3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

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Originally Posted by mystyblue85 (Post 4181688)

Charlie, you're 5.7 1/2? so am i! and I look AWESOME at 180 (which makes me an 8) and I look sick at 160 (which puts me around a 6, go figure)
Im also built like a brickhouse (a curvy one, but a house nonetheless) and ppl joke with me all the time that im built like a midget because my weight is even distributed and i have short legs :-(
I agree with everyone else, get to 150 and see how you look/feel. then keep going. When i got under 160 a long time ago, i acutally had to gain weight. I kept my thick legs/thighs, but my top half looked emaciated.
Keep going and good luck! also, take pictures often. they make the best inspiration! I saw a pic of me at a picnic, sitting and eating a burger (i was in the background) and i was mortified. I was lighter then than I am now, but i just kept thinking "dont you know youre not supposed to feed the elephants?!" (im my worst critic)
But as I have been getting smaller, i look at pictures from before I started and i can see my belly is smoother (a nice way to say smaller) and my thighs are thinner and my face is thinner and it makes me happier. I am about 120 lbs from my goal, but I am basking in the happiness of the 25 i've dropped so far.

we sound similar cept i have rather long legs and torso, they are pretty even in size, ppl tell me im a viking :( but yea we sound similar so maybe 150 will be very good for me too, if not i can always revise when i get there. i know im not good at 180 (size 10-11), but 150 who knows? its just shocking to see myself in the mirror , if i have to go to 125 to be happy i will, but i could be happy at 150, 135, i guess ill have to see. i just dont want to be the viking forever