I ate clean yesterday and will do so again today! I also got 3 hours of biking in (I had a lot of things to do and errands to run ,and I did them all on my bike:D)

I'm trying to make some serious efforts to get as much protein in my diet as possible, so I bought designer whey... which tastes like butt mixed in anything, so I'm now just eating it plain! :lol:

Here are some possibly useful articles:
http://www.mamashealth.com/book/abs.asp

http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercis...s/six-pack-abs <---pretty informative :)

http://www.sixpacknow.com/cutabs.html <---this was written by a man :lol: (and I usually like ones that are focused on women) but it does have somewhat decent (even if very simple) tips.



goinforthegold - when you "eat clean" you really can feel like you ate a lot more even if you are not meeting your daily caloric requirements. Yesterday, I didn't eat enough calories either (1,126 - I was close to the mandatory 1,200, but didn't quite make it) and today, I've been eating every 2-3 hours, so I feel like I''m constantly eating, BUT I'll only be having 1,400ish by the end. At this rate, I might even get back into losing mode. I'm not trying to lose intentionally anymore, but if a little more comes off, GREAT! :) That's an AWESOME benefit of eating clean, though... getting to eat A LOT more for the same amount of calories. Enjoy it and eat eat eat! :D

Got a posing tip from Mel here http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...=126226&page=6

I'm going to go check out those links now. Thanks Aidyn!

HA, well, when I get a chance, I am now going to have to "set" my abs and take new, more flattering pictures :lol: I did make a point not to slouch (if you stand up straight and tall, you look thinner, I think) so perhaps I was already halfway "set"? ;)

As for this: "But I dunno ... my abs are considerably older than them gals." <----do you have a lot of loose skin? I know loose skin does not snap back as readily as you get older, so that's why I ask. Look at kaw for inspiration - she's closer to your age and has nicer abs than ANY of us :)

I think it's fat. To be perfectly honest, I've never been thin enough to know for sure. It might be time for the rubber to meet the road. Instead of moaning about having some smush left around the middle, I should just whittle it down and see what's really there.
Oi! that sounds like work.

That explains it well, thanks Susan. :D Though, it kinda feels like I'm pushing them out a little when I do that. Am I a weirdo? :o

OMG, I lol'd at that...tastes like butt...*rofl* ewwwwww.... I've been taking a whey supplement too, I just ran out today actually, gotta get more tomorrow. Can't remember what the brand was but it most definitely did NOT taste like butt. I got the vanilla milkshake flavour instead, it wasn't great but not too bad. I'll be sure to avoid the butt flavoured ones when I get more. :lol: I'm also going to get a casein supplement or a blend maybe to take just before bedtime.

Great job on the eating and biking! I was biking last week but the gears on my bike are busted now somehow and my dh is er...kinda useless so they haven't gotten fixed yet. :mad:

Thanks for the links. And yes, my calories have been WAY, WAY down too the past two or three days which worries me b/c I don't want to be cannabalizing my lean tissue, what little of it I have. I don't even think I hit 1000 today. I'm just struggling with increasing it without binging. Hopefully it will get easier for me. The problem is the more I eat, the more I want to eat. So the thought of eating mroe scares the daylights out of me. Plus, like you said, it feels like I'm eating a lot already.

I'm wondering the same thing, how much of my rolls is loose skin and how much is fat. I'm hoping it's all fat so that it will eventually go away...but I'm like you, just whittle it away and see what happens. It's kind of exciting not knowing what I'm going to unveil as I lose more. :D

I made my Thanksgiving weight goal this morning! 145! I'm very small boned so I'm still looking pretty lumpy but not anywhere near as bad as when I started. The mirror check has not yet yielded results. Crunch! Maybe 140 will help? I, too, can't wait to see what lies beneath ;)

Shane- my friends and I took a vegetarian cooking class last winter. My friend James kindly thanked the teacher for "some great chicken recipes." I converted to soy milk but I was too grossed out at the water conservation/bleach is bad for the environment (I thought that was the point) approach to cleaning the kitchen at the nature center where the class was held. For the record, I am not eating BUTT, no matter how badly I want to see my abs. A meal of tofu cooked in a nasty kitchen was my limit.

