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Where do you carry your weight? Where do you lose weight from first when dieting?

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2kidsintow · 22/08/2012 21:46

I'm an hourglass. On the one hand, it means that I 'get away' with a few more lbs as people always seem to think I am lighter than I actually am. The fact that I go in at the waist helps. It certainly makes it easier to find clothes to wear that I like. I carry a lot of weight around my bum and thighs, and have a big bust. I recently came to 'crunch' time when I did start getting thicker around the waist and started to lose the hourglass shape. Enough was enough.

When I lose weight, it always seems to go off my waist first. I end up with a 'hollow back' with my trousers gaping around the waist, yet it takes a while to be able to go down a size as my bum and hips are still too large.

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mirry2 · 22/08/2012 21:51

I lose it on my neck first, of all places. I can tell because my necklaces appear longer

Jodidi · 22/08/2012 21:56

I carry all my weight around my middle :( I put it on there very easily but when I do manage to lose weight it comes off my middle first too, so I do go up and down clothes sizes fairly quickly.

WillieWaggledagger · 23/08/2012 08:31

2kids I'm the same as you. I find it v frustrating wrt trousers as the baggy waist makes me look like a bigger tummy than I actually have if I don't alter them myself

Creamtea1 · 23/08/2012 09:08

Always first off (or on) boobs and then face! Great - that's really useful eh

MirandaWest · 23/08/2012 09:09

My hips and bottom expand on gaining weight. And then my breasts shrink if I lose it Hmm

Caerlaverock · 23/08/2012 09:10

I barrell and can't carry any extra weight without looking frumpy. I envy your waist op. first place I lose is face and boobs

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