I really can't stand these stupid love handles that just don't want to budge.
Before I had DD I never had love handles, even at my highest pre-pregnancy weight at 188lbs (I'm only 5lbs away from that! ) but I have a feeling in the next 5lbs they aren't going to magically disappear.
So anyways, how close to your goal weight did you have to get before those wonderful love handles went away?
BTW, I totally get that you can't magic them away with certain exercises or what not. It just takes the usual watching what you're eating and exercise to burn fat, no matter where it is on your body. But because of all the changes in my body due to pregnancy I have no clue what to expect! So I'd just be interested in the range since obviously everyone's different.
Me too JohnP. Face, neck and chest are getting (might I say) a little almost creepy looking on me. LOL
I still have small love handles at 149. They are so much better than before. I'd say the last 20 lbs. has made a huge difference. Any day now I'm expecting to write here that they are GONE for good!!!
Best wishes with your journey. You're doing great!
My love-handles were substantially smaller when I was around 175. I've been travelling for the last few months and put on 7lbs (urgh), and all of those 7 lbs seem to have gone to my love-handle area and upper thighs so mine are back with a vengeance.
Mine are definitely smaller than they were at heaviest weight but, sadly they are still here. And why are they called LOVE handles? I surely don't love them.
Mine are definitely smaller than they were at heaviest weight but, sadly they are still here. And why are they called LOVE handles? I surely don't love them.
I believe it is because it's what people grab on to when they are having...
Lol! I think my left is bigger than the right, because I'm right handed, therefore, I lean, and push and use the right more than the left. I really am the only one who notices. I see it nekkid in front of the mirror, but Dh, after 33 years has never noticed. Guess I know where his brain is!
ditto to what everyone else is saying. my highest weight has been 168, with my lowest being 125. At 168 i had love handles, at 125 i still had them, and they are still there at 141 currently. the difference is that just like everyone else on my body, they got smaller. I didn't change where i store most of my fat (love handles and thighs) its just the amount of fat stored there that changed. But i must say, i feel like my love handles are a sign of my curvy shape. I hold weight above and below my waist, which gives me a decent hourglass. i hope that never changes.
Last edited by 100percentME; 03-08-2011 at 10:28 AM.
When did your love handles finally go?
) but I have a feeling in the next 5lbs they aren't going to magically disappear. 
so mine are back with a vengeance.
And why are they called LOVE handles? I surely don't love them.
Same here!
