Losing Weight

 Do you have a full body pic to post? 5'6 120 sounds nice and slim to me. I have a friend who is 5'9 140 and looks a little too slim. Bigger than you were might be a good thing! Toning up is good, but please please don't do diet pills!

I agree, weight/size is not really the best indicator of health.  My SIL is several sizes larger than me but looks very slim and runs marathons!  I weigh about 40lbs less than her now but b/c of my body shape I have to actually BE very skinny to look slim (I was a gymnast and have a body shape like a rectangle, not very feminine). 

However I can relate to being thinner, gaining, and wanting to be thin again.  I lost a little over 25lbs Jan-April even though I was not overweight to begin with.  But I used to be a competitive gymnast and have always been depressed about my body, knowing that at one time I WAS thin and in shape.  I know I will never be that again (duh I can't work out for hours each day!) but I gave it a good run (literally) and it was easier than I thought, once I committed.  For me it was an all-or-nothing commitment.  I made a LOT of changes all at once and it was a mental game to stick with it but I stuck it out.  I have not lost weight since April, which for me is good b/c it proves I can maintain my new weight without having to count calories and run every single day.  I think getting back in shape upped my metabolism so I am burning more calories even when at rest.  I went from a size 8/10 to a size 2/4 so if I can do it, hell ANYONE can!!  I've been so lazy the past few years, lol.  The other plus was I got to buy an entire new wardrobe, twice!  I want to lose about 7 more lbs but I'll just do that as it happens, no rush.  I've been so busy lately I can't be as strict with diet and exercise as I was during the spring.

Or, get rid of the boyfriend with the mouth that's just aching for a fat lip. That's a loss of dead weight, right there.

ron2

Or, get rid of the boyfriend with the mouth that's just aching for a fat lip. That's a loss of dead weight, right there.

Good one Ron, but true. I had a boyfriend once, who always called me chubby. I was never thin enough, and he compared me to celebrities!!! In my mind at the time, I wanted to make him happy, so I kept losing weight. That's when I weighed my lightest at 103, I worked out alot, hardly ate, I pretty much had a problem but he put it in my head so much that when I started looking in the mirror I seen imperfections and needed to fix them. We obviously aren't together anymore, but I never bounced back from the weight issue which is why I work out so much to this day and constantly think I'm fat when I look in the mirror. DH gets sick of it at times because he doesn't think I am, but no matter how many times I hear from people that I'm not fat, I always feel like I am or I can improve areas. So take it from someone who has been there, don't listen to a man, and don't lose weight to please a man, it never gets better.

Chuffy

No no no...  You don't sound like you are eating too much at all and you NEED some fat in your diet.  Lose the little fat you are eating and your skin, hair and nails will all suffer. 

This is true!  I was on a diet plan last year (a regional place here in GA), and every day you were required to eat certain amounts of certain food types (carbs, fats, proteins, fruits, etc).  They stressed to us at the beginning that we MUST get our daily fat intake, or the above can happen.  They told a story of one lady who came in and her hair was falling out!  Turns out she wasn't doing her daily fat portions.  It scared the bejeezus out of me, so I was diligent in making sure I didn't forget my fat every day! 

yeah, apparently you need the fat to process certain vitamins or something...

this is the full extend of my knowledge on nutrition! lol

go on...

jennyx0023

Good one Ron, but true. I had a boyfriend once, who always called me chubby. I was never thin enough, and he compared me to celebrities!!! In my mind at the time, I wanted to make him happy, so I kept losing weight. That's when I weighed my lightest at 103, I worked out alot, hardly ate, I pretty much had a problem but he put it in my head so much that when I started looking in the mirror I seen imperfections and needed to fix them.

You need to delete the "pretty much" out of that sentence. Maybe I seem brutal but I really do mean that in the NICEST possible way.  We all see imperfections in the mirror because NONE of us are perfect.  But to act on them like that.... woah, you will make yourself ill

PLEASE DON'T DIET.  If you want to tone up, get fitter, improve your energy levels and self confidence then GREAT - but do more exercise and stop worrying about what you eat or what size you are.  

If your boyfriend says anything... ignore him or tell him where to get off. 

Here's a tip my sister gave me - visualisation!  IMAGINE yourself as a toned, fit, slim person.  The way she put it was, watch a film of yourself (the Slim You) in your head, make it as vivid as you can and then... step into it. (Does that make sense) I did this after having my baby and a few weeks later I was wearing my pre-pregnancy jeans (and they fit better than before )