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Slim with a hard pot belly - how to get rid of it?
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Disclaimer - These pictures are not 'before and after' pics. They are pics of me relaxed vs. me sucking it in. The "relaxed"pics were taken when I woke up before I ate or drank anything

Iā€™m 5'0 and 96 lbs soaking wet but I still manage to look 6 months pregnant (despite not actually being pregnant) at all times? My stomach has been like this for years. I thought it could be ā€œanterior pelvic tiltā€ so invested a lot of time & money into doing exercises and massages to fix the tilt. I fixed the tilt (and now have amazing posture haha)Ā  but that didnā€™t fix my stomach. It still protrudes, and is hard and distended. It seems like an issue with my actual stomach.Ā  I thought it could be bloating but my stomach doesnā€™t really change size during the day.Ā  My stomach looks like this from when i wake up to when i go to sleep and all hours in between. It doesnā€™t really change size throughout the day, I just look pregnant the whole day. I drink water, donā€™t eat a lot of salt, take probiotics and eat prebiotic foods, have a bowel movement once a day yet I still look pregnant. I got evaluated for IBS just to rule it out and I donā€™t have IBS. I donā€™t really get gassy or experience digestive discomfort in general. I also heard that sometimes food allergies can cause bloating so I visited an allergist and found out Iā€™m allergic to fish and pineapples, but I donā€™t eat either of those things.Ā 

Ā Itā€™s like thereā€™s a spare tire behind my abdominal wall. A hard lump of fat. I asked my doctor if it was fat and he said it could be a build up of fat around my organs because the layer of fat that sits on top of my abdominal wall isnā€™t really that thick. Itā€™s not pinchable fat, and it doesn't jiggle either. It seems to be behind my abdominal wall. But when I asked him how to get rid of it he said he wasnā€™t sure because Iā€™m already underweight as is, and losing weight could cause me a different set of issues. Like, losing even 10 lbs would be pretty dangerous for me.

The worst part is it all goes away when I suck it in. I literally look like I have ab definition (the 11-lines as they call them) when I suck it in but when I let go, I look pregnant. What gives?!

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How do you do any core exercises?!? They hurt so bad for me

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