Visual validation

fillefatale

Hey all,

There's currently a post on this forum discussing people (of similar height) having amazingly different bodies at the same weight. This got me thinking about the incredibly personal nature of each person's weight loss, and how arbitrary numbers are really. What I want to know is, what are the physical changes you anticipate the most in your OWN body?

Personally, I can't wait to see me clavicle (collar-bone) again. I think women's collar-bones are so elegant! I can't wait to feel my hip bones and for my thighs not to touch (at least completely as they do now). Even when I was skinny fat, my arms were hideous, so I want to have lithe uppers. Finally, my face majorly shows any weight gain and looks like a moon at the moment. I'll be delighted to see cheekbones and defined features again. These are the markers that excite me more than reaching 105.

In short, it's all relevant to YOU. What do you want to see?

Flyer615

Well, I've gotten to the point that I can see one thing that I couldn't before. :blushing: However, like you, I'd like to see my legs in a little better shape. I'd really like to see muscle tone. I think, on a guy, nothing looks better than muscular arms and chest. My "six-pack" has pretty much always been in a cooler. I'd really like to see a different kind of ripple in my stomach. I think that's about it for me.

Ken
44 down - 78 to go

krbn2

I'm hoping my cellulite will decrease. : )

zeeeb

i just want my tummy to stop overhanging my jeans when i sit...this seems harder and harder as i lose. i lose weight, need to go down a jeans size because the jeans are too baggy around my legs and butt, then the stomach is tight again, but i can't go the size up or my butt looks ridiculous because the jeans are too big.

buckystars

i just want my tummy to stop overhanging my jeans when i sit...

Me, too! That would be amazing.

jennilovesryan

i love to look at this website: http://www.mybodygallery.com/index.html

it has woman of all sorts of body types and it helps to validate where you are and where is realistic for you to be.

AmyG1982

with the weight I've lost so far I've gone from a tube to an hour glass and its fabulous! I didn't know I had curves (that weren't rolls ahaha) i'm looking forward to seeing what other little surprises are under all that wrapping. (and I totally agree with the colar bone thing, I'm loving those!)

LovesAdventure

I too want my thighs not to rub together. I;d also like my arms to look better in a tank top.

NicolettetheGreek

I too, look for my clavicle as a sign that I'm losing weight. I actually look at models clavicles, and if it is too sharp..doesn't look good.

twilightsm

I would like to get rid of my "kangaroo pouch" That fat roll under the belly button and above the other place... I've had it since I was eight years old. It would be cool to see what I look like without one.

Elizabeth_C34

I just spotted my collarbones about 5 lbs ago and was ecstatic! I can feel my hipbones when I lie on my side now which is fun also.

My best friend is 215 lbs and 5'10". She's very fit, but she carries her weight in her thighs and hips. She has lost 90 lbs, and her current weight suits her body type very well. She looks and is very healthy.

For me, I have a small-medium frame. Me at 215 was not pretty.

Everyone is different.

PrincessEliNa

Ummmm...well I've always wanted bigger boobs, but those have just gotten smaller...*cough*
My hip-fat. That's what I want gone. I was actually oggling myself in the mirror this morning, and I can honestly say I like what my body looks like now. I want more tone/definition, but If I was a guy, I'd sleep with myself... *Joke*

maluprincess

I with you on the clavicle goal! I can't wait until my cheekbones are even more defined. I don't have the crease along with my back fat anymore, however I'd like to have less of it to pinch! And for my arms to slightly resemble Michelle Obamas would be fantasticcc.

As far as the thighs touching goal, I saw this a couple days ago and got reminded of it again!
http://pinterest.com/pin/18436679694203052/
Everyone is entitled to their own goals but it isn't one of mine...

fillefatale

I with you on the clavicle goal! I can't wait until my cheekbones are even more defined. I don't have the crease along with my back fat anymore, however I'd like to have less of it to pinch! And for my arms to slightly resemble Michelle Obamas would be fantasticcc.

As far as the thighs touching goal, I saw this a couple days ago and got reminded of it again!
http://pinterest.com/pin/18436679694203052/
Everyone is entitled to their own goals but it isn't one of mine...

