Is it true that the love handles and belly fat are the first areas of fat to appear?

badgyaljilly
badgyaljilly Posts: 36 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Is it true that the love handles and belly fat are the first areas of fat to appear and then they are the last area to lose?

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    No, it's going to depend on the person. The order in which people gain and lose fat is individual.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    mommazach wrote: »
    It depends on what you are doing for diet. My face and legs were my first noticeable area of loss. Of course I wanted it to be my fat belly, but it's still a work in progress.

    No, “what you are doing for your diet” has nothing to do with your fat distribution or fat loss patterns. It’s genetic. Search for “android and gynoid fat distribution”, for starters.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    No. I gain on my hips/saddlebags first and lose from there last.
  • rosyone1
    rosyone1 Posts: 32 Member
    It isn't universal, but it is common for weight loss to reverse the order of weight gain so that the problem areas where a developing weight problem is first noticed are the last to slim down. In my case, it was my midsection, upper belly, and hips. I have an "apple" fat distribution.
  • misnomer1
    misnomer1 Posts: 646 Member
    I started losing from love handles first.
  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
    Face & ankles for me first (gaining & losing) - Annoying as it's very obvious to others that I've gained/lost weight haha
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    I gain first in the boobs/hips/butt. The last to leave me is the hips. I've never had belly fat/love handles--- that whole area scales up equally. Right now I'm tracking my waist, hips, bicep (relaxed), and thigh (relaxed) measurements. In 2 weeks my waist and thighs have gone down.

    My husband loses and gains in his face first, then torso (shirts get tight across the chest).
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    It depends...for me, yes...the belly area (which would include love handles) is primary fat stores for many...and for most men.
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    I didn't carry fat in front of my belly but love handles have always been tough for me. Last to go and first to show up again.
  • kristen8000
    kristen8000 Posts: 747 Member
    They are on me. Then boobs/butt/hips. But it's different for everyone.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Yeah, I'm a thigh/hips/butt gainer. Belly is very last.

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