Flat Stomachs. Why?!
Question: Why is everyone so obsessed with having a flat stomach? I'm fit and healthy but my stomach isn't flat. My Mum only weighs 7 1/2 stone and she doesn't have one'. All the women in my family are the same shape. We all have little bums and fat on the stomach area and it doesn't bother me.
Answers: Why is everyone so obsessed with having a flat stomach? I'm fit and healthy but my stomach isn't flat. My Mum only weighs 7 1/2 stone and she doesn't have one'. All the women in my family are the same shape. We all have little bums and fat on the stomach area and it doesn't bother me.
Each person has a different body type and should embrace it. Through eating healthy and exercising a person can reach their personal best body shape. I think that women are obsessed with flat stomaches because of all the air-brushed models on the magazines. Love who you are and be healthy.
A lot of people, particularly women, are obsessed with looking like the women they see in magazines, because that is what they think you are supposed to look like.
It's a matter of perspective. You can be fit and healthy and look good and not have a flat stomach.
It bothers the men - it has to do with reach.
Vanity
i gave up caring after my fourth baby. i would like to have a flat one but its not going to happen so i am not going to stress out over it.
I guess they think it's more attractive. I don't really care if I have a fat bump on my tummy.
I think its a sign of our times. There's a big health crisis in our country where many people are overweight, and that makes the super-fit ones a bit more rare. And quite often, rarity makes a person stand out, or more attractive.
In Victorian or Edwardian England, just about everyone was starving and working very hard. This made them skinny, and physically more fit. What was considered beautiful then were the women who were rather plump, because that meant they worked very little and ate a lot of food.
You must be the only person I have ever known who has no problem with her belly. I hate mine. I've lost nearly 3 stone in weight, am a size 12 on top and a size16 waist-wise thanks to my belly.
i like girls with either flat stomaches, 6 packs, or the little pot bellys. i dont like when a girl has a beer gut, or the fat on there belly looks like cottage cheese. its has to be smooth.
Flat stomachs are sexy...on men and women. A "six pack" on a guy, and a flat belly on a girl are attractive. A belly roll isn't. That simple. That's the looks factor.
Healthwise, a protruding stomach pulls on the lower back muscles. People with "beer bellies" are 95% more prone to lower back pain (AMA Journal August 2004) than those who keep their abdomenal muscles toned and strong. "The best friends to a lower back are strong abs."
Its because look at what you see on tv and in magazines! I know its retarded I think too!
I think people have issues with different parts of their bodies. I hate my stomach and am trying to lose weight there.
Good on you for liking your body.