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Were you happy with your shape/size when you hit goal?
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Yes. I felt and looked great.2
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Sure! What's not to like?2
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »RachsLosses wrote: »I dont feel my body shape has changed much between 148lbs to 142lbs but maybe its because I look at it every day
Depending on your height that seems normal to me. 6 lbs isn't easy to see when it comes off all over your body.
Good point. But wondering why when I inadvertently add 6 pounds to my weight, my tummy bubbles over the waistband of my running capris and feels horrid...
It's probably more water weight than fat if you gain that much inadvertently. You'd have to eat 21000 extra calories to gain 6 lbs so it's not something that would be done quickly by accident.1 -
How did you guys deal with cellulite? Or did you deal with it? I have about 30 to lose to be at around 23 BMI.. I have lost 15 and working on losing the remaining 15. But my body is pear shaped and I have always had cellulite even in my 20s when I was thinner. I wonder if weight training or muscling up will help or will I always have it (thanks genetics!)0
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How did you guys deal with cellulite? Or did you deal with it? I have about 30 to lose to be at around 23 BMI.. I have lost 15 and working on losing the remaining 15. But my body is pear shaped and I have always had cellulite even in my 20s when I was thinner. I wonder if weight training or muscling up will help or will I always have it (thanks genetics!)
Unfortunately, cellulite is genetic. It may get better as you lose, but it may not.
I'm 5'11, BMI of 20 currently and I still have it (144lbs) I'm also 39 (it has gotten worse as I age). It's better than when I was 165lbs, but it's still there. I have stretch marks from growing too fast as a kid too. My body is a war zone...LOL
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Thx thought as much... Sigh.. I think I just have to be happy with my BMI goal and not worry about swimsu swimsuit season.0
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Thx thought as much... Sigh.. I think I just have to be happy with my BMI goal and not worry about swimsu swimsuit season.
Some people have had a good experience with dry brushing before the shower, and then oil or moisturizer after. I don't know if collagen production can be stimulated topically but it can make it look less noticeable in my experience.
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Just realize it is the woman in the swimsuit without cellulite and jiggly bits that is the rarity, not the other way around.
Get a swimsuit you love, and own it
No one should feel they can't wear one.
Cheers, h.18 -
How did you guys deal with cellulite? Or did you deal with it? I have about 30 to lose to be at around 23 BMI.. I have lost 15 and working on losing the remaining 15. But my body is pear shaped and I have always had cellulite even in my 20s when I was thinner. I wonder if weight training or muscling up will help or will I always have it (thanks genetics!)
Yea it's all about genetics. I have it too no matter how lean I get. And while weight training and bulk/cut cycles has helped, it's still there. I carry most of my fat under my glutes, so yea it is what it is.4 -
I started off with a goal in the middle of my healthy BMI, which was where I was 20 years ago when I was at my strongest cycling. When I got there last year I found that being 20 years older I needed to be lighter in order to compensate for less muscle, and dropped to close to the bottom of my healthy weight, which is where I was for about a nano-second around my 40th birthday.
At 40 I looked a lot thinner than I do now at the same weight, I'm assuming because I had more muscle, and I'm having a little difficulty dealing with the current reality, which is all my remaining fat draped around my middle. My first instinct was to just keep losing until my stomach is as flat as it was then, but that's not healthy mentally or physically, and probably not even possible.
Right now I'm maintaining (with moderate cardio and weight training), and plan to do that through the holidays, then in Jan I'll take a deep breath and consider re-comp. I think eating at a slight surplus and working to get stronger will be much healthier than chasing after a body I couldn't maintain even 27 years ago. In the meantime, I'm learning to appreciate how much better my clothes look, and the styles I can wear now that I wouldn't have even tried on last year
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M currently at my goal... not happy need to get a bit smaller and tighter0
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I reached my ultimate goal but will not/cannot go down any lower or I will be underweight. I would never hear the end of it from my husband if I went lower, because he's paranoid about my health (I had some serious non-weight related health issues in the past)
3 things I don't like;
>thigh gap - I'd rather not have one.
>chest - my already small chest got a little smaller (unfair just doesn't cut it)
>tummy - I still have some tummy fat
At least I can do something about that last one, and toning up a bit is my next goal.
3 things I DO like;
>I FEEL lighter - I physically feel like something as simple as hopping or going up the steps is much easier now. I didn't think 30 pounds would make that difference.
>More energy and less pain - thyca took my thyroid, and energy has been in short supply while pain has been superfluous for the last few years. Just having a "normal" energy level for one day, or not being in pain all day is a HUGE deal for me. I've cried happy tears over that.
