Where's the first place you lose it? First place you gain it?

**skelooth** · 12-16-2005, 04:29 PM

For me the first place I lose fat, w/o doubt, is my hips. Despite my layer of chub everywhere else on my body, my hips are actually boney and vascular.

First place I gain... love handles....

which... if you think about it kind of sucks, because wether I'm gaining or losing, it looks like my love handles are getting bigger in the mirror

4amWorkouts · 12-16-2005, 04:41 PM

I feel your pain. For me, I tend to get leaner first in the arms\chest\shoulders area and lastly in the love handles area (legs are sort of in between)...

**EME** · 12-16-2005, 04:47 PM

First place I lose is my chest/neck/face area.... people can always tell when I start cutting... even in street clothes.

The first place I gain it back is my front lower ab area...about 8 sq. inches right around my belly button.

I really don't gain or lose a lot in my legs or hips... just some subcutaneous.. but no realy large amounts.

For me, 90% of the fat I gain is in my lower abs... and it's the last place to go.... damn stubborn lower ab fat! ( LipoBurn helps a LOT with that though )

- EME

**schroeder** · 12-16-2005, 05:34 PM

it's well known that males begin storing excess fat in the love handle/lower abdominal area. for women it's their hips. at least that's the what ACSM tries to convince you on

Minotaur · 12-16-2005, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by EME

First place I lose is my chest/neck/face area.... people can always tell when I start cutting... even in street clothes.

The first place I gain it back is my front lower ab area...about 8 sq. inches right around my belly button.

I really don't gain or lose a lot in my legs or hips... just some subcutaneous.. but no realy large amounts.

For me, 90% of the fat I gain is in my lower abs... and it's the last place to go.... damn stubborn lower ab fat! ( LipoBurn helps a LOT with that though )

- EME

This applies almost 100% to me too. I always had the lower belly squishy fat, but since I've become insulin resistant and pre-diabetic, my fat has accumulated in my upper midsection. I have a turtle shell: I can see and feel a 4 pack, but my gut still protrudes somewhat (it's shrinking with diet and medication). It really looks like a roid gut. That means the fat is under the muscle, in the abdominal cavity.

**A.FreeRadical** · 12-16-2005, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by EME

I really don't gain or lose a lot in my legs or hips... just some subcutaneous.. but no realy large amounts.

For me, 90% of the fat I gain is in my lower abs... and it's the last place to go.... damn stubborn lower ab fat! ( LipoBurn helps a LOT with that though )

- EME

Yes me too. I have been resisting fatburners, but on your recommendation, I'll try LipoBurn. Do you have any other thoughts on losing this fat. (I have some subcutaneous around my navel and some extra viceral fat in my adbdomina area. I need to learn how to lose the last 12 lbs of fat between now and the May competition.

Good to hear that your pro status is still good until your next competition in 2007. Man, tough luck on the pec. I feel for ya.

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**EME** · 12-16-2005, 07:01 PM

That last bit of fat is the only fat I really have trouble dropping.

The rest of my bodyfat pretty much drops off in a smooth progression over the weeks of my contest prep, but I'm always down to the wire for that last bit of lower ab fat. Sometimes is actually the week or two before the show that it actually comes off.

I also hold water in that area too, so it often isn't until I get really dry that the bottom abs really come out.

Even when I first started training, and weighed 105 pounds, I still had a little soft spot in my lower ab area. My body just likes to hold it there. I was never the skinny kid with ripped abs.

There really aren't any special tips I can give that you don't already know.. other than you just have to burn it off.

I use a lot of fat burners, and I have to do a lot of cardio to incinerate that last bit of fat.

I have found that LipoBurn from Legal Gear really does work well for getting that last fat off, IF, you are already in a state of caloric deficit, and you are doing your cardio.

Another supplement I used with good results during my last contest prep was 7 Keto... namely Lean Extreme by Designer Supplements.

Lean Extreme, combined with LipoBurn, and my normal fat burning stack really helped me to get that last fat off there, and still keep my bodyweight and muscle up.

