Back fat

SSFx19

What can you do to get rid of it?? Do you only need the caloric defecit? Do you need to do specific exercises for this?!

ElizabethKalmbach

Tragically, spot reduction is not a thing. Caloric deficit is all we have for reducing fat. Your genetics will have the final say about when your body chooses to use the fat from where.

I wish I had better news, but I will always see my ribs through my chest before I see an ounce come off my belly pooch.

Just trust me when I tell you that we all feel your pain and frustration, and *everyone* has a least favorite genetic trait. Keep going, and keep after your goals. You'll get there.

jelleigh

I second this. I've had some exercises tighten things which may make it appear smaller but my back fat roll was literally the last thing to go on me last time I lost all my weight. I think I was at like 19% body fat or lower before they were all gone.

rainbow198

Unfortunately the only thing that worked for me was being patient and staying consistent with my eating and workouts.

Little by little the fat went away (from there and everywhere). It seem to take forever though, but I got there.

Good luck!

ninerbuff

Moderate calorie deficit and PATIENCE.

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Lobsterboxtops

Agree with the others that spot reduction isn’t a thing... that being said exercises that focus on your core and upper back can’t hurt (but don’t expect miracles...I’ve been rowing every day for a year and still have back rolls and flabby arms...less than before but still there)

SSFx19

Thanks everyone!!!! I understand.... I guess patience is the key

springlering62

“Tragically”. LMAO. How true.

My thighs, calves, arms and back are tightly strung. I can lay on my back in a mat class and my belly is taut and concave. Yet I have a jelly roll that would do the Michelin Man proud. The thinner I get, the bigger and floppier it seems to get. No matter how the pant size decreases, that roll is always there to tease me.

iheartmyyorkie

Back fat on a roasted duck is delish.

steeliebob

Lobsterboxtops wrote: »

Agree with the others that spot reduction isn’t a thing... that being said exercises that focus on your core and upper back can’t hurt (but don’t expect miracles...I’ve been rowing every day for a year and still have back rolls and flabby arms...less than before but still there)

I row a boat for a living, many hours a day, 200+ days a year .... Have for nearly 30 years... And I still had back rolls 😁😁😁 getting pretty small these days though

nighthawk584

i have lost around 76 lbs and back fat is slowly and I mean slowly disappearing. I exercise 6 days a week but staying consistent with calorie deficit is the only thing that matters. My problem areas are "moobs" and armpit fat! Hopefully the more I lose it will go away or at least be less noticable. We are most all in the same boat..those of us that had a lot to lose or have bad genetics. It's the price we have to accept for letting ourselves get obese.

Danp

Think of fat as a pool.

You can drain the pool, but you can't chose to selectively drain the deep end or the area around the steps.

seltzermint555

When I was at my heaviest of ~300 lb, I practically had C-cup boobs on my back, but that went away pretty quickly for me when I got in the lower 200s.

Now I notice that when I'm on the lower end of my maintenance range (160s) I have zero visible "back fat" but when I get into the higher (175+) I can see small rolls there again. Not terrible, just enough that I steer clear of certain dresses and tighter tops.

FWIW I did nothing specific exercise-wise for my back, just calorie deficit.

lkpducky

iheartmyyorkie wrote: »

Back fat on a roasted duck is delish.

Leave the poor duckies alone!!!!