# Where on your body do you notice weight loss first? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 7, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-do-you-notice-weight-loss-first/591839 "2011-08-07T17:45:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-do-you-notice-weight-loss-first/591839/21 "2011-08-21T14:08:27Z")
Gut. The last place I lose is my chin. Fucking hell. I’m not even fat but I still have this godforsaken waddle! ARGH! ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-do-you-notice-weight-loss-first/591839/22 "2011-08-21T20:44:30Z")
I’m also one who loses face. I don’t like how I look if I lose more than a couple of pounds, because I think my face gets gaunt. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-do-you-notice-weight-loss-first/591839/23 "2011-08-21T20:53:59Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > Sadly, the boobs are usually the first to shrink. Completely unfair, if you ask me. Same. :mad: I’m normally a modest B, but about 7 years ago I gained about 40 pounds. Now I have boobs! but when I lose weight \ they get smaller first. SO damnably evil. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-do-you-notice-weight-loss-first/591839/24 "2011-08-21T21:39:48Z")
My boobs. I just had to go buy new bras. Happily, I don’t mind losing a bit there. I’d like to be able to wear button up blouses. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-do-you-notice-weight-loss-first/591839/25 "2011-08-21T21:46:46Z")
Face and neck, too…especially the cheeks. I’m down 35-40 lbs from the winter, and the last fat hanging on is little love handles. Begone! ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-do-you-notice-weight-loss-first/591839/26 "2011-08-22T04:45:16Z")
I purposefully set off to lose ten pounds a few months ago, but since I don’t have a scale, I didn’t know when I had reached my goal. My first clue that I had gone a bit too far was that I could see the ribs in my chest above my sternum. Yuck! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-do-you-notice-weight-loss-first/591839/27 "2011-08-22T04:49:59Z")
My pants always sit lower on my (wide) hips. They don’t fall off, they just ride really low, so if I don’t want that “I need to shave to wear these pants” look, I need a belt with my current pants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-on-your-body-do-you-notice-weight-loss-first/591839.md?page=1)