26lb gone - learning to love this body i live in

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Lula3

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EDIT: Removed. I'm really annoyed by someone's comment (don't want to start a drama about it but apparently my pictures were "insulting to people who actually are fat", even though I was noticeably overweight in my before pics. Go figure) so if you would like to see my pics, PM me and I'll send you the links.

I don't really want to offend anyone, and anyway maybe I don't want all my pictures to be so public.
 
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Firstly, wow-you're gorgeous!
You can see the difference there and you've changed your shape loads, well done on that and its only my point of view here but you dont need to lose anymore really.

Again, You're preeetty:)
 
Aww thanks :) I feel much better about myself nowdays.

I guess I'll stop if the boobs start shrinking too much!!

I know I look fine at that weight, and it's healthy, but I always wanted to see if I could have abs, even if it's just for a month (they're hidding underneath right now), so really I'm just trying to lower my body fat % a bit and put on more muscle, out of curiousity to see what it will look like, and would probably settle to something that's easier to maintain like what I look like now in the long run. Makes sense?
 
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Are you posting a diary? Because I'd love to know how you're going to lower your bf%, it's different for everyone and I'm trying to accumulate the different experiences now. I want my abs to show as well when I get there!
 
Are you posting a diary? Because I'd love to know how you're going to lower your bf%, it's different for everyone and I'm trying to accumulate the different experiences now. I want my abs to show as well when I get there!
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I will probably do.

I went from 30s to about 22% right now. Since feb/march (with a 2 months break off the gym), I've gone down from 28% to 22% by doing weights/resistance training (was very sore when I first started) and by doing high intensity cardio, not taking public transport but cycling/walking everywhere and portion control/watching what I ate. I wasn't THAT strict and at the gym they calculated I put around 5lb of muscle, which I have no idea if it's good or bad for a woman - they said it was good progress but then they would say that in a gym right? Men put on quicker.
 
Apparently there was since I was classified as "overweight", my body fat % was too high (and people were calling me fat... charming). I didn't want to suffer later on as even being a bit overweight with a high body fat % can be dangerous in the long run (we have a family history of high blood pressure and cholesterol). Also, people tend to put on weight with age, so I thought that since I wasn't even 20 at the time, by the time I'd had kids etc I'd probably be massive... I was also very unhealthy (I drank like a fish and ate lots of crap, and smoked). I guess the thing is that I put on weight evenly and don't have cellulite, so people think I'm lighter than I really am.

thanks a lot for your comment :)
 
Hehe thanks.

I am half French, although my dad never spoke english to me (he's English and moved to France in his 20s), so English is my second language! I learnt it when I was about 9-10 when we moved to the UK.
 
Eeer just like to point out that on all my "before" pics, I was overweight with a high body fat %, and very unfit! It may not look like it as I'm standing on my own (so not possible to compare to someone else) or you cannot see my whole body, but yes I was carrying too much fat. Ok I wasn't obese, but close enough.

Changed to "before" pic (called it "fat" pic - didn't think about it when I did it) not trying to be inconsiderate - this is how I felt and people made me feel at the time (yep some people called me fat to my face :mad: ).
 
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Ignore the negative post, this isn't a fat forum, its a weight loss and fitness forum, anybody can post, no matter how much they want to lose or how big or small they were to begin with.:)

Once again it needs to be said, you're stunning ;)
 
Hi,

I'm new here, but who really cares what that person thinks??! A person's weight is so personal that no one else should make you feel like something is wrong with how you feel. Wish I could've seen your photos...
 
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