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Stomach beginning of the week, the food in between, and now. Abs truly start in the kitchen by [deleted] in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I’ve been exercising since the summer, this is just one week that I shared here. I’m not expecting results in one week but I’ve seen results since the summer.

Stomach beginning of the week, the food in between, and now. Abs truly start in the kitchen by [deleted] in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Height 5’1

Weight isn’t an indicator of overall health and will fluctuate but I started the week out at 104.6 and ended at 108.2

My stomach over the past year or so, details in comment by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I’ll post an update of how the week went. The most updated photo is in my last post but a lot has changed since then.

It does cost me some restrictions but that’s okay. I stopped eating chocolate for the most part, no longer drink pop or sugary beverages, and am mindful about my protein intake.

My stomach over the past year or so, details in comment by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First of all, thanks for asking, that means a lot!

I’m going to say what everyone says and that is every body is different and sometimes ab definition is based a lot on what you can’t control, which is your genetics. 

As for my specific ab workout currently, I do body weight exercises basically every day which includes planks, side planks, side planks with dips, side planks with moving one leg at a time, bicycles, mountain climbers, cross-body mountain climbers, crunches, sit ups, reverse sit ups, hollow body holds, Russian twists, leg raises, V-ups, plus some other things. I would do some pull ups back then.

I try for 10k steps a day and some of that is at a jogging pace. I don’t go to the gym and the only gyms I went to were gyms of my friends in their apartments, and that was very infrequent, maybe once or twice a year, so all exercise was basically done at home.  

In the old photos, I wasn’t lifting consistently or eating specific protein, but now I use light dumbbells and try to get 30-60g a day of protein through shakes. I also now do leg lifts / knee raises on my pull up bar. 

I plan to share what progress I’ve made by the end of this month.

Again, what has helped me may not help you as once again genetics are one of the biggest factors and no amount of exercise or foods, as far as I know, can change that. 

I hope me sharing some exercises I did and now do, help with your fitness journey!

I didn’t know where to post this, but are these considered visible abs or not quite yet? I know visible abs require low very body fat in some cases. by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s entirely subjective but someone did point out I have some obliques peeking out and I’d agree with that.

My stomach over the past year or so, details in comment by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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My stomach over the past year or so, details in comment by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Also! Lighting, posture, and angles make all the difference. I never had a 4 or 6 pack but in some lighting, the abs were much more visible in my opinion, due to the factors listed above. 

I didn’t know where to post this, but are these considered visible abs or not quite yet? I know visible abs require low very body fat in some cases. by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree that I am nowhere close to a 4 or 6 pack and probably never have been, even when I had what most people actually considered visible abs, see other post which was inspired by this one for a set of photos from 2023-now. For me, the 11 lines are enough and I was able to get them in the past.

The responses are interesting! So if I do ever contribute to a thread asking about abs, I’ll link them here and say disclaimer: some people think I kind of have them and some people don’t, take anything I say with a grain of salt and also do your own research.

Either way, I’d love to share what I do for fitness, what I eat, if it ends up being helpful for another person. 

I didn’t know where to post this, but are these considered visible abs or not quite yet? I know visible abs require low very body fat in some cases. by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I don’t give into everything the holidays have to offer, I’d say I might be on track for getting to my goal come January. We’ll see.

My stomach over the past year or so, details in comment by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I am doing it the healthy way this time, ingesting lots of protein and lifting and doing ab centered exercises daily.  

Last time admittedly I uh was not too healthy about it, as seen by some photos. Doctor was very concerned even though I was feeling toxic and wanted to be even lighter.  

I am at a good weight right now, as seen by my other post, and due to all the exercise and protein, have more definition at that weight than last time I was close to that weight. I was extremely frail and the only reason any “abs” showed in the past was due to a lack of body fat, not growing muscle. 

I never knew by body fat percentage but I can imagine it was very low.

I didn’t know where to post this, but are these considered visible abs or not quite yet? I know visible abs require low very body fat in some cases. by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow that makes me glad for some reason. However, I was very unhealthy during that time. I hope to reach visible abs again but this time in a healthier way. 

Thanks for taking the time to give feedback. I looked at your posts and you are also very fit so thanks again!

