Hello Ladies
Thought I'd drop in early today and see what's up with everyone!
Jen: Don't get too discouraged by that exercise program. Ammi is right – you aren't talking about ability so much as flexability. I was always very flexible, at my heaviest I could put my hands palm-down flat on the floor…but I do my "weights" with five pound hand weights!
When I was actually going to a gym and using their weight machines, I had to take the weight completely off the bench press! Yep…I basically just lifted the bar.
I still have zero upper body strength and in yoga class I can't do a number of the things they want me to do. And I'm fairly certian the WATP tape you did would kill me! Keep working on flexibility and do other types of exercise in the meantime.
Katt: I also hate spending money on clothes that won't fit soon. I have a couple of bras in my drawer now that got too big quickly. Luckily, I kept a number of my "skinny clothes" and had a friend who was a size 20 and a clothes-horse give me jeans. Still, I just this past weekend bought some new panties…I'd been wearing the ones I wore 80 lbs ago – talk about your granny panties! Some things are worth the money.
Ammi: The reflection can be an amazing thing, can't it? Sometimes I part 6/10 of a mile from work and walk…right down main street, full of shop windows. I remