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Hi Everyone!!!! My name is Joy and I am new here. i am so excited that have finally started this process. I have been talking to my family about my choice to this and my sisters had a great question....... since I am pear shaped now, when I lose will it make me look funny? They were wondering if I will lose in my stomach at the same rate as my thighs and butt. Any one else pear shaped before surgery that can share their story with me? Thanks!!!!!

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Hi, Joy! I am pear shaped. All of us lose at different rates, so what is true for one pear, might not be true for another. I was skinny for a long time before gaining my weight and have always been a pear, the way I have lost has been surprising to me. First, I have a very pronounced waist now (which I LOVE, btw), and of course my hips butt and thighs are still bigger than my top, but I am much bustier than I was when I was slim before, also my arms are very flabby, much flabbier than I would have imagined, but my butt, and thighs while having shrunk considerably, have not sagged while my belly and boobs certainly have. I don't look funny shaped in clothes, I'm 175 pounds now at 5'3" I am still losing, I am a size 10-12 pant, M-L top (depending on brand), and a 38D. I started out at 265, 22-24 pant, 2-3x top, 44DD. I had surgery Nov 3rd. Hope this helps! Feel free to message me any time and congrats on making a choice for your continued health!

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So I can't attest to the surgery weight loss but I had lost 60 pounds naturally at 5'6" and 210 down to 150 and my shape stayed nicely proportionately pear, although I loose my boobs from D to small B. of course, I put the weight back on and decided to stop the yo-yo and do something more life changing. I am now 4 weeks out and down 20 and it's coming off evenly. Less back fat, flatter stomach, face thinned out. Boobs sadly filling out the D less too. Arms still ugly so might need to target them with exercise.

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