Pinky and the Brain ride again.

[ghymoreid]

Ok. May I just say that Big Girls Don't Cry (Anymore) is utterly misnamed. The women who looked after (for a given value thereof) my Mother Unit and I behaved as if she, as a mature woman, should no longer wish to have a feminine shape, even under normal clothes, let alone under a special outfit for a special event; then proceeded to act like a

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[ser_kai]

I got to an F while breastfeeding. I can't imagine an H! (I'm naturally a D). Thanks for the link. I'll remember them when I go to Brissie next.

Also, I'm between sizes so you're only half a size bigger than me! I always thought we were about the same size from your piccy you posted a while back. Yay for us both losing weight!

[ghymoreid]

Unfortunately I only seem to be losing it from the top half - my butt's still a size 20-22. Bloody hormones!!

[ser_kai]

Well, weightloss is weightloss-- it's all good for you. *hugs* I do commiserate, though.

I'm having trouble shifting my belly.

[ghymoreid]

You at least have beautiful children to show off in exchange for your belly. Mine just showed up and made itself at home, curse its little black heart. Even with all the crunches I'm doing at the physio's behest to try to keep my back from totally going apeshit on me, that sucker's still there, being ugly and making it really annoying trying to buy knickers - if I don't buy full/high-tops they just roll down and sit under it. Not an appealing look. *sigh* At least my ribs are looking nicer. :)

[ser_kai]

Thanks but I didn't put this on with the kids. :-) I even wore size 12 jeans 3 days after giving birth to James.
I was simply unwell and unable to exercise for awhile and put on a crapload of weight. At my biggest, I was a size 26.
I've always found bonds bikinis sit well under tummies-- as do g-strings, surprisingly enough.

[ghymoreid]

Oh gods, you sound like my Mother Unit - she weighed 42 kilos nine months after she had me, was a size ten within two days of me squeezing out. Sigh. Where did those genes go, I hear you ask? To my Evil Younger Sibling™, who, at six-foot-one weighs about 55 kilos, and it's all sodding muscle. Bastard that he is. ;P

Yeah, the whole unwellness-related inactivity thing sucks. I've been stuck in various stages and cycles of it for years now, and going back to uni this year is really ramming that home to me - getting up at the same time every day and going off to do something for three hours has me utterly dead by the end of the week. I've needed this break, and we've only had three weeks of semester! I don't think I can continue to survive on Berry V and Chupa Chups either ... :-/

Since I quit dancing, I don't do g-strings. Uh-unh. Not again. Not for this little black duck. ;D

[ser_kai]

Your Mother must be tiny. :-) I'm naturally curvy and tend to develop long dancers muscles. Too curvy for ballet, unfortunately.

I piled it on amazingly quickly. It sucks how my metabolism works(and probably yours too).

Chuppa Chups and Berry V? No. I agree, that isn't good for you. Veggies & fruit are horribly expensive right now, unfortunately. I do hear you on the budget thing.

Try the low-cut bikinis. Incredibly comfortable.

[ghymoreids_mum]

"Your Mother must be tiny."

alas, no longer.
old age, hormones, injury, inactivity, and 8 years of uncontrolled reflux sorta put the weight on...

oh to be the size i was 25 years ago!

[ser_kai]

My Mum is the same(as are most of her sisters). It must be these Scottish genes. We get to a certain age and stack it on. *sigh*

[ghymoreids_mum]

ummmmmm i'm entitled to a kilt, but from a verrry distant ancestor.

her Scottish genes are from the side with the damaged chromosome.

[ser_kai]

Ah. Woops.

[ser_kai]

Also, I found crunches really damaged my back more. I swim with a kickboard in the pool with my body laying flat along the surface and kicking with my legs as straight as possible. If you do this both on your stomach and back, it strengthens things dramatically.