Unbalanced fat loss

bfmv44mag

Is it normal to experience fat loss asymmetrically throughout different places of your body? I am noticing that I have a lot more fat stored under/around my left pectoral (breast) than my right on my chest and also have less fat under left arm than my right. Is this something to be worried about? It is very noticeable in my chest but does not appear to be one sided gynecomastia as there are no hard lumps, swelling, pain, enlarged areola, or puffy nipples and it is very soft. I've noticed that it got a lot more prominent as the right side of my chest started flattening out more than the left has. Any advice?

yirara

I'm afraid that the only real advice is to remember: bodies are weird and do what they want.

Differences, not in actual fat but in the muscle below could be related to your dominant hand. It might look like more fat, but it's just more muscle pushing the fat out. Or it just happens to be assymetric. Hey, show me one woman who has symmetric breasts. The same holds true to men as well, if, for obvious reasons less visible. So keep at it, expect funny or strange things every now and then and just trust the process. And realize that you would be totally unique had you a symmetric body.

Lietchi

Fat loss is a strange beast, it often doesn't come off in a way we expect. It may even out as you lose weight. And bodies are rarely symmetrical anyway. I haven't checked it on myself, but I'm pretty sure I'll find differences if I compare measurements for my left and right arms and legs.
The asymmetry may also be due to an asymmetry in the underlying muscles.
If you're strength training, I would recommend doing dumbell exercises instead of barbell to check if there is a difference between left and right? I'm stronger on my right side (I'm right handed) and the fingers on my right hand are large than my left, which I presume is due to more muscle mass.

bfmv44mag

Lietchi wrote: »

Fat loss is a strange beast, it often doesn't come off in a way we expect. It may even out as you lose weight. And bodies are rarely symmetrical anyway. I haven't checked it on myself, but I'm pretty sure I'll find differences if I compare measurements for my left and right arms and legs.
The asymmetry may also be due to an asymmetry in the underlying muscles.
If you're strength training, I would recommend doing dumbell exercises instead of barbell to check if there is a difference between left and right? I'm stronger on my right side (I'm right handed) and the fingers on my right hand are large than my left, which I presume is due to more muscle mass.

I primarily do dumbbell workouts and use a curl bar for some movements such as back/biceps. I try to mix uni/bilateral movements in during workouts and always start with my left side first since I am right hand dominant but somehow I can always do more reps/weight with my left than my right even on bicep curls. I'm very happy with the progress I've been making overall, it's been a little over 2 months now and I'm feeling great but also trying to keep very prominent imbalances from happening as much as possible, it's unfortunate but it definitely won't slow me down, was just hoping that I wasn't one of the few people that was experiencing something unnatural and it seems as if that's not the case after all!

bfmv44mag

yirara wrote: »

I'm afraid that the only real advice is to remember: bodies are weird and do what they want.

Differences, not in actual fat but in the muscle below could be related to your dominant hand. It might look like more fat, but it's just more muscle pushing the fat out. Or it just happens to be assymetric. Hey, show me one woman who has symmetric breasts. The same holds true to men as well, if, for obvious reasons less visible. So keep at it, expect funny or strange things every now and then and just trust the process. And realize that you would be totally unique had you a symmetric body.

Awesome! I only started training my chest about 2 months ago along with entering a caloric deficit and am definitely starting to notice more muscle mass being built around the area. I'm still at a relatively high body fat% with about 20 more lbs to go before I hit my target weight, I hope in time the fat will start to re adjust itself around my body as I stick with the high protein "diet" I'm on and will continue to stay on to help preserve the lean mass I have. Thanks!