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Does This Uterus Make My Stomach Look Fat?
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Evelyn_Gorfram wrote: »I apologize for calling perhaps-unwanted attention to it, but I just love how your bellybutton scars look like a stick-figure drawing of an antlered pagan Moon Goddess.
I love that description! If you're gonna have a scar, that's definitely a cool one to have!
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Age: 34
BMI: 22.2
BF%: no idea
Number of Pregnancies: 3, all 41 weeks or longer
Primary form of exercise: walking
Length of time: 5 months
Conditions: my gall blader was removed when I was 21
Plank pic: (yeah.. I don't plank)
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middlehaitch wrote: »@ythannah, you visuals are beautiful, but please eat more so you are not underweight as per BMI.
I do know BMI has to be taken in congunction with other body metrics, but as a lightweight myself, I think you are probably not at a healthy weight.
Spoken out of concern, not criticism.
Cheers, h.
Just curious. If @ythannah had not posted her stats (BMI in particular) would her pictures alone have generated your comments. To me she looks in amazing shape, very strong and muscular. Don't want to derail this discussion because it really puts things back to reality as to what real women look like at all ages and weights and body shapes and history, but your concerned comment had me curious.32 -
Forgot the best one!
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middlehaitch wrote: »@ythannah, you visuals are beautiful, but please eat more so you are not underweight as per BMI.
I do know BMI has to be taken in congunction with other body metrics, but as a lightweight myself, I think you are probably not at a healthy weight.
Spoken out of concern, not criticism.
Cheers, h.
Thank you
I am the hard gainer poster child, I have my father's physique. It has taken me over 30 years to gain 14 bs. Being underweight all my life was one of the things that motivated me to take up lifting as I was hoping to add muscle weight and, more importantly, increase my bone density.
My doctor isn't concerned at all, my health markers are excellent (other than hypertension, which I also inherited from my dad) and I almost never get sick.... the last time I had the flu was in 1983, and my last cold was two or three years ago!56 -
I really had to think for a while until I decided to post here as I am fairly slim and have somewhat ok core strength. But to show that I also have an uterus pouch when standing relaxed here are my photos, right from my summer vacation (ignore the mess in the bedroom
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BMI or Height/Weight/Bone Structure: 169cm, about 61kg (no scale here), wide pelvis and shoulders, tiny wrists.
Possibly still some flight water retention, and doms (Big time!
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Age: 44
BF%: If you know: no idea. Unless BF stands for blue 'flecks', which is always a very high percentage. I just bruise easily
Number of Pregnancies: none
Medical Conditions affecting appearance: scoliosis and other strange things with my spine. But strength training improves my posture
Primary form of exercise: bodyweight exercises, hiking if I feel like it, sitting behind a computer
Number of years doing aforementioned exercise: On and off for 5 years
Relaxed:
Flexed:
Plank (the truth!
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SummerSkier wrote: »middlehaitch wrote: »@ythannah, you visuals are beautiful, but please eat more so you are not underweight as per BMI.
I do know BMI has to be taken in congunction with other body metrics, but as a lightweight myself, I think you are probably not at a healthy weight.
Spoken out of concern, not criticism.
Cheers, h.
Just curious. If @ythannah had not posted her stats (BMI in particular) would her pictures alone have generated your comments. To me she looks in amazing shape, very strong and muscular. Don't want to derail this discussion because it really puts things back to reality as to what real women look like at all ages and weights and body shapes and history, but your concerned comment had me curious.
No, I would not have thought of ythannah as underweight from the visuals, like I said she does have a beautiful body.
I was concerned, and that was all.
Thank you for not derailing such a wonderful thread.
@ythannah, thank you so much for taking my concern as it was intended, and for clarifying.
Cheers, h.20 -
Oh, wow - thank you so much for posting this!So I've never shared these photos with anyone !
Age 27
Highest weight 295
Lowest 196
Current 230ish (yup I gained some back)
1 pregnancy now I dont have any conditions but I do have what's called a B belly and it makes me cringe everytime I look in the mirror. Btw this picture was at my lowest . As you can see when I pull up my underwears above my b belly you cant tell (at least that's what I tell myself)
I'm at the starting end of a hundred-plus pound journey, and one of my fears has been just what I might look like if when I get to my goal weight. And now I know that while I might not look perfect, if I look at all like you, I will be beautiful!
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I just want to say I totally appreciate all the unmade beds in the pictures! It's refreshing to see posts with real backgrounds instead of magazine fluff.45
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funjen1972 wrote: »I just want to say I totally appreciate all the unmade beds in the pictures! It's refreshing to see posts with real backgrounds instead of magazine fluff.
