or recommendations?

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Getting fit by 40

39-year-old male here. This might be a lengthy post...

Growing up I was always SUPER skinny. I couldn't gain weight no matter how hard I tried. Through high school, college, etc. I was just always skinny. Fast forward several years and I got married and at the time was working at a mall where I would close around 9 pm, come home, eat an enormous dinner (mostly pasta) and go right to bed. As you can expect, the pounds started coming with a force.

When I got married I was around 145 lbs. That was almost 17 years ago. After one year of marriage, I was close to 180.

Fast forward 17 years. I'm still married and now have three kids, and I'm now 254 lbs, the heaviest I've ever been. Tying my shoes gets me winded. I'm an "audible breather." I try to be in as few photos as possible. I'm INCREDIBLY self-conscious about how I look. My lifestyle habits are a perfect storm of poor choices that I seem to be stuck in:

• I work a desk job. I'm currently working from home but even when I'm not I still mainly just sit all day.
• I have some form of alcohol almost every night while watching TV with my wife. It used to be beer but I recently cut that out and opted for whiskey just so I didn't feel so bloated.
• I have terrible cravings every time I drive by a fast-food establishment. Just last night I had two chicken sandwiches from Chick-fil-a at 9:30 pm.
• I don't enjoy drinking water. I think it's because I love carbonation, yet I hate pretty much all carbonated water.
• In my late 20s, I developed knee pain on the outside of my left knee which several doctors have essentially boiled down to me just being overweight. Because of this pain, working out sucks. I can't squat, I can't lunge, and any type of long walk or jog makes it awful. There are still things I can do at the gym but those things in particular suck.
• I get bored easily. I can start anything but keeping it up gets boring to me.
• I... freaking... love... food.

Possibly the worst part of all of this is that I feel like I know almost too much about weight loss. I've been lurking on this subreddit for years. I've read the compendium several times. I've logged food. I've done keto (lost about 25 but gained it all back). I've done CICO (same story). In 2013 I was 199.8 which was my first time under 200 in 10 years, but it was short-lived. I know the science behind it. I know how to lose weight. I know what I need to do. I feel like I know enough that I've been able to counter every bit of knowledge with my own excuse.

But there's one lingering piece of motivation for me. In 19 days I'll be 39 years old. In one year and 19 days, I will cross over into my 40s. There's nothing magical or physically significant about that but to me, it's a big deal. I don't want to go into my 40s like I am now. I just don't. For the sake of myself, my wife, and my kids.

I struggle to realize that I am even the same person I was in high school. The kid who so desperately wanted to gain weight can't possible be the adult who so desperately wants to lose it, right? But here we are. And I really do want to get fit by the time I'm 40.

So here are a few things I'm going to at least attempt to do:

• CICO. I'm going to get back on logging foods and trying to stick with my caloric intake goal based on my sedentary lifestyle/work.
• If that works and I'm able to drop some lbs, I'm hoping that proves the doctors right and I can start some more intentional physical activity.
• I'm going to cut back on alcohol. I know this is necessary.

My ultimate goal: I want to be below 190 lbs by my 40th birthday. July 19, 2021. It's very possible that I will fall off this. Heck, it's even possible that I won't make it 2 or 3 days. But right now, as I sit at my desk, this is what's on my mind. I would love nothing more than to be one of these countless success stories I've been reading here for years, I'm just hoping I have what it takes to do it.

I'd certainly welcome any advice or thoughts. Thank you all in advance for your support.

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