A minor milestone

[kitanzi]

Diets are still boring to everyone who isn't on one - but I'll take my minor triumphs where I can get them, I guess!


I really don't feel like I'm getting anywhere very fast, especially with having a very hard time getting strictly back on diet after the trip to England, but I did get a bit of a boost the other day. ladyat has lost quite a bit of weight herself, and passed on an assortment of jeans and pants that she had undergrown. I found this weekend that I can fit into all of them quite comfortably except for the very smallest, which will fit but pinches. Considering that's a size 14, and I started this whole diet when I literally burst a seam on a size 18, I am feeling rather pleased at the moment.

Guess I am a bit shallow on this, but my creeping weight - and volume! - is something I've been working on for months and concerned about for years. There are a lot of benefits in how healthy I feel as well, but I have to admit there's a certain satisfaction in zipping up those smaller jeans.

Comments

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

Go, girl!

Me? My watch strap nearly rotates freely on my wrist, and my belt on my jeans is 4 holes tighter than it was in August.

[bardling.livejournal.com]

Yay, you! That's a goodly ways gone down the path! *hugs*

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

You go, girl!!

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

No need to feel shallow!

Excellently done!

[quadrivium.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, luv! Wooo Wooo!


Of course I got to see you in a bathing suit. Mmmmm mmmm! Looking good, Girl! ;-)

[kyttn.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!! I'm not getting anywhere in terms of weight loss - I've mostly given up at the moment. It takes a lot of work to stick to it. Go you!!!
*HUGS*

[(Anonymous)]

[peering out from behind battlement]
Hmmm. I'm still alive! OK...

Glad to hear you got back on the diet after Quinze. I was wondering how it was
going, but a flurry of pre Con Comm meeting activity allowed me to procrastinate on
our e-mail, so the question didn't get asked.

I'm not too sure what the difference is between a size 18 and a 14, but Bravo!

"there's a certain satisfaction in zipping up those smaller jeans."
And going the other direction, too, I should imagine. [EG]

Ann Onynous (pressing the Luck of the Irish).

[folkmew.livejournal.com]

There is no reason to feel shallow at all! I have struggled with weight most of my life. I've been as thin as a model and once bought a pair of size 9 pants when I was in high school (and had no hips). (I was 128 pounds and 5'11 but a) didn't stay that thin for long and b) had no hips and small bones so it wasn't anorexia or bulimia).
I've also been a size 28. I've spent years coming to terms with loving myself no matter what my weight (although I admit that one reason I'm back on weight watchers is that I'm skirting the dangerous edge of hating the way I look). I've come to terms with the idea that I have a problem with food the way some people have a problem with alcohol or any other addiction. I'm not in a 12 step program but hey, I know I eat for stress, sometimes for boredom, and definitely for consolation.

SO - is it shallow to rejoice in having the comittment to stick to a plan to take care of yourself and get healthier? I sure hope not!

Gotta run but wanted to say "YAY! for you!" WIsh me luck back on Weight Watchers. (btw - I don't care what "religion" you use to lose weight! ;-) (grin)

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

All milestones of this sort are important.

Here's a gauge of how skinny you really are: I'm a size 14. I'm not tiny, but I'm not huge either. I can still get away with most of my skimpy clothes.

Love,
LMG

[delennara.livejournal.com]

Wow!
14 is the same size as me!
congrats!

[(Anonymous)]

"Diets are still boring to everyone who isn't on one" ? You may have to eat those words,
lass. With forty Comments (and counting), they just ain't true, it seems.

Ann Onynous.

[figmo.livejournal.com]

You go, girl!

I've managed to hold onto my loss of one belt notch myself, but with my recent bout of prednisone I'm fighting tooth and nail to not gain.