View Full Version : Weight "issues"
Kellydancer
08-27-2010, 11:08 AM
Penny, you're the same height as me and I was often around that weight while dancing myself (something 10-15 pounds slimmer) and it's just a number. Keep in mind that the more you workout the more weight you gain in muscle. I once knew a dancer who weighed 200, which sounds fat but she was so muscular and not fat at all.
georgia_peach
08-27-2010, 04:35 PM
I'm pretty sure I have no clue what I actually look like. My perception of myself is screwed up from years of self-loathing and hearing my mom alternate between calling me fat and anorexic. I'll look in the mirror and just see fat, but I can easily feel and see my ribs, my waist is actually under thirty inches and I've also had people call me tiny. So I'm not sure what the hell I look like most of the time.
flickad
08-27-2010, 09:47 PM
You don't look fat to me, Penny.
she sells sanctuary
08-27-2010, 10:44 PM
i don't think you look fat either. you look really nice. different builds and fat distribution make such a huge difference in how people carry their weight. with small builds like yours, it can go either way. some girls really would look fat at 140 at that height. your proportions are very even looking. you're lucky.
shift_6x
08-28-2010, 12:40 PM
UHG!. Just was about to post a new thread when I figured I'd just bring back the old one. I'm 140 now. It's weird. I'm not eating that different, I'm working out more, and I don't look big to myself.. but I keep feeling like 140 at 5ft6 and 1/2 (5ft7 with normal shoes on) "sounds fat". I've never had an issue with this before. I took the picture below yesterday (the cheerleader outfit is because it's 'costume day'). I've gained 20 lbs in the last 14 months. I just don't know how I feel about it. Feh!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/chryscat/b572a45f.jpg
Between 2007 and 2008 I gradually went up from 115 which was way too skinny for me at 5'4" I have more of a muscular build--all the way up to 150ish...You look great at 140...Im now between 123 and 130 but it seemed at around 29 like so many other women my metabolism slowed and I couldnt eat like I used to without gaining alot of weight..Im prolly at about 127 todays weigh in about right on for my medium build..Im not one of those size 0 or 2 girls naturally with me genes but Iknow what u mean when u feel like u may be bigger bc of my issue with myself...U look skinny in ur pic w a very flat stomach..I just think that the bodily changes that occur with most women around 30 can really make us feel bad even if the differences r only slight..We still feel like they r a huge deal..And for me personally looking back at age 18 when I first started dancing and around 117/118 pounds then it is hard not to notice the changes that occur during the course of time..I was girl and had a girls body now I am woman with a womans body..The only way I could get back down ten or so pounds would be to drastically alter my diet or starve myself And that just isnt what I want for me..Bc it is just a matter of time before u go back to normal eating and the weight just comes back on...I think its better to work on improving diet and incorporating more exercise gradually..The weight stays off longer and it is more realistic to limit bad eating habits but not completely restrict urself in life. Ive managed to keep off 20 pounds that way:).
britney45317
08-28-2010, 01:37 PM
I'm 5ft 4in and 101 and I feel way too skinny.
shift_6x
08-28-2010, 02:03 PM
Seems like we all have issues with ourselves...Whether we feel too big, too little, too white, too black, too asian, too young too old...Will we ever be happy? Idk..Idk..Eh..We r always our own worst critic.