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It sounds like the OP may be overly fixated on a minor body issue. Professionals go to great lengths - measuring foods, hiring trainers etc to get a six pack, and even then the results tend to be temporary as they move on to a more balanced life.

Eat right, find an exercise program that you enjoy and are willing to continue over the long term, find love and happiness and life will be good. That is more important, IMO, than fixating on what NancyL correctly describes as a figure flaw.

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The thing with "figure flaws" is that they can mess with your head psychologically. Drive someone to extremes in diet and exercise in an attempt to get rid of what they perceive to be a problem area. Yes, long-term this isn't good and people often rebound in ways that aren't healthy.

If the guy had a crooked nose or ears that stuck out and was sensitive about those features, wouldn't it be logical to suggest he have a little surgical procedure to fix them, rather than saying your body is just a little bit different, learn to live with it?

I wonder how many of the people on this thread who are recoiling at the idea of him getting lipo see nothing wrong with women having surgical breast enhancement? Just wondering.......

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The OP clearly expressed that he exercises a lot and "can't" lose more weight. I see nothing wrong with continued natural attempts but I'm also pretty sure he would be a good candidate for lipo either right now or years later IF natural methods turn out not to work.

So many people think lipo is an answer for overweight when it isn't that in any way, but again, the main reason to do it is for SPOT issues as the OP reports.

You just can't let it go can you?

If you can't understand why invasive surgery is not a realistic recommendation, where exercise and diet would suffice, then I suspect you are either beyond reason or purposely obtuse.

Perhaps as a last resort. The very last. Once diet and exercise have been exhausted as options.

The op very likely is underestimating the amount of exercise he is doing, iseating unwisely or both.

There's a few things to consider here. Maybe the OP is a troll, because 67 kg @ 5'9" puts him at a BMI of about 20/21, a perfectly healthy weight according to the charts. If he's physically active then he probably has a decent amount of muscle mass too, which would put him at a lower body fat percentage than his BMI stats indicate.

Let's assume the OP is "fair dinkum" and has a spare tyre around his waist at such a lowish body weight. This would indicate he does have disproportionately high fat deposits in this area which are probably genetic. He might have to go down to an unreasonably low body fat level (eg well below 10%) to lean out in that area. Maintaining such low body fat is not natural for most people and would require too much continuous effort (exercise and diet).

Let me mention some real life examples to illustrate the problem. I once knew a woman (she was my training partner years back) who had a beautiful 6 pack, (abs you'd usually see on a person with about 6 - 8% body fat), but a huge fat ass that would not go away. She wasn't 20, but not far off in her early 30's. There was no way she was going to diet that ass away. Sure, it probably could have been done, but only after all her body fat had been stripped from the rest of her body and probably at unhealthy overall fat levels. A woman's breasts are a pretty good example about how some females can hold onto body fat while stripping it elsewhere. Some females will lose their tits if they diet, others don't. Conversely, some females get big tits when they get fat, others don't. Everyone lays down fat deposits based on their genetics.

Here's an example from my own body. I measure my body fat with skin calipers. I can pinch about 14 - 15 mm on my upper back, while pinching only 5 mm over my abs and around 10% body fat overall. That stubborn back fat will not disappear until I'm about 5% body fat. I'm guessing this because I've never tried to go that low. With all that back fat I'm nearly stripped of fat and vascular all over the rest of my body.

If the OP is telling the truth, going by that I would also recommend liposuction if it really concerns him. Sticking a suction tube under the skin to suck out fat is hardly a life threatening operation and it wouldn't concern me other than the cost. The BEST solution is to learn to live with it. We're all built differently.

Regarding exercise, I'm not a fan of swimming as a weight loss exercise. I do think it's a great exercise though, but it requires too much skill and breathing is problematic for most people. A lot of the exhaustion felt by swimmers in front crawl (freestyle) is from lack of air making it feel like you're working harder than you actually are. My number one favourite exercise is indoor rowing as it works the whole body intensely and you can work under a fan. People don't seem to realise that you burn less calories in very hot conditions as your body can't work efficiently and you become exhausted quickly.

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