NaiveandTrue I know the annoyance with the belly issue. While I don't carry my weight there I have a really bad problem with bloating and most days by the evening my tummy is so fat I look 5/6months pregnant. It's very hard to get a flat stomach as women have a band of fat around their bellies that men don't have, and it's to help them produce milk, been told its known as the lactic belt.