I just don't care anymore.

vguynes

Thanks for the inspiration! You look AWESOME!

positivelyJ

Thanks for sharing... it can be done with a great attitude and strength training!

SexyCook

Yep...You are so right...I have a weigh in coming and I said if I gain...if I lose...I am still winning...Thanks for that....When you are healthier and looking better and the inches are dropping...What else matters really a number...NO THANKS...

coconutbuNZ

I love your don't care attitude! That's it. Your pics have inspired me. I've always done cardio and I still will but now I want to start going to the gym for strength training. I want a bum like that! lol

amoffatt

I gained. And I don't care. I don't care what I weigh. I don't care if I gain or lose. It just doesn't matter.

Nope. I'm not discouraged or quitting. The complete opposite. I know that the scale is not a good way to gauge my fitness. And I know that eating exercise calories works for me. And strength training absolutely ROCKS.

I've said before... how a few years ago, starting around 150#, I ate under 1000 calories a day, and got down to 130#. I wore a size 8, STILL had a muffin top, back fat rolls, and a double chin. Progress was painfully slow... usually less than a half pound a week, but I just thought I lacked discipline, had a bad metabolism, or just just not meant to be thin any more. I was thin, skinny even, for most of my life, and thought that it all caught up with me like my family always said it would.

Eating about twice that amount this time around (1350-1500 plus most of my exercise calories, averaging between 1800-2000), starting at 160#, I got down to 130# losing an average of one pound a week, even though I was aiming to lose .5# a week for the last 10# of it. I blogged about it - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/LorinaLynn/view/eat-more-why-very-low-calorie-sucks-201462 - including a photo of the jeans I wore then compare to the jeans I wear now, which are a size 2 or 4. My waist and hips are each about 2" smaller than I was when 130# years ago. I'm able to fit into jeans I wore in high school more than 20 years ago when I weighed 110#.

I found a photo from about 5 years ago when I was around 130#, and put it side by side to a photo taken this morning at 133#.



Too bad I didn't know then that I could eat twice as much and get better results.

There's no big magical mystery about why eating exercise calories work. It's math. I ate less than I burned, because I understood that my body is always burning calories, not just while I was exercising. I had enough of a calorie deficit to lose the weight I wanted to lose, and I had the right nutrition to prevent muscle loss. At 1000 calories a day, I had too large of a deficit, didn't have the right nutrition, and lost a disproportional amount of muscle, thus, I looked bigger than I do now.

After going on maintenance, increasing my strength training, getting more protein, and then recovering from an injury that kept me from exercising ( and required chocolate as medication! :laugh: ), I gained a little. Don't care. Here's me in September at 128# vs 133# now.



Not seeing any difference. Not from the front, anyway.



Now, there, I see a difference! A higher, rounder bum. And the jeans I bought then are too loose on me now. So I weigh more, but I'm smaller and have a cuter butt. Not going to sweat that five pounds!

And as long as I'm gloating about my butt, this is a photo that really brings it. My 27 year old butt, weighing probably about 125# vs my 39 year old butt. Seriously... who the hell ever thinks they're going to like their butt better at almost 40 than in their mid-20s?! Not to mention that I'm not sickly pale (though still pale) with dark undereye circles.



Good nutrition and regular exercise. Who'da thunkit?!

I always love seeing these pictures, you can see a difference!

healinghands111

You are SOO inspirational! Thank you soo much for sharing. I just changed my 1200 diet to 1500 thanks to you!

RandomMiranda

Thanks for this. I'm reaching my goal weight the healthy way, and once i get there if I gain some from muscle but still look great (I hope as great as you!) this will help me to not freak out about it.

Casey45

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sarajo16

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fontinathefox

WOW!! I wish I had an *kitten* like yours!

CanCur

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kalyy

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NewMoi1

Very inspirational !

ironanimal

This article needs to be in a Teens magazine, seriously. What a superb demonstration of low weight vs. health

jms3533

Well said. You are a testimony to eating exercise calories.

CoderGal

Good nutrition and regular exercise. Who'da thunkit?!

I think your *kitten* got sucked into itself :laugh: Great job! You do look great in both the pics though. I wish more people would make posts like these so people could see this doesn't need to be some big suffer fest. I think it's hilarious how concerned people get over the scale. Did you know at higher elevations and certain places in the world you will read a lighter weight? Want to be lighter on the scale? Go to Mexico or put your scale on top of a high mountain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_of_Earth#Comparative_gravities_in_various_cities_around_the_world

annabellj

thanks for always taking pics on every angle! makes me hopeful my butt will get better in time!

Mssmoke27

You look gorgeous in every photo to me. The key is ...is to be healthy. Not as far as looks. Just work out as much as you can, and eat right and yes eat more little meals a day and you will see a BIG difference. You look gorgeous though...!!

MaryRegs

wow...that's all I can say....wow....hello gorgeous!

kels228

That is REALLY something. Absolute proof that starving yourself to lose weight isn't going to get the results you want. Even though most people believe it will. Wow, excellent post.