Before having kids I was thin (ish). The kind of thin with a good upper body, six-pack abs, quite mediocre legs and a fat rear. After having kids I've become an "apple pear", that is, someone with fat hips AND a fat stomach. My question is, after losing weight do you eventually tend to go back to your original (albeit older and saggier) shape, or am I stuck with this fat midsection for good?

I was always pear shaped and I went back to having a slim middle, although I didnt know that until after weight loss, lol. Well, really I guess I did, I did go back to my normal shape and I've never had a really big stomach.

However, if you've developed a fat middle, there's a good chance you've got muscle separation after your pregancy.

I was extremely lucky, I'm tall, but only had 7 or 8lb so I didnt have stretch marks or damaged muscles.

If you exercise you go back to regular shape with some extra skin, at least that is what I did.