Posts by bigfatarmsbegone

Original Post by cardioqueen1227:

I don't think you need to lose any more weight. You look great!

 Thanks I'm glad because I'm not losing anymore. :)

Original Post by dolphinclick:

You're probably more active than you're giving yourself credit for.  In my book, running around after a 1 year old (and I'm guess picking up and putting down said 1 year old over and over) is not "light" activity.  It's "moderate" at least.

 Wow! I didn't even realize.

Ok I'm sorry I have to chime in here. I am a mom! I have an 18 month old little boy and I am 120 pounds. I am also 23 years old and 5'4", just like you.

I AM SKINNY. YOU ARE SKINNY AS WELL! I can't believe you would even think for a second at 118 pounds that you are not skinny. If you are not skinny then what does that make me? Seriously...?

Second off yes I do know what it is like to be jealous of skinny moms but guess what that was because I was fat and wasn't doing anything about it at the time. Now that I have been working at it after 25 pounds lost I am very happy with my body.

Also how do you know that these moms are effortlessly skinny? I can tell you I know no one who is effortlessly skinny unless they have a medical condition. They probably work their butts off to stay that thin. And yes some people do have a smaller frame that’s just the way life is. It all has to do with genetics. I am bigger up top with really skinny legs. That’s just the way I am shaped and I can't change that. If people are skinny right after they had their baby it’s either because A. they were very careful to eat well during their pregnancy. B. They have something medically wrong with them. You don’t know what their eating habits are like. They may not eat at all for all you know. Breast feeding also has a major affect on some women and helps them burn off calories really fast.

 I remember when I moved to the place I am now over a year ago, a girl my age was in my church who also had a baby about my age and she was 118 pounds just like you. At the time I was 150 pounds and SO JEALOUS OF HER. Well guess what. I ended up becoming friends with this girl and I got to know her really well. She showed me pictures of when she first had her baby and it turns out that I judged her unfairly because she had lost a whooping 45 pounds after her pregnancy. She was huge before she decided to do something about it and here I was thinking she was effortlessly skinny when she really worked hard to lose all the baby weight. I'm glad she never knew I was jealous or I would have been really embarrassed.

I'm really not trying to offend you but I think you may have serious body issues if you are still dissatisfied with yourself at 118 pounds. Maybe you should talk to someone about that because you are completely fine.

At 23 years old you should be shopping in the women's department. You are no longer a junior. There is no reason to be jealous of people in size 0's at the age of 40. I would be concerned because they most likely have something wrong with them maybe some kind of medical condition that makes them that thin. I know a woman like that... anyway.

The last time I was a size 0 was probably when I was 12. I have been a size 2 to 3 ever since I was 14 and I am very happy with that. BECAUSE I AM THIN.

Face it you are one of those skinny moms and people are probably jealous of you for looking the way you do. Just think about that. :)

I am addicted to diet coke so I have one a day. It has not affected my dieting. It does not make me hungry. it actually fills me up. I have lost about 25 pounds so far. If you want it, drink it. It doesn't screw up weight loss.

Original Post by cc31:

I think you need to relax a little bit and see how much you actually maintain on.  Maintenance takes a bit of playing around with calories/exercise until you find out where YOUR balance is.  You don't say if you have gained weight. 

If I were you, I would keep the exercise to about an hour, at most, and then watch the scale.  If you see the weight creeping up, either cut back on your calories or up your exercise a little.  Also, from the sounds of it (family visiting, etc) your life right now isn't really following your normal routine.  If that is the case, then I wouldn't worry about it, and take it as a "holiday gain" - just keep up with your normal exercise, and then you can watch your intake for a bit once your relatives leave and life returns to normal.  

The important thing though is that you don't want to be obsessing.  And you certainly don't want to risk injuring yourself with 2 hours of exercise a day!! 

 Thanks I think you are right. My family has left and I'm already settled back into my old routine. I was just freaking out over nothing.

Original Post by minda_spk:

invest in a heartrate monitor that calculates calories burned. It will give you a fairly accurate account of how many calories you burn while exercising.

 Cool. Thanks. I'll have to look into those.

Thanks everyone!  I think it could have been me not breathing or warming up correctly. I'll have to work on those things.

Original Post by asiodlak:

i feel your pain. my family is always on my back about how much exercise i am doing and how little i am eating when in the long run i am just being healthy, exercising, and spacing out my meals inside of indulging 3 times a day.

stick to your healthy ways, you'll find more satisfaction in yourself than you will from others but who really cares what they think as long as you are happy. =)

 I know! I have been eating crap all this week (cause with my family here sadly I have a hard time resisting). And I have managed to pretty much maintain my current weight with two hours of exercise everyday. My family not only makes fun of me for exercising but they actually get mad at me and say that I don't need to....(like hell I don't need to.) They say I am already skinny and a couple of days of pigging out won't hurt me... (um more like a week not just days and yes it will make me gain if I don't do something to burn it off.)

 I say to them "Um you understand when you eat  thousands upon thousands of calories a day and then just sit around it just sticks to you right?" They just get annoyed with me. I am just being honest. I am actually proud of myself for not just sitting on my ass and for getting up and paying the price for my actions. It was me who decided to pig out not them, but at least I could help myself recover with exercise.

Original Post by pschristmas:

Original Post by bigfatarmsbegone:

 I'm tired of people asking me what the secret to weight loss is. There is no secret! Sometimes I just want to yell at them"THE SECRET IS... DON'T EAT SO MUCH! and it not a secret it's just plain common sense." Whenever they hear about my keeping a food diary or this site they stick their noses up in the air and claim it's too hard. Well sorry folks life is hard. Losing weight is not any different. I am so sick of it.... sorry just needed a rant.

Oh, yeah! LOL! It's almost comical to watch how disappointed people get when I tell them what I'm doing. One woman said, "Oh. You're doing it the right way." She sounded so let down. I think she was hoping to hear that I'd used magic pixie dust or something.

Good luck with the family.  There's a proverb: No man is a prophet in his own home town.

 lol glad I'm not alone in feeling that way sometimes.

I've never eaten less than 1200 a day unless I was sick...Even before I started counting. I don't know how anyone would be able to only eat 400 in a day but whatever.

I started in size 8 jeans at about 150 pounds. Now I'm about 123 pounds and I'm in a size 2 jeans. I started to be able to fit into my size 2 when I was about 130 pounds. My legs have always been the thinnest part on my body my arms are still the biggest. but luckily now I'm finally in a small size shirt instead of a medium so I must be losing something up there! :)

Original Post by priceless7:

im really glad you asked this question cuz i was kind of wondering the same thing.

also to add to your question - lets say i have eaten all my calories for the day, its 10:00 PM and im about to go to bed but i get hungry urges really bad. is it okay to indulge in a diet coke to fill me up instead of reaching for food?

 Of course it's ok. a diet coke is 0 calories. It will however make you gain a little weight because of the sodium. if you want to get rid of the water weight ironically you have to drink more water.

I would also think drinking a soda that late could keep you awake. but if  you think it won't keep you up by all means go ahead.

thanks to everyone who replied. I'm feeling tons better!

Thanks for the advice everyone. It's nice to know I am not the only one who has ever felt akward after losing weight.

Well besides wanting to look good which is a common reason...

I don't want to find out I have diabetes in 5 years. My mom found out she had diabetes when she was about 30. I don't want to ever have that. I'm beating genetics.