Thursday 13 June 2013

Gah, Photos

Okay, I decided to take the next plunge, and post my before pics :(  Can't get them to post side-by-side. Before taking the pics, I was thinking "I'm fairly happy with my upper arms".  However, in this position you can't tell that they are pretty toned, no flapping underarms.  Like Eowyn, I'm sad to see my VPL showing up my droopy butt.
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  1. Anonymous13 June 2013 at 13:16

    I dragged my second photo up to get it to stay beside the first one. It didn't want to, but I kept dragging it (along with some salty verbal encouragement) and it finally stayed there.

    I wish I didn't have any flappy underarms! haha I was watching myself in the mirror today during the workout and whenever I did a squat I was like 'Oh my god, my belly is so huge it gets squished onto my thighs in this position. Gah!!' ;)

    I know I can't talk because I, too, am in a 'normal weight range' and see myself as fat -- but I think these photos look great. You have lots about you to envy. And I do! :)

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    1. Anonymous13 June 2013 at 13:18

      (Envy you, that is. I always rather thought boobies would be nice to have. Never happened. ha ha)

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    2. Neopagan Priestess13 June 2013 at 17:59

      I quite like boobies, I must admit :) Even when I was so skinny I didn't have periods (around 18 BMI) I still had B-cup boobs. It's one of the reasons I'd be happy at 22.5 BMI or whatever - I'm naturally curvy, so I'll always have a bit of extra weight from that! Still, I'd like a waistline again...

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    3. Anonymous15 June 2013 at 21:29

      Oh well, I never had them, even when I was pregnant, it made little difference. After all these years, I'm pretty much used to it. :) I quite like my frame when it's thinner, it's quite sporty looking. I do love having collar bones, and no dimples on the thighs, no matter which way I twist or turn them (not the case now).

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    4. Neopagan Priestess16 June 2013 at 08:41

      Yes, you have much more of the rangy, sporty physique than me. The irony of genetics, as I've been an exercise junkie for 20 years, and still don't look sporty :)

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  2. Siddaleah14 June 2013 at 08:32

    Oh my gosh. Both of you. Skinny ladies! I do understand because I thought I was fat when really I was not fat at all, but seriously, neither one of you have any worries as far as the appearance of your bodies go. Nothing wrong with firming up and adding exercise and good eating for health, but your bodies look perfect to me. :-)

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    1. Neopagan Priestess14 June 2013 at 11:50

      Thanks, Siddaleah, but as you say, it's about perception, too. I feel fat, and that I have no waist (not helped by having had a child and several other pregnancies). Although I know I'm not clinically overweight, I am close to the heaviest I've ever been, and I notice it impacting my joints. Also, my DH took up fasting at the end of last year, and is in the best shape he's been in since his twenties, which makes me feel frumpy in comparison. Doesn't help that we're the same age and all our male friends are with younger women. All told, I'm not happy, and that's something worth remedying :)

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    2. Anonymous15 June 2013 at 21:31

      Thanks, Siddaleah. For me, I'm afraid of getting back to 215 lbs where I started. I don't want to be someone who was skinny for a couple of years and that was that. Twenty pounds is completely unacceptable because of where it could lead. You know?

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    3. Neopagan Priestess16 June 2013 at 08:42

      I agree, crossing that threshold into being clinically overweight scares me - a slippery slope!

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