So I go to put on a pair of pants today i haven't worn in weeks, and noticed a certain snugness across the ***-end!!!
Sure enough, UP 4 lbs NOT COOL
sigh.... 3 weeks at a cottage will do that to a person! damnation!
Now I'm curious tho - NOW I'm all over those 4 pounds and then some, getting them off my bum so my pants get loosey-goosey again.... BUT over the course of 15 years I gained 100 lbs., why didn't i NOTICE THEN that I had to buy bigggger and biggggggger pants??!??
Ergh, I could go back in time and SHAKE that girl!!!!
I hear ya--- summer vacations are killer--- I'm up three pounds from my week camping in the mountains...
Nothing warms you up from the cold and the rain like a box of Hostess cupcakes, hmmm? ARGH!
Time to get back on track! We can do this!
(Have I ever told you that you remind me sooooo much of my mother?? I want her to read your passages b/c you both started off around the same point in your lives and in your journey... and you look kinda similar too!)
Last edited by BrandNewJen; 08-13-2008 at 10:18 AM.
So I go to put on a pair of pants today i haven't worn in weeks, and noticed a certain snugness across the ***-end!!!
Sure enough, UP 4 lbs NOT COOL
sigh.... 3 weeks at a cottage will do that to a person! damnation!
Now I'm curious tho - NOW I'm all over those 4 pounds and then some, getting them off my bum so my pants get loosey-goosey again.... BUT over the course of 15 years I gained 100 lbs., why didn't i NOTICE THEN that I had to buy bigggger and biggggggger pants??!??
Ergh, I could go back in time and SHAKE that girl!!!!
First I love the way you write, it makes me smile...similar to having a cup of coffee with you and just "hearing" it not reading it. I think it is an amazing testament to how far you have come that the snugness does catch your attention now. I am not quite at that point, but am working it the best I can. Thank you for the reality check and the smile. Have a great day.
This made me laugh because I've thought the EXACT same thing in the past! I'm so intuned to every minor weight change in my body now that I notice when clothes look and feel tighter immediately. My theory is that when I was 264lbs, I was gaining steadily -- around 10 lbs a year -- but since it was stretched out over a whole year, i would only notice my pants were snug after a season of not wearing them and then, I think, I would USUALLY justify getting new pants with wanting something more in style/in season, so I didnt even have to consider "Geez... I'm fatter than i was before the summer, aren't I?"
Also, back then, I would eat like a bandit but in my mind, I ate healthy and I didn't snack much and I honestly chalked my fatness up to bad genes, bad luck, bad biochemistry, whatever. So, was in some pretty serious denial.
Also: I was the same size in tops for years even as my pants size got a bigger and bigger, since I tend to put on more weight around my hips and abdomen, so I guess that "proved" to me that I wasn't getting any fatter, even though a comparison of my weight taken by my doctor each year pretty much proved I was steadily gaining around 10lbs a year.
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Originally Posted by Trazey34
So I go to put on a pair of pants today i haven't worn in weeks, and noticed a certain snugness across the ***-end!!!
Sure enough, UP 4 lbs NOT COOL
sigh.... 3 weeks at a cottage will do that to a person! damnation!
Now I'm curious tho - NOW I'm all over those 4 pounds and then some, getting them off my bum so my pants get loosey-goosey again.... BUT over the course of 15 years I gained 100 lbs., why didn't i NOTICE THEN that I had to buy bigggger and biggggggger pants??!??
Ergh, I could go back in time and SHAKE that girl!!!!
Trazey at least you are nipping in the bud now. In my case it was complete denial when I would go up in size. Sad to say I didn't care either. I gained seven pounds the last 4 months and noticed my pants were tighter. That's when I woke up and started over. I feel so much better now too.
To anyone who has struggled recently I feel your pain. We can do this!!!!
Urgh this is the reason I am dreading visting my mum this weekend for a month!! I am bringing exercise clothes and dvds.. I just hope I can say no to the junk food.
*crosses fingers*
I am only bringing my small jeans with me so if I do gain some I will notice right away.
In retrospect, I think it was so easy for me because it was just one size. "Just one size", I'd think to myself - that'll be easy enough to take care of...I'll put that on my list for next week.
Yeah, right. I have a drawer full of those danged "to do" lists ...*sighs*
I know what you mean what I found really amazing was I still was in the same pants even after I lost the first 25 lbs -- I can't imagine what they looked like when I was wearing them in the beginning-- I have lost around 52 lbs and nobody has really noticed --
I think that is just as weird because I have even bought new clothes in smaller sizes???
These past few months I just let go. Some months prior I managed to lose around 40lbs. After gaining the majority back and feeling the difference in my pants size(more snug) I knew I had to do something. I have to maintain it now. I guess we just don't pay attention at times. I know I don't. =/