Fat rearrangement or redistribution

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During weightless and after maintaining for a while. Has anyone experienced this? Especially the puffy face after a few months on cheeks slimming down, the reappear. Poof. My waist has gone down then my stomach went up 2 inches. Weird although I am still losing.

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  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,268 Member
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    it's not fat....it's bloat from water retention.
  • Julie2014Fit
    Julie2014Fit Posts: 10 Member
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    This is what I read not sure if it is the same so I thought I would ask here. So if it is water retention would the solution be to drink more water?

    Thanks :)

    I read in an old book, "The Woman Doctor's Diet for Women"

    quote: "However, the subcutaneous fat in a female is genetically programed (ice cream cone shaped and pear shaped) to be of a certain thickness, which means that if you lose too much from one area, your body will take fat from another available area. This is called redistribution; the process of moving the fat is called migration. I like to tell my patients that you lose from the head down, but redistribute from the feet up. You can never tell immediately after stopping a diet ( though we on Atkins plan on never stopping) what the final form of your body will be, because this migration of fat takes about six weeks longer. You can't see the migration and redistribution while you are still losing steadily, because layer after layer of fat is being eliminated too quickly for the process to be discernible. You will notice it only after you have slowed down or stopped losing altogether. Your face, arms, neck, and breasts usually appear to get thinner first, thinner than your lower extremities because up above there is less fat to lose. Then you will see your waist, hips, and stomach, and finally your legs decrease in size (I got everything else, but my stomach and hips are the ones holding out on me.). Women who are 10 pounds away from their ideal weight will come into my office demanding to know, "When will I lose these?" (pointing to their chubby legs).
    "Last", I reply. And not just last, but last of all. If you get your weight down and hold it down for a few months, you will see an interesting change in your figure begin to take place up to six weeks after you've stopped dieting (again it's a WOL not a diet for weight loss alone): those unsightly legs will get thinner and your face will become rounder. But you must tolerate a thin drawn face while you are achieving a total slim look. You face will take on a proper amount of subcutaneous fat after you've finished losing.
    Many women let their faces be their guide when they diet, but you can see from what I have told you that that is not a good indicator. However, in the older female it might be well to stop short of pencil slimness, in order to preserve some additional subcutaneous fat in her face to prevent wrinkles.
  • Eleonora91
    Eleonora91 Posts: 688 Member
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    I see my face and cheeks getting plump at times too... I hate it. Haven't found out why yet :/
  • David_AUS
    David_AUS Posts: 298 Member
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    Making sure your drink enough water (this may be "more" than average) will help to reduce "water weight". General rules are never absolutes but I like to think that when I gain water weight it is like the food is a sponge it retains a quantity of water with it like a sponge. If you ensure you hydrate enough this sponge breaks apart and is more easily processed and passes through the plumbing so to speak.

    You visually lose fat around the high retention areas more slowly because the quantity is greater in these areas so of course they are the last to visually go as this is the bulk reserves. The body will store the higher reserves where it make most sense - around organs to keep body warmth, lesser on hands, neck, legs to allow movement, centralised to maintain balance. Regaining "inches" in neck / shoulders legs, arms with waist reduction or maintenance may be a combination of a trick of the mind or building muscle mass.
  • Julie2014Fit
    Julie2014Fit Posts: 10 Member
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    Making sure your drink enough water (this may be "more" than average) will help to reduce "water weight". General rules are never absolutes but I like to think that when I gain water weight it is like the food is a sponge it retains a quantity of water with it like a sponge. If you ensure you hydrate enough this sponge breaks apart and is more easily processed and passes through the plumbing so to speak.

    You visually lose fat around the high retention areas more slowly because the quantity is greater in these areas so of course they are the last to visually go as this is the bulk reserves. The body will store the higher reserves where it make most sense - around organs to keep body warmth, lesser on hands, neck, legs to allow movement, centralised to maintain balance. Regaining "inches" in neck / shoulders legs, arms with waist reduction or maintenance may be a combination of a trick of the mind or building muscle mass.

    Very informative. Thank you.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,089 Member
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    I think this may be due to water retention. Sometimes my waist will measure 28 inches, even though it usually measures 26.6 . I've noticed that if I'm retaining water, I'll get the bigger measurement.
  • Julie2014Fit
    Julie2014Fit Posts: 10 Member
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    I see my face and cheeks getting plump at times too... I hate it. Haven't found out why yet :/

    It really confuses me. I am going back to drinking 64 oz of water to 96 a day we'll see if that helps.