# So, where does your fat usually go? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 22, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057 "2015-12-22T01:21:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/1 "2015-12-22T01:21:50Z")
[Multiple choice poll, please vote for your gender] They say fat gain is different depending on what your sex is. Guys tend to get it in the gut, women on their hips or butts. Me, almost all of it (back when I was overweight by up to 60 pounds) would invariably go to my gut. You? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/2 "2015-12-22T01:42:05Z")
First chick that says it goes to her boobs is going to get a punch in the neck šŸ˜› Iā€™ve always carried my fat in the hip, thighs, butt region - classic pear shape (though I prefer to call it ā€œcurvyā€. I never had fat around my mid section but now the fat just goes wherever the hell it wants (though apparently it doesnā€™t have a map to my breasts. Stupid fat.) Oh, and if it isnā€™t obvious, Iā€™m a gal. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/3 "2015-12-22T01:44:26Z")
Guy here. When I gain weight, I put it on pretty evenly all over. Thereā€™s no comical ā€œbeer bellyā€ on an otherwise thin body with me: I get fat around the middle, on my extremities, and I get a big fat potato head. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/4 "2015-12-22T01:47:29Z")
Iā€™m one of those guys where the fat goes all over my body, so I clicked everything. Yes, my belly gets big, but so do my moobs, my thighs and my ass. When Iā€™m losing weight, the loss happens from the outside in, so my hands and feet get thin first, then my arms and calves, then my hips and chest, and finally my belly. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/5 "2015-12-22T02:58:08Z")
Iā€™m 400lbs, at this point the fat goes wherever the hell it wants too. I do have a very large [belly](http://i.imgur.com/4VobL0F.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Annadroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Annadroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annadroid)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/6 "2015-12-22T03:14:07Z")
With the exception of pregnancy and illness (the extremes), my fat gets burned off (high metabolic rate and athletic). ---
**Author:** ![pidgeon92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@pidgeon92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pidgeon92)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/7 "2015-12-22T03:26:03Z")
Iā€™m a girl, and yes, the fat distributes itself evenly when I gain or lose it. I carry the vast majority of it in my abdomen, and thereā€™s more than Iā€™d like in my back. If I could shift some down to my caboose and thighs, that would be optimal. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/8 "2015-12-22T03:51:14Z")
Gut. And really nothing else. Whenever I mention to people casually that Iā€™ve gained weight. They always say ā€œYeah, right.ā€ I say, ā€œLet me take my shirt off and show you.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/9 "2015-12-22T03:53:14Z")
> [@Annadroid](#): > > With the exception of pregnancy and illness (the extremes), my fat gets burned off (high metabolic rate and athletic). Why, I oughtta . . . ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/10 "2015-12-22T04:53:12Z")
If I pick up 5-10 lbs, it goes to my waist. Not so much my belly, but truly the waist. I lose my ā€˜bend inwardsā€™ and get a bit square in the torso. I donā€™t get the belly pooch and my trunk remains junkless. I guess you could say Iā€™ve got SpongeBobSquarepants Syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/11 "2015-12-22T07:15:56Z")
Female. Everywhere but mostly on my abdomen. Iā€™m post-menopausal and that is typical but it was also my ā€˜go toā€™ place for unwanted fat when I was a lot younger. Itā€™s also the last place to go when I actually get around to losing weight. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/12 "2015-12-22T10:32:21Z")
Gaining weight is a relatively new phenomenon for me. Itā€™s concentrating itself on my belly and a bit on my face. The rest of me remains skinny, or just disappointingly saggy. ---
**Author:** ![Torontonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@Torontonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torontonian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/13 "2015-12-22T11:29:20Z")
Groin fat in pubic region goes away the last ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/14 "2015-12-22T14:23:15Z")
Woman here and fat distributes everywhere on me, including locations that hardly anyone else complains about. Like my back. Because this type of weight gain doesnā€™t flatter me in the slightest, I feel extra pressure to stay slim. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/15 "2015-12-22T14:27:28Z")
Guy. Gut. My muscles are lean but I do have a layer of subcutaneous fat that grows if Iā€™m really getting up there. Hopefully wonā€™t be there again, but itā€™s always a struggle. When Iā€™m just left with the gut Iā€™m doing pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/16 "2015-12-22T14:28:58Z")
I (gal) checked all the gal options because when I gain weight, it gets evenly distributed everywhere. (Except my hands and feet, for some reason. When I at 5ā€™4" was almost 200 pounds, I still had bony hands and feet.) When I lose weight, I notice it first around my waist, and last around my thighs and butt. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/17 "2015-12-22T16:45:26Z")
Pretty much the gut/middle. Iā€™m shaped like either an overweight Hank or underweight Bobby [Hill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bobby_Goes_Nuts.png). ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/18 "2015-12-23T02:28:37Z")
Belly but some to the hips as well. The good side is my ass totally fades away. The bad side is I really have to cinch my belt or go the suspenders route. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/19 "2015-12-23T02:53:32Z")
My goddamn face! Grr. Canā€™t even hide that with MySpace angles. Then after that, it just kind of spreads itself out evenly. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/20 "2015-12-23T03:26:04Z")
Iā€™ve always been fat but never been very curvy. I like (?) to say I am built like a tree. No butt, no hips, just all fat. And yes, my goddamn chin. Doesnā€™t help that the only things on me that are small are my ears and mouth. I have a big ol balloon head. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057.md?page=2)