Q for the ladies: Changing body shape?

[Shrinkerbell 0]

Hey ladies!

Just wondering how signficantly your body shape has changed after losing weight with the band? I've been fat pretty much the majority of my life and don't really know what kind of body shape would exist without my weight. I.e pear shape, hourglass etc. At the moment, it seems like I have no shape. Hardly any hips. I carry my weight mostly on my stomach and shoulders but don't really have big boobs or a huge bum. I feel like I'm going to end up looking like a straight brick with man shoulders! Have any of you been surprised to find how different your body turns out without excess weight or does it stay the same shape but just a smaller version (I hope that makes sense):cursing:

[Brockbabe82 0]

I have always had a big belly, legs, butt, the whole nine yards. As I lose weight it seems as if my weight is moving down my body. My shoulders, neck, face, have all slimmed down, but it seems like my belly is still there. I really don't see the weight loss on myself, but everyone around me tells me how different I look already. Hopefully I will be able to see it soon.

[debbie_7155 0]

ive always had big belly, legs, & what i think big boobs, since losing the weight that i have up to now, my face has got slimmer, my boobs have gone down alot (yeah) & my tummy & legs, the whole of my body has chaged,

i do have an issue with the lower part of my tummy but im hoping once ive lost all my weight it wont be an issue with me, but its been there for so many years i dont think its going to go without a big fight or surgery?

[HeatherO 7]

I was always a pear before. Most of my weight was in my butt and thighs but of course I had some extra padding all over. I started as a 1X/2X top size 18/20 pants.

Once I reached goal of a normal BMI (but before I got preggers because that also lends itself to a different shape, lol) I found that I did not really lose my breasts and they retained some shapeliness and are currently a 36DD. My belly went away completely although I did have a little excess skin at the bottom of my belly which could never be seen in clothing or even with supportive undies. My butt is still round and I now have a curvy shape with a smaller waist. My pear has transformed into an hourglass.

One thing I have noticed is that my thighs look trim when I am standing but I have a little excess skin there too. So when I sit, my thighs appear larger because of the way the skin is.

[bandfun4me 0]

That belly fat is the hard stuff. I am 14 months out and as I steadily lost weight and chnage my exercise accordingly so that more cardio burn sthe higher fatty locations first. The weight training will help every where else. But since JanuaryI have been taking yoga, it seems to have more effect on my belly. I actually feel like I can suck in and have my belly button touch my spine. Stomach is pretty flat, my port does protrude a little, but that is ok. So I think the yoga, from what I am told will firm you up from the inside out. Just continue with the other routine, and switch it up from time to time to keep the boredom out. Good luck.

[Catherine55 43]

I found this on another bandster's site the other day and thought it was amazing! (It's a morph showing the stages of the person's loss)

http://lalor.smugmug.com/gallery/2908472_D5Dj8#329692120_HjFXj-O-LB

Also, I have posted my measurements a few times on my blog to show where the weight is coming from. I'm expecting to have the same basic shape when I'm done -- just smaller!

Catherine

[chocolate_snaps 3]

Mine changed dramatically. Although I carried most of my weight in the middle, I was never a true apple. I had a big soft belly with a defined waist, and proportionately large thighs and upper arms but slim calves and lower arms and a small boned frame. Described on Igigi.com as a figure eight shape.

Now, I am somewhere between a pear and an hour glass with a smaller fleshy belly. The belly is still a problem but its nothing another 50lbs and a TT wont cure.

On second thought, it could very well be the same figure eight but minus 120lbs.

OMG! Catherine what a cool link! I wish I had done it like that!

Edited March 26, 2009 by chocolate_snaps