30-08-2013, 23:48
(30-08-2013, 16:45)Wishin Wrote: Wow, I am hypersensitive and a bit embarrassed to admit this ...The pool felt "colder" than usual so I asked the guards about the temperature. They said this time of year it tends to sit in the high 80s/low 90s. Then they showed me where they keep the thermometer in the filter. It was 89 degrees! The wetsuit REALLY helped. I hopefully only have one week left in the pool but at least it will help until I'm on the roads/trails again.
Haha! OMG! I'm SOOOOO like that tooo!!!!
(30-08-2013, 16:45)Wishin Wrote: The shoulder is something I've faced since I was 12 or so. I was a swimmer. HUGE shoulders, big arms, no chest, tiny waist. Shirts just do not fit me. Tank tops or halters are my best bet, but in the winter there's just no hope for me to wear cute tops if I want them to fit over my shoulders and arms.
Similar, but different reasons. I was born male... though I wouldn't really say "tiny" for my waist. 28" waist and 36.5" hips make my hips tinier if anything. My arms are actually quite slim and very long. But my shoulders... 41" circumference at the joint between shoulders and arms.
I really have no real upper body musculature at all though, I was a cyclist... So it's powerful ass legs on me.
Right now I'm actually pushing towards dangerous skinny, but it's on purpose, I want to get that waist as narrow as I possibly can before I start carefully putting weight back on in a female distribution.
(30-08-2013, 16:45)Wishin Wrote: Your new issue could definitely be due to weight loss (congrats on by the way). I'm unsure about hormonal issues but they could be, I'm definitely more or less sensitive to cold and heat throughout my cycle.
Yeah. It's probably a combination more than anything. I AM pushing towards dangerous skinny... But I've also completely changed my entire hormonal balance from super testosterone heavy to almost no testosterone and balanced high cycle of estrogen and progesterone. I love the new hormone balance in basically every way... Except the loss of my imperviousness to the cold. Used to be I could walk around in just a light long sleeved shirt and no coat in the middle of winter. In Ohio. And trust me, in Ohio that's saying something. Not so much these days... with climate change our winters are getting stupidly mild... So it's just as telling that now I start bundling heavy as early as the end of summer!