Be happy I didn't take those photos at home, as my bedlinnen are VERY colourful (ok, I don't have a mirror in the bedroom)3 -
Thank you for this thread. My 13 year old was trying on her uniform (back to school next week yay!) and was complaining about how her tummy s not flat enough for pencil skirts.
She's a healthy weight but poor posture due to cerebral palsy so I showed her this thread explained the ladies are a healthy weight and all have a little curve from those womanly organs
She perked up so I asked her why she thought her stomach wasn't the right shape........ Bloody magazines aimed at teens with photos of celebs
She's read them at friends homes, I buy her magazines like teen breathe that talk about the environment and self care rather than looks50 -
ruqayyahsmum wrote: »Thank you for this thread. My 13 year old was trying on her uniform (back to school next week yay!) and was complaining about how her tummy s not flat enough for pencil skirts.
She's a healthy weight but poor posture due to cerebral palsy so I showed her this thread explained the ladies are a healthy weight and all have a little curve from those womanly organs
She perked up so I asked her why she thought her stomach wasn't the right shape........ Bloody magazines aimed at teens with photos of celebs
She's read them at friends homes, I buy her magazines like teen breathe that talk about the environment and self care rather than looks
yep and tell her shes beautiful no matter what. everyone is special in their own way being different is better than being like everyone else.11 -
ruqayyahsmum wrote: »Thank you for this thread. My 13 year old was trying on her uniform (back to school next week yay!) and was complaining about how her tummy s not flat enough for pencil skirts.
She's a healthy weight but poor posture due to cerebral palsy so I showed her this thread explained the ladies are a healthy weight and all have a little curve from those womanly organs
She perked up so I asked her why she thought her stomach wasn't the right shape........ Bloody magazines aimed at teens with photos of celebs
She's read them at friends homes, I buy her magazines like teen breathe that talk about the environment and self care rather than looks
I am so thankful I am not a teen now, being bombarded with all these filtered and posed and digitally altered images of impossibly perfect standards of ideal female beauty. I can't think what that does to a young woman's self image.16 -
Standing looks all flat & tone. Then sitting shows the reality of the side rolls 😂
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ruqayyahsmum wrote: »Thank you for this thread. My 13 year old was trying on her uniform (back to school next week yay!) and was complaining about how her tummy s not flat enough for pencil skirts.
She's a healthy weight but poor posture due to cerebral palsy so I showed her this thread explained the ladies are a healthy weight and all have a little curve from those womanly organs
She perked up so I asked her why she thought her stomach wasn't the right shape........ Bloody magazines aimed at teens with photos of celebs
She's read them at friends homes, I buy her magazines like teen breathe that talk about the environment and self care rather than looks
Even celebrities wear Spanx when they wear pencil skirts. Just like you don't see the photoshop that goes over the outfit, you don't see the support garments under the outfit!23 -
Back with more pics:
Side view, slouching, standing normally, flexing/posing/sucking it in:
And for added funsies, standing normally (no thigh gap), simple pose shift, instant thigh gap! And I think it makes my boobs stick out more. Honestly, I don't think you can tell from the picture I'm standing funny, but you could in person.
I didn't move my feet apart at all. I just rotated my bum out and back, makes the waist smaller, the boobs stick out, and can fake a thigh gap, apparently. I went through a site (I think listed on here) where instagram models talked about how they posed....nothing online is real, apparently.43 -
rheddmobile wrote: »ruqayyahsmum wrote: »Thank you for this thread. My 13 year old was trying on her uniform (back to school next week yay!) and was complaining about how her tummy s not flat enough for pencil skirts.
She's a healthy weight but poor posture due to cerebral palsy so I showed her this thread explained the ladies are a healthy weight and all have a little curve from those womanly organs
She perked up so I asked her why she thought her stomach wasn't the right shape........ Bloody magazines aimed at teens with photos of celebs
She's read them at friends homes, I buy her magazines like teen breathe that talk about the environment and self care rather than looks
Even celebrities wear Spanx when they wear pencil skirts. Just like you don't see the photoshop that goes over the outfit, you don't see the support garments under the outfit!
Yup we spoke about spanks as it was mentioned on a show she was watching
We had a chat about Photoshop earlier today
A friend of mine put new pictures up on Facebook (shes put them on dating sites too)
In the picture she looks to be a UK 8/US 4 and about 21-25 years old...... We saw her last week she's about a UK 18/US 14 and looks about 40
That helped her understand how photos can be altered to hide reality
I even showed her the filters on my phone that can narrow the face, smooth out lumps and fix blemishes28 -
Love your mom muffin top.
Embrace it.
Let it be a reminder that you created life and wear it like a badge of honor!4
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