When will you be happy with your body?

kewkdb

When will you be happy with your body?

When I am skinny enough to see my upper pelvic bone, 6 pack abs, and upper body shaped. That is the final goal at least. Right now it's to get down to 165-175 then I get into weight training.

Sweet13_Princess

When I have flat abs and a non-dimply butt.

Shannon

Sugar_Apple

When my BMI no longer says obese....it would be nice if eerything that jiggles stop....but even if it doesnt and I am fit and healthy I'll be ok with that too

porterbaby38

when i get that flabby skin from my stomach, thighs, arms and my butt is very tightb and toned. then i'll be happy and feel comfortable with my body.

LainMac

When exercise doesn't feel like another chore.

kayemme

i'm already reasonably happy with my body. but i aim to fit a size 10/12 (us). We'll see then.

sassiebritches

When the scale says the weight that I have been working towards. I lost a lot of weight before and still was not happy, thinking I still did not look good, this time around I am reminding myself, that my healthy weight is BEAUTIFUL, even if I cannot stand my stomach!

suckitup

This is an interesting question. When I first started trying to lose weight, a friend of mine who is a former college athlete and currently a personal trainer told me that people who have been overweight most of their lives (as I have) struggle with giving up the weight loss phase and moving into the maintenance phase.

He suggested that it's because if you've always been the fat girl/guy and you lose a lot of weight, you're much more aware of the change in the way people look at you, talk to you, and treat you than someone who used to be thin, gained weight, and then lost it.. The concept of being "checked out" by the opposite sex or getting constant compliments from people can be addictive to someone who's never had that. At some point, dieting and exercise become like a security blanket, and you're afraid to let go of it because there's certainty there. You know what happens when you follow your diet and exercise program to the letter; you don't know what's going to happen when you ease up on your calorie restrictions and cut back your workouts.

His advice to me was to get some perspective on what my goal weight and size actually look like. Find someone who already is that weight and size. Would I be satisfied with that? If I know that ahead of time, I'll probably be more comfortable stopping when I get to that point instead of thinking I need to keep going.

This said it exactly how I felt when I reached my goal, reset it, reached it again, then questioned how far to keep going! Going into the maintenance phase was a HUGE jump in calories. This happeded at the same time that summer ended and I started back to work. The workouts slowed down and the stress eating started up. :explode: I stopped logging in my food and just waited for my matabolism to slow down and all the new pants to get too tight. The shock has been that my weight has yo-yo'd back and forth b/w 5lbs and I'm fine with that. My new pants all still fit and I'm shocked at how much I can still eat.

I stopped losing weight once I hit the dead middle of my healthy BMI range. I felt that was perfect. I have lots of leg muscle left from running and sadly, still have some belly buldge from the last c-section, but I'm still VERY pleased. I cannot justify losing one more pound. A tummy tuck would be fabulous but that will never realistically happen. I was never looking for "skinny"...I always wanted "toned".

EmpressB

I have thought about this and I think for me, it won't be a number on the scale but a feeling. A feeling of health, strength and happiness with what I see in the mirror.

In reality, I actually prefer a "thicker" look, I want to have "meat on my bones" and sometimes I wonder how I would look being my suggested weight. The image I have of how I'd like to look...I am not sure what weight on the scale it corresponds to. With that being said, I will be happier (because I love myself regardless) with my body when I get to a place where I don't have huge love handles, huge jiggly thighs and arms and a belly I can grab and one that hangs. Where I can feel confident being naked and where I am no longer considered obese.

When everything is "in place" without a lot of excess being left over, when I feel more fit and can work out and do physical activity for extended periods, when I get a check up and everything is on the up and up and I can wear the clothes I would like and go to ANY store and know I have choices. When I am not scared to look at pictures of myself. When I can look at myself in the mirror naked and not avoid the image at all cost. Then I will be happ-IER. I don't really need a six pack or anything, just to be womanly and curvy, but in only the right places and to more importantly be healthy and relatively fit.

BoresEasily

I will be happy with my body when it does EVERYTHING I want it to do.
If I say jump, it jumps.
If I say do a pull up, it will.
If I say do push-ups, no problem
If I say do a 5K, no problem.
I don't want to have excuses.

I second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth this. I don't care what the scale says.

I read an interesting post on another forum. If you could have the body you dream of, would it matter to you what the scale said? I know for me the answer is a resounding NO! I'm interested in fat loss not weight loss. I'm interested in a more sculpted body, functional strength, and stamina. I'd like to have a 32-34inch waist with nice lean muscle.

I love where I am fitness wise, but there are still a lot of things I'd like to be able to do that I can't yet. I also love that most of my clothes are fitting way too loosely. I practically need a new wardrobe which isn't cheap!

p1nkpr1ncess

I honestly don't think I ever will be happy with my body, I know I'm a perfectionist nd no mtter how much I weigh or what the measurements say I will be able to pick out "something" that I'm not 100% happy with.

