sweetie darling
Eye on the prize...
Hi, I hope this is an appropriate place to put this thread. I have a question for you all, I think this site is prolly the only place I'd really be able to ask it (& get a sensible reply! lol!!)
Basically, I'm wondering if anyone else experiences a more noticable weight gain in certain areas. I mean I know us ladies can be classed as different shapes, such as pear, hour glass, apple etc, but I mean more unusual than that. I've noticed in a lot of people I know who have diabetes for example. They tend to have lovely slender legs & arms but are more prone to being ''apple'' shaped & carry weight around the tummy (this could just be coincidence!)
My issue is my arms & my legs. I have MASSIVE arms & serious cankles!! Honeslty, even when I lost weight & was a size 8 in jeans I could not get boots to zip up, & I'm talking about regular ankle boots too, not just knee highs!! My legs are like an elephant, no matter what dress size I am, there's no shape, just chunky all the way down. My arms are huuuuuuuuuuge. I'm not exaggerating this, I find it impossible to wear shirts & really difficult to buy a coat. Jumpers are ok cos they stretch but again, even when I was a tiny size 8, I'd need a 14 or 16 coat to fit my arms in (& u can imagine how silly that looked!)
Yes I've been doing all the correct weights etc to try & combat my bingo wings, but because it's such a massive difference in weight gained on my upper arms & my legs I've recently begun to wonder if there's a reason for this, is it medical, treatable? I'm one of those girls who looks at other people's body shape to see if it's just me who's this odd & I can tell you I've never seen anyone look like this (even shay on the biggest looser pre weight loss had better shaped legs & arms than I do!)
I've tried googleing it, but obviously only come up with the scary diagnose yourself websites!! So I thought I'd see if anyone here had any similar thought??
..... maybe it is just me????
Basically, I'm wondering if anyone else experiences a more noticable weight gain in certain areas. I mean I know us ladies can be classed as different shapes, such as pear, hour glass, apple etc, but I mean more unusual than that. I've noticed in a lot of people I know who have diabetes for example. They tend to have lovely slender legs & arms but are more prone to being ''apple'' shaped & carry weight around the tummy (this could just be coincidence!)
My issue is my arms & my legs. I have MASSIVE arms & serious cankles!! Honeslty, even when I lost weight & was a size 8 in jeans I could not get boots to zip up, & I'm talking about regular ankle boots too, not just knee highs!! My legs are like an elephant, no matter what dress size I am, there's no shape, just chunky all the way down. My arms are huuuuuuuuuuge. I'm not exaggerating this, I find it impossible to wear shirts & really difficult to buy a coat. Jumpers are ok cos they stretch but again, even when I was a tiny size 8, I'd need a 14 or 16 coat to fit my arms in (& u can imagine how silly that looked!)
Yes I've been doing all the correct weights etc to try & combat my bingo wings, but because it's such a massive difference in weight gained on my upper arms & my legs I've recently begun to wonder if there's a reason for this, is it medical, treatable? I'm one of those girls who looks at other people's body shape to see if it's just me who's this odd & I can tell you I've never seen anyone look like this (even shay on the biggest looser pre weight loss had better shaped legs & arms than I do!)
I've tried googleing it, but obviously only come up with the scary diagnose yourself websites!! So I thought I'd see if anyone here had any similar thought??
..... maybe it is just me????