>cellulitis went away
So... all things considered, I'm happy where I am and just want to tone up a bit
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I was happy with my shape/size when i was blissfully fat and unaware. Im alrightish with myself now but i bloat so easily and look pregnant and fat now. Takes very little food to do it. Didnt happen a bit heavier lol5
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I want all of you to know how awesome you are in the bodies you are in. I’m not going to go into some inspirational rant, but just for a second be aware of how awesome it is that you hit your goal weight period and all the cool *kitten* things your body does for you everyday. Ok maybe a tiny rant
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JaydedMiss wrote: »I was happy with my shape/size when i was blissfully fat and unaware. Im alrightish with myself now but i bloat so easily and look pregnant and fat now. Takes very little food to do it. Didnt happen a bit heavier lol
Hell yeah, it really does show on a leaner body when you have had a big meal, doesn't it? I literally have a totally flat stomach most of the time, but throw down my dinner, even though it is healthy, and I bloat right out afterwards, lol. It is a real irritant to me. Only thing I found ever helped in the past was getting my abs and core muscles so rock solid that this didn't happen anymore.2 -
Graelwyn75 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »I was happy with my shape/size when i was blissfully fat and unaware. Im alrightish with myself now but i bloat so easily and look pregnant and fat now. Takes very little food to do it. Didnt happen a bit heavier lol
Hell yeah, it really does show on a leaner body when you have had a big meal, doesn't it? I literally have a totally flat stomach most of the time, but throw down my dinner, even though it is healthy, and I bloat right out afterwards, lol. It is a real irritant to me. Only thing I found ever helped in the past was getting my abs and core muscles so rock solid that this didn't happen anymore.
Wish i had abs hah1 -
yes and no, I loved how I looked in clothes but out of them I was too skinny up top. I'm a pear shape, and lost more from my top than my bottom. I've since gained about 10 lbs and am wanting to tone with weightlifting vs dieting. I think if I can do that I'll like the final results better3
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After many years of going up and down in weight, this time I have reached my goal by a combination of portion control, cardio, and some weight training. I still have flab I am working on, but happy with my weight. It is a challenge to maintain, but using this app and daily weighing myself helps!2
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My original goal was 230. The closer I got to it the more I realized I could and should lose quite a bit more. I'm now at 231 with a new goal of 200. I'll reassess on the way there.5
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I'm 100% confident when I'm dressed and you see my curves. When I'm undressed and I see all the damage that being over weight did to my body - I cringe and cry. I'm working on it but so not there yet.11
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I got to my goal and put back on 3 pounds because it didn't look great.2
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i had been aiming for sub-125 and started doing stronglifts 5x5 when i had about 10 pounds to go, so my expectations for the final result were probably unreasonable. i feel like i chased the weight loss far too aggressively considering what i was trying to do wrt strength at the same time.
it's hard for me to describe exactly waht the problem was once i got down to 120ish, though i myself know exactly what i'm trying to explain. i grew all this muscle - not 'bulk', but very dense, very obvious muscle you couldn't possibly mistake for anything else. and then there'd be these random-looking blobs of fat distributed at odd points on top of it. very visibly 'on top' of the muscle; i think that was what i disliked about it - just this huge difference in visual 'textures' with no real middle ground anywhere. tell you the truth, i liked the long-ago memory of my skinny-fat self a lot better. this was more like being scrawny-fat, and i was disappointed.
it wasn't hard to let go of that specific weight and go back to eating whatever my lifting made me feel like i wanted to eat, which took me back up to 145 over the next year or so - in fact, back to where i had started from. for the past year i've been concentrating on just chipping away at my weight again, and i've just gotten back down to 125ish last month. haven't yet decided what i think this time around, but i guess what i learned was: i want to concentrate more on the 'quality' of the muscle i'm trying to build, if that's possible.3 -
I was very happy with myself but a lot of friends and family criticised some. Although I did probably look thin I felt as if I was always walking on air and that for me was far more important that how I looked. At 68yo health is more important than how I looked. And besides I am in recommended weight range. 1
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I was very happy, Im 5’9”ish and went from 198lb to 172lb with loads of resistance work so I was nice.
I got glandular fever 6months later and put it all back (+14lb) on tho0 -
Yes and no.
I still have a small flabby tummy but the rest of me is very lean now and I don't want to become gaunt (people already tell me that I am!).
I exercise, cardio and strength training and although that has helped my tummy area I think genetics mean that I am highly unlikely to have a flat stomach but I can live with that. With clothes on I look darned slim which is the main thing imo.3 -
Lizakabibbis wrote: »I'm 100% confident when I'm dressed and you see my curves. When I'm undressed and I see all the damage that being over weight did to my body - I cringe and cry. I'm working on it but so not there yet.
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No, therefore new much lower goal.0
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Hard to be happy with all that loose skin on my belly. 3 years later and it's still there
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This may be a vanity sizing issue?I don’t know if I will ever meet my dream goal again. I’m 5 ft 3 and would love to weigh about 135. That is what I weighed in college as a division one athlete. I started this journey at 216. I am now down to 151. The weird thing is I am now a size 6 in pants. When I was 135 I was usually an 8. So although I weigh more I fit in smaller Jeans. It’s really weird and they are the same brand I have always liked.
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This may be a vanity sizing issue?I don’t know if I will ever meet my dream goal again. I’m 5 ft 3 and would love to weigh about 135. That is what I weighed in college as a division one athlete. I started this journey at 216. I am now down to 151. The weird thing is I am now a size 6 in pants. When I was 135 I was usually an 8. So although I weigh more I fit in smaller Jeans. It’s really weird and they are the same brand I have always liked.
I don't think trying to go from 151lbs, BMI 26.75, to 135lbs BMI 23.9 is a vanity issue. Just wanting to get within the normal BMI range.
Vanity sizing has made clothing sizes larger so unfortunately an 8 then could easily be a 6 now.
Cheers, h.2
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