Anyone ready to ring in the new year...and lose weight/get fit?

[oesdog]

Guess what my Dh said today. - OMG you lost a heck of a lot of weight you can really see it round your face and when you stand up now ! Bless him he even offered to take in my pants for me cause he sews I don;t!

Oesdog

 

[Kassaundra]

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Awesome news!!!!!! Taking them in is okay, but I say it deserves a celebratory clothes shopping fun day!

 

[oesdog]

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Awesome news!!!!!! Taking them in is okay, but I say it deserves a celebratory clothes shopping fun day!

Yes I know and I will - soon as its my Birthday in August so I intend to do a shopping trip then. Might lose a bit more too. The trousers DH was going to take in are my best suit trousers so I kind of want them taken in. Though Dot says I got them to "flatter" the fuller figure and they don;t look so nice or hang as well now I lost weight. She said they looked "boxy?" I liked them???

Though I guess she is right things don;t look the same when your shape is different.

Anyhow will away I am just pleased with myself. - I have just hit the stage I was in December. I went down from a pound off 12 stone to 10st 2 lbs. Then Christmas hit and I was bad and the weight went on. I figured I would lose it but I didn;t then when I joined you all in January I just put weight back on till I was 10.13 and I thought GIRL you cannot do this to yourself. So I have been struggling to get it off again. Sad I didn;t start January at 10.2! As I would have been well into a good weight for my height by this stage. As it is I know I need to get another 9 lbs off just to get to the biggest I can be for my height! I would like to lose another 23lbs! So I am 8.7lbs. Thats my aim I was that about 5/6 yrs ago then I got the fibro and piled on the pounds. BAD GIRL!!!!! But I am losing it again finally. Being nearly 12 stone was a shock. I had doubled my weight in 20yrs! When I met DH I was 6.7 but I don;t think I will ever be that again practiacally anorexic!!! I am pleased with myself when I add up how far I have come despite the set backs. 11.13 down to 10.2 this morning! thats a loss of 25lbs!!!! in 18 months!! I don;t feel so bad when I think on it like that. Though I got terrible stuck on 10.8 didn;t I it was awful for nothing to happen for months!!!!! Now at least I am getting there. Folk notice and that is really really good!!!!!!!

Oesdog

 

[Kassaundra]

Anytime you get down, just take a look at the 25 lb bag of dogfood in the grocery store ................. that is what you've lost!!!!!

 

[oesdog]

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Thanks for that. I always tried to think on 5lb bags of spuds and how awful it would be to carry that in your hands all day yet I was and still am carrying way too many!!!!!
It is amazing how easy it is to put on the weight and not really notice how bad it is. It is when we take a really good honest look in the mirror and stop making excuses that we can start to do something about it. It is a long journey I am hoping to complete and its been so much better doing it this year with friends than the hard work last year alone. I really never thought of the Dog food being 25lbs OMG they are huge!!!! How could I have carried so much extra weight every day. It is no wonder my body was complaining what with the knees and hips being so sore! I am sure it is far better for my joints now and I am not suffering the severe pain I was getting so alround positives. You all know how down I was getting when the darn scale wouldn;t budge! That I think was the most depressing time because I was trying so hard for nothing. Now I really am feeling sooooo good about myself expecially when folk notice and I am not getting so many comments about my large backside etc! It is shrinking!!!!!
I hope we all continue to do this thread and support eachother. I know I have a way to go and its been great having the help.

Oesdog

 

[3goodeggs]

oesdog, I know we have dwindled to just a few. I guess everyone else was successful quicker than us, but I am glad I am getting fit, even if it is slower than it started out. I decided to hold 3pound weights in each hand when I exercise so that my body will work harder thinking that I have not lost it.

I find that with exercising every day I have a lot more energy and motivation to accomplish those overwhelming tasks that I had been putting off... so the energy is burning even more energy.

I am one of those people that kept the clothes from pre-pregnancy. They will be out of date, but just about new. 16 years old. I saved them for 16 years! arug.

I am going to hang my most favorite dress -that I bought before I found out I was pregnant and never got to wear- on my wall so I can look at it everyday and aim for a size six again.
I will be wrinkled and saggy, but that dress is going ON!

well, keep at it everyone. I am glad we are at least die hards!
congrats on the 25 ponds oesdog. You are ahead of me, but That's okay. you struggled for so long. I am so happy for you.

 

[Renie'sPeeps]

Mercy.... talk about hanging and saggy.... I have that turkey neck thingie going on.. talk about depression.. In fact... I am thinking maybe I don't want to loose anymore right now... freaks me out. I am hoping that maybe if I try building some muscle in place of the fat.. migh help me some. Has the weight chart been up dated yet?

 

[Wink]

I have not lost weight....but I've lost fat. My boobs are going going.....not yet gone, but Ive definitely lost volume. Sigh.

 

[Chick1043]

My mom lost almost 130 pounds.

 

[danielle82]

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hahaha Always the first to go for me

wish my waist would just shrink I wouldn't mind keeping that top part lol