Ahh! I should have been more specific. I meant that currently from my knees up, my thighs meet. Not majorly I must say, but much more than I'm comfortable with as they didn't before. Upper thighs should ALWAYS touch, and if they don't, it's because the person is very underweight (from the examples I've seen, anyhow). Just to clarify I'm not encouraging emaciation or striving for it!

tessa022707

I want my boobs to shrink! I know I know blasphemy, but I am so tired of hauling these girls around. I am tired of trying to look over or around them. I am tired of them getting squished when I tie my shoes or shave my legs. I am tired of bras that are more like water buckets. I want cute little lacey purple or teal or leopard print bras not plain old white with an eye and hook closure that could withstand hurricane force winds. Sorry if thats TMI. Oh and I would love to feel my hipbones again. All in good time. I have to remind myself that the tortoise really did win the race!

fillefatale

I feel you on the bra front (no pun intended)! Even at my lowest weight, though, mine have never decreased in size, sadly. I actually went up a cup size and down a back size! I wouldn't mind them so much if it wasn't so damn hard to get small back sized/big cup sized lingerie that doesn't resemble a medical bandage.

LovesAdventure

I with you on the clavicle goal! I can't wait until my cheekbones are even more defined. I don't have the crease along with my back fat anymore, however I'd like to have less of it to pinch! And for my arms to slightly resemble Michelle Obamas would be fantasticcc.

As far as the thighs touching goal, I saw this a couple days ago and got reminded of it again!
http://pinterest.com/pin/18436679694203052/
Everyone is entitled to their own goals but it isn't one of mine...

Ahh! I should have been more specific. I meant that currently from my knees up, my thighs meet. Not majorly I must say, but much more than I'm comfortable with as they didn't before. Upper thighs should ALWAYS touch, and if they don't, it's because the person is very underweight (from the examples I've seen, anyhow). Just to clarify I'm not encouraging emaciation or striving for it!

Actually, my thighs never touched until I was well into my thirties and twenty five pounds over weight. And that's after three kids, meaning, I had given birth three times and my thighs didn't rub together. It was later after I gained weight and was over the weight range for my height that my thighs started rubbing together. When my thighs didn't rub together, I was still a very healthy weight. Not under weight at all.

fillefatale

Fair enough! Different body types, as mentioned in the OP, I guess! I wish I had those thighs in MY twenties!

ger53

I would like to be able to see my feet again and be able to cut my own toenails, because right now I can't get around my big gut! I would also like to see some chin definition not just a big neck! ARGH ... I will do this!

NC_Girl

I would love to be able to get into the bath tub and have the water come up over my belly before it starts to drain through the overflow. When I get to that point I will know that I have succeeded!

sjworley_1

Good site!! Thanks for sharing

krevill

i just want my tummy to stop overhanging my jeans when i sit...

Me, too! That would be amazing.

Me too!

CrazyDaisysMommy

I would love to be able to get into the bath tub and have the water come up over my belly before it starts to drain through the overflow. When I get to that point I will know that I have succeeded!

That's fantastic! Mine is for my spare tire to deflate. When I lose weight, my arms, shoulders, face, and legs show it immediately. But there is always too much belly pouring over the sides of my jeans.

charlenebclark

A nice collar bone, a flatter stomach, toned arms, no more love handles, slimmer thighs, thinner face and whatever other happy surprises come my way!

fatty_to_fitty

1) Flatter Stomach
2) Smaller Thighs. I want to slip my skinny jeans up with no fuss

Kelly_1981

i love to look at this website: http://www.mybodygallery.com/index.html

it has woman of all sorts of body types and it helps to validate where you are and where is realistic for you to be.

FAB website! Thanks for sharing!

monika_loses_it

1. No more bat wings (upper arm flab).
2. My "bundle of wheat" (biblical term for a woman's lower tummy pooch) is flat.
3. When my arms rest at my side, there is no longer that weird fat by my underarm.

kittyneutron

Without a doubt my face. It is just so round and is the first thing to widen outwards when I gain weight. Without a doubt that is the thing I look forward to most, having a jawline and chin again! I will also be happy to see my chest get smaller! But losing the double chin is by far the best reward for me personally!

jadedone

1. eliminate the pesky bra strap fat
2. more muscle definition in my thighs
3. look more like an hourglass and have a leaner midsection
4. eliminate my spare tire
5. tricep definition!

CrazyDaisysMommy

i love to look at this website: http://www.mybodygallery.com/index.html

it has woman of all sorts of body types and it helps to validate where you are and where is realistic for you to be.

Love this!

elledo

1 chin.
Eyes that you can see.
Cheek bones.
Collar bones.
No more bat wings.
No more muffin top.
No more back roll.
A bum that is round and not shaped like a slab.
Not hitting my tummy with my legs when on the exercise bike.
Not feeling my tummy bouncing up and down when jogging or running intervals.

Some i have achieved, others i am looking forward to!