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I'm with you. I'm anywhere from 5 to 8 pounds. I think its 3 to 5 pounds of PMS bloat and another 2 to 4 caused by high salt/fat/sugar foods that inevitably make their way into my diet for those three or four days leading up to my period and make me retain water like crazy. I seriously puff up like a marshmallow. It always…

I'm 28, 5'4, weigh and weigh 127. Bust - 36 Waist - 25.5 Hips - 34

That it took 3 months after coming off birth control to get pregnant. My daughter being born 9 months after I ran out certainly dispels that myth. Also I used to think eyelash curlers were just tiny curling irons for your eyelashes. They sounded terrifying and I always wondered how people didn't burn their eyes.

Donuts. The combination of overly sweet yet bland... yuck. I don't like most types of cookies either for the same reason. Also I hate chocolate and peanut butter together which is my husband's favorite. It works out well though because I'm not tempted by his peanut butter cups and chocolate peanut butter ice cream and he…

When I was in high school I was no longer overweight, but I did have very big boobs. There were some guys in one of my classes that used to try to throw change down the front of my shirt and would say derogatory things to me. So things like that do happen to skinny and average weight people. And when I was obese in Junior…

This entire article describes my younger brother. I lived this for years until I moved out just to get away from him. He was extremely unstable and violent from a very young age. My mom did everything she could possible have done to get him the help he needed. Medications, years of therapy, nothing helped for more than…

I got a breast lift and implants last August when I was within 10 pounds of my goal weight. I was obese during adolescence and was an F cup by 7th grade. When I lost the weight they sagged terribly. 3 pregnancies in 3 years with a combined 3 years of breastfeeding and going from 190 pounds to 127 made them worse than I…

I'm 28 and I still shop in the Junior's section. I would love to not have to shop there but I don't have a choice if I want clothes that fit my body. I'm stuck wearing plain v-neck t-shirts and jeans all the time because all the other clothes in that section are way too young looking for me to be wearing. I go try on…

This is an excellent post. Something is really wrong with the situation you described. Casual prescription pain medication use can escalate quickly. My younger brother took it occasionally. Soon it wasn't occasionally. It was every day. In increasingly large amounts. Until he died two years ago at the age of 23 from…

It can be really difficult to move past the things people have said to you. I was obese by the time I hit junior high and the kids there were brutal. The popular guys used to ask out fat girls just to laugh at them and mock them if they said yes. Luckily I was aware of that so knew to just say no or walk away. They used to…

My favorite girl name is Delaney and my favorite boy name is Blake. I also love the name Seth but it just didn't feel right for either of my boys for some reason. My kids are Delaney Rose, Connor Daniel and Owen Blake. My husband wouldn't let me have it for a first name but I at least got Blake in somewhere! If I was going…

Yesterday at the park another mom I was talking to thought I was my kids' babysitter. I can't decide whether to take it as a compliment or stop shopping in the Juniors department. :laugh: Also a few months ago my husband was drunk and told me I had an *kitten* that wouldn't quit. Picture a glasses-wearing button-up- shirt…

I'm 5'4 and 130 pounds. My highest weight that I know, although I think I was heavier at one point, was 185. My goal is 120 pounds and to lose the jiggle on my arms and butt/thighs. I thought my goal weight would be 125 but I am definitely more than 5 pounds away from what I want. My frame is somewhere between small and…

This is exactly the same as me, except I'm 5'4 and 130.

I feel like I look almost exactly the same as 30 pounds ago. I honestly don't know if its because I thought I was a lot skinnier then than I actually was or I think I'm a lot bigger now than I actually am. I guess its probably somewhere in between those two. I wear a 5/7 in Juniors yet I still feel enormous.

Me too! When my kids were babies they would cry and want to be fed whenever I was trying to eat, it never failed. I learned to shovel my food fast if I wanted to finish it before it got cold sitting there for a half hour while I fed a baby. I like eating fast though. I don't know why, it just feels more satisfying to me to…

"This is 100% true, actually. I just went for my breast lift/augmentation consultation appointment yesterday and there was a huge section on this in the information given to me. Its one of the reasons I waited until after I had kids to do it." [/quote] I've had augmentation and I belong to a wonderful group with 1000's of…

"Breast surgery to perk em up can make breast feeding not a possibility." [/quote] That is simply not true. Please research this surgery before saying things like this that discourage people. [/quote] This is 100% true, actually. I just went for my breast lift/augmentation consultation appointment yesterday and there was a…

I am the same way. So I do kind of a combination of big and small meals. I eat 2 or 3 light meals during the day, totaling around 600 calories. Which leaves me 700 calories for a big, satisfying dinner that keeps me filled up til I go to bed so I don't have any urge to snack at night. I do make sure to eat very high…

I have my consult appointment for a boob job tomorrow so I would say I'm serious about it! =) My boobs have been bad my whole life after being obese during puberty. They have always been unattractive and saggy. I wanted a lift and implants before I had kids but I'm glad I waited, because after 3 pregnancies and 3 years…

Curvy. My measurements are 36-26-36 and I'm only 5'4. There is really no other way to describe my body type, lol. I think a cross between curvy and athletic would be perfect. I'll get there someday.

For sure Gap and Old Navy. I see a lot of other people agree with that! I tried on size 2 pants from Gap this weekend and they fit, and actually were a little big on me. I'm 5'4 and 130 pounds. Its just ridiculous. I wear a size 7 in Juniors or a loose 6/tight 4 in Misses (I'm in the middle right now). I sure as hell don't…

I do all of the cooking, cleaning and laundry. I'm a stay at home mom and my husband works full time as well as goes to school full time. He helps pick up or does the dishes once and awhile, I always appreciate it when he does but I never expect it. I am much happier if he has free time for him to spend it with the kids or…

I did, and it was not worth it at all. I did all right up to around 9pm when my son freaked out during fireworks so I came back inside with him, and proceeded to snack on a huge bowl of Doritos that were still sitting out. They weren't even that good! I also ate a cookie and a brownie. I added almost 1000 calories to my…

Oh my gosh, this wasn't meant at you! I'm so sorry. I guess my irritation at the way its used on these forums came out a little harsh. =) I had no idea what it was either until I came here, I had never heard of it.

Pretty much. While most of the definitions given on this thread are correct its the way people use it that is the problem. Acceptable body fat levels for women go up to 32%. Yet anyone here without visible muscles is labeled as skinny fat which is really insulting. I'm at 24% according to my body fat scale and online…

Look for ones that have overlapping ingredients and group them up, then plan them out for the week. For example, I don't keep things like cabbage or cilantro around all the time. So when I do buy them I make sure I have recipes planned out that will use all of it during the week so they don't go to waste. Like baked egg…

I just eyeball most things. I don't own a food scale. I've been doing this for awhile so I am really good at estimating portion sizes. To someone just starting out measuring portions is crucial to understanding proper portion sizes. I also always enter in a little more than I think I had just to be safe. I do however…

For me its definitely about looks. I was plenty healthy at 150 - 160. It wasn't much overweight for my height and I don't carry fat around my stomach which is the most harmful type. I didn't get winded walking up stairs, I could jog, my blood pressure was great. But I want to be thin! I'm down to 132 and would like to drop…

I'm 5'4 and weigh 132, my waist is 26".