You might have separation of your abdominal muscles, if you are fairly lean/fit, but still have the pooch - diastasis recti. If so, there are specific things you can to to help the muscles correct themselves, and it WILL help more than just diet alone. I'm sorry I don't know specific exercises, but I know you can find good info online.
Also, are by any chance breastfeeding still? A lot of women (myself included) find their belly fat hold on until breastfeeding is finished. No matter what you do, if your hormones are working against you, you can't win!
And, weight training should help to lean you out more, especially if you do a HEAVY lifting program like NROLFW. Even if you don't have lots of weight to loose, you will see improvements all over your body just by lifting heavy. This program is really great.
In case you're wondering, I'm just at 1 year postpartum with my first, and I noticed a lot of great resutls with NROLFW in the past 4 months. Definitely helped me, though I'm still working on it!!
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