Back fat

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SSFx19
SSFx19 Posts: 6 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
What can you do to get rid of it?? Do you only need the caloric defecit? Do you need to do specific exercises for this?!

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  • jelleigh
    jelleigh Posts: 743 Member
    edited October 2019
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    I second this. I've had some exercises tighten things which may make it appear smaller but my back fat roll was literally the last thing to go on me last time I lost all my weight. I think I was at like 19% body fat or lower before they were all gone. :#:'(
  • Lobsterboxtops
    Lobsterboxtops Posts: 92 Member
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    Agree with the others that spot reduction isn’t a thing... that being said exercises that focus on your core and upper back can’t hurt (but don’t expect miracles...I’ve been rowing every day for a year and still have back rolls and flabby arms...less than before but still there)

  • SSFx19
    SSFx19 Posts: 6 Member
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    Thanks everyone!!!! I understand.... I guess patience is the key
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 7,528 Member
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    “Tragically”. LMAO. How true.

    My thighs, calves, arms and back are tightly strung. I can lay on my back in a mat class and my belly is taut and concave. Yet I have a jelly roll that would do the Michelin Man proud. The thinner I get, the bigger and floppier it seems to get. No matter how the pant size decreases, that roll is always there to tease me.
  • iheartmyyorkie
    iheartmyyorkie Posts: 163 Member
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    Back fat on a roasted duck is delish.
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,001 Member
    edited October 2019
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    i have lost around 76 lbs and back fat is slowly and I mean slowly disappearing. I exercise 6 days a week but staying consistent with calorie deficit is the only thing that matters. My problem areas are "moobs" and armpit fat! Hopefully the more I lose it will go away or at least be less noticable. We are most all in the same boat..those of us that had a lot to lose or have bad genetics. It's the price we have to accept for letting ourselves get obese.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,742 Member
    edited October 2019
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    When I was at my heaviest of ~300 lb, I practically had C-cup boobs on my back, but that went away pretty quickly for me when I got in the lower 200s.

    Now I notice that when I'm on the lower end of my maintenance range (160s) I have zero visible "back fat" but when I get into the higher (175+) I can see small rolls there again. Not terrible, just enough that I steer clear of certain dresses and tighter tops.

    FWIW I did nothing specific exercise-wise for my back, just calorie deficit.
  • lkpducky
    lkpducky Posts: 16,799 Member
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    iheartmyyorkie wrote: »
    Back fat on a roasted duck is delish.

    Leave the poor duckies alone!!!! :#

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