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Losing weight from all the wrong places:(

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Dilbertine · 20/09/2020 16:16

I feel so sad. Before kids I had a shapely bum and decent cleavage and a healthy BMI of 20. I’m breastfeeding and slowly losing the weight to get back to a comfy 10. My BMI is 23 now and I’m a smallish 12, but I’m already looking bony in all the wrong places? My chest is looking veiny and my ribs showing, my boobs look deflated and my backside is non-existent. Meanwhile I can still pinch a couple of inches of waist and hip chub and my upper arms are chunky. Will this ever sort itself out?
I’ve got the thick waisted and flat-rear look that my Mum (bless her) has had for as long as I can remember but I’m only early 30s.
I read that breastfeeding mobilises fat from reserves in the thighs and hips, but why does my chest look gaunt already? Why is my middle still so broad?
I remind myself of a dairy cow:(
I am toned and do yoga and walking.

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PowerslidePanda · 20/09/2020 21:25

I've just got my figure back after 3 kids and have always been pear shaped, but am definitely apple-shaped now (on the plus side, my thighs look better than ever and I might actually be able to wear skinny jeans!).

A lot of my tummy seems to be excess skin, rather than fat - so I don't think it's going to improve Sad. It was ages before my arm measurements started to reduce, but once I'd lost a good amount elsewhere it did finally happen. I started doing weights - don't know if that was a factor in it.

Weirdly, I've had the opposite problem in the chest area, but am no happier about it - I now need 28GG bras, which are practically non-existent.

Dilbertine · 20/09/2020 22:42

It’s a bit depressing isn’t it? I feel like I’m over the hill already and whatever I do to look myself again is a bit pointless!
28GG sounds very uncomfortable. I used to be an F cup and that was heavy enough.
Might have to brazen it out and do some more strength training. I think it’s shocked me how much having children can change the body.

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