I'm underweight but my stomach looks big?

you look fine to me and I agree for those who say you need professional help

sarawr66 wrote: »

JosieRawr wrote: »

sarawr66 wrote: »

Just thought I'd let everyone know I now weight around 118-120 lbs (its been fluctuating a bit) I've been doing lots of weights and I've started drinking protein shakes and I've been doing my damn best to eat more calories. Still only eating around 2100 but some days its more. In any case I HAVE gained weight. But I think I've also gained a bit of fat as well so I'm hoping that with more time and weight training that will tone up as well.

Keep up the good work

Seems like most new comments are not seeing this update from you!

Thanks so much! And yeah I know

No one actually reads through all the comments. Definitely keep it up and learn to love the weights; it's my favorite thing, I love being strong!

hi there , i don't think you look underweight but you have a very very flat stomach ! you have nohing to worry about. but if you want to gain weight eat protien foods

sarawr66 wrote: »

Just thought I'd let everyone know I now weight around 118-120 lbs (its been fluctuating a bit) I've been doing lots of weights and I've started drinking protein shakes and I've been doing my damn best to eat more calories. Still only eating around 2100 but some days its more. In any case I HAVE gained weight. But I think I've also gained a bit of fat as well so I'm hoping that with more time and weight training that will tone up as well.

Thanks for the update. I was hoping that once you started the weight training you might find it easier to eat more overall cals? Remember that adequate protein intake helps that added weight lean more toward the muscle side than fat. Also adding fats helps you get more cals so make sure you have a balance.

JoRocka wrote: »

sarawr66 wrote: »

JoRocka wrote: »

Tilandra wrote: »

I lost forty pounds over the course of a year, but didn't really realize it because I don't keep a scale in the house.
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Western medicine sucks, but as we get older there are things even diet and exercise can't fix. See a doctor, consult them on your exercise plans, and get tests done to make sure there isn't another cause.

wait- you lost somewhere between 4 and 6 dress sizes and didn't notice you're clothes weren't falling off???

And yeah- the horrors of western medicine- chemo for cancers- and vaccines for polo and tetanus and what not- flue shots- really tragic stuff. Western medicine is the devil.

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion on western medicine. Some people prefer a more natural route.

yes- you're right- but let's not just assume it's all bad when it saves peoples lives. I can understand wanting to chose other paths- but the reality is western medicine can and will continue to improve our health.

Instead of dying of a simple broken arm- we can save the arm- AND live a full life. It's willfully ignorant to just dismiss it as the deeebbbbiiiillllll

^This. Seven years ago, I broke my tibia/fibula in such a fashion and severity that even -with- modern medicine, 30% of cases like mine result in amputation of the limb. Even 20 or 30 years ago, -if- I'd kept my foot/lower leg, I would have been hospitalized for literally a half year or more with my leg in traction, since even with my surgically implanted titanium nail (which runs the entire length of my tibia and is fixed in place with the equivalent of titanium deck screws) it took over a YEAR for the my tibia to heal to the point where it could have begun to bear weight.

Instead, I was in surgery the morning after, home from the hopital five days after that (I won't lie, it *kitten* sucked), partially weight bearing (on the boot) within 3 weeks of the accident, fully weight bearing (on the boot) at four weeks post-op. I got the boot off on my birthday, after 8 weeks total. I never put it back on, though I had that option. Then I spent 6 weeks in thrice weekly physical therapy, and the better part of the rest of the year adapting and healing the rest of the way (regowing pulverized bone kinda stings).



Sorry for the thread hijacking, but my point is this:

All things considered, I much prefer modern Western medicine to the alternative.

bellesouth18 wrote: »

Some ballet classes or barre work, yoga, and/or Pilates will help your posture greatly. These programs will also strengthen your core muscles which are contributing to the poor posture.

Second this! You Tube has many great free videos - my fav are Barre3. don't forget to strengthen your back as well. It is amazing how improving posture all day long contributes to 1) feeling great and 2) looking better!

I have the same problem of a sticky out tummy, although I wouldn't even consider yours to be sticking out! I've found that doing various exercises that strengthen my core has improved both my posture and shape and while I haven't really changed my weight or measurements the difference is noticeable.

I have this exact problem because my lower back is really in sad shape and I have a "sway back" or really bad concave shape in my lower back where my stomach pooches out. It's not that the stomach is big it's that it is sticking out because your lower back is so curved. I work daily on trying to remind myself to work on posture. I'm also working on core and lower back strengthening so that I don't have such horrible slouching tendencies. I've always had lousy posture.

JoRocka wrote: »

NIOCE!!!!

congrats on the recovery- that's a hell of a surgery!!!

quick edit- that horizontal suture reminds me of the episode of Criminal Minds where the guy was trying to graft a leg to someone else's leg. <shiver> creepy LOL

I remeber that episode!

Thanks for the congrats. The horizontal wound was where my leg popped open like an overripe melon. The knee-cap incision(where the put the tibial nail in), the two on my ankle (2 screws) and the one up near the bend of my knee(two screws) were surgical.

I refer to it semi-jokingly as my bionic leg, the scarring is awesome and I set off metal detectors.