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So, I have always been chubby but never really had a big belly. I have noticed that as the weight comes off the belly is not budging as quickly as other areas, giving me a "pooch" at the bottom of my belly. Has anyone else noticed their weight being distributed differently as they shed pounds?

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My boobs and butt are gone and yes, I have a pooch for a belly now. You aren't alone.

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my legs and butt are gone!!! I was standing doing dishes earlier and realized that no part of my legs or butt were touching my sweat pants--I tell everyone that I loose from the ground up

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yep....very weird. i have always liked my legs because they are muscular, i have lost a lot off of my legs and now they are really skinny. my belly is still big, and so i look strange. really skinny on bottom and really big on top. on the possitive note though, i lost the extra w in my butt. you know which one, you normally have a W shape butt, however in us chubbys we have an extra little w in the middle. lol

i have lost that little w and am left with just one big W......i love that!

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Mine is the exact opposite problem. I was pear shaped to begin with and now it seems as if the fat distribution has been taken over by gravity. I am losing it all up top and it is taking forever to get to my butt and legs. I am down to a 1x shirt but still fit into a 4x pants because of my butt and legs. The other problem is that everything jiggles. It's like the fat is not connected to my tissue anymore. Is that normal?

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My arms and breasts and face have lost the most weight FOR SUREI have not lost any in the good old thuderthighs. I had my 3 month visit yesterday and I have lost almost 10 inches on my waist but only 4.5 on my hips. So I look cuter and curvier but I am still bottom heavy. I look way better with my clothes ON. :-) Working out with weights definately helps. I have been doing this for a month and my body is starting to look toned not like Jello, yay! Keep working out and eating right and thats all we can do!

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Ducker... you are soooo not alone!

All my ife I have had the traditional pear shape... that is until I became morbidly obese... since losing weight, I am now a proper apple... and I have to say it is weird! The last of my weight is all around my middle - well, there is more but for my surgeon's goal, I think it is hanging around the ole tummy area - but at least I can now conceal it with nice clothes and clever underwear!!

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YES! It's so weird! I lost in my legs this time around. I think it's because I'm older now (?). Not sure, but it's alllllll good :)

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