Is spot reducing possible, and why did I gain a majority of my weight in one area?

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  • Deviette
    Deviette Posts: 979 Member
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    jasondjulian wrote: »
    Sunna_W wrote: »
    • How much phyto-estrogen is in your diet?
    • Do you use estrogen-related chemicals in your home or in your cosmetics?
    • Many of today's packaged products contain perfumes, dyes, chemicals that mimic estrogen and are absorbed by fat cells.

    See these websites:

    http://www.drnorthrup.com/estrogen-dominance/
    https://www.womentowomen.com/hormonal-health/estrogen-dominance/
    https://www.drlam.com/blog/estrogen-dominance-part-1/1704/

    I got rid of all of the chemicals in my home. Everything is fragrance / dye free or natural cleaners. Frebreeze and similar products are endocrine disruptors and can actually make it difficult for people to lose weight. I also gave up scented lotions and perfume.

    ALL chemicals?

    Even Dihydrogen Monoxide?

    I like this.

    I like this a lot.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
    edited August 2018
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    KrazyKrissyy wrote: »
    Unfortunately, I was struggling on keto (which I'm on for my epilepsy) and was frequently overeating without realizing. I AM slowly getting better at accurately measuring dietary fats, fatty meats, etc, however, it takes time. Anyways, and am now up almost 15 pounds in the past several months (net total of 40 pounds from 2016 around when I first started LCHF) and am now overweight at 5'6 and 160 pounds. I'm very confused though and am wondering if this may be hormonal? Nearly ALL of my weight (almost every pound it seems) has gone straight to my thighs/hips. My current measurements are 36 inches around the bust, 25 inches around the waist, and 44 inches around the hips. And each thigh is 23 inches. When I was 40 pounds lighter, my bust was 34, waist was 24, and hips were 36 (each thigh was 18). In other words, barely a change above but drastic change below. Is this the result of specific hormones? You'd think it would spread more evenly after gaining so much weight, but apparently not. Trying on certain clothes are becoming annoying/difficult though. I even have a few overweight female friends who can fit in jeans just fine (but their weight is more evenly spread as opposed to bottom-heavy). With me, it's feeling impossible now. Why so much weight gain in literally one area? Hormones? Genes? Etc? And do I have to lose lots of weight again in order to shrink my lower half back to where it was (or close)? Or is there a way to spot reduce? I'm worried if I re-lose 40, or even 20 pounds, my top half will be way too thin (if spot reducing isn't possible). At the same time, I'd really like to reduce the size of my bottom half, to at least even it out more like it used to be.

    Current pic of me. 36-25-44. Can't fit a single jean/pant on me anymore lol. Have been wearing exercise clothes.
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    Where you put on fat first or last or where you take it off first or last is genetics. For example, I and most men put on fat first around the midsection...it is primary fat stores. It will be the first on and last off.

    You cannot spot reduce fat...it comes off from wherever.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,209 Member
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    Certain medications can increase estrogen, for example:
    "..steroid medications, phenothiazines, ampicillin, estrogen-containing drugs, tetracycline, digitalis, gonadotropins and cimetidine."
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500819/

    :+1:
  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
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    jasondjulian wrote: »
    Sunna_W wrote: »
    • How much phyto-estrogen is in your diet?
    • Do you use estrogen-related chemicals in your home or in your cosmetics?
    • Many of today's packaged products contain perfumes, dyes, chemicals that mimic estrogen and are absorbed by fat cells.

    See these websites:

    http://www.drnorthrup.com/estrogen-dominance/
    https://www.womentowomen.com/hormonal-health/estrogen-dominance/
    https://www.drlam.com/blog/estrogen-dominance-part-1/1704/

    I got rid of all of the chemicals in my home. Everything is fragrance / dye free or natural cleaners. Frebreeze and similar products are endocrine disruptors and can actually make it difficult for people to lose weight. I also gave up scented lotions and perfume.

    ALL chemicals?

    Even Dihydrogen Monoxide?

    Especially that one!!! Kills thousands of people every year!.
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
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    VUA21 wrote: »
    jasondjulian wrote: »
    Sunna_W wrote: »
    • How much phyto-estrogen is in your diet?
    • Do you use estrogen-related chemicals in your home or in your cosmetics?
    • Many of today's packaged products contain perfumes, dyes, chemicals that mimic estrogen and are absorbed by fat cells.

    See these websites:

    http://www.drnorthrup.com/estrogen-dominance/
    https://www.womentowomen.com/hormonal-health/estrogen-dominance/
    https://www.drlam.com/blog/estrogen-dominance-part-1/1704/

    I got rid of all of the chemicals in my home. Everything is fragrance / dye free or natural cleaners. Frebreeze and similar products are endocrine disruptors and can actually make it difficult for people to lose weight. I also gave up scented lotions and perfume.

    ALL chemicals?

    Even Dihydrogen Monoxide?

    Especially that one!!! Kills thousands of people every year!.

    Everyone who consumes it dies.
  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
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    I wear a juniors size small (2-4) shirt, and a medium (size 6-8) pants.

    You cannot spot reduce, that's not how the body works. When we eat at a deficit, our body will pull the fat to use as energy wherever it feels like. My theory is that fat is a jerk so wherever we want it gone first will be last, and wherever we're okay with it, will go first.

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