# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/21 "2015-12-23T03:29:48Z")
I said other but, in fact, it goes to all those places. It used to be hips and thighs but menopause came along and my saddlebags disappeared and so did my small waist. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/22 "2015-12-23T22:35:48Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > I’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). > > * * * > > Now severing Mutagenic Eggnog in Santa’s Dominion . Foggy - Are you severing eggnog or savoring it? Big difference. Enquiring minds want to know. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/23 "2015-12-25T01:42:22Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > I’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). Okay, I hope you aren’t offended, but you do not look 400 lbs. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/24 "2015-12-27T00:09:05Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Okay, I hope you aren’t offended, but you do not look 400 lbs. Seriously. Look at his head in relation to the door hinge. I’d give him about 6’6", which makes 4 bills pretty plausible with that build. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/25 "2015-12-27T01:48:57Z")
My dad, for years, was a runner. Towards the end of his life he watched what he ate. He got really thin. But, what he never lost was lower back fat. Saddlebags if you will. Yeah, I inherited that. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/26 "2015-12-27T04:02:56Z")
Everywhere I go, usually ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/27 "2015-12-27T04:07:49Z")
lower back, above my waistline. my pants get tighter even though my gut doesn’t expand at all. ---
**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057/28 "2015-12-28T08:38:40Z")
Boobs and tummy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-does-your-fat-usually-go/741057.md?page=1)