Soft fat?

Amazonstolemyname
Amazonstolemyname Posts: 16 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Sorry for the random question. I've just started doing MFP and to be honest, it's the first time I've ever dieted.

I'm not sure if I'm imagining it but since I've lost about half a stone, my fat feels softer.

Does anybody else feel like this?

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  • Amazonstolemyname
    Amazonstolemyname Posts: 16 Member
    Bump?
  • WickedGarden
    WickedGarden Posts: 944 Member
    i asked this question just the other day...most people said that yes their fat got softer as they lost more weight. The fat cells are releasing the fat and aren't as 'full'. Think of a deflated party balloon, it's all 'soggy' looking.

    Takes a bit for the skin to catch up and retract. It's a good sign!
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    *poking tummy* Never heard that one before! I can't tell a difference :tongue:
  • mamitosami
    mamitosami Posts: 531 Member
    This may answer your question... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html
  • Levity14
    Levity14 Posts: 34 Member
    When I was my heaviest, my tummy was like a rock!!! Now that I'm dropping weight, it feels soft and gushy -- like it is deflating! I hear tummy is the last to lose the weight, UGH! Just hang in there and keep doing the right thing! ie eating right and working out!
  • BazAbroad
    BazAbroad Posts: 248
    Interesting, seems to make sense what others replied.
    I also think that int he beginning everything looks worse as bits of u tighten up and just leave the fat fighting on to the bitter end, Dunkirking your middle section lol,
  • Care563
    Care563 Posts: 61 Member
    Yes I noticed the same thing. It's more 'wobbly' hehee but I am doing strength training and am noticing my muscles now too.
  • jadedone
    jadedone Posts: 2,446 Member
    *poking tummy* Never heard that one before! I can't tell a difference :tongue:

    I am with you on this one!
  • DoingItNow2012
    DoingItNow2012 Posts: 424 Member
    This may answer your question... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html

    OMG, thank you. I know I wasn't crazy. All of a sudden I started feeling lumps and bumps under my skin. I had a few docs and nurses, (I work in a medical setting) as well as my own doctor, tell me it was adipose tissue. I just prayed that it would go away and said as long as my skin didn't look like how it felt, then good. Great to have an answer, becasue I know it wasn't there before!
  • ieva015
    ieva015 Posts: 93 Member
    i used to get my fat on the belly really soft after exercise like spinning or running and now there is barely left of it so i guess it's a good thing ;D
  • babareeba
    babareeba Posts: 74 Member
    bump. my case
  • marsellient
    marsellient Posts: 591 Member
    Thank you for posting. I thought I was alone in noticing this!
  • mamitosami
    mamitosami Posts: 531 Member
    No problem!! :wink:
  • MariaTheadore
    MariaTheadore Posts: 2 Member
    Your tummy isn't the last place to lose weight if you eat a lot of protein and cut the carbs down to veggies only! It disappears almost instantly!:glasses:
  • MariaTheadore
    MariaTheadore Posts: 2 Member
    Eating a higher protein diet with carbs down to just veggies will help you firm up more quickly.
  • coopersmom2006
    coopersmom2006 Posts: 839
    Eating a higher protein diet with carbs down to just veggies will help you firm up more quickly.

    Would love examples of meals for this. I def have wobbly belly and I'm NOT pleased.
  • sevencallmemom
    sevencallmemom Posts: 505 Member
    Your tummy isn't the last place to lose weight if you eat a lot of protein and cut the carbs down to veggies only! It disappears almost instantly!:glasses:

    Oh how I wish this was true for us all! Sure hasn't been true for me after 14 months of low carbing and working out.
  • DaughterOfTheMostHighKing
    DaughterOfTheMostHighKing Posts: 1,436 Member
    i asked this question just the other day...most people said that yes their fat got softer as they lost more weight. The fat cells are releasing the fat and aren't as 'full'. Think of a deflated party balloon, it's all 'soggy' looking.

    Takes a bit for the skin to catch up and retract. It's a good sign!

    Ahhhh, so that would explain why after we give birth our middles are all mushy and oatmeal like!!!! hahahahaha!!! That makes sense!!! thanks!!!
  • llamalland
    llamalland Posts: 246 Member
    bump
  • Amazonstolemyname
    Amazonstolemyname Posts: 16 Member
    Thanks for all your replies, they are really helpful.
  • Kalynx
    Kalynx Posts: 707 Member
    hard fat on your belly could have been excess water weight, too. Heart doctor pointed that out to me on my first visit to him years ago, and after a week of very high doses of water pills and going to the bathroom every 30 minutes I lost 35 lbs of fluid. It wasnt all in my belly of course but at the end of the process my tummy was softer where before it was hard and tight. If you changed your lifestyle and removed a lot of sodium from your diet that could be part of it.
  • fragilegift
    fragilegift Posts: 347 Member
    woo! I thought I was the only one getting squishy fat too! Thanks for asking this question.
  • Libby81
    Libby81 Posts: 734 Member
    Your tummy isn't the last place to lose weight if you eat a lot of protein and cut the carbs down to veggies only! It disappears almost instantly!:glasses:

    Oh how I wish this was true for us all! Sure hasn't been true for me after 14 months of low carbing and working out.

    ditto
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