Best. Thread. Ever.

3FC Maintainers Share Their Secret Armpit Shaving Techniques

(I'm taking down notes here, as I've got a swimming class on Sunday morning, and I need to engage in some de-forestation beforehand.)

It is kinda funny. Of all the things we've learned from one another here at 3FC who knew this would rank right up there???

I'M so there on the cold thing! I used to always be hot, now I'm always cold.

I've had to start wearing the majority of my rings on my middle finger and had to have my engagment/band sized do to a 5 1/4!

I'm also getting frustrated with buying cloths and then they're too big or unflattering 4-8 weeks later - a good problem, but expensive.

I employed Mandalinn's technique last night for my CAPS (Concave ArmPit Syndrome) and yes I think it worked. I was discussing this dilemma with DD22 who just laughed and laughed at me and our discussion. DD used to call her armpits "shoulder pits" when she was little because they were under her shoulders--cute!

I'm wondering if CAPS is a result of weight training? How many of us CAPS victims do weight/strength training?

I too am having trouble with my rings. I need to have my wedding set resized, but am waiting until Spring because I think my weight will be more settled then, maybe? I too am wearing many of my rings on my first and middle fingers. I do have one really nice plain gold wedding band that I'm still able to wear because it's thicker but it's loose too. I had to stop wearing my wedding set with the diamonds because it fell off a couple of times--scary!

I just have to say that this thread absolutely made my day... LOL!

I do weight/strength training and I believe it has a lot to do with it. I have very defined deltoids and my underarm kinds runs into it. Oh, it's hard to explain. I am curious if any one here doesn't do strength training and still has the concave issue.

As far as the rings. One day my ring literally fell off of my finger. I haven't worn my engagement ring in years, since I had sized it up to fit me when I gained so much weight. My wedding band though hadn't fit me in years as it was waaaay too small, so now I can finally wear it again. I love it and get a big kick out of that.

I just checked and no, I don't have CAPS, but it is now officially on my list of goals, right up there with skinny jeans!

Oh my goodness....I still have a ways to go before I get to goal....and it ALREADY hurts me to sit on anything hard...Seriously...my butt is in serious pain, and then it falls asleep...

also I wear pajama pants a lot to bed...and I sleep on my side...and its been getting SO UNCOMFORTABLE because the band from the pajama pants will end up right at my hip bone and it digs in and hurts really bad...oh, and laying on my side on a hard surface is one of the most PAINFUL things ever...I'm gonna need like a super extra soft mattress for the rest of my life. lol

I got a lot better on the sitting pain when I started hard core strengthening my rear end. After I got to goal, it was flat (like, pancake flat) and it hurt to sit. Now I've built up a nice muscle cushion, which both makes it rounder and more feminine looking, but also protects me from hurting when I sit.

Now, the hip bones are another issue. My hip bones are pokey and have a tendency to actually -hurt- my partner if we're not paying attention.

This is soo funny! I can't wait until it happens to me!!

I feel like I still have a lot of padding to lose, but my hipbones can be pretty painful if I roll into the wrong position at night. They dig into the mattress something fierce.

Now I am dying to check my armpits. If I wasn't a) at work and b) wearing complicated layers today, I would go check right now.

I, too, just employed Mandalinn's technique to deal with my CAPS this morning in the shower, and it worked reasonably well. (I checked in the bathroom mirror afterward.)

But I do feel kinda like a loser for having to re-learn how to shave my armpits. I'm trying to think positively &l chalk it up as a Former Fat Girl Rehabilitation exercise.

I loss my class ring, because I didn't realize it had flown off my finger. It was a size 11.5.

I now buy rings in size 9.

BUMPING THIS THREAD because of valuable information contained herein about shaving armpits, which Formerly Fat Girls With Newly Concave Pits could benefit from.

I still have a bit to go yet but I am noticing the dreaded armpit phenomena too LOL. My butt, or rather, my tailbone hurts a lot now, even when I sit in my recliner. Does anyone else notice really painful knees as well? I used to be able to kneel on the hard floor to clean around my large bird cage or other tasks. We laid a new floor last week and I was in a horrible amount of pain when I had to kneel and crawl on the floor. My knees are rather knobby now. I ended up putting on my knee pads that I use for gardening