 [ Symptoms ] i have lost 40lbs my goal but most of that weight was everywhere but my stomach why is that and what can i do  last year in august i started to gain weight unexpectedly and ended up gaining about 45lbs over 3 4 months i began a long series of tests for cushings syndrome  and the verdict was that i did not have it however when i started the testing my cortisol levels were through the roof the doctors gave up after a while and i joined weight watchers instead i have lost 40lbs but can not seem to get my stomach to slim down is there something else i should be doing or that could still be wrong [ Disease ] congratulations on losing 40 pounds that is amazing and you should be proud of yourself what you are perceiving as fat around your midsection may in fact be excess skin sometimes when a person loses a large amount of weight the skin that had stretched out is not able to firm back up when the weight is lost if this is the case there is no exercise you can do to help that flab you can confirm whether or not you have excessive belly skin by consulting your health care provider he or she can tell you if you have more body fat to lose or if you have a skin problem if it is a skin problem your only recourse is surgery to remove the excess skin this surgery is called  abdominoplasty  or tummy tuck  regardless pat yourself on the back for that great weight loss