Sun, Dec-12-04, 11:43
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Senior Member
Posts: 125
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Plan: Protein Power
Stats: 237/182/160
BF:
Progress: 71%
Location: Canada
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"Fatty" Question
I started my LC journey almost a year ago, with Atkins, but switched after reading PP and PPFL in early summer. I am quite tall and athletic, and my middle is my weight-loss Waterloo, it seems. So far I have lost 50 pounds more or less, and have visibly diminished (although I have to admit that I don't think I look that different, but I do get almost daily comments from people about the change in my looks, so.... )
I still feel that I have a lot of midriff bulge (there's no pretty way to phrase this, is there?) It has gotten smaller, I guess, but there is still a lot of squelchy stuff there that I can manipulate like play-doh. My question is this: Will this eventually go away with continued weight loss? I would like to lose more weight, but my goal number is completely arbitrary. I'll be happy to stop and maintain when I look okay to myself. Will the skin ever shrink back to its pre-fat state? I have to admit that I can't remember NOT having this, after three full-term pregnancies. No interest in skin-chopping-off surgery, either (it's not that bad).
I know that SBD touts itself as doing away with the abdominal fat first thing, but I am happy with PP and don't want to make a change, especially since I find PP easy enough to follow indefinitely. I guess I just want to know whether visible squishiness is indicative of hidden (harmful) fat left to get rid of or whether a slightly doughy middle is my lot in life .
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