Spot Reduction is a Myth

The other day a woman I hardly know asked me if I had lost weight.  I thanked her and said yes.  She then said something unexpected, “Yeah, the boobs are the first thing to go.”  Although she was right, I did not think I knew her well enough for that to be her public observation to me.

Why is it that we lose weight first in places we just assume keep and last in the hardest areas?  Now I am not interested in being any Jessica Rabbit, but I would prefer to have my hips go before my boobs.  No luck there.  I seem to lose weight from the head down, like I am a candle melting.

I have over heard people at the gym ask their trainers if they could concentrate on one problem area over another and all the pros respond in the same way, “There is no way to reduce one area more than another.”

Now you certainly can build up muscles in one place, but if you have fat to rid yourself of it has to come off in its own way.  Of course fat runs all through our bodies so I am sure it is better for me if it is coming out of my liver before my thighs.  Since my liver is under my boobs maybe it is, but I wish that my boobs did not resemble two pancakes with one blueberry each.

I have a friend who has always been in good shape and even her petite self had her then four year old daughter ask her, “Mommy, when am I going to get long boobies like you?”  So I guess if you have anything up top at all it is destine to fall.

You know, the myth that you could lose weight in all the right places should be debunked by the fact that you can’t gain weight in all the right places.  A friend who laments her double A bra status has never changed cup size even when she has gained a few pounds.  Now the band number may increase which is mostly due to everyone’s least favorite, back fat, but the actual cleavage creating cup does not until you gain such significant amount of weight which really defeats the look you were going for.

So we all might as well accept the body shape we have because regardless of your actual weight, your biggest place is going to still be your biggest place.  I’m just looking forward to my biggest place being a little bit smaller.