Apple Shaped Girls

I am 35 hips, 29 waist, and 31 bust.

Yep I am the same way....everytime I gain weight it is ALWAYS in my tummy first...and that gets SUPER annoying! :grumble: I havent really been super "fit" before, so I am hopeful that I when I do lose the weight and tone up I can lose most of my stomach fat...but having a baby doesnt help anything either....:ohwell:

Being an apple is tough. I have been struggling to take weight of my waist forever. No amount of cardio seems to help! Any and all suggestions will be gladly taken!

My measurements...
Chest: 35.5
Waist: 31.5
Hips: 38

By most size charts, I am size 8 in the chest and hips, and a d*** 14 in the waist.

People gain fat in different areas, and for me, this is typically right around the middle. I have always said that I gain weight like a man since I have a big gut instead of nice round butt and wide hips/thighs, lol.

What most people don't realize is that everybody loses fat from all over the body. I mean we all know that spot reduction is false...so it really shouldn't come as a surprise that conversely it just means that when we lose fat, we literally lose it from everywhere at the same time. It might appear that we lose faster from other areas, but the truth is we only notice it in other areas because it started out with less fat to begin with. It's like a pond and puddle...they evaporate at the same pace (concidering they are near each other) but we notice the puddle getting smaller and going away much faster simply because it had less water in it to start with. But that doesn't mean that the pond isn't having water evaporate from it, because it is, we just don't notice it. The same is true about our bodies.

So to lose that apple shape, we have to lose body fat,..not body WEIGHT, but body FAT. Two different things. And to lose body fat, all it really takes is eating a healthy diet with a calorie deficit, doing some intense cardio, and lifting heavy weights.

But you know what the cool thing about being an apple shape is? When we lose that body fat, we will be smokin' hot cause our body frames can get really slender and lean. Our shoulders and hips are already slender...and they will get moreso as the body fat reduces...and without that middle, an apple we will no longer be, but an hour glass instead. :flowerforyou:

At 243 lbs, I am an apple all day! More like a cylinder! My measurements: Chest 50.5, Waist 49.5, and hips 50.5. Literally a 1" difference! It sucks! When i was losing weight i got my chest down to 44, waist 48, and hips 49. Its terrible! But, it's all good! I can't fight heredity, but i can make the most of it. I'm trying to make it the smallest i can! LOL

Edited to add: when i shop for pants, i have to buy to fit my waist. If I could stand the "muffin top" or "overhang" that has become popular for some (NO IDEA WHY!!!!!!!!!???????) then i would buy to fit my hips! I have very slender legs, so i look like i have a load in my pants all the time, or "Hammer pants" when i wear slacks to work. I can wrap them around my thighs! CRAZY!

Yep. My tummy is slowly going away, but the other parts of my body seem to have progressed so much faster. I know it's optical illusion because the rest of me has so much less to lose than my stomach, but it drives me crazy because even though I *am* losing fat from my midsection, my stomach looks bigger in proportion. That I had a flat tummy not too long in the past keeps me going though. It *will* go away eventually.

The last time I measured myself a few weeks ago, I was:

Chest 37
Waist 31 (Ugh. My goal is 25-26)
Hips About 40 (hoping to lose a few inches there too)

But you know what the cool thing about being an apple shape is? When we lose that body fat, we will be smokin' hot cause our body frames can get really slender and lean. Our shoulders and hips are already slender...and they will get moreso as the body fat reduces...and without that middle, an apple we will no longer be, but an hour glass instead. :flowerforyou:

Exactly!