Does fat have memory?

[dec12]

On Biggest Losers, the male contestants show off their body fat. Most would have grossed misshapen fat body parts. So, if they lost the weight and gain it all back, would the fat be at the same place?

[shannn]

People gain fat in certain distributions because of their genetics. So you will lose fat in the last place you gained it, unless you do liposuction.

[poedua]

In a nutshell....yes.

Shann is correct - each of us is born with a genetic pattern of fat storage....so, for a given individual...fat gain ( and loss ) tends to follow the same pattern. For what it's worth, there also tends to be a gender based pattern of where fat gets stored first and where it gets stored last.

Again, this is not a hard & fast rule, but what generally happens " on average " is that women put on fat in this order............

Back of thigh ( first ) - side of thigh - hips - stomach - upper chest - upper arms ( last ).

Men tend to put on fat in this order....

Loves handles( first ) - stomach - hips - chest - upper arms - thighs - calves - hands/feet - face ( last ).

And as already mentioned, the problem is that, you typically lose fat in reverse order as to how you first put it on.

[time space]

Fat knows what you're thinking.

[canas1an]

Ohhh cool I'm about 70% through thighs and since my arms aren't fatty, chest is next. It's like a fat burning game!