Losing weight but not around the middle!

I am losing weight but not much around the middle. 4.5 inch loss in the waist for 40 lb weight loss. That does not seem like much to me compared to the weight I've lost. It is my stupid problem spot! And yes I'm working out! That is the place I most want to get rid of the inches! Anybody else have this problem?

I have the exact same problem. I am 48 and I think it is due to my age. They say the biggest weight gain (and the hardest to lose) for middle-aged women is the "spare tire" around the mid-section. It has gone down some but it is just hanging on.

Because of my knee - when I'm at the gym I do the bike.....it really helps the middle! You hold your stomach in without even realizing it!!!

I lost weight every where except for my stomach for the first 2-3 months. My face and neck, my shoulders, my legs and my butt, and i mean my pants were falling off my butt but nothing in my stomach but it is going now. And it seemed to go quickly once it started. I know it stinks cuz that too was my main concern, and still is but i promise it will happen!

Most of my weight is in my stomach too. Any time I've lost weight, it's always  slid down, starts at my head/face and makes it's way down. Makes me nuts. LOL. If it helps, it eventually HAS to go away, right? Did you try talking nicely to your spare tire?

Hey, I'll try anything once... LOL

For many of us the stomach does give it up until you lose more..it will eventually start coming off your tummy. Be patient, you will get there.

I havent lost a pant size because of that dang spare tire/bellybutton flab I can relate.

I have alway been potbellied or sometimes called an apple body shape. I am currently a 36C with a size 6 hips/ 34" flat ass that shrinks daily and my waist is a whopping 39 inches/size 20. My legs, arms and face look almost normal weight.

I am told this is due to skeletal structure. My ribs barely clear my pelvis by an inch which means I am" short waisted". This body type carries fat like a man, usually in their belly, tends to have no ass but great legs. Also called a diamond body shape.