OMG I'm lopsided!! What should I do?

[aubrie 6]

Okay, I've been posting on here for a long time and I trust you guys, so promise you won't laught at me for posting this.....

As I have been losing weight, I thought I noticed that one of my arms was bigger than the other. I'm talking upper arm here. Ugly flap thing.... Anyway, the more weight I lost, the more noticable it became. Well, I put on a new size 16 dress this morning with short sleeves. One sleeve didn't even remotely fit like the other one. I pulled of the dress and looked closely. Sure enough, my upper right arm is much bigger around than my left. I started to panic and got out the tape measure. Sure enough.... My left arm is 38 cm. (how embarrassing):Dancing_sad: and my right arm is 42 cm. (even MORE embarrassing):ohmy: WTF??!!!!???! :Dancing_hmm: That is a BIG difference. I exercise regularly and don't favor one arm over the other. Both get the exact same amount of exercise. What the heck is going on? Has this happened to anyone? It's now noticable. I asked my husband if he coudl tell, and he started giggling and quickly pointed to my right arm and said, yup, it's bigger. OMG.:Dancing_O_o: What do I do? Why are they doing that? HELP I expected something like this from the "girls", but not my arms......:cursing:

[lizlasvegas7 0]

I am new to this..

But just wanted to let you know that you are not alone..I too have one arm bigger than the other, and yes I tried on a blouse and one fit perfect while the other was hurting!!! I really hope someone can give us some pointers on this...

[Jachut 487]

Both arms dont get the same amount of exercise, nearly everyone's dominant arm is bigger. But 4 inches is a fair bit, you might find it evens out as you lose more weight.

I have two different sized boobs, but its evened out a lot since they deflated.

[aubrie 6]

Jachut, you work out a lot. If I work out with weights to get them to match, should I work the little arm or the fatter arm harder and more frequently with the weights???? God I sound like such an idiot, but I really don't know. Is my right arm bigger because of more fat, (which is what it looks like) or because there is more muscle underneath? This may be my imagination, but the loose skin and dimpling seems to be worse on the big arm as well. Like I won't have the same sagging skin issues on the two arms. The little arm looks like I may escape that nasty outcome. the big arm, there's no doubt I'm stuck with it. This is really freaking me out.

[cookielover 1]

My trainer said that we can't really control where the weight comes off. I know for me that my left side of my waist indent was more indented than the other side. I had half eaten muffin top! Then one day (months went by...) I looked in the mirror and both sides were more equal! Either the right side got bigger or the left side got smaller, but I think I look smoking hot with no more muffin top.

[Jachut 487]

I'd work the smaller arm more, assuming its your dominant arm that's bigger?

If its fat, it might even up, often it comes off unevenly.

Look, at the very worst case scenario, you could have Lipo on one arm. They do that with breasts sometimes.

[betrthnever 107]

My arms are disproportionately larger then the rest of my body. But what am I going to do wear long sleeves through a miserably hot summer here in Phoenix, AZ? I just have had to come to terms with them. I was banded 2/19 and have lost around 3 inches from my arms but they still look like flabby popeye arms. Where there's no natural fix there's surgery in the future!

[KayleighsMommy 16]

I am still waiting for my surgery, but a year or so ago one arm seemed much bigger than the other (so much so I went to the ER thinking it might be a blood clot) turns out I have a lipoma (a fatty tumor, totally benign) in my left bicep. It just looks weird. Perhaps this could be your "problem" ??

[aubrie 6]

Well..... the fat in my flaps is certainly lumpy. My doctor said they were "fat globules". Whatever that means. I suppose that is a possibility.

I had to crack up laughing while I was driving home yesterday.... There was a tattooed motor cycle rider driving alongside me. The tats on his arm caught my attention. When I looked, he had obviously lost a LOT of weight, because he had some awesome "flaps" that hands down topped mine. At the high speed he was driving, they were literally flapping in the wind. I got the giggles so bad I almost hit the curb!!! Oh the things we notice after being banded........