Globetrotter

The only clothes I feel happy in are my mid-calf length workout leggings from Maratek, a loose tee and my college hoodie, everything else makes me feel porcine.

So still no good reason why I'm not losing weight. What 5'3" body wants to stay at a bone crushing 189 pounds?? I'm drowning in flab and my psychotic body is happy to just let it happen. Tonight at the gym I will just run and stretch, no weights.

Holy $h!t balls man, that's a lot of exercise! How many calories are you taking in? I'm getting a wee bit frustrated because the example of my workout I listed about is what I do every day (I change it up a little) and at 750 cals I haven't lost a pound in 2 weeks :/ My water could definitely be better, I'm probably only getting about 48 oz a day.

@Arts - it's only 105 lbs, I have another 57 lbs to goal :/ @Lipstick - girl, I've tried it all, there is no rhyme or reason to the carb craze. Some days I start off with a Protein shake and I'm full all day, other days I start off with a shake and can't stop eating all dang day.

Today I answered the siren call of the carbs, and I'm so ashamed - started the day off with a half serving of frosted mini-wheats. Lunch saw me eat a bite EACH of: pizza, pasta shells, yakisoba noodles, roasted potatoes, AND a gyro with yogurt sauce. And, I just had a pop-tart. I .... don't know what got into me. I'm on my way to the gym now to run like mad and lift punishing weights and dinner will be plain tuna.

LOLOLOL, have relations!!!! Sounds like the best diet ever!!!!

Last night I ran a quick 10 minutes on the treadmill to warm up then lifted - upper and lower body, for about 30 minutes, followed by yoga/pilates strength training (down dogs, planks, scissors, etc) followed by mashing out the muscles. Today I am a bloated sausage! My puffy little fingers can barely type, every piece of clothing that touches my skin feels like a sausage casing! And no, it isn't TOM. Yesterday I had some strawberries, a protein shake, soup chicken soup some baked chicken and half a protein bar.

I wouldn't say no to some care packages full of green drink powder!!

I have been doing this now for 2 weeks and the scale is still playing with the same 2 pounds; one day it is 191.2, the next day it is 189.6, etc. etc. I started out high cardio and pilates, then switched it up to weight lifting with intense cardio just for warming up. The carbs stay under 45, the cals under 800 and still, nothing.

Breakfast - protein shake, gluten free Pamela bar Lunch - chicken and rice soup 1 C Dinner - chicken leg 3 oz snack - 1 oz jerky, handful of fritos

I am almost 3 years out, have yet to reach goal, surgery weight 294, 18 months later 164 lbs, 9 months after that 189 lbs. Back on low cal trying to get off the regain and keep going to goal of 130. It took me SIX MONTHS to lose the 18 pounds from 183 to 164 and I worked out like a maniac 6 days a week intense weights and cardio, and kept low cal low carb so WHAT THE EFF. -.-

Sugar free lollipops to give your mouth something to do for an extended time, beef jerky for those who desire chewy, a baggy filled with one serving of flavored almonds for the crunch factor, and if you absolutely must have that salty buttery taste of popcorn - A serving of Buttered Popcorn flavored Jelly Belly jelly beans, they are amazing!

18 pounds in 6 months. -.-

MY biggest pet peeve on VST, apart from people spelling lose incorrectly (one o, ONE!!) are the humblebraggers. Urgh, it's like jr high bathroom all over again, where a thin girl loudly proclaims herself to be fat and then waits to hear the chorus of "no you're not, you are SO PRETTY!" Our VST version is the humblebragger who talks about being unable to stop losing weight and oh how worried they are! Does anyone know how I can go about cramming in some calories! Then, come to find out, the person is living off of like, a few ounces of protein a day while exercising so duh of course they are still losing weight, and when they get sound advice from posters they have an answer for how that can't work for them. that's when you realize they were just looking for pats and admiration, not help. I've been on VST for 3 years now and I have seen this more than a few times. Who knows, if I ever get skinny maybe I will indulge in a little of it myself but in the mean time, *eye roll*.

