Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 I'm just the opposite: I've always had skinny arms. When I was at my thinnest, my arms looked sickly thin; people commented on how skinny they were. I lift heavy on my arms (bicept curls with 25 pounds!), and I'm pretty strong, but even when my arms are defined, I can't bulk them up, hard as I try. My legs are another story, however. Again, even when I was at my thinnest, I had big thighs. I could wear a 4 in a skirt but not in pants, because they wouldn't fit over my thighs. This last time when I gained weight, though, I gained it most of all in my lower and upper stomach and my back (especially the lower, right where it meets the butt). I've never had fat on my back before; it's gotta be an age thing, since I'm getting closer to 30. Right now as I'm losing weight, my arms (of course) have gotten skinnier, as have my lower legs and my waist and even my hips/butt, but the back/tummy fat has remained. dani > I think you gals are lucky with the legs being the > last place you lose it. In general that means you are > curvy. I'm not. When I am thin I'm almost boy like, > although I haven't been there in a long time, so maybe > after all these kids some things have changed. > However, I know my legs will be thin long before my > upper body. One thing that runs on both sides of my > family is big arms. As one woman put it to me last > year.... " you sure do have big arms for a skinny > chick. " ummm, like I didn't know that, thanks so > much!! I even made myself have a couple of rolls in > my back in my before photo!! " I used to tell my mom, > you know you are fat if you have rolls on your back " > I'm really surprised she never whacked my head clean > off my neck for that....my butt has been bitten, poor > mom. > C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Dani, that is humorous....must be the age? you are twenty something!!!! I'm twenty nine and I won't be using age as an indicator for another thirty one years. I tell my kids they can call me old when I'm one hundred and one!! I know too many " seniors " with way too much energy and far too nice bodies to be getting any granny discounts!! - I guess with all that hard work they have earned it though. I think I'm mentally stuck at twenty three, so maybe when I'm sixty I'll be in for a shock and have to sell all my reflective glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 , I'm 28, and I'm feeling old! Honestly, I can't imagine that age (the difference between 24 and 28) would be a factor, but I can't think of what else it would be. I've NEVER, EVER had tummy/back fat before, not ever, not even when I was at a heavier weight in college (arnd age 19-21). If it's not age, what is it? I've posted something re. this before on this board, but have never received a satisfactory answer. The fat went to all kinds of weird places this time round. Dani > Dani, that is humorous....must be the age? you are > twenty something!!!! I'm twenty nine and I won't be > using age as an indicator for another thirty one > years. I tell my kids they can call me old when I'm > one hundred and one!! I know too many " seniors " with > way too much energy and far too nice bodies to be > getting any granny discounts!! - I guess with all > that hard work they have earned it though. I think > I'm mentally stuck at twenty three, so maybe when I'm > sixty I'll be in for a shock and have to sell all my > reflective glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Must be the age then, I just never looked at it that way, it wouldn't do me any good. Too many years, bed down with gravity, makes things strange. C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 If it's the age now, I'm dreading 40. SIGH. 30 sounds so freakin' old. Already we're bed down with gravity. LOL > Must be the age then, I just never looked at it that > way, it wouldn't do me any good. Too many years, bed > down with gravity, makes things strange. > C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 I'm the nut that hasn't cracked.....I look forward to fifty!! I want to still be riding a board behind a boat when my skin gets in the way and the fish wouldn't dare take a bite!! C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Age is a state of mind; I feel like a little kid pretending to be a grown-up. Of course, it is also a state of gravity. An ongoing battle.... Darn it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Just had to chime in and say that I am 42, started following a serious fitness lifestyle when I was 39, and competed in Body-for-Life in the year 2000 (I placed in the Top 2000 Anyway, I am now 42 and I have never been in better shape, or been stronger in my whole life - it really does get better!! http://www.BodiWizards.com http://www.TakingTheStairs.com Re: Where you lose it > If it's the age now, I'm dreading 40. SIGH. 30 sounds so freakin' > old. Already we're bed down with gravity. LOL > > > > Must be the age then, I just never looked at it that > > way, it wouldn't do me any good. Too many years, bed > > down with gravity, makes things strange. > > C > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2003 Report Share Posted February 6, 2003 Hey now Dani - careful not to offend us old-sters! I turn 41 on March 3! (remember I lost my 40th pound on my 40th birthday?) It can be done with consistency! Park Re: Where you lose it If it's the age now, I'm dreading 40. SIGH. 30 sounds so freakin' old. Already we're bed down with gravity. LOL > Must be the age then, I just never looked at it that > way, it wouldn't do me any good. Too many years, bed > down with gravity, makes things strange. > C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2003 Report Share Posted February 6, 2003 Park, You give me hope! My mother lost 45 pounds when she was 50. I know it can be done. And I don't think 40 or 50 or 60 is old, not for anyone else. I'm just my own harshest critic. Dani > > Must be the age then, I just never looked at it that > > way, it wouldn't do me any good. Too many years, bed > > down with gravity, makes things strange. > > C > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2003 Report Share Posted February 6, 2003 Geee Guys, You are making me feel really bad. I'm 56. I think I look better now than I have in years, at least since I was a teenager. But my mother is a wreck at 85, one of the big reasons for doing BFL is so as to not look and be like her at that age. I do have to be lots more careful to warm up super lots before tying to hit those 10s. Sali -- In , " Becky <rebeccahampton@c...> " <rebeccahampton@c...> wrote: > Age is a state of mind; I feel like a little kid pretending to be a > grown-up. Of course, it is also a state of gravity. An ongoing > battle.... Darn it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2003 Report Share Posted February 7, 2003 Hi Dani, I think age and metabolism can absolutely be a factor. I have always had a small, but curvaceous, trim figure (size 3-5) and never exercised consistently -- all of a sudden around age 26 my body started changing. The pouch in the belly came and my breasts grew and the backfat developed. At age 30 I was overweight for the 1st time in my life and grew to a size 10-12........ so that was huge incentive to work to get my body in shape. The fact is that your metabolism starts to slow down around that age and you start losing 1/2 lb of muscle each year while gaining 1 lb of fat each yr if you do nothing differently than you had before. My eating habits had not changed nor did my routine...so it had to be age and time. Stacie in L.A. Message: 3 Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 19:59:01 -0000 From: run_girl_la Subject: Re: Where you lose it , I'm 28, and I'm feeling old! Honestly, I can't imagine that age (the difference between 24 and 28) would be a factor, but I can't think of what else it would be. I've NEVER, EVER had tummy/back fat before, not ever, not even when I was at a heavier weight in college (arnd age 19-21). If it's not age, what is it? I've posted something re. this before on this board, but have never received a satisfactory answer. The fat went to all kinds of weird places this time round. Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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