i notice i lose from my face first. is it true you lose from your face down? is it true you lose first from where you least need to and last where you most need to?

You tend to lose fairly evenly across your entire body. You will notice it in the face the most as there is generally less there and the structure will be more pronounced...

I wish I would lose in my face. I seem to start losing in the belly first, then the face after about 15 pounds or so.

lets switch cardio!!! ill take the weight loss in the belly and you can take it in the face! i have a slim face so people are noticing the loss but i have other big problem areas and im wondering how it knows when/where to come off-lol. i know you cant spot reduce. so how does it decide-im going to take from the face, the butt, the belly...lol

I'd be happy with the face, belly and chest. Everything else just needs tightening up. Why can't you spot reduce? How rude of our bodies to torture us by getting rid of fat where we don't really need to lose it!

LOL!

Unfortunately, I've lost weight in my chest. Most women are not happy about this I've lost weight in my arms and abs too. I think the type of excercise you do plays a big role in where you loose. I do kickboxing 3 times a week (lots of pushups, ab and arm work). I do eliptical and treadmill 2 days a week. I think this excercise also helps my abs and gluts. I have definately lost weight in my face and that's great because that's what people notice first!

its so unfair-damn it!

im not sure the reason why you cant spot reduce.

diane -congrats on your weight loss!!!
what do you mean by-I think the type of exercise you do plays a big role in where you loose?
do you run on the treadmill or walk?

I guess in a way it is sort of like spot reducing.... before I started kickboxing, my arms were definately not as defined as they are now. I do a combination of running and walking on the treadmill.... but never in the same sequence.

ok thanks for the info! i heard kickboxing is a great workout. i should try that sometime.

Definition is from muscle growth, not fat loss. You lose your fat from all over, at a relatively equal proportion and that you cannot target or alter.

i just need patience and more patience and more patience. did you do your laundry dave? hows the meal sequencing? i have to run out so i wont be able to reply right now if you respond to this-but i will check later!

Dave - that makes perfect sense to me. muscle growth is good. I guess the combination of cardio and kickboxing is working for me...because I'm experience both weight loss and definition!!

Awesome Diane, that's the way to do it! The more muscle you have, the more fat you will burn too

Patience and understanding the small or subtle changes that are occurring when the ones you want or expect are not - there's a reason this is a lifestyle; there's always something we want to improve.

I'm doing good w/ meals, just heated up #4 so I'm on target for the day... Also just switched the laundry - working from home isn't so bad after all!

The same reason you can't peel only one part of an onion... I've always thought of losing fat like that--a thin layer at a time.

But typically, I lose it in my face first too, and my stomach last. Which is why I think I look like a pin head.

This is what sucks for me. I carry extra weight pretty well as it's mostly around my belly so my weight change doesn't get noticed very much.

Excellent analogy...but it doesn't inspire patience or tolerance of not being able to spot reduce! LOL

I've seen it in my arms first...
But I wonder if thats just the muscle growing..! I like it either way... I measure everywhere weekly and my arms haven't changed much at all.. yet theres curve showing!

I did kick boxing for a show while years ago and loved it, was really tuff and really good.
Gunna start it up again next year for sure. Its on my '08 goals list =)

True. But aren't you glad that's not how it works? We'd all pay the most attention to that one body part that we hated the most...

If I could have 'crunched' my abs until they were rock hard, the rest of me would have been disgustingly flabby & saggy. I would have looked like a bean bag chair with a flat front.

Instead, I learned how to devote equal amounts of time to ALL of my body parts.

my face loses weight (probably water) very easily. i get comments a lot of how thin it looks, especially after i stop drinking soda.

i lose weight mostly around my middle first, but not the lovehandles damnit! they're always there!

well at least we are all making changes in a positive direction and since it isnt coming off in all the places we want it just means we have to keep working at it. i was actually at the doctors office today so i asked my dr this question and he said that you dont lose from your face down-it depends on genetics mostly and your background ( i.e ashkenazi jewish).

With kick boxing... can you just find a punching bag and kick it?

Sian that could work - theres a lot more to kick boxing classes than that however. But when I stopped thats all I did ad still felt good =) Ten on the right, ten on the left, ten on the right, ten on the left...ten on the right...ten on the left.... >.<

Like most of you, I lose weight in my belly first. Then, I lose weight all over, my shoulders, arms, back,...etc. But, my legs are. They are more "defined." I do running mostly. My leg muscles are developed better thru months of training. But, my upper body are still...well not fit-looking. I think I need to incorporate weight training to my upper body to balance out.

Kat, Sian, - You could certainly punch and kick a heavy bag. However, there are definately techniques and drills that are taught that make the workout effective. Kickboxing is not only great for the body but for the mind/stress relief. I go to a kickboxing gym in which boxers take classes for fight training and conditioning. So I get to learn proper kicking and punching techniques. I absolutely love it!

You lose weight first in the last place you put it on.

Everybody has a genetic programme which dictates the order of where they put on weight and it leaves in the exact reverse. Typically, men put weight on their belly then chest first and by default the six-pack is the last thing to come back. No amount of sit-ups or crunches will change this, the belly will lose weight last if that is where you put weight on first. Fact.

With women it is typically the bum and thighs that gain weight first, and come in shape last. It is not uncommon for ladies to have large bums and a slim waist whereas blokes are the reverse. Again, the stepper and tums, bums and thighs exercises only conditions those muscles. It won't increase fat loss in those trouble areas until your genes decide it is next in line to see a reduction. Fact

Ladies bosoms are one of these areas that is affected by genetics. As much as lasses love the swell (and so do we!!) when they are grown, if your genetics mean they only come ripe when you're above a certain weight then you'll lose them when you get your tight ass. (And a tight ass definitely beats a ripe pair, but that's just my viewpoint). Some ladies still maintain an impressive rack with a slim physique, and they generally make a lot of money out of it. Though it is the same for us boys, as there is always the guy who gets a firm physique in 6 weeks when it takes everyone else 6 months? Who said genes played fair. We've all got the same potential to look good though in the end, and we all do!

thanks for the info dean. you made me laugh!!

For me, when I first decided to get my body back, the very first place I lost weight was hands down, in my mind.

Once that load was off, everything fell into place to get me where I wanted to go.

good point minu

What happens if you don't have that much body fat? I mean for myself I'm still... thin. I dont have much weight around the arms or stomach. Wouldnt the main place be then the backside area? Thats the only area where I can see... fat. lol