Good to see you!
On the squishy fat thing. I have squishy fat, one other sister does.
My other sister, her fat is like freaking IRON!
Me and Kellee, we're squishy, in the abs, no matter what we weigh. Lex, 5'6" at 220, a rock! All 3 of us have been up and down. Me and Kellee, squishy, to a point, but Lex, her fat is "SOLID" You could whack her with a hammer, and it would bounce off!
The "woosh" thing. It"s just our bodies catching up, with what we are doing.
We are all different. At 5"5' 140, and a person that likes to strength train, I scare men in the gym. But I still have squishy belly fat.
But, my children were twins, that weighed in at over 6 pounds each.
The abs, the pregnancy, my genetics, the 6 pack, "ain't gonna show" That is ok.
As we gain, we gain fat cells. We never lose the fat cells. They are always there. What we lose, is what is in them.
You can go have liposuction, and suck out the fat cells, but if you gain weight, guess what? You get more fat cells!
Fat cells do not get replaced by water. Fat cells are fat cells, muscle cells are muscle cells, hair and nails are the cells they are.
This is like muscle weighs more than fat. It does not. A pound of muscle is a pound of muscle. A pound of fat is a pound of fat. Difference is, muscle takes up less space, as it is denser. it's like comparing a pound of rocks to a pound of feathers.
Another thing, as we age, (God forbid), cellulite! Cellulite is not a special kind of fat. There is a lining we have, between epidermus, dermus, I know what it is, hard to explain, but the lining breaks down, and the fat, peeks through.
It's sort of like getting a hole in your panty hose.
We get the body we have. From my butt down, a rock, from above the girls up, I am a rock. Everything from just under my floopy boobs, to just above my pelvic region, is squashy!
Is what it is.
I quit worrying about a lot of stuff, like my floopy boobs, my "man arms" Thanks Dad. The stretch marks and floopy ab skin from having big twins. I am healthy! Stretch marks, floppy belly, floppy boobs, man arms, and leg calves, you would be jealous, oh well.
I am 55! I have grandkids! I am in a place, so much better, and I can do so much more than people younger than me, I don't really care about squishy fat.
I am not saying any of this to "rain on anyone's parade"
Thing is, we have the body we have. Don't hate it! Love it!
It is not how it looks, it is how much we can do with what we have.
Hence, I took on the challenge 2 weeks ago, and did the "slide" at the pool at the motel, with my kids and grandkids. Scared the crap out of me, but I did it!
The whole fam, high 5's!
