It’s okay not to be a skeletontwig or musclebeast! A little tummy is perfectly acceptable. :)
It’s healthy, too! The reason women lose stomach fat last is because it’s important for pregnancy and bearing children.
SW= 156
GW= 135 (completed)
UGW= 127 (completed)
new UGW= 112? :/
I’ve been at a plateau for over a month and it’s crazy frustrating. I know I’m so much healthier now, and I love how I look… but it’s hard to see such results and then not crave more. I just wish it weren’t QUITE so damn hard to get below 120 and shrink my tummy just a little more :( I do like it, and (according to one of the most important opinion-givers in my life) it’s cute, but at the same time, girls with such awesome flat stomachs look so SO good in bathing suits and underwear and normal clothes! They can sit down or hunch over and it doesn’t look all gross :( I’m incredibly proud of myself, but it’s hard to get over body image issues after having them for so many years. It’s such a tug of war in my mind. I feel two different things at once and it’s frustrating. Every time I see a spike in my weight I’m terrified I’m going down the wrong path again and maybe won’t ever be able to go back. I know it’s silly because weight fluctuates with water intake, diet, and other factors, but I just want it to either stay the same or go down— not up at all. :/ I’m considering (now that I’ve made the very largest chunk of my progress) getting rid of my scale for a while. Mostly it just stresses me out. Althooooough, when I do see the numbers go down, it just feels more real and rewarding than in a mirror. I probably should stop using it for a while though because it’s about how I look and feel, not a stupid number. The only problem is that if I ever step on again, I’m almost certain it would be higher than now and I would be upset, even if some of it were muscle gain. I feel torn and a little sad :( maybe a little more than a little :/
My incredible, inCREDible boyfriend tells me how beautiful I am and how he loves that my stomach isn’t totally flat and non-existent! Hell, it IS kinda cute and fun to play with. But I just wish I could have a different body on different days of the week. Sometimes cute, but others a little more sexy (flat, toned). Anyway, he’s one of the greatest gifts in the world and I love him so much. He’s wonderful and I know he loves me inside and outside and isn’t just trying to say the “right” things. <3
This didn’t get me very far with my dilema. I’ve been eating fruits, vegetables, lean protein, drinking water, exercising often, and trying to limit salty, fatty, sugary, and empty-carb-y foods, but I just seem to look the same. I do want to change a bit more, but I know it would require a lot of effort, and I have so many other things I want to focus on. :/ It’s pretty upsetting that I can’t get it off of my mind sometimes.
I guess I’m just going to stick to my routine and accept my plateau, my progress, and my beauty. :) If I ever have a huge wake-up call or inspirational wave again like I did at 156, I’ll know how to amp it up and work hard. :)
I am healthy and I am gorgeous.
Why couldn’t this be it? I see no reason.
So it’s settled, then! I’ll put all of my efforts into this and it will be real.
