LaughingWater
Cathlete
I have to offer up some ((hugs)) too ~ I know it sucks.
BUT...take a good look at yourself in the mirror. Do you like what you see? Like someone else mentioned, do you have beautiful curves and new muscles?
I'm almost 5'7", and I used to be 115 lbs. I have a small frame too, so that was freakin' skinny (at one point, I dropped to 109). I could wear teeny jeans, however I had zero curves and no muscle. I also still had some cellulite.
Grrr...figure that out.
Somewhere around the age of 33, the weight started creeping up even though I had continued to work out. I didn't weight train, but I ran, did kickboxing, The FIRM, Spinning, etc. I wasn't eating differently either, so why? It really dumbfounded and frustrated me. At one point, I was actually letting it depress me.
Yes, diet may be an issue, but I honestly think as we age, our metabolism really does take a dip. No, we don't have to succumb to it completely (as in gain 30 lbs. and give up), but we do have to be realistic. Maybe some of us CAN continue to stay the size we were in high school. And maybe some of us will experience a change in body composition that we have to fight.
That doesn't have to be a bad thing though. I did give away all my old jeans, and I am a size larger (a loose 10 jeans and 130 lbs.), but I look good. I'm showing visible muscle (without flexing, mind you), and I've got some shape finally. That damn cellulite is still there, but I have hope now that weight training, a clean diet, and some patience may alter that. Truthfully, if I stayed just as I am now, I'd be happy.
Don't feel bad.
Change doesn't have to be a negative thing. Work out, eat right, treat yourself once in a while, and be happy.
BUT...take a good look at yourself in the mirror. Do you like what you see? Like someone else mentioned, do you have beautiful curves and new muscles?
I'm almost 5'7", and I used to be 115 lbs. I have a small frame too, so that was freakin' skinny (at one point, I dropped to 109). I could wear teeny jeans, however I had zero curves and no muscle. I also still had some cellulite.
Somewhere around the age of 33, the weight started creeping up even though I had continued to work out. I didn't weight train, but I ran, did kickboxing, The FIRM, Spinning, etc. I wasn't eating differently either, so why? It really dumbfounded and frustrated me. At one point, I was actually letting it depress me.
Yes, diet may be an issue, but I honestly think as we age, our metabolism really does take a dip. No, we don't have to succumb to it completely (as in gain 30 lbs. and give up), but we do have to be realistic. Maybe some of us CAN continue to stay the size we were in high school. And maybe some of us will experience a change in body composition that we have to fight.
That doesn't have to be a bad thing though. I did give away all my old jeans, and I am a size larger (a loose 10 jeans and 130 lbs.), but I look good. I'm showing visible muscle (without flexing, mind you), and I've got some shape finally. That damn cellulite is still there, but I have hope now that weight training, a clean diet, and some patience may alter that. Truthfully, if I stayed just as I am now, I'd be happy.
Don't feel bad.