Oh yay, oh yay oh friggin YAY! Annie, you made it under 400!!!! I'm so super happy for you. Congratuations!! Now, onward and downward!
Battle, it was funny for me to read your lament about your progress not being mentioned by friends and such. For some reason all of a sudden EVERYBODY is noticing my loss at work. I think it spreads like a virus...people mention it to other people and then compliments and such come from all directions. I guess I'm weird, but I actually don't like it. People mean well, and I would probably be sad if I though nobody noticed anything but all in all the attention is not pleasant for me. I much prefer toiling in anonymity.
Thanks for the nice thoughts and comments on my kitchen project. It started with a plan for a big paint job and new hardware on the cabinetry and has somehow morphed into something like an obsession. I have spent MANY times the cost of the paint on new kitchen/dining room accessories, art and cupboard organization etc. etc. I will SORELY regret the expense sooner rather than later, but still it is all making me quite happy for now. I have lived here almost 10 years and never felt like any of the rooms were 'my' rooms. That has changed. I'm still working on my little dining room (progress has really slowed since my holidays are over) and then maybe I'll post some pics. I really wish I took some before pics of my kitchen because you really need them to see the changes...my house was built in 1935 so it's not ever going to be perfection but it feels more 'mine' than it ever has now.
So I bought a new dress at a store called 'Reitman's'. The reason this is a big deal is that for many, many, many years I have been too large to shop anywhere other than a store called Pennington's. Even then I bought only what I could reasonably squeeze into - it was never about a style or fit I really liked. At the end, I almost couldn't fit into a single thing there either. It was horribly depressing. Now I can shop at any store that sells plus sizes and it feels like a whole new world of 'almost normal' has opened up to me. I can't wrap my head around how those who wear a size 12 and under decide where to shop. I mean where do you even begin with so many choices??! LOL
This particular dress is a size 22! And I bought it because I liked it, and because I thought it looked nice. What a joy. It's weird...depending on the cut and style I'm wearing clothes from a size 22 to a size 28. I even bought a size 18 light linen waist length jacket at Reitman's that was on deep discount, and it fits too, though snugly. A whole lot of my weight is in my lower abdomen and I have shortish legs, which means I look ridiculous in pants but I it also means I can wear fitted upper body clothes pretty well. I think I'm going to wait for a few more pounds to wear my new dress just so I feel really good in it.
Congrats to all on the losses and hugs to anyone struggling. I had one big fat stress binge on Monday last, and have spent the rest of the week trying to undo the 'damage'. Was back on track the next day, but it's taking a while to have the scales get back to where they were. My ticker is accurate, but I'm still .8 pounds higher than my lowest number last Monday. I feel like I need to be in the 260's to have it behind me completely in a psychological sense.
They are owned by the same company. Congrats on finding a dress that you like and fits!
