Thu, Aug-18-11, 12:15
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,101
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Plan: modified atkins
Stats: 184.0/141.5/152.0
BF:35%/???/???
Progress: 133%
Location: Arkansas
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How do we adjustour mental image of ourselves?
This has been on my mind a lot lately. I ran a fitness challenge first 3 months of the year, I lost one whole pound. I smiled as I cheered others on, when whole time I was kicking myself.
I started teaching Zumba 2 x a week and still no loss on the scale.
I added two more classes a week, not to mention the practicing I have to do to learn new songs. Scale still has no responce.
I am wearing same clothes I wore the beginning of year. I have clothes from last year that I can't fit into.
I have been a yoyo dieter as long as I can recall. I have been in tight tight tight 16 and some nice fitting 6's.(one or two 4's)
I'm 48 all year the scale has stayed between 158-162. I can't recall ever having numbers that close for so long. I know I am fit but I want to wear my smaller clothes. I don't want to give up and say I guess this is the size I will be.
I can stay strict lowcarb or go off lowcarb and the scale is still in that range.
I know I'm a pear and I know my lower body will always be out of proportion. But it's fustrating. Since I can't wear my 8's or 6's I feel fat, mentally.
I did see a few pictures of my on my stepdaughters camera and I thought wow, nice upper body. I was wearing a bathing suit and really surprised at how toned I was.
I went to a new lady for a pedicure yesterday and while she was massaging my calves, she was shocked at how muscular they were. I was shocked that she said that, I have big calves. (so large they overflowed a pair of cowboy boots I tried on last week)
Typing this I am as confussed as ever. How can I look toned in pictures, be told I have muscular calves( I have NEVER in my life been told that) and still be unhappy with my body because of what the scale says? and because last year I wore smaller clothes?
Anyone have any good suggestions on how to turn this mental image around?
Thanks
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