- EME

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Originally Posted by A.FreeRadical

Yes me too. I have been resisting fatburners, but on your recommendation, I'll try LipoBurn. Do you have any other thoughts on losing this fat. (I have some subcutaneous around my navel and some extra viceral fat in my adbdomina area. I need to learn how to lose the last 12 lbs of fat between now and the May competition.

Good to hear that your pro status is still good until your next competition in 2007. Man, tough luck on the pec. I feel for ya.

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**MurphMan** · 12-16-2005, 07:04 PM

In my face!

builtbeast · 12-16-2005, 11:35 PM

Lower back is where I store most of mine.

**A.FreeRadical** · 12-17-2005, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by EME

have found that LipoBurn from Legal Gear really does work well for getting that last fat off, IF, you are already in a state of caloric deficit, and you are doing your cardio.

Another supplement I used with good results during my last contest prep was 7 Keto... namely Lean Extreme by Designer Supplements.

Lean Extreme, combined with LipoBurn, and my normal fat burning stack really helped me to get that last fat off there, and still keep my bodyweight and muscle up.

- EME

Ok, I'll get LipoBurn. Yeah, I take 7 keto already. Lean Extreme? and your normal fat burning stack? Ok, my andipose navel wants to know.

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KingOfChaos · 12-21-2005, 09:22 PM

I lose it from my extremities

StrongEnough? · 12-27-2005, 04:17 PM

My lower back & love handles

brickt. · 12-27-2005, 09:59 PM

Gain it like white on rice in my chest. Striated one day, gyno the next.

E_Scapegoat · 12-28-2005, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by MurphMan

In my face!

...i hate you, my face and my lower abs are where i gain it most, and while my shoulders, then back, then legs, THEN face, then chest, then arms and stomach.

the sole reason i couldnt continue a bulk is i felt so miserable with all the face fat. I want that sunken sharp cheek look, but that aint ganna happen.

**MurphMan** · 12-28-2005, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by E_Scapegoat

...i hate you, my face and my lower abs are where i gain it most, and while my shoulders, then back, then legs, THEN face, then chest, then arms and stomach.

the sole reason i couldnt continue a bulk is i felt so miserable with all the face fat. I want that sunken sharp cheek look, but that aint ganna happen.

That's what I meant...."My face" is where I gain fat first off........it's great since it signifies that I'm gaining fat, but when I'm on cycle it is also where I first show water retention, and that sucks........especially after week 3-4, then I look like moon-boy!

**NYCmitch25** · 12-28-2005, 01:59 PM

unfotunetely the body wants to store fat in abs, lower-back and hips (men) thighs (women) first because these areas are much more sensitive to insulin, less sensitive to catecholamines, and less visceral (meaning these areas get poor supply of blood and oxygen). The end result is less chance of mobilizing the fatty acids. other areas of the body are quiet viceral and come off rather quickly. it has to do with evolution and survival.

AYung · 12-28-2005, 08:42 PM

I store fat mostly in my abdominal area, lower specifically, and in my glutes. Possibly some in my chest aswell.

I believe I lose fat first in my arms, legs, and every other part where I don't store it first.

MCconditioner · 01-12-2006, 01:38 AM

I store most of my fat in my butt and hips and have a very lean upper body. I guess I'm like a woman in that respect.

12-16-2005, 04:29 PM	#1
skelooth eh heh heh Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Behind you Posts: 7,205 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 158	Where's the first place you lose it? First place you gain it? For me the first place I lose fat, w/o doubt, is my hips. Despite my layer of chub everywhere else on my body, my hips are actually boney and vascular. First place I gain... love handles.... which... if you think about it kind of sucks, because wether I'm gaining or losing, it looks like my love handles are getting bigger in the mirror __________________ R I P

12-16-2005, 04:41 PM	#2
4amWorkouts Pro Stature Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wylie, Texas Posts: 110 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	I feel your pain. For me, I tend to get leaner first in the arms\chest\shoulders area and lastly in the love handles area (legs are sort of in between)... __________________ Now that's some high quality H2O...

