Wow, I really did lose a lot of weight!

[noirem]

It will come as no shock to anyone who's ever met me that I've been trying to lose weight, though for most of my life "trying" has been in quotes and, except for a bulimic period in high school (when I got down to a size 10/12), my weight has largely gone up rather than down.

Comments

[blacksheep_lj]

Congratulations! Sounds like the extremely slow loss you describe is the result of good overall lifestyle changes, in the manner that weight sneaks slowly on at that sort of rate, and you found a way to let it sneak slowly back off!

Have you heard of "The Fat Nutritionist?" She is someone I've recently discovered who has a really wonderful attitude about this stuff, in her explananations of how to eat. In particular, read the entry a few weeks ago titled something like "the food you want to eat is the food that makes you feel good."

[noirem]

I hadn't. She seems very interesting. I should probably pay more attention to the Fat Acceptance movement as I believe what they say, but I'm not ready to let go of the self-fat-hatred.

I agree with her about the "if I could eat anything I wanted, I'd just eat cake all day!" attitude. Um, being an adult means being able to choose to eat cake all day, if that's what you really want. It also means knowing that you won't feel very good at the end of the day. I knew I was an adult when I went to a restaurant and ordered the salad because it was the most appealing thing on a generally savoury-seeming menu.

[vsherbie]

wow! that's exciting! I would highly recommend doing a bra fitting. I recently needed a new strapless bra and talked J in to helping me measure. I found I should have been buying bras a strap size down and a cup size up from what I was buying. What a difference! I'm way more comfortable, and shirts fit better because everything is where the designers expect it to be.

[noirem]

As not all bras are sized equal, I prefer to get fitted - that is to say, try on a bra and have someone assess it's fit and then bring me other bras that should fit the same way. Much more civilized ;o) I did buy one new bra a few weeks ago and I'm making do until I next find myself in a city with a Bravissimo to have a fitting done.

[labelleizzy]

congratulations, dear one. I hope you maintain an healthy and happy body for years to come and enjoy it tremendously!

[noirem]

The Weight Loss Registry, which tracks people who managed to lose 10% of their body weight* and keep it off for a year, found that 0.001% of dieters are "successful".

I'd say the odds of me continuing to lose weight or managing to keep it off are significantly against me.

* for me that'd be going from 215 to 193.5, still 10lbs into the "obese" range - hardly what I, society, or my doctor would call my "ideal" weight - and that's just keeping it off for a year! if I put it all back on on day 366 I'd still be counted as a success.

[webcowgirl]

Well, I'd like to think you've had a major life and lifestyle change, with more walking than in the states and a different attitude about what you eat thanks to the way you and C share meals. But I could be wrong. Still ... hoping for long term success. :-)

[noirem]

Actually, I didn't have a car so I walked and took public transit everywhere there as well. That summer I bought a bike and started riding around town, as well. Alameda was nice and flat with bike lanes :o) When I first moved here and started cooking with Chris, I gained 10lbs in less than 2 months. It took the first month of "dieting" just to stabilize my weight and another 6 months to lose those 10lbs again.

[feyluck]

Congratulations Sweetie!!! I know how hard loosing weight is and I am so proud of you! Big hugs!!!

[i_am_dsh]

Wow - congratulations. wish you were still in Alameda, so I could pass on some things I've sized out of. Glad you found some thrift bargains in the meantime.