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Yes, as I said above, it’s suggesting a 34 DD. That said, when trying on bras yesterday I did not try bending over to get all the tissue in the cup, I was standing up and trying to arrange it “by hand”. Will try the bending over today when I go.

Unfortunately, it’s suggesting a DD, and I’ve already seen by trying things on that even a C cup is massively too big. I seem to be in some weird twilight zone where Bs are too tiny and Cs are as vast as the sea. Apparently JC Penney does bra fitting. I’ll give them a try and see what they say.

I didn’t at all mean to suggest it’s not a real thing, just that what I’m experiencing isn’t actually that but I’m having a hard time describing what’s going on and that sounds kinda similar but not really, cuz no pain, no injury, just bones literally ending up in the wrong location for smooth mobility because they’ve…

Without so much fat on my body, some of my joints seem hypermobile, in particular my shoulders. They don’t literally “dislocate,” but if I’m not mindful I can easily twist around into positions where they slip out of alignment and kind of get “hung up” on things and a bit stuck, so I have to kind of wiggle and shake them…

This was a big one for me, too — never realized how much I had to use railings to help support my weight and spare my knees until I suddenly stopped having to do it.

Haha! Thanks so much, that means a lot. It’s one of those weird things — I’ve always appreciated the graceful neck for instance of Audrey Hepburn, especially since I never thought I “had a neck.” But now that it’s uncovered it seems so strange to me, my head up so high from my shoulders and all the tendons and muscles and…

Yeah, mine is drifting downwards, but far as I can tell hasn’t lessened or lightened any. But, heck, I just shave it off every day, and that’ll be the same whether it’s a single strand or a full beard, so I guess it ultimately doesn’t matter much to me.

Thanks so much, YadaYadaYada64! And everybody else. The support folks give in these forums is so, so valuable!

The top was 75¢ at Salvation Army! LOL! Thrift stores for the win! Thanks everybody! I’m thrilled to finally be at a place to have a success story at goal! I contemplated trying for 125, but realized what’s standing between me and size 4 slacks is actual pelvis bone, just as it kept me out of size 10s when I was a teen.…

I'm 5'3 1/2"-5'4"-ish and am at goal +/- 2lbs of 140. I had originally thought I'd like to get down to 125, but at this weight I am a size 6, my hips are really lean, not much butt to speak of, and I kinda suspect the width of my pelvis is gonna stand between me and smaller pant sizes (don't have much to go on -- have been…

How long your neck is can be really freaky when you’re not used to being able to see most of it. Feel like a swan — and not always in a good way! LOL!

That you’ll go to rub the back of your neck and shoulders and it will feel like a completely different person back there, like you’re rubbing the wrong back!

Yeah, in my experience those who actually need to lose a lot of weight themselves are the ones who never, ever say anything about my weight loss. But it is what it is. So I share and participate here in these forums, especially since there’s stuff even my most supportive friends probably don’t want to hear about nor have…

AnnPT77, I’m sorry. I was speaking from frustration at hearing that advice bandied about pretty much every time “it’s not really loose skin!” comes up on the internet, not in specific response to your post. But I’m glad you elaborated and explained because this is all good and I agree. Certainly, my skin looks a lot better…

I think, to my mind, the bottom line is that if you have lost a large amount of weight (100 lbs +), what you have left when you reach a healthy BMI may well be a combination of actual loose skin and "stubborn" subcutaneous fat, but in my own experience it's unevenly distributed such that most of your body will be extremely…

I’m 5’4”, 138 lbs, and wear a US size 6. I think I’m kind of at the bottom of clothing sizes to fit my frame because my hips are very lean and are the immovable Rock of Gibraltar standing between me and a size 4.

That the day may come when you realize that the thing standing between you and smaller clothing sizes is actual bones, and starving yourself further is not going to shrink your pelvis any.

That you’re going to be cold. All the time.

I “publicly declared” a few weeks ago but actually am still running a deficit because I want a solid 10 lb buffer zone and I don’t need anymore grief from family and friends telling me I need to stop losing. It’s not their decision and none of their business. I am 5’4” tall, weigh 140, down from a high weight of 285, and…

That when I lie on my side and all the skin and guts slide down to the mattress that I’d be able to feel what the back of my pelvis feels like, and the juncture of my femur and hip, and ribs... I’ve never felt my bones before!

I’m 5’4”, 140 lbs, 52 years old, broad frame, desk job, walk an average 12000 step/day, a and I recently had my RMR tested at 1483, with suggested maintenance calories between around 1600-1900 depending on activity level. Only just started maintenance so too soon to tell how that will all work out, but that’s the data I…

Thank you SO much! This made my day!

Thank you for this link! I remember reading that thread back at the very beginning of my weight loss journey, but going back to it now... wow. Yeah, her body is very, very similar to mine at this point, and she has a great attitude. I really fluctuate, widely, on how I feel about it: There's a part of me that "just wants…

Thanks everybody for the support. It's what I love most about this community!

That's interesting, and supports an experience/suspicion I've had as I try to grapple with just what my goal weight should be. My doctor said 140-150, and that she wouldn't want to see me go below 140 because with as broad a frame and build as I have she really didn't think going down to 125 (which had been my goal) would…

Thanks so much. 146 lbs.

I have to admit that even this thread, as awesome and necessary as it is, has me double-thinking my own reality: "Obviously my scale cannot be accurate, because the other ladies in the same ballpark as my height/weight have flatter tummies than I do, or if loose skin it's the crepe-papery thin kind..." Which is to say,…

Age: 52 BMI or Height/Weight/Bone Structure: 23.7, 5’4”/138 lbs/broad frame BF%: 23.5 Number of Pregnancies: 0 Primary form of exercise: ex. Walking Number of years doing aforementioned exercise: 1.25 years

Yunmai scales do.