Where does the body generally lose fat?

Well, while this may not be very scientific but for me it seems to happen everywhere except the couple of trouble spots in which I really wanted to lose it. Those areas seem to be holding onto fat for dear life.

I do think it's individually different and is based also on where one carries weight, which is also different for everyone.

As I've slowly lost weight over the last couple years, it's been from my belly. Having had a round "beer" belly, it's now a lot less distended. This is due to the loss of the visceral fat that I tend to carry. The unfortunate things from a clothing standpoint is that I wear my pants just below my belly. As a result, I've worn 38" pants for the entire time from my high of 248 pounds (very slightly tight, maybe by 1") to my low of 205 pounds (very slightly loose, maybe by 1"). In other words, my waist only changed about 2" despite a big difference in my belly (measured around my navel).

One interesting note, when I did P90X with a lot of ab/core work, my weight got to 214, but I was on the verge of wearing 36" pants. When I got to 205 (without the ab/core work) I couldn't get into 36" pants. The one thing I learned from that is that (for me) change in weight doesn't equal a proportional change in pant size.

My goal for 2015 is to not only get the last of this belly (visceral) fat gone, but begin to lose some of the subcutaneous fat that covers up muscle tone. I'm not certain the latter is in my genetics, but I'm gonna try.

Wherever the hell it wants to.

I lose from my extremities inward. LOL The tummy is the last to go, usually!

You lose fat from everywhere and wherever and that will largely be dependent on your genetics.

For many people (and men in particular), for example, belly fat is primary fat storage...as such, most people will lose from all over their bodies before they dip into primary fat stores.

My experience is...everywhere. The liver is probably first, giving up it's glycogen stores. My fingers are even skinnier.

I WANT the belly to go first but it goes down with everything else.

As a woman, naturally it goes from my boobs first! I always notice my bra band and cups getting looser. Like a few other posters, I also struggle to lose from my thighs.

Fat loss is an all over thing, even if we don't notice it much - this is why "spot reducing" doesn't work. I was once shown a kilogram of fat - a big lump of yellow adipose tissue - and it was an ugly thing about half the size of a loaf of bread. When you think about a kilo of fat being lost, then looked at the actual physical kilo of fat and imagined that spread very thinly all over your body, you can see why fat loss is sometimes hard to see and feels so slow!

it does what it wants to lol

It seems to come off where it bloody likes, and often where you would prefer it didn't until later, it seems! lol.

I imagine however it's how your genetics are wired, as for example just look at the diversity in body shapes amongst women. As a guy, my excess fat seems to be stored around the lower stomach and chest primarily, and does not make for a good look.

Also when I start to lose, where does it come off first ? The middle of my stomach, which is probably the least fat part of my upper body, lol. I've never been completely without excess fat, but it seems now as I'm getting close to the point where I don't, that my lower stomach shall be the last place it comes off. Still, by the fat only coming off last in the places you most want it to come off, it's a decent incentive to not regain it, if you know it's going to go where you least want it to first, lol

It's different for everyone. I think wherever you tend to carry the most is usually the last to go.

I'm female but carry most of my extra weight in the abdominal area. Unfortunately, I lost first in my legs and hips. However, now that I am getting closer to goal I have noticed that recently...the last 6 weeks or so...the majority of the weight is being lost from the waist.

I find I lose first in my face/neck/chest area then my arms and around my ribcage, my natural waist then thighs and the belly I find is the slowest area for me to see any difference. It varies with exercise for me as well depending on what I do.

I lost in my arms and legs first and have only recently (after 32 pounds) noticed a change in belly/butt. I'm also in need of new bras--my cups are no longer running over.

A little bit from everywhere, but some places more than others. Where it takes the fat from is a genetic thing and there is nothing you can do to influence it. So the strategy is losing weight overall and being patient enough to see it come from the stubborn places.