Extra weight gone - still flabby!

[Sini]

Ive lost 9kg/1.5stones since I started my exercise plan and watching my lifestyle. I now weigh less than I did before DS(2.5yrs) and DD(6months), however my body is flabby, soft and my stomach especially bulges terribly.

I get that after pregnancy body and skin changes but how much weight do I have to lose to look anything like before?

Currently I go to group exercise classea twice a week focusing on strenght and toning. I could increase exercise to increase toning, but the main question is;

IS THERE ANY HOPE TO GET A TONED WAIST AGAIN?

 

[R_x]

I'm doing a lot of exercises at home to tone up. I use a workout app and hubby helps a lot with what to do. I try to do it everyday. There's defiantly hope, the before and after pics I've seen are amazing

 

[ILoveShoes]

Yes. I lift weights and run, and have got a fairly defined stomach xx

 

[seoj]

Part of it does depend on the type of excercise your doing- but also, how much is just skin compared to extra fat... ?

My stomache is more toned than it was pre-pregnancy (although if I bend over, the skin isn't as FIRM as it once was- but when I'm standing you'd never know)... I'm actually thinner now than I've been in YEARS. So that weight loss combined with the fact I'm 40-- well, things going to look like they did when I was 16!? Although I work out often and use weights and overall I'm toned and feel pretty great- there is only so much I can do (short of only eating clean healthy foods and working out like a maniac! lol)- which, I'm not willing to do. I found a balance that works for me- so I stick to it.

I would for sure recommend free weights- or a class that covers all area's of the body with weights and resistence training. I hate doing sit-ups, but I take 5 classes a week and they all incorporate core work. So that for sure helps. Just give it time and slowly work up more core and weights and you'll see improvement

Kudos on the weight loss!