Fiddle - I think they have creatine powders, or protein powders that are high in creatine? Butter - I luuuv the foam rollers, but I am deployed and don't have access to that sort of fanciness so it's a tennis ball for me. Back home at the end of a WOD at Crossfit we would take the bars minus weights and start at a joint and roll the bar down the muscle, it was enough to make even the gnarliest dudes whimper but we all kept doing it because of the unbelievable rush/flood of release and euphoria afterward.

Yeah, that's another thing, I'm well over 100 lbs lighter than in my DL photo and it was a terrible pic anyway, yet nobody every doubts its me when I show it at clubs or whatever. I was kinda hoping for somebody to at least do a double take :/

Go find it, hunter!

I started out as a ... I think I was a 46G? And (after I lose a little regain here) I will be a 34 DD. The problem though is that although the volume is gone, the mass isn't. So I can pack and fold all of the empty boob skin into a smaller bra, but it's still there. Plus there is what used to be side bulges that are now empty but again, the skin remains. So yes, I would very much like to have a shaping done, Maybe concurrent with a total body contouring, wherein the fat taken from the rest of my body is purified and put into my newly reduced and shaped breasts. Once at goal I would like to be a 32 or 34 full C.

What I find disturbing is that I have kept a "changes" album, documenting my journey in photographs from my highest weight until my lowest (to date), I recreated that album here in a short version and the photo of me at my heaviest? I don't think I look any different now. I know *I know* that I do, obviously I could not have begun to pour myself into a size 16 back then, my 24s were tight, but I look at *her* and feel that that is me, currently. Go look for yourself in my photo album ... A frustration also for me is that because I am so short, with all of my weight in my curves (hips, breasts, belly) I am STILL in plus sizes. Even when I was super fit a year ago before my recent regain (I got down to 164) my size 10 Levis were sausage casing tight. If I were wearing something that was truly comfortable it still would have been a 14! I'm currently losing weight again and the size 16s that were creating unsightly lower gut biforcation are now hanging nicely, but I know if I even attempted to put on one size smaller it would be sausageville. I have one pair of pants, cords from J Crew, that are a regular size 12. I wore them from 190 to 164 and at 164 they still fit perfectly fine, even a tad snug! I'm currently 189 and I know those dang pants are going to be wearable for another 50 pounds! GRR!!

*mental note: run into aroundhky after lunch* Did you read my bit about the pleasure-flooding of the body and synapsis after lifting? I'm really not exaggerating, it's amazing! Now I just need a trainer

Do we know which hormones exactly? Is it just testosterone or are there others? T gets all the credit but I know there are other major chemicals at play..

since starting this thread I have concentrated on weights; I do a short (10 min) fast cardio warm up then do upper body weights rotations, followed by lower body (squats, pilates crunches, etc.) followed by several sun salutes (downdog). I finish it off with my favorite part of the day, mashing out the muscle fibers with a tennis ball, OMFG this is amazing! It is so freakin pleasurable I can't even describe it, only that it hurts so good! Fiddleman, when and how should one take the creatine?

Red marks. If something is too tight it will leave impressions on your skin. Because of my weight distribution I have been tempted to buy those pregnancy jeans with the regular sized legs and stretchy waistband, with my chubby lower belly and extra skin, my legs get lost in pants that fit my waist.

I am still eating like a post-op, btw KaliMomo3, that diet doesn't need a special name, that's justhow we are all supposed to be eating, period lolol. I lost 5, paused, went up 2, paused, went down 3, and am currently (hopefully) on a losing swing. My chemistry is just unfortunately super efficient, during famine my people survive, so I need fewer calories to maintain and way fewer cals to lose. I'm averaging about 750 a day, trying to keep carbs low around 30 but it is difficult.

Right? But genuine exercise addicts will exercise until they break their legs (true story). I can honestly say that the flood of pleasure after lifting is unlike anything else.