Apple Shape - Not loosing inches in Waist-- just me whining!

Antimony40
on 3/28/13 10:07 am - VA
VSG on 12/06/12 with

Seriously, my clothes look RIDICULOUS!  I'm not loosing much weight/inches in my waist, but everyone else is shrinking...my pants look like I'm trying to imitate MC Hammer...

 

when will my waist start dropping inches? Anything I can do?

 


 HW 286.7--SW 264.4--CW 184.2  M1-24.8//M2-14.8//M3-7.6//M4-10.0//M5-3.8//M6-8.4//M7-6.4//M8- 4.8//M9 +1

happyteacher
on 3/28/13 10:10 am

I was the same way.  Hang in there.  I would lose it in weird areas that seemed random, but every so often the loss came off the waist.  Now I am still a little out of whack- no butt, thin legs, and a little tummy- but I am no longer doing the MC Hammer thing by a long shot.  Just be patient!

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loverofcats
on 3/28/13 10:40 am

The abdomen is one of the last places to lose fat. It will happen, but it happens more slowly.

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zra
on 3/28/13 10:52 am
VSG on 02/06/13 with
Me too. Looking forward to it being warm enough to wear dresses instead of pants. I feel like it disguises it better.

  

HW: 363  SW: 340  

    
mimij
on 3/28/13 11:08 am - McDonough, GA
VSG on 10/03/12

Same thing here. Tummy and waist last thing to melt away. I started jazzercise and it has helped me because we do aerobics, core work, and weight training. I am definitely an apple by genetic makeup so I will always have that tendency toward thicker middle, thin arms and legs. 

MIMI  Highest weight 215  SW 203  GW 125   M1 -22  M2 -12  M3 -11  M4 -7  M5 -10  M6 -5  M7 -6  M8 -5  M9 -4  M10 -3  In maintenance since June 2013  HT- 5'2"  

        

    

SophieNJ
on 3/28/13 11:09 am - Parsippany, NJ
VSG on 03/05/13

My fat used to be very evenly distributed...once I hit menopause, I turned into a pumpkin person....a big round thing with thinner-ish legs/hips.  while I can tell i'm losing, it appears my, ahem, spare tire, has grown!!   I keep telling myself it's the gas, it never came out.  my tops, esp those with thinner material, look worse now then before surgery!   I feel your pain Antimony!

I hope the others are right, and it will go away eventually!

Sophie

 

mokee
on 3/28/13 11:12 am - OH

My body shape has been big legs and hips my whole life.   Every time I lost weight other times it came off my stomach first.  This time the first weight loss was my legs.  They are smaller than I can ever remember.    My butt also.  Why is this?  Any reason that anyone knows?

Love4me
on 3/28/13 3:03 pm

I have big thighs and hips as well and my stomach is the first to go. I know my legs are smaller but I still hate them!!! After surgery my butt was completely flat!!! Then I started weight training and doing squats, lunges and other booty blasting exercises and it has helped my butt a lot!!  My legs are coming around too but not fast enough :(

uveaprettyface
on 3/28/13 11:17 am
VSG on 03/22/13

I've always been the apple and when ever I have lost weight in the past, I become kermit the frog.  All my friends would complaint because they had junk in the trunk, which is so much more flattering and easier to hide.  The only thing that helps is strength training...rough and tough. 

Cuter_w_Curves
on 3/28/13 12:18 pm - Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
VSG on 01/08/13

Google "Swelly Belly" for this 6 months out or less.......

I explained it in the swollen stomach thread.

This too shall pass. Promise!

Dr Sullivan VSG Jan. 8th, 2013!
  Lost 100 lbs in a year post op with a VSG. 

   

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