Body Image...

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Originally Posted by Prudence

How much do we beat ourselves up over achieving the weight perfection, though? Photos of my ancestors show them with body types similar to mine. Just a few months ago I did an experiment where I limited my calorie intake to 900/day and was doing regular cardio (via treadmill). I gained weight.

I'm here to validate this. It's my story, too, and the curse of a super-efficient metabolism.

My doctor told me that I will need to live the rest of my life at 800 cal./day. My granny was like this. In order to stay normal weight, she drank an awful lot of hot water when other people were eating.

On the positive side of things, I just bought myself a dressmaker form. Wanted one for years, just bought it now. I fiddled with the dials, got the mannequin's measurements to match mine, and stepped back. You know, I'll never be on the cover of Vogue (their loss) but now that I see me in 3-D, it ain't so terrible.