The title about sums it up.
I am feeling very stressed about what I like to call "the cellulite situation". The backstory: I'm 28. I have been ill for years with an autoimmune disease that we're FINALLY making progress on getting better regulated and under control. Lots of prednisone, lots of stress, lots of being told not to do anything that made me sweat or aggravated the issues. Hence, LOTS of weight gain. I went from about 180 (the mid-high end of a healthy weight for my height and frame) to 264 over about 4 years. I am back down to 248 and slowly losing as I am able. The problem is, I've ALWAYS carried the majority of my weight in my hips, butt, and thighs. People don't think I weight anywhere nearly as much as I do because I have a small waist and a large frame, but seriously, my gosh the cellulite in my thighs especially is appalling. I'm porcelain pale so it appears even worse. I keep reading things about how there's nothing you can do about cellulite - which is just pretty disheartening. But most of it seems to be people at their ideal weight complaining about a bit of lumpyness. Not the giant craters I have. Has anyone who has lost a significant amount of weight had an improvement in a situation like this? I would think that as I get smaller it wouldn't be as noticeable anyway - it's seriously bad right now to the point that I look genuinely lumpy and misshapen through the thighs when standing. I feel like it stands to reason that if some of that way excessive weight disappears it would at least improve? Along with exercise of course. But again, I feel like everything I read says nope, it's just going to be terrible forever once it's there.
Anyone?
Thanks in advance for anyone that has any thoughts, whether they're what I want to hear or not. It's been a particularly stressful day of holiday shopping and being unhappy with clothing, and as that's easily my biggest area of dissatisfaction it's really bumming me out.
- Taeryn
I am feeling very stressed about what I like to call "the cellulite situation". The backstory: I'm 28. I have been ill for years with an autoimmune disease that we're FINALLY making progress on getting better regulated and under control. Lots of prednisone, lots of stress, lots of being told not to do anything that made me sweat or aggravated the issues. Hence, LOTS of weight gain. I went from about 180 (the mid-high end of a healthy weight for my height and frame) to 264 over about 4 years. I am back down to 248 and slowly losing as I am able. The problem is, I've ALWAYS carried the majority of my weight in my hips, butt, and thighs. People don't think I weight anywhere nearly as much as I do because I have a small waist and a large frame, but seriously, my gosh the cellulite in my thighs especially is appalling. I'm porcelain pale so it appears even worse. I keep reading things about how there's nothing you can do about cellulite - which is just pretty disheartening. But most of it seems to be people at their ideal weight complaining about a bit of lumpyness. Not the giant craters I have. Has anyone who has lost a significant amount of weight had an improvement in a situation like this? I would think that as I get smaller it wouldn't be as noticeable anyway - it's seriously bad right now to the point that I look genuinely lumpy and misshapen through the thighs when standing. I feel like it stands to reason that if some of that way excessive weight disappears it would at least improve? Along with exercise of course. But again, I feel like everything I read says nope, it's just going to be terrible forever once it's there.
Anyone?
Thanks in advance for anyone that has any thoughts, whether they're what I want to hear or not. It's been a particularly stressful day of holiday shopping and being unhappy with clothing, and as that's easily my biggest area of dissatisfaction it's really bumming me out.
- Taeryn