12-16-2005, 04:47 PM	#3
EME Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,265 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 51	First place I lose is my chest/neck/face area.... people can always tell when I start cutting... even in street clothes. The first place I gain it back is my front lower ab area...about 8 sq. inches right around my belly button. I really don't gain or lose a lot in my legs or hips... just some subcutaneous.. but no realy large amounts. For me, 90% of the fat I gain is in my lower abs... and it's the last place to go.... damn stubborn lower ab fat! ( LipoBurn helps a LOT with that though ) - EME __________________ PhysiqueFXonline - Online Nutrition and Training with Michael and Kendra Elias: www.MichaelandKendra.com Team Molecular Nutrition Creative Director FAME Media Group / World Natural Sports Organization Editor-In-Chief FAME Magazine www.FAMEWorldTour.com

12-16-2005, 05:34 PM	#4
schroeder Der Leutnant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: tacoma, wa Posts: 884 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 17	it's well known that males begin storing excess fat in the love handle/lower abdominal area. for women it's their hips. at least that's the what ACSM tries to convince you on __________________ Live from Baghdad! Ich bin gross und stark!

12-16-2005, 11:35 PM	#9
builtbeast Großer Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: In a very red state Posts: 1,430 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 94	Lower back is where I store most of mine. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjjb1u64Kc ********.com

12-16-2005, 07:04 PM	#8
MurphMan Robomoderator Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,598 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 26	In my face!

12-21-2005, 09:22 PM	#11
KingOfChaos Pro Stature Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Temple, TX Posts: 156 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 7	I lose it from my extremities __________________ Shawn Muder Bodybuilding Enthusiast Fire Controlman, United States Navy Starting Weight: 520 lbs. BF - 62% (3/24/04) Current Weight: 315 lbs. BF - 22% (03/09/08) MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/darkspeaker Livejournal: http://www.livejournal.com/~kingoflaw/ Realms of Evil, My D&D website: http://www.realmsofevil.net/

12-27-2005, 04:17 PM	#12
StrongEnough? New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 9 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	My lower back & love handles __________________ "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life son" 2004 10/04 -- 255 (35% atleast) 2006 2/25 -- 182 (Impossible to train with Mono :sick: )

12-27-2005, 09:59 PM	#13
brickt. Amateur Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 74 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 4	Gain it like white on rice in my chest. Striated one day, gyno the next. __________________ Success through Self-Loathing

12-28-2005, 01:59 PM	#16
NYCmitch25 Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New York Posts: 1,117 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 52	unfotunetely the body wants to store fat in abs, lower-back and hips (men) thighs (women) first because these areas are much more sensitive to insulin, less sensitive to catecholamines, and less visceral (meaning these areas get poor supply of blood and oxygen). The end result is less chance of mobilizing the fatty acids. other areas of the body are quiet viceral and come off rather quickly. it has to do with evolution and survival.

12-28-2005, 08:42 PM	#17
AYung IMPC Contestant Join Date: May 2005 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Canada Posts: 2,301 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 42	I store fat mostly in my abdominal area, lower specifically, and in my glutes. Possibly some in my chest aswell. I believe I lose fat first in my arms, legs, and every other part where I don't store it first. __________________ Clean Bulking Journal http://www.ironmass.com/showthread.php?t=9546 Max Lifts Bench: 155 x 6 Deadlift: 315 x 6 Squat: 245 x 6 1 Rep Max Lifts Bench: 180 - Tested Deadlift: 365 - Tested Squat: 285 - Estimated TOTAL: 831 @ 156lbs Eddie Guerrero (1967-2005, R.I.P.) You'll always be loved and remembered.

01-12-2006, 01:38 AM	#18
MCconditioner Pro Stature Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 147 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	I store most of my fat in my butt and hips and have a very lean upper body. I guess I'm like a woman in that respect.