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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to say, I'm a size 12 at age 50 and after 2 kids, and this has been a kick in the butt to get back into an exercise routine.

[b]That said, nobody believes me when I tell them what I weigh[/b].  Not even the nurse who weighed me recently and said, "well, that's a surprise!"  But I know what I look like in a bathing suit, and while it's not awful, it's not perfect either.

I'll say again, this thread is a kick in the but.  However, sometimes I think maybe we're too obsessed with physical perfection in this country, to the exclusion of other things.  There are tradeoffs when you work and have kids, and maybe you can't have it all.  I'd much rather spend time with my kids or read novels than work out 7 days a week to solve what isn't exactly a physical crisis.  But yeah, more exercise is probably good for me in more ways than just weight loss.[/quote]

Just curious- do they think you weigh more or less?  [/quote]

They think I weigh less, much less.  I do have a fair amount of muscle mass.  I also agree with the PP who said your body changes after kids - I went from a 4 to an 8, but only gained about 10 pounds, with my first kid.  The space between my hipbones increased by 1 inch (that's 2 inches total around my hips), at least going by the fact that before kids I could span my hipbones with my stretched hand, but after the 1st kid I could no longer do this and there was a gap of about 1 inch. The rest of the weight, well, I stopped exercising in the effort to manage a house, 2 kids, and a full-time job, I admit it![/quote]

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