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Hi All, How is it that some of my parts are smaller today then when I was younger and weighed less? Case in point I am wearing my high school grad ring its been way too small for decades. I also in certain light can see my rib bones on my chest I have never seen those not even at my thinnest which was 40lbs lighter then I am now. Do our bodies really change that much with age?

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Hi All, How is it that some of my parts are smaller today then when I was younger and weighed less? Case in point I am wearing my high school grad ring its been way too small for decades. I also in certain light can see my rib bones on my chest I have never seen those not even at my thinnest which was 40lbs lighter then I am now. Do our bodies really change that much with age?

Similar thing is happening to me. At this same weight 8 years ago I looked bigger, I even changed my goal cause my intention wasn't to be too skinny!

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I went through the same thing. I am smaller than I was in middle school, and I've looked back at pictures. My face is definitely different that it was 25 years ago. I still had chubby cheeks, and my neck was way bigger. But, I now have weight in my abdomen that I didn't have back then. My ribs are visible as is my sternum, and I know those bones didn't show through my skin like they do now. It's kind of weird, but in a "good weird" way ! ! !

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My tummy is my big problem too, not that I'm that bothered as I'm happy I'm still losing weight, slowly but losing, and I know that at some point I'm getting my tummy fixed!

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My mom says when you have kids your rib cage expand. I wear a size 8/10P but when I wear something fitted I need a 12/14P because of my boob/rib area which stick out. Of course boobs are supposed to. But my rib cage feels massive. I love it though. Just different. I did carry my youngest son very high in my rib cage area so I thought it was him that did it.

When I was young I weighed still 46 lbs less and did not have this huge rib cage.

Who cares though, that is what I'm thinking. heehee I like my bones.

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As we age, we also lose some subcutaneous fat (fat just under the skin), and our skin thins out a bit, so we are able to see bones where we didn't before (face, chest). That's why those who are a little 'plumper' appear to be younger.

Guess i'd rather look my age and be healthy than look younger. hee hee! :lol:

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Who, knew (G) I mean I am no fool I certainly did not think my old 20 something body hiding under all the fat and I knew there would be some loose skin but I certainly never imagine the bony granny I am discovering! Don't get me wrong I'd take granny anyday.

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