Even fat loss question

[VeggieLifterChick]

Fat loss question and before/after pics

I have been losing some fat since being on adipokinetix and doing more cardio etc, and its weird because it seems to be coming off just my upper body. My waist is now 28 inches instead of 29 (it was 30 in january), and my upper abs look kind of cut. My arms look good too. But i have love handles still and my ass and thighs are actually looking less firm -- not bigger, but flabbier. I think my jeans are fitting more tight on the lower body than before. Is this my imagination? Or does it seem that the fat comes off the top half first? And when you lose fat, does it seem to make you flabbier, like, the fat is uncondensing or something? Just curious because it looks weird.

 

[VeggieLifterChick]

I'd post a picture of this if someone wanted to do that for me.

 

[VeggieLifterChick]

Womanhood, huh? That's the word for lower body fat that won't quit, right?

 

[VeggieLifterChick]

Okay, I figured out the picture trail thing. So don't worry psuedo-Spatts, I just uploaded them myself. Current stats are 132 lbs, 5 feet and 4.5 inches.



http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?username=veggielifterchick

 

[VeggieLifterChick]

Thanks Spatts! Er...PPM...?? Well actually I think my progress is subtle, I mean definitely noticable when you enlarge the pics and compare them, but i have SUCH a ways to go. Do you see what I mean about how my lower body (below belly button) has not changed? Its annoying...if only I could shed that fat.

 

[rez]

You've made some serious progress since January!

hey spatts did u get my pics?

 

[Sassy69]

Congrats on your progress! Looks great!

Just like you can't spot reduce, when you lose bf you lose it proportionally all over your body. Women tend to have more fat cells (higher concentration of them) around the ol' estrogen areas - hips, butt - lower body. So when you are losing body fat, it will appear that you are losing more in some places than others. Say if you lost 3% bf - you would lose 3% of the number of fat cells around your upper body as well as 3% of the number of fat cells around your lower body -- since more fat cells on the lower body, still more remain so the change is less obvious. BUT they are still going away!

Keep plugging away, it just takes a little longer to see the results on the lower side!

 

[FitFossil]

Fantastic progress!

You're definitely on the right track. I 2nd what Sassy already said.