I think I'm getting a handle on my food gals. If I have a cup of cottage cheese, a can of fish, a protein shake every day and a nice lean meat at supper ... fruit, salad and watch my extra's ... I think I'm good.

I'm adding in more cardio.

Let's see what lies beneath!

Day 3 of clean eating for me... I can only focus on this thing one day at a time, really. But thoughts like, "I can't WAIT to look good in almost ANYTHING!," "I can't WAIT for that photo shoot!," "I can't WAIT to show off my HOT BOD at the beach," and "I can't WAIT to FINALLY be REALLY fit and as healthy as possible!" really keep me going.

Rock on Susan, good job - that sounds very clean and high in protein! :) Cardio is great for getting better abs, since diminishing that layer of fat is the first step towards great abs anyway.

:lol: Lafayette @ "For the record, I am not eating BUTT, no matter how badly I want to see my abs." I'll do whatever I can do... this BUTT stuff has a lot of protein in it! ;) I just close my eyes and eat the butt powder! 145? Awesome. How tall are you?
I've always thought small boned people were lucky, in the fact that they have the potential of truly looking slender. I'm medium-large myself, so I'll never have that opportunity. However, I guess it's a two-sided coin, since small boned people have to weigh less to achieve that slender look and properly fill out their bone structure. Nobody wins, eh?

BTW, as someone who is currently at your goal weight (and I remember what I looked like at 145), you will actually see a potentially surprising difference. Check this out:

http://www.custom-international.com/weightloss/14.jpg http://www.custom-international.com/weightloss/13.jpg

I'm not sure if you can tell, but my waist is better defined at 135. It's not the most obvious thing in the world, as by the time I hit 145, most of my non-abdominal fat was gone.

goinforthegold - if that icon pic is you, then you have PLENTY of lean tissue :) if it's not... uhhhh.... well... I feel stupid :o You need to start remembering the brand and let me know, because I'd love a whey supplement that isn't butt flavored. ;)

I think you look better in the second pic Shane, more curves. I'm jealous. lol Though, it could just be the clothes, the shirt in the second pic is more form fitting. Course, you look awesome in both of them! I never would have guessed there was 10lbs in the difference between the two pics.

Yes, the avatar picture is me...but my back is my best side. I know, I'm a freak of nature. LOL It's just that you can't see my flabby belly from the back and for some reason from behind I actually have curves defining my waist, from the front I don't. I honestly don't understand how that's possible but again, I'm definitely a freak. *sigh* Oh, and plus the picture was taken by a professional with some very creative lighting and that works WONDERS. *rofl*

Ok Shane, the non-butt protein powder is by PVL (http://www.pvldirect.com/products_whey_gourmet.html). I got mine at Walmart but I've also seen it at GNC. The last time I had the Vanilla Ice Cream Royalle...it did NOT taste like Vanilla ice cream at all...lol, but it also didn't taste like butt. It was tolerable. Today I got the chocolate flavoured one and it's not as good as the vanilla I don't think, nor is it really very chocolatey but it also does not taste like butt. ;) It's tolerable. It doesn't seem to mix up quite as nicely as the vanilla one did but no biggy.

I also got some muscle milk today, I'll let you know how butt-like that tastes tomorrow when I try it. :D

That's YOUR back!?! Holy wow!

I just snuck in to see how you ladies are doing. Keep up the great work!

ROFL Susan...that's the same thing I said when I saw the picture for the first time. I've never seen my back until these pics, I couldn't believe it either. What I don't understand is why in the heck my abs can't look like that.:( LOL...I just have to walk into rooms backwards from now on. *lmbo*

Hi everyone! I know I'm a bit late but would LOVE to join. I'm super close to my goal weight which is to maintain between 160 and 165, the past week or so I've been bouncing around between 168 and 170. This I believe will give me the kick in the butt I need to finish what I've started. I'll take some current pictures tomorrow and post them with my measurements.