2.5 pounds and I can zip up (though a bit above navel level) a skirt I haven’t even coughed at in 3 years.
I think I am exactly 10 lbs away from the majority of my wardrobe. Woot!
ETA:
*Coming up on the very end of South Beach Phase 1. I think I am really ready for it to be over. I just want a few strawberries!
*Socca is pretty much my “carrier carb” (it’s not a carb) for everything. I don’t think it would work on a good meat curry (chicken, fish), which I still think belongs to the whole wheat-ey goodness of chapati, but I like it a LOT for vegetarian food. I am feeling a bit down about what to sub for chapati. We do make a sorghum chapati sometimes called bhakri, I wonder if that would be better for me long-term?
Oooh, look at that, you can buy the gluten in the wheat separately! That should help a lot-maybe I can work with flax meal to make something edible and more chapati-esque.
Thanks sandra! Congrats to you too! Doesn’t it feel amazing? I have a super expensive business wardrobe and it’s just been hanging there for mumble (ok, 3 years) now, taunting me! On the other hand, I also realize I need to throw some old “trendy” stuff out because styles have changed. Except for Bebe. Because ho-wear doesn’t really fluctuate much.
Yeah, I am aware that a lot of my old clothes are out of date. Unfortunately, a lot of the styles that appeal to me are out of date too. So I kinda need to update my whole ‘look’, it’s probably still stuck in the nineties.
Only 6 lbs so far. About 1.5 per week. Hardest thing is to not snack at work. Haven’t had soda more than a month. Booze limited to half bottle of wine on weekends. So far not bad. Exercise starts as soon as it gets a little warmer outside. Couple weeks hopefully.
When I weed I try to hold back the stuff I think has longetivity, or is just plain pretty, but my business wardrobe has a classic tailored look and I wear all grim colors and white, so it doesn’t really die. And maybe they’re dated by skinny jean standards, but I think Editor pants are kind of an easy classic to wear to work and I look good in them when I’m in shape. So be careful about what you throw out…it will probably come back at some point anyway
I know what you mean though–I did a big weeding in 2008 and I was amazed by the number of 2000-2002 peasant blouses I had accumulated. Why do I have so many peasant blouses??
Today completed my first week of the new fitness center routine. I was insanely sore for about three days but it went away. I decided to try the center’s BodyCombat class today (basically kickboxing), and it was without a doubt the hardest I’ve ever worked out in my life. I don’t even know how I got through it. It was a lot of fun though.
Weighed in at 117.2 this morning, making my weight loss to date 12.2kg. I gained at my last two weigh-ins, mostly due to having a lousy head cold and choosing to buy takeaways for dinners instead of cooking from scratch. But I’m recovered and feeling focussed.
When I get to 116.5kg, I will have lost 10% of my starting body weight, so that’s my goal for February!
Ten per cent is very impressive, Sandra! And you’re quite close! encourage encourage, nudge nudge
(And happy belated OAOW!)
So, as of yesterday I’m down 53 pounds from October, but still a long way to go (I consider myself a little over 1/3 the way there). I’m encountering something a little annoying / disheartening, though.
For whatever reason, while I’ve lost quite a bit, I’m not noticing my clothing size changing much. You’d think over 50 pounds would do that, and while there are a couple of shirts that now fit me -better-, I’m not noticing any that are now -big- on me. I’m beginning to wonder where the heck it is that I’m losing this weight -from-, as it’s seemingly not my torso.
Struggling with how clothes fit is demoralizing.
It can make such a difference to have clothes that fit. Ever since I put on some weight, my clothes are a bit too small, and I feel just awful about it.
I have completed Week 2 of the stability routine at my new gym. I have already seen improvement in my fitness. The weight, not so much. I am going back on No S. I am trying not to focus too much on weight but it has been a struggle not to feel bad.
