Weight for me

[vanillafluffy]

I've been losing weight. Haven't wanted to jinx it, but it's starting to make a difference in the clothes I can wear. Woohoo! Last night, I pulled a few things out of my closet and tried them on and was pleasantly surprised. for instance, I have a grey boucle skirt that I got...circa 2003. It was an online purchase that was meant to replace a similar boucle skirt I had that had de-elasticized into a grey sack (albeit a very classy grey sack---it was Liz Claiborne and cashmere---a thrift store find). Unfortunately, the online skirt (neither cashmere nor Claiborne) was snug, not sack-ish, and was several inches shorter. I was never quite comfortable wearing it---but when I tried it on last night, it wasn't snug, and when I wore it to work today, it was perfectly comfortable.

(I wore it with this top, FYI: . Pic is from last year---my hair is shorter---and I hope I don't usually look that goofy. It's something about the way my glasses 'shrink' my eyes....)

Discovered that the short-sleeved khaki jacket I got (also online, about a year ago) buttons nicely and doesn't cut off circulation in my arms anymore, so that will join my fall line-up.

The big disappointment is the black and white polka-dot Curvy Girl halter dress (size 5X in someone else's universe, also acquired online---from this you may scoff to hear that I've usually had very good luck with online clothing purchases). It's still snug. Not as bad as it was a few months ago---18 pounds makes more difference than I thought---and if I lose 10 more and get cinched into my Lane Bryant corset, it might just work. It's deliciously A-line---if could just contrive a crinoline to poof it out a bit! It's got a decided air of the Fifties about it, and with a little floral headband and my Fluevogs? I'd be amazing. (And so modest, right?)

How am I doing it? Soup for dinner most days I work, trying to eat lightly (or not at all) after I get home, not eating like an anaconda when I brunch. With my schedule, I tend toward two meals, brunch and dinner, and I'm trying to be LESS indiscriminate about snacks. Do I still snack? Heck yeah, but I'm trying to pick things like crackers instead of chips and hard candy instead of Oreos. Rome wasn't built in a day.

I'm hoping to get into some kind of exercize routine when the temps go down. There are a few scenic places I can think of, and there's the prosaic Old Faithful, laps around the block.

My goal is simple: I want a weight that begins with a number "2" by the end of this year. (Maybe even by the wedding?) That's *not* unrealistic. It's less than 15 pounds away. Rah, rah, rah, go me!

Oh, and another thing---I won a free pair of Brand X jeans, which are very good jeans, but they do NOT come in size 28/30. I tried to interest various friends in buying these hypothetical jeans from me, no dice. Today I said WTF, I may as well get the highest plus size they have (24) and see if I can get down to that. They're a fit that *should* work for me, with a defined waist and bigger through the hips, bootcut, dark wash...so that's the next goal after breaking the 300-pound mark---to get into those jeans!

Comments

[smtfhw.livejournal.com]

Well done... Sounds like you have a very sensible plan that you can stick to, so it should work well.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I've been trying to whittle away at it instead of tackling it all at once (if I could just get that kind of attitude about my house, I want that done NOW).

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

Way to go!

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Snoopy...

[missybrat.livejournal.com]

YEAH!!!!!! Go you.. go you!!! (Insert the said snoopy dance here.) LOL! I'm so very proud of you! You've lost and I've gained mine back.. sigh. But 'tis ok. My Christmas present is simple this year. A year's membership over at the M.I. Healthplex. (Pool and jacuzzi good.) Add to that someone going with me (it helps to have someone kick you in the butt and go with you) I should be down the pounds that I have gained back by my birthday. (I want to actually GO somewhere this year for the said birthday, and if I can loose weight and feel good about putting on a swimsuit, this would be good!) :)
Hugs to you!
"Brat and Babies"

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

This is a good time of year to pick up swimsuits on sale, if you want to give yourself some incentive.

[ang5fam.livejournal.com]

I told you last week how pretty you looked and admired your weight loss---see, I was right!!! The new hairdo really compliments your face and features, too.
Keep going- I am trying to do the same. Last week's accident has shaved 4 lbs off of me but I think that was mostly the skin from my legs as they hit the pavement..ha ha

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Ouch! On the other hand, if it's stopped you from hiking to the fridge....

Thanks for the compliments, it's good to hear nice things when everything else is made of stress. I love the hair, too---it's so manageable! I was miserable with long hair; I only grew it out as a reaction to my ex---when I was with him, it got shorter and shorter just to piss him off.

[socialhermit.livejournal.com]

Go, you!!

Ugh, it's SO not fair that taking off the pounds is a difficult, time-consuming, depressing pain-in-the-ass. My weight has always fluctuated by 10 pounds or so, depending on what's happening in my life. I lost 16 pounds during the divorce process, gained 8 of those back since April (once some of the anxiety went away) and now I'm dropping a few pounds again because I'm worrying about having to move in the next 3 months. Just...ugh. I hate it.

Why can't we just eat what we want and enjoy ourselves?

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

I've often wished that fat was caused by something other than food. Like listening to rap music (I'm safe.) or Rush Limbaugh (Ditto.) or too much exersize (Definitely safe.). Why does it have to be all the yummiest things, like bacon sandwiches, or chocolate chip cookies, or mac 'n' cheese? Not fair! (And now I'm hungry. Ooops!)

[socialhermit.livejournal.com]

Dammit, me too!

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

Good for you! I think the point at which you can start exercising again will make a lot of different and help take some of the focus off the food itself, so that you don't have to obsess about every bite.

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

We're only 5-6 weeks away from when it'll start cooling down, which will help with walking. If I do laps of the block, I can come right in to a shower.