Comments on: Weighing In http://leftcoastmama.net/2009/11/04/weighing-in/ Making Things Write on the Wrong Coast Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:04:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Annemarie http://leftcoastmama.net/2009/11/04/weighing-in/comment-page-1/#comment-238984 Annemarie Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:01:47 +0000 http://leftcoastmama.net/?p=821#comment-238984 My sister had a reduction, nothing to do with kids, and it's changed her life (in a good way). And no, I don't think that's an exaggeration. She's also way more athletic than me. I'm on the list for a reduction actually, but it's a long list and I'm still on the fence. I must say the thought of cheaper bras, being able to wear button-front blouses and slightly perkier "gals" is awfully appealing. Plus there's the whole back pain thing... .-= Annemarie´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.yoyomama.ca/2009/11/cold-remedies/" rel="nofollow">common cold, go away</a> =-. My sister had a reduction, nothing to do with kids, and it’s changed her life (in a good way). And no, I don’t think that’s an exaggeration. She’s also way more athletic than me. I’m on the list for a reduction actually, but it’s a long list and I’m still on the fence. I must say the thought of cheaper bras, being able to wear button-front blouses and slightly perkier “gals” is awfully appealing. Plus there’s the whole back pain thing…
.-= Annemarie´s last blog ..common cold, go away =-.

]]> By: Meg http://leftcoastmama.net/2009/11/04/weighing-in/comment-page-1/#comment-238473 Meg Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:22:58 +0000 http://leftcoastmama.net/?p=821#comment-238473 I could have written those last two paragraphs 3 years ago. I was so tempted to have the surgery before I had kids, but I really wanted to nurse. Then I vowed to do it as soon as my youngest (& *definitely* last) weaned herself and yet she's six and I'm still on the fence... Good luck with your decision. I could have written those last two paragraphs 3 years ago. I was so tempted to have the surgery before I had kids, but I really wanted to nurse. Then I vowed to do it as soon as my youngest (& *definitely* last) weaned herself and yet she’s six and I’m still on the fence…

Good luck with your decision.

]]> By: Sandi http://leftcoastmama.net/2009/11/04/weighing-in/comment-page-1/#comment-238442 Sandi Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:26:25 +0000 http://leftcoastmama.net/?p=821#comment-238442 Sister I feel exactly the same! Except I'm not sure that we're done. I can hardly imagine what it would feel like to have this weight lifted off my chest, let alone be able to buy pretty bras! Sister I feel exactly the same! Except I’m not sure that we’re done. I can hardly imagine what it would feel like to have this weight lifted off my chest, let alone be able to buy pretty bras!

]]> By: Demara http://leftcoastmama.net/2009/11/04/weighing-in/comment-page-1/#comment-238420 Demara Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:45:17 +0000 http://leftcoastmama.net/?p=821#comment-238420 My Mom had a reduction. She did have nasty scars. Looked like HUGE thick earth worms! She had a choice between round or pointed. She went with pointed. And they were REALLY pointed. I'm thinking round would have looked more natural. They use your original nipples. So your nipples if big as well don't look proportional with your smaller boob afterward, just something to consider. She however lost the bra strap grooves and back pain from them. I have curves too. Lost 60lbs in a year and then because we weren't able to conceive, did some emotional eating..then gained a few pounds back and jsut feel crummy. I have changed my mind. I think. To get back on board. To STOP hurting myself and get on with the healing process of loving myself once again. I unlike you, always thought I was strong and skinny when I was in shape. Then, I lost it. Didn't THINK about what I was doing and gained 100 lbs. in a matter of a couple years!! Time to lose another 60 lbs and regain my confidence back! The GI Diet works ... If you haven't read about it. Get the book out of the library and read it. Seriously. My aunt and uncle have been doing it since they first heard about it. And they are SO healthy and strong... almost in their 50's and play so much tennis as well as other activities. They have SUPER amounts of energy and our machines with keeping the weight off. I did the GI Diet alone when I first started the journey and lost 40lbs in the first 4 months. NO exercise. ONLY diet. it works. trust me!!! .-= Demara´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.demarablog.com/2009/11/04/corner-view-contrast/" rel="nofollow">Corner View-Contrast</a> =-. My Mom had a reduction. She did have nasty scars. Looked like HUGE thick earth worms! She had a choice between round or pointed. She went with pointed. And they were REALLY pointed. I’m thinking round would have looked more natural. They use your original nipples. So your nipples if big as well don’t look proportional with your smaller boob afterward, just something to consider.

She however lost the bra strap grooves and back pain from them.

I have curves too. Lost 60lbs in a year and then because we weren’t able to conceive, did some emotional eating..then gained a few pounds back and jsut feel crummy.

I have changed my mind. I think. To get back on board. To STOP hurting myself and get on with the healing process of loving myself once again.

I unlike you, always thought I was strong and skinny when I was in shape. Then, I lost it. Didn’t THINK about what I was doing and gained 100 lbs. in a matter of a couple years!!

Time to lose another 60 lbs and regain my confidence back!

The GI Diet works …

If you haven’t read about it. Get the book out of the library and read it. Seriously. My aunt and uncle have been doing it since they first heard about it. And they are SO healthy and strong… almost in their 50′s and play so much tennis as well as other activities. They have SUPER amounts of energy and our machines with keeping the weight off. I did the GI Diet alone when I first started the journey and lost 40lbs in the first 4 months. NO exercise. ONLY diet.

it works. trust me!!!
.-= Demara´s last blog ..Corner View-Contrast =-.

]]> By: Nadine http://leftcoastmama.net/2009/11/04/weighing-in/comment-page-1/#comment-238417 Nadine Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:38:30 +0000 http://leftcoastmama.net/?p=821#comment-238417 I think you are an amazing woman and love that you're so honest and open about a subject we all think about after kids. For the first time since I was a teen, I'm suddenly wondering the opposite. Implants. I know, crazy right? But after I stopped nursing... well I can easily stash my cell phone or a small Communist dictator in my bras now. It sucks not to feel like yourself. I am wondering when that part stops and I just accept my new body as my own. .-= Nadine´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MartinisForMilk/~3/14i5OIgDOdU/we-are-de-same.html" rel="nofollow">We Are De Same</a> =-. I think you are an amazing woman and love that you’re so honest and open about a subject we all think about after kids.

For the first time since I was a teen, I’m suddenly wondering the opposite. Implants. I know, crazy right? But after I stopped nursing… well I can easily stash my cell phone or a small Communist dictator in my bras now.

It sucks not to feel like yourself. I am wondering when that part stops and I just accept my new body as my own.
.-= Nadine´s last blog ..We Are De Same =-.

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