Introducing Myself - 5'4'' and 139lbs
eveshakti
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Hello
Okay so I'm really 5'3.75'' but i give myself 5ft 4 if i sit up straight! I used to be a super skinny girl with a 6 pack until i was 28 and 105 pounds soaking wet. Then I went backpacking around the world and got a parasite which killed my abs (bloated parasite belly - thank you India :-/ ) and when I got rid of it my body said - you're not starving us again so we're going to make hips to live off! That was fine, between muscle and fat I went up to 120 but was strong and not a stick figure. Okay, liveable. Now I've been in grad school for many (too many) years sitting at a desk, typing and slouching and not moving and drinking wine and eating badly and under a great deal of stress. Now I have adrenal fatigue, untraceable testosterone (gone off the pill to improve that -fingers crossed) and went up to 135 in the past 3 years. I just went backpacking again and am now 139 - certainly some muscle weight but no fat loss. I am on the edge of being overweight but still look reasonably okay now that i"m more toned from backpacking. But it bothers me - mainly as I don't want to gain anymore. I'm also exhausted all the time and feel like crap. Plus sometime soon I want to start a family so I want to lose weight now so that I don't gain way too much being pregnant and never lose it. I hate the gym and I work 24/7 - gotta learn to slow down but it's hard as I'm finishing school and looking for jobs and running my own business part time. I'm new here and would love to meet people. Anyhow that's where I am, but people still tell me I don't need to lose weight (but i feel awful and have gained 20 pounds in 3 years).
Okay so I'm really 5'3.75'' but i give myself 5ft 4 if i sit up straight! I used to be a super skinny girl with a 6 pack until i was 28 and 105 pounds soaking wet. Then I went backpacking around the world and got a parasite which killed my abs (bloated parasite belly - thank you India :-/ ) and when I got rid of it my body said - you're not starving us again so we're going to make hips to live off! That was fine, between muscle and fat I went up to 120 but was strong and not a stick figure. Okay, liveable. Now I've been in grad school for many (too many) years sitting at a desk, typing and slouching and not moving and drinking wine and eating badly and under a great deal of stress. Now I have adrenal fatigue, untraceable testosterone (gone off the pill to improve that -fingers crossed) and went up to 135 in the past 3 years. I just went backpacking again and am now 139 - certainly some muscle weight but no fat loss. I am on the edge of being overweight but still look reasonably okay now that i"m more toned from backpacking. But it bothers me - mainly as I don't want to gain anymore. I'm also exhausted all the time and feel like crap. Plus sometime soon I want to start a family so I want to lose weight now so that I don't gain way too much being pregnant and never lose it. I hate the gym and I work 24/7 - gotta learn to slow down but it's hard as I'm finishing school and looking for jobs and running my own business part time. I'm new here and would love to meet people. Anyhow that's where I am, but people still tell me I don't need to lose weight (but i feel awful and have gained 20 pounds in 3 years).
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