Losing weight off all the wrong places?!


Question:

Losing weight off all the wrong places?

Well I've lost weight, and I'm getting into shape, but the weird thing is, I can see a big difference on my ribs. Like I am starting to see my ribs more clearly, as in the bones. When I suck in, you can see them very well and defined. The thing is, I'm not skinny. I still have chub in my bellybutton area and my theighs. Plus a little in my arms.... So what is going on? How can I lose more from my stomach and theighs instead of so much from my ribs? Thanks for all advice, a best answer will be chosen, so details are appreciated.

Additional Details

3 days ago
Just to add some more detail if it helps, I am fourteen and I have lost 15 pounds. What I am doing is eating healthy with very small portions, I usually try to stay under 1000 calories. I walk/jog/run 4 miles everyday, along with smimming thrown in, because I work at camp. I try to do crunches when I can.


Answers:

You can't pick and choose where you lose weight/fat. It's pretty much genetically predetermined. Look at your mom, aunts, older siblings, etc. You probably share a similar body type.

Personally I've found that stomach and thighs were one of the LAST places I lost weight. You know, women are supposed to carry more body fat than men; it's one of the things that allows us to bear children. We need the extra body fat.

This is not to say that you cannot reduce your belly and thighs. The more weight you lose, the more fat you will lose on those areas. But you cannot make it go away any faster in one area over another.

For example if you try to really focus on your belly area by doing hundreds of crunches of situps, you are going to have very strong abdominal muscles....but until you burn off the fat covering the muscles, no one is going to be able to see them! That doesn't mean you don't want to work those areas -- but you need to be patient and understand that you want to burn fat AND build muscle, and that takes times.

The key to fat burning is cardio cardio cardio! And time. As you get closer to your goal weight, you will begin to see the results you want; but your stomach and thighs may be the last areas to shrink.

Hang in there! You will get there eventually.




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