Why am I blogging about this? Because I’ve read that if you go public (so to speak) that you tend to be more accountable. Also, I can look back and track my progress
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Admit I didn't look at your fitness guru but as for your photo ... Verrrrry nice.Your pecs are drool worthy and personally I like your tummy, it's pet-able. Which would make you a keeper.
Those super yummy food photos... you can't tell when I'm telling myself I should eat something... just not that. So I post telling myself that some day I'll make those and never do. It's like stashing a bottle of alcohol but first I have to shop and assemble the ingredients, then follow the directions. *laughs* Too much work and too many calories.
Yea! Only one inch. One inch from where?
You do know that good, and I'm assuming that expensive means made to be altered, suits can be taken in or out.
And here I thought you were the master chef of LJ cooking all those! ha!
An inch in the waist. I want to get back to my "normal" weight which was always in the 140 to 145 pre-weight gain. In suits, I wore a 40 coat and 30 waist pants. Suits normally come with a 6 inch drop, meaning a suit off the rack with a 40 coat translates to 34 inch pants (except for European suits with side vents in the coat which can come in 32 inch pants, but I don't like side vents) - so I'd get American cut (center vent) and if you have to alter pants more than 2 inches, they have to be re-cut and never fit right. So . . . . I'd normally have to custom order them in a 30 inch pant.
So yes, I can let them out, but If I let them out now and get back to my normal weight, then I'd have to take them in again. So we'll see. If I get back to my normal weight and and they are still tight, I'll let them out a bit. :-)
A nice photo, Russ. Even at this stage, I'll bet that many folk (MEN) would walk up and wrap you in their hands.
It sounds as though you're seeing how much of a lifestyle change is required. I can barely fit in slacks I bought in 2001, and have decided that it's time to get them taken out a cm., perhaps an inch. My torso is not as good a shape as yours, but it's not changed like my brother's. I have to remind myself of that fact (my brother followed more closely in our father's steps, 250+ lbs., he is/was 72 inches tall), and count my blessings (among them, I still have 74 inches of height to spread my weight).
So I'm continuing to check in here and see what's happening with you, and so yes--Your Public Is Watching. (snicker)
More seriously, I'm glad you're able to work on these changes.
Hey Mark! You asked for a picture, so you got it. LOL. I think I've gotten a bit leaner since then though. I basically wore the same size since college (30 to 31 depending on the cut). I have some size 31 Levi "skinny jeans" that I haven't worn in about 5 years that now fit well, and some size 30 semi-skinny jeans that fit exactly the same in the waist, but cut fuller in the leg. I hate when pants grab the waist, so my test is if I can pull them off easily without unbuttoning them. ha!
Hope you are doing well and the summer heat isn't bothering you too much. I know you are not a fan of hot weather.
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Verrrrry nice.Your pecs are drool worthy and personally I like your tummy, it's pet-able. Which would make you a keeper.
You're doing well.
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Yea! Only one inch.
One inch from where?
You do know that good, and I'm assuming that expensive means made to be altered, suits can be taken in or out.
You ARE doing terrific.
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An inch in the waist. I want to get back to my "normal" weight which was always in the 140 to 145 pre-weight gain. In suits, I wore a 40 coat and 30 waist pants. Suits normally come with a 6 inch drop, meaning a suit off the rack with a 40 coat translates to 34 inch pants (except for European suits with side vents in the coat which can come in 32 inch pants, but I don't like side vents) - so I'd get American cut (center vent) and if you have to alter pants more than 2 inches, they have to be re-cut and never fit right. So . . . . I'd normally have to custom order them in a 30 inch pant.
So yes, I can let them out, but If I let them out now and get back to my normal weight, then I'd have to take them in again. So we'll see. If I get back to my normal weight and and they are still tight, I'll let them out a bit. :-)
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It sounds as though you're seeing how much of a lifestyle change is required. I can barely fit in slacks I bought in 2001, and have decided that it's time to get them taken out a cm., perhaps an inch. My torso is not as good a shape as yours, but it's not changed like my brother's. I have to remind myself of that fact (my brother followed more closely in our father's steps, 250+ lbs., he is/was 72 inches tall), and count my blessings (among them, I still have 74 inches of height to spread my weight).
So I'm continuing to check in here and see what's happening with you, and so yes--Your Public Is Watching. (snicker)
More seriously, I'm glad you're able to work on these changes.
Bless you.
--markb
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Hope you are doing well and the summer heat isn't bothering you too much. I know you are not a fan of hot weather.
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