I don’t get that, it’s hard for me to build mass but cardio just drops my weight so much, even though it’s good for appetite. And I’m cold a lot, so whoever postulates that’s a slow metabolism, I’m not convinced.
Lifting does distribute my body mass better (well, sort of) because my ass & legs get bigger but arms get a little shape and stronger never big. I’m kind of tall and a lady, it’s ever been so. Menopause did give me both hips and boobs, bleah I lost my very skinny build but stuck here at some size where I feel fat and others say I am slim. Normal I guess.
Yeah I think I just got weird genes. My body generally wants to be muscular for my activity/hormone level. When I go from sedentary to biking in short order the little belly I have moves to butt and thigh muscle. I need to get back to lifting, my wife really appreciated what pull ups did to my back.
And yeah I’m a tall woman, so I don’t get like shredded, I mostly just get toned and strong, though my thighs and butt do get pretty big (but that’s a little bit just what happens to cyclists).
And yeah, from what I hear your experience with menopause and weight is totally normal. And it’s really easy to feel fat even when you aren’t when you’re just bigger than your mental model of yourself.
Like the old idea of endomorph, mesomorph, ectomorph, I always leaned ectomorph, and guess you would be mesomorph. I do think there is real body type difference- the midwife said I didn’t have an “estrogenic” body type, lol. No T&A. Also just not big even when strong. So it is sort of disorienting, I don’t want to harm my bones by getting skinny right now, but lost part of my identity! I feel womanly always but so enjoyed the more androgynous build.
I don’t get that, it’s hard for me to build mass but cardio just drops my weight so much, even though it’s good for appetite. And I’m cold a lot, so whoever postulates that’s a slow metabolism, I’m not convinced.
Lifting does distribute my body mass better (well, sort of) because my ass & legs get bigger but arms get a little shape and stronger never big. I’m kind of tall and a lady, it’s ever been so. Menopause did give me both hips and boobs, bleah I lost my very skinny build but stuck here at some size where I feel fat and others say I am slim. Normal I guess.
Yeah I think I just got weird genes. My body generally wants to be muscular for my activity/hormone level. When I go from sedentary to biking in short order the little belly I have moves to butt and thigh muscle. I need to get back to lifting, my wife really appreciated what pull ups did to my back.
And yeah I’m a tall woman, so I don’t get like shredded, I mostly just get toned and strong, though my thighs and butt do get pretty big (but that’s a little bit just what happens to cyclists).
And yeah, from what I hear your experience with menopause and weight is totally normal. And it’s really easy to feel fat even when you aren’t when you’re just bigger than your mental model of yourself.
Like the old idea of endomorph, mesomorph, ectomorph, I always leaned ectomorph, and guess you would be mesomorph. I do think there is real body type difference- the midwife said I didn’t have an “estrogenic” body type, lol. No T&A. Also just not big even when strong. So it is sort of disorienting, I don’t want to harm my bones by getting skinny right now, but lost part of my identity! I feel womanly always but so enjoyed the more androgynous build.