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Plan: My Own
Stats: 280/118/117.5
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Progress: 100%
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Originally Posted by CarolynC
I'm very apple shaped and have been since I was old enough to have a shape. I was first diagnosed with diabetes at age 39, when I was reasonably active (in terms of exercise) yet about 40 pounds overweight. My sister, who is a pear, does not have diabetes even though she is more overweight than I have ever been, she is not very active, and she had gestational diabetes with her second child (who weighed over 10 pounds at birth). There is a strong history of diabetes on both sides of my family. My father is diabetic as was his father (who had both feet amputated). On my mother's side, my uncle developed type II diabetes at age 41 even though he had never been overweight a day in his life; my mother also has cousins with diabetes. Ironically, my mother herself does not have diabetes even though she is overweight and has always been very pear shaped. (I inherited my shape from her.)
I've lost about 35 pounds in the past three years. Almost none of it has been from my waist and torso. Now, I have a big bust and mid-section, with very skinny arms and legs. As I've lost weight, my hip-to-waist ratio has gotten worse. When I lost just about every spare ounce of fat in my arms and legs, I stopped losing weight and my weight loss stalled. Even though I exercise and attend Curves regularly, this stubborn apple fat doesn't want to leave me.
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This is interesting, what you say about your waist - to - hip ratio getting worse with weight loss.
Even though I myself am not diabetic and pear shaped, as I lose weight I become more apple shaped & mid section heavy. It's very weird, but the fat around my belly - especially the top of my belly just below where my ribs meet together at my chest - goes at a much slower rate than the fat around my hips, and even the stubborn thigh fat. When I was very overweight I found that the sizes always had such a big waist with a small hips, but now I find the opposite to be true. I don't know what this means, probably has something to do with insulin resistance.
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