My mum couldn't believe that I wouldn't wear a bikini at the size I am now, she would be "ecstaticly happy" to look like me - but this doesn't mean I am happy with it. My biggest problem area is my tummy and waist area, yeah it's reasonably flat, but it doesn't look the way I want it to and it makes me self consious!

So I think the biggest thing for me would be to feel "comfortable" in a bikini - I am hoping I can reach this point before May 2011 as we are getting married in Zante and I want some super hot bikinis!
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playfortoday

When people start noticing that I've lost weight. When I get comments about how thin I'm getting.
That's usually when I'm about 108lb, so in 12lbs time

Amy_B

There's this cool website where you can find pictures of real women at specific weights and heights if you wanted to compare. (I actually posted my picture on there. )

http://www.mybodygallery.com/index.html

purple1butterfly

When people start noticing that I've lost weight. When I get comments about how thin I'm getting.
That's usually when I'm about 108lb, so in 12lbs time

I what to be @ my healthy bmi weight which puts me @ a size 14, thats 3 dress to lose. I will do it, it might take me a long time but it will happen.

blel0906

I never felt thin even when I was...looking back at old picture I can't imagine why...As a teen I recall my mom saying if you would just lose 10lbs you would look great..All my friends were tiny and I developed faster than all of them...Back in the day they also used to announce the weight of the Miss America contestant, I'm 5'6 and got the 110 lb figure stuck in my head..My weight averaged around 130-135 lbs at my lowest I got down to 118 pretty much by starving myself, but my body didn't want to stay there. For years I wanted to be that ideal image I had.

A little older and wiser I'm no longer trying to achieve the "perfect" body my goals now are to achieve feeling comfortable and confident in my skin, and of course healhty. More than anything I'd like to lose my belly and see my face slim down I hate having a fat face! I'd like to wear between a size 10 and 12 which if memory serves me correctly last time I wore that size I was beween 150-160lbs.

For now I'm just taking a step at a time setting small goals. To say I want to lose 70lbs seems overwhelming, right now my goal is to break out of the 200's, I started at 220 so it's my biggest goal...My second goal is to hit 185 out of the obese category I haven't set any goals beyond that yet and won't until I get closer to my 2nd goal..If I consistantly lose 1lb per week (although I'm hoping it goes faster) it should take me about 25 weeks to see my 2nd goal, sometime in May

ErinMarie25

A number and look. I want to get to 110 and get rid of my stomach pooch and some extra fat on my arms.

EmpressB

I never felt thin even when I was...looking back at old picture I can't imagine why...As a teen I recall my mom saying if you would just lose 10lbs you would look great..All my friends were tiny and I developed faster than all of them...Back in the day they also used to announce the weight of the Miss America contestant, I'm 5'6 and got the 110 lb figure stuck in my head..My weight averaged around 130-135 lbs at my lowest I got down to 118 pretty much by starving myself, but my body didn't want to stay there. For years I wanted to be that ideal image I had.

A little older and wiser I'm no longer trying to achieve the "perfect" body my goals now are to achieve feeling comfortable and confident in my skin, and of course healhty. More than anything I'd like to lose my belly and see my face slim down I hate having a fat face! I'd like to wear between a size 10 and 12 which if memory serves me correctly last time I wore that size I was beween 150-160lbs.

For now I'm just taking a step at a time setting small goals. To say I want to lose 70lbs seems overwhelming, right now my goal is to break out of the 200's, I started at 220 so it's my biggest goal...My second goal is to hit 185 out of the obese category I haven't set any goals beyond that yet and won't until I get closer to my 2nd goal..If I consistantly lose 1lb per week (although I'm hoping it goes faster) it should take me about 25 weeks to see my 2nd goal, sometime in May

I like the fact that you said your body didn't want to stay at 118.

The body is intelligent and in weightloss, I think there is a pre-set weight that your body knows you're supposed to be at, and if you go under or above it, you feel different and your body compensates for it.

I want to get to the weight MY body knows I'm supposed to be at. What weight is it? I'm not sure. I am using the guidelines out there to set my goals but once I am no longer obese I will see how it's looking from there and I am going to practice listening to my body. I want to look good and feel good without straining my body unnecessarily in either direction (too thin/too fat). I have a friend who in a year she lost 100 lbs...she looks AMAZING! You can tell that it "fits" her...and that her body was probably meant to be at that size. Then I have seen others who lose weight and look so sickly and disproportioned where they need to gain some back. I want to be in the former, not latter category.

ChuckgM3

When I can comfortably go to the beach shirtless.

amberchristi

Is it wrong to say that I don't know??? I really don't. I've been trying to loose those "last 10 pounds" for over a year and I honestly don't know what I'll look like or how I'll feel when I get there.

colekay

when i can see a photo of myself and not delete it from the camera bc of my extra chin, big belly.....

so with you on that.....i don't have alot pictures of me in the past...always deleting them......

rayfromtx

I am thrilled with where I am right now and I never will be without some self criticism. I really like what I see in the mirror as a sign of progress and evidence of hard work. I still see little problem areas that need work and I'm not sure I would ever work hard enough for that to not be the case. It's a tough question. The true answer is right now and never.