[twister_mama]

Thanks girls! My breasts are still fuller than they were before starting all this massage; and they felt firmer when I got up this morning than yesterday. So the massage is definitely helping, as Anastasia has been saying (one of your recent posts is what prompted me to start massaging a week ago, lol!). I had stopped massaging a few months ago, because it totally made me smaller (obviously I must have been doing something wrong); and I got discouraged. Now that I know to correct way to massage, it's working great!

Thanks for the tips, Anastasia. I've had my scoliosis since I was a young kid, too; my curve is just a little lower than the middle of my back. Sitting up straight usually hurts for me, because of the stinking nerves that get pinched by my curve. But I'm working on it! I also get a lot of pain in my upper back, between my shoulders. That sucks, too. I've been working on stretching out my chest muscles (pulling my arms back as far as I can) to help with my posture, too. Been doing that for maybe 6 months now? I will have to look into yoga or something. I could definitely benefit from something like that!

Nope, I can't do all 360 rotations at once! I'm totally out of shape! However, I could barely do 100 at once yesterday; today I can easily do 150 at once. My arms are getting more used to it! So, I'm getting somewhere around 600+ rotations per day now. I hope that's OK! Or do all the rotations have to be at once? I also do an additional 120 or so on my smaller right side at each session; so that's like an extra 480 just for that right side. Hopefully that will help!

I will have to get that cocoa butter stick. I never got any stretch marks on my tummy during either of my pregnancies, miraculously; but somehow I have all kinds of really tiny, hard to see stretch marks on my hips, thighs, and butt, even though I never gained my weight there quickly, ever. It was a gradual weight gain throughout my 20's. I even noticed a couple on my knees; and my knees are bony! Always have been, too. My skin just doesn't like me. Of course, the arthritic condition I have also involves the skin, making it more fragile. So that's probably it. But that cocoa butter will come in handy. You're so lucky you grew up to a 34C during your pregnancy; that's my goal size! I never grew AT ALL during either of my pregnancies. I was maybe a 34A for one day right after giving birth, from being engorged (I didn't breastfeed). That was it.

I'm doing pretty good with my water intake now. I don't mind drinking water alone, as long as it doesn't have a weird taste. I also love tea; so I'll have like 4 or 5 big cups of hot decaf tea in the evening. It helps warm me up. I have been FREEZING cold lately! My hands are like ice. I've always had poor circulation in my hands and feet; but this is ridiculous. We keep our house at 73 degrees; so the house isn't cold. I used to be really cold all the time when I was younger, until I had my kids. If BB is supposed to put you back in puberty, maybe that's why I'm so cold now? Like it's recreating whatever condition my hormones were in as a teenager?

I still have a bunch of MSM left. I was taking like 4000-5000mg a day of it last fall, before my program totally stalled; then I cut back to just the essential basics. I may try adding one MSM capsule (1000mg) a day and see what happens. I know MSM is also good for arthritis, so I would like to get back on it again.

I Noogled for like an hour and ten minutes last night, both sides; then took off the left one and did the right one an additional hour. Still no red dots, yay! I wish my right boob would stay the size it is when I take the NB cup off; cuz then it's the same size as the left. Ah well, I know this will take many months.

My temp has been low lately, too; like 98.0. I don't know if my body is getting used to my adrenal glandulars or something. I'm only taking one L-Tyrosine a day; maybe I should take two. I'm still taking two Iodoral tablets a day for iodine. I'm not sure if I switched to kelp if it would help or not? Ugh, I'm so cold it's hard to type. I think I'll make another hot cup of tea.

I hope everyone has a nice Valentine's Day!!! And don't forget to massage!