A must read!

Borrowed from Grad board. From the old book, "The Woman Doctor's Diet for Women" quote: " The subcutaneous fat in a female is genetically programed **** cream cone shaped and pear shaped) to be of a certain thickness, which means that if you lose too much from one area, your body will take fat from another available area. This is called redistribution; the process of moving the fat is called migration. I like to tell my patients that you lose from the head down, but redistribute from the feet up. You can never tell immediately after stopping a diet what the final form of your body will be, because this migration of fat takes about six weeks longer. You can't see the migration and redistribution while you are still losing steadily, because layer after layer of fat is being eliminated too quickly for the process to be discernible. You will notice it only after you have slowed down or stopped losing altogether. Your face, arms, neck, and breasts usually appear to get thinner first, thinner than your lower extremities because up above there is less fat to lose. Then you will see your waist, hips, and stomach, and finally your legs decrease in size . Women who are 10 pounds away from their ideal weight will come into my office demanding to know, "When will I lose these?" (pointing to their chubby legs). "Last", I reply. And not just last, but last of all. If you get your weight down and hold it down for a few months, you will see an interesting change in your figure begin to take place up to six weeks after you've stopped dieting those unsightly legs will get thinner and your face will become rounder. But you must tolerate a thin drawn face while you are achieving a total slim look. You face will take on a proper amount of subcutaneous fat after you've finished losing. Many women let their faces be their guide when they diet, but you can see from what I have told you that that is not a good indicator. However, in the older female it might be well to stop short of pencil slimness, in order to preserve some additional subcutaneous fat in her face to prevent wrinkles." Hope you enjoy this artical. Hazel

Hello Hazel, This was an interesting read for me... I have been told by many that I am getting too skinny...I am in the face, shoulders arms and boobs but not the stomach or legs... So it is good to know I WILL get fatter in the face, arms, and shoulders but skinnier in the stomach and legs.... Thanks for sharing. Love, Chris

Awesome article I just told my husband the other day I think my calfs are starting to get thinner, the last thing of course. HAVE A GREAT DAY TORI

OK but what about me I am not pear or ice cream cone shaped. I have skinny, skinny legs and no hips or but. I DO NOT want to lose anymore fat in that area, I don't have any to lose......now the waist and above is an entirely different matter. Boy would I like to lose in my face, boobs, arms and back. That's where I want the fat to melt off of. One things that did happen to me as well, when I was stuck at the same weight for about 2 months I continued to lose inches in my waist and hips. I went down 2 pants sizes from October to December without losing any weight at all Whatever, as long as I keep losing I'm happy. But with my bodytype it's different. I'm a size 18 on top and a 14 on the bottom

I'm like you sweetie. But I have noticed that my waist is starting (just starting mind you) to lose a little. I think it is kind of like the old saying, you lose last where you want to lose it the most. Hazel

This is a really good article. I don't need a thinner face, I have enough wrinkles there already! Karla