Back and stomach fat just won't get smaller :(

Matiara

Have you lost pant sizes? If so, it is getting smaller. It's just that if your midsection was bigger in proportion to the rest of you, it's going to look "the same" until the body is done losing from the areas that held less fat and the belly catches up. The midsection can hold quite a bit of fat.

I am apple shaped and carry most of my excess fat in my middle. At the beginning of the year, I was a TIGHT size 12 (14 in denial). Over the weekend, I tried on a pair of size 8 jeans and they fit. However, I still have a belly and back rolls. I look in the mirror and wonder when I'm going to lose the gut even though I know intellectually that I *am* losing the gut. My clothes are smaller, I have two not so full back folds instead of three plump ones, and I can see my abs peeking through. However, though my pooch and back fat are obviously smaller than they used to be, in proportion to the rest of me, they still look "big" because I've lost weight all over.

I didn't have back fat at all until I hit the high 160s in weight, so I figure it will go away when I get below that weight again. Time and patience.

Kalikel

It's possible that you've lost some already and didn't notice. When you look at yourself daily, there are never big changes. It's just like we don't see our children growing on a daily basis and stop sometimes and say, "Wow."

I know that if I didn't have scale weights and clothing size changes, I'd never believe I'd lost sixty pounds. I'd guess 15-20, at most. I just don't see sixty pounds worth of change! Especially my thighs, God send them to hell. Other people see it, though. Especially out-of-town relatives.

So you might be making more progress than you see!

If it's not enough, join the club. It's so hard to do so much work for so long...and accomplish so much!...and still look in the mirror and see all that fat. Depressing, if you think about it. So, I don't, lol. I just say, "I have to wait. It will happen."

It's so hard to wait. Sometimes I think, "Screw this. It isn't worth it." But it will be worth it. It's what I want. So, I keep going...and waiting.

I don't know if that helped. It was certainly long!

SezxyStef

Randomtai, I have to disagree with you because I have gained muscle from both programs!!!
Plus, I had advice from a professional trainer and he states you can use those programs until your body is used to it and then go on to something else..

If you don't have any advice tips or encouragement, I appreciate that you do not respond to my post.. Thank you

It is doubtful you have gained any appreciable muscle from either program. Probably what you have done is reduced fat covering your exisiting muscle.

I have been heavy lifting for almost a year and I haven't built any muscle...just to give you perspective...I have however reduced fat and it now shows nicely.

On the last note you can't decide who posts on your thread and who doesn't...and random would have great advice if you hadn't slapped her with this post...

liekewheeless

Have you measured it?

If you lose faster in other areas, the problem area may seem larger in proportion, but it may have actually gotten smaller, just not as fast.

Sallybally55

Just going to continue to say what everyone else is saying- lift heavy! My back has smoothed out dramatically (and I didn't really consider it a huge trouble zone) and I don't even have any rolls when I turn sideways to take a profile progress pic at 200+ pounds

do it!

sofaking6

I heard once (well, a bunch of times as it's on an exercise DVD I use) that the places you put weight on last will be the places it comes off of first, and vice versa. So I expect to have skinny thighs by next week, and wide hips for the next year