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So, I'm super excited about having lost close to 70 pounds, but I've noticed that the more weight I lose the more disproportionate I'm becoming. When I work out, I usually work out my core, and legs however it seems that I lose the most weight in my upper body. Right now I'm a 8/10 in shirts, but a 14/16 in pants. Weird huh?

Has that happened to anyone else? Am I just destined to be bottom heavy? Any workout suggestions?

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Seems to work that way with me too. A few people have "warned" me about losing too much stating I look great now when I tell them I'm trying to drop another 70 pounds or so. It's true I have a "fairly" trim waste at 38" (compared to pre-op 52") but the backs of my thighs and calves are sure fat yet. I tend to lose it all over but not quite as much downstairs as upstairs.

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Yes, I'm smaller up top than from the hips down. Some has come off, as my inner thighs are pretty flabby, but mostly it's been face, neck, arms, torso. I'm a Medium top but still a 16 pant. I read once that you lose in the reverse order that you gain, so the stuff that's been around the longest is the last to go--for me that will be hips and abdomen.

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