Where is your weight coming off?

[is thin possible?]

Question to all of you wonderful ha members who are slimming down and looking gorgeous! :wave

Have you noticed that certain areas of your bodies are slimming up quicker than others? I mean for instance...even though I have inches coming off everywhere, my upper body, face, and hiney seen to be coming along pretty well. However, my legs and stomach in particular are very slow at losing! I wouldn't say that it is grossly disproportioned, but it feels like it. For those of you who have had significant loss, did you experience this?

I heard Covert Bailey, a nutrition expert say once when it comes to wieght, "The first fat on will be the last fat off." Is there any truth to this.

Thanks and your input is appreciated!

Blessings!

[Shelly Lynn]

Hey there,
As far was what Covert Bailey states, not sure about that. When i gain weight i gain in the stomach area. And Since starting atkins again on jan 27, I seem to be losing alot in the stomach area. I went from a 45 waist to a 41 waist in the last two weeks. Like i said, i gain in the stomach area, does not look bad when you look at me from a front view, but the side view, yikes. Just thought id share my experience with you.


shelly

[sallyseachange]

I seem to be losing more on face and legs than tummy area. Can't wait for that to shrink...always been the bane of my life!

Maybe there is something to the "first on, last off" theory

[spydergrl80]

I'm losing mostly in my face, legs, and stomach area. I think my boobs are starting to shrink too :sadblinky :sadblinky TOTALLY NOT COOL!!!

[debi1746]

Mine is coming off my stomach and...

My weight seems to be coming off of my upper legs and stomach..I think that is because I am riding the bike as my exercise..I have increased it from 30 minutes a day to 60 minutes a day.. :joy

[Kent]

I think some areas are just easier to show weight loss than others. Facial features happens to be one of them. My quickest places to lose was probably the core trunk area, but due to it still being bigger than normal size, it is always hard to judge there. Tape measures are your friend in that regard.

[pingtastic]

first the face, then legs, arms and waist but yeah the stomach area hasn't shrunk that much but still none of my pants fit anymore... annoying since i bought suits and business wear back in january that i hadn't worn yet. :anger

[Jlkhollins]

Good morning!
The confusing thing to me is, that I have lost 30 pounds but I can't really tell where it has come from. I feel smaller everywhere. And, I know, I know, I should have tape measured. But I AM a scale slave (and I have my reasons). As a horseback rider, it doesn't matter how many inches I lose, it matters what I weigh. = ) But, I would have to say, I feel the biggest difference in my stomach area, hips, thighs, and upper arms....overall I don't care where it comes from as long as it goes somewhere else.

Jennifer :joy

[ditien]

allo allo,
i am dying to lose the fat on my thighs they are huge . My inches are coming off my fingers, my foot(can fit into some shoes better) and my stomach, my face. But my stomach isnt budging drastically i can now fit into my 14 still abit tight.
I dont know what to do about my thighs!!! want them to reduce.

[kingkong]

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Too bad we can't decide what andipose to dispose of first !

[DebbieY]

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Whenever I used to gain weight I always gained it first in my lower half - thighs, hips, and butt. Luckily I never had a stomach growing up until I got pregnant. I seem to have lost most of the weight in my face, chest, upper stomach. I still feel like my hips, thighs, and bottom haven't lost as much weight.

[Starmaker]

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Yeah I hear ya, I looked in the mirror this morning and thought "gee my legs are melting" must be all this walking, but then my stomach looks weird cause it looks way bigger now that my legs are shrinking. No nekkid rain dancing for me this month (sigh)

[Moochiecat]

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I'm looking at my measurement chart that I've kept since I started and it appears that my waist went down in inches first, but at this point I've lost the most inches around my hips and I can really see that in my comparison pictures.

I still feel huge in my stomach and hips though, but in my progress pics (link at the bottom of my signature) there's a picture uf me in a red shirt and green shorts. When I wore those last August, I had control top panties under them and was feeling like I was going to burst....they are ridiculously baggy on me this year, yaaayyy!!

[eireanngobrach]

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Hi there. I was blessed with the huge belly of my father's side and the huge butt/thighs of my mother's side, so I look like a walking beach ball. I wish I had my dad's flat bum and my mum's tiny waist). Anyways, I have lost 23lbs in 6 weeks, although the scale has been stuck at 22lbs for the last 3 weeks and finally dropped off today!!

I know that's a pretty decent amount of weight to lose in a short amunt of time and I have noticed it in my face, in my waist ( I went from a 46" to 39" waist) and in random spots, like my back (under my bra band) and just under my butt. Of course my butt is still ginormous so its hard to see that under my butt is shrinking but it is!

So 22 lbs sounds dramatic but it's been a little bit all over for me, but mostly in my face and waist. For the first time in a long time I can feel my cheekbones and I dont look like a squirrel when I smile

[Mary-chan]

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This may sound weird - but I can tell where I'm losing weight the most by if I'm getting a lot of stretch marks and my skin is itching sometimes in that area. I know I'm losing proportionately all around my body because it seems to "take turns" getting stretch marks in different areas. I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference in my stomach just from sight alone, I think. Anyway, just thought I'd mention that. Not sure if I'm the only one who noticed this!