I'm a classic apple shape: fairly "normal" thighs, no hips, no butt, small bust and MASSIVE belly. I think apple bellies are what happens when athletic framed people get overweight. I have a long torso and short legs and when I was younger I was always athletic-when you're built so low to the ground you generally have good balance and are naturally good at sports when trained up a bit. Since I stopped sports (swimming, soccer, running, footy, etc) I notice ALL my weight is in my belly which definitely has that creepy double roll. The only thing that helped it go away is serious core work (pilates particularly helped me keep it in check back in the day). You'll always be a bit wider in the middle but it will migrate from being a wide from the side to wide but solid from the front. As you lose fat, the belly will be the last to go and you will never have that hourglass shape but hey apples can be sexy too!!!
Also, it might just be that people are shy about commenting on your weight in general. I always feel so weird talking about weight with people who I'm not super close to. I would probably never tell a coworker "wow you've lost weight" because a. you don't know what's going on with them or whether it's intentional or not and b. I'm always afraid they'll be like "omg she thought I was fat before!!!???" lol
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