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Hello loseit!

I of course made it a New Years Resolution to lose weight. I started at 238 lbs January 1st and I am now 226 lbs, also I am 18 years old and am 5 foot 9 inches. My upper body is noticeably smaller; however, my lower body is not really getting any smaller! I have a sort of pear shaped body and I am doing the 5x5 workout routine. This pear shape is obviously something that embarrasses me to no end as it is kind of a feminine thing and I have a big butt. Overall I want to get dat V if you know what I mean - big, muscular (cut) upper body with a small waist, butt, etc. My goal weight as of now is 160 lbs. I am using myfitnesspal to count calories etc. Now with that background etc, my question: When can I expect my waist to start shrinking? 12 lbs later and it seems like I haven't shrunk at all in my waist/butt/thigh area - only my upper body!
<bot>: I am losing weight (so far 12 lbs) but only my upper body is shrinking, lower body isn't. When should I expect to start seeing my waist get smaller?