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**DoterrFor** · 05-20-2012, 02:56 AM

Thanks Jayy, I'm loving the fact that I've lost 16 lb and actually seem to be keeping it off for a change - week 1 of P3 and it all seems to be going well (fingers crossed). I did Atkins once about 7 years ago and got down to 177 but just gained it all back again really quickly and I didn't actually notice any inches lost which is weird. The inches seem to be sticking around now too but people seem to say that for most they go later in P3 so I'm hoping that will happen to me too.

Body shape is a funny thing - I think your stomach looks smaller than mine........but I'm too wimpy to post a pic wearing my underwear to prove it LOL

It could be that you're big boned. To tell if you're big boned you're supposed to wrap your index finger and thumb around your wrist - if they overlap, small boned, if they touch you're medium and if they don't touch, you're big boned. Mine don't touch so I'm comforting myself with that because it means that I can aim for the higher weight in my height/weight 'zone' and haven't got to lose as many lbs to get there ...... ha ha, the things we tell ourselves to get out of losing weight

I am very much a pear, until I got past 250lb in the first place my tummy was always quite flat... my thighs though...... geeeeesh.

Well my fingers most definitely don't touch when I do that, but I don't know if I believe in being "big-boned". I also have very abnormally small hands/short fingers so it's not a very good test for me hahaha.

But I think your build definitely affects your weight goals! So fair enough for aiming for higher in the healthy weight range if you feel your build calls for it. My only definite goal at this point, ~148lb, is at the high end of my weight range too, I think it's about a BMI of 23.8. I don't give a lot of credit to BMI either for it's lack of accounting for muscle, but it is good for a loose guide.

I've always had a smaller "top half" than "bottom half", pear pear pear. At one point my top half was around a US4 and my bottom half was a US10. It's my thighs, they're just big. When I see those skinny legs I can't imagine how legs get that way, I don't think it's possible for me, they've NEVER been like that. And when I was really into sport what started happening is my stomach just got even skinnier, ribs showing, and my thighs were STILL big. It's pretty frustrating, I'm never going to be a babe in jeans. I only wear skirts and dresses really. Besides work and the gym, you wouldn't catch me wearing pants or jeans.

I wonder what really determines body shape and build because my mum is more an apple, she has straight up and down legs with not a lot of shape. They're not skinny as such, but they're not shapely.

05-20-2012, 02:56 AM	#13
DoterrFor Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	Thanks Jayy, I'm loving the fact that I've lost 16 lb and actually seem to be keeping it off for a change - week 1 of P3 and it all seems to be going well (fingers crossed). I did Atkins once about 7 years ago and got down to 177 but just gained it all back again really quickly and I didn't actually notice any inches lost which is weird. The inches seem to be sticking around now too but people seem to say that for most they go later in P3 so I'm hoping that will happen to me too. Body shape is a funny thing - I think your stomach looks smaller than mine........but I'm too wimpy to post a pic wearing my underwear to prove it LOL It could be that you're big boned. To tell if you're big boned you're supposed to wrap your index finger and thumb around your wrist - if they overlap, small boned, if they touch you're medium and if they don't touch, you're big boned. Mine don't touch so I'm comforting myself with that because it means that I can aim for the higher weight in my height/weight 'zone' and haven't got to lose as many lbs to get there ...... ha ha, the things we tell ourselves to get out of losing weight I am very much a pear, until I got past 250lb in the first place my tummy was always quite flat... my thighs though...... geeeeesh. Well my fingers most definitely don't touch when I do that, but I don't know if I believe in being "big-boned". I also have very abnormally small hands/short fingers so it's not a very good test for me hahaha. But I think your build definitely affects your weight goals! So fair enough for aiming for higher in the healthy weight range if you feel your build calls for it. My only definite goal at this point, ~148lb, is at the high end of my weight range too, I think it's about a BMI of 23.8. I don't give a lot of credit to BMI either for it's lack of accounting for muscle, but it is good for a loose guide. I've always had a smaller "top half" than "bottom half", pear pear pear. At one point my top half was around a US4 and my bottom half was a US10. It's my thighs, they're just big. When I see those skinny legs I can't imagine how legs get that way, I don't think it's possible for me, they've NEVER been like that. And when I was really into sport what started happening is my stomach just got even skinnier, ribs showing, and my thighs were STILL big. It's pretty frustrating, I'm never going to be a babe in jeans. I only wear skirts and dresses really. Besides work and the gym, you wouldn't catch me wearing pants or jeans. I wonder what really determines body shape and build because my mum is more an apple, she has straight up and down legs with not a lot of shape. They're not skinny as such, but they're not shapely.
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