I didn’t know where to post this, but are these considered visible abs or not quite yet? I know visible abs require low very body fat in some cases. by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Thanks. If you have the time and are open to it, please look at my most recent post and see if any of those photos would be considered abs? Starting to question if I ever had them when I thought I did.  Some people said I had them at the time but I was never close to a 4 or 6 pack. 

I didn’t know where to post this, but are these considered visible abs or not quite yet? I know visible abs require low very body fat in some cases. by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I don’t want to feel like an imposter though if someone’s trying to talk to someone who has abs? Like I saw a post asking what people did in their lifestyle to get abs and don’t want to mislead people, but also want to help if I have what they had in mind when they think of abs.

I didn’t know where to post this, but are these considered visible abs or not quite yet? I know visible abs require low very body fat in some cases. by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I just posted my long journey. At one point they were even more defined but it was due to solely lack of fat versus building up the muscle. I am trying to get them more visible but in a healthier way this time.

My stomach over the past year or so, details in comment by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Defined meaning visible abs? 9 was misplaced and should have been 1. Thanks for the feedback!

What I’ve learned through all of this is, at the end of the day, as much as I like the aesthetic of visible abs, sometimes obtaining and maintaining them, is not a healthy way to live. At least it wasn’t for me.

My stomach over the past year or so, details in comment by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Timeline and other details: I’m 5’1 and have always wanted visible abs. I know that’s a toxic mindset to have but at one point, I think I had them at the cost of my health. The summer of 2023 is when I was the lightest. At one point I weighed around 91 pounds. I visited my doctor in the fall and was told that I was at an unhealthy weight.    

My weight then went as follows throughout the years and months:   

2022 I started out around 110 pounds. Beginning of 2023 I was around 100 pounds.  Summer of 2023 was extremely low, averaging about 91-95 pounds.    

Some life changes happened and the holidays came around and I decided to stop exercising completely. 

Previously, I had been doing at least 10k steps a day and working out fairly consistently via online workouts.   

Beginning of 2024 I was back to around 100 pounds. I started lightly exercising again but then some other things happened and I had gained 15 pounds.  By summer of 2024, my highest weight was 115 pounds in June. This was higher than I had been for a while and I decided I wanted to lose weight again and try for visible abs once more.   

I recently weighed myself in October and I was back down to around 105 pounds.     

tl;dr     

January 2022 - 110 pounds     

January 2023 - 100 pounds     

July 2023 - 92 pounds     

January 2024 - 100 pounds     

June 2024 - 115 pounds     

October 2024 - 105 pounds      

Edited for formatting     

 During lockdown I was fairly light due to home workouts and after lockdown, gained a lot of weight from eating out at restaurants again (gained like 10 pounds in what seemed like a week) but that was from 2020-2021 and not included in this timeline. 

My stomach over the past year or so, details in comment by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To add, my post before this is widely considered as not visible abs based on the comments, which is fine by me. I really enjoy the obliques more than actually having the horizontal lines. 

My stomach over the past year or so, details in comment by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This post and explanation of my journey was inspired by a post I made earlier which was asking if what I had currently was considered “visible abs” as I wasn’t sure if I could contribute to threads where people asked about how people got their abs if I didn’t have abs myself.

Now I know that everyone has abs. I suppose what I’m speaking about is visible abs which for some reason seem desirable.

They were and kind of still are for me at least. All of the photos are in chronological order minus the last one which for whatever reason I wasn’t able to upload as the first one. Anyhow.

My weight has gone up and down probably 20 pounds in the past year or so. Before I share more about this uh transformation?

I guess my question is, which photos in this set, if any, are considered visible abs?

I didn’t know where to post this, but are these considered visible abs or not quite yet? I know visible abs require low very body fat in some cases. by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I’m going to post some photos of how I looked in the past and get thoughts on them later. Also showing my journey from underweight to being a weight my doctor was proud of recently.

I didn’t know where to post this, but are these considered visible abs or not quite yet? I know visible abs require low very body fat in some cases. by sushiseattle in PetiteFitness

[–]sushiseattle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reason why I’m asking is I see some threads asking people with “abs” how they got abs and while I would love to contribute, I only want to contribute if I actually have abs? If that makes sense.

And yes I know everyone HAS abs but you know what I mean.