Gaining

Well you could eat large qualities of healthy foods its all about calories consumed and calories used. So if you only eat natural foods you still need to eat a lot same principle of wg shakes but you just need to buy more food.

Fat distribution is most significantly influenced by hormones and it's more or less impossible to predict where fat will go before the weight is gained. The levels and influence/interaction of hormones with other physiological factors is extremely complex and is determined by genetics, epigenetics and envinroment.

There are a few things worth noting though: The first is that the evidence shows that fat is generally absorbed first in the abdomen, before subsequently being redistributed to other parts of the body. This means that if you gain very rapidly, you have a high chance of experiencing a disproportionately large belly, if only temporarily.

Secondly, trans-fats, those most maligned of all fats, are known to increase adbdonimal fat, whether or not a person gains weight overall. In a diet high in trans-fats, fat from other areas of the body is distributed to the belly.

Your welcome. You might be a special case since you were pregnant that extra skin on you belly should fill in to sone degree since all natural processes take the path of least resistance, or from my knowledge.

Trying to redirect the new fat is just a guessing game, so don't rely on it. Squats, leg raises and crunches will build muscle in those areas, giving you some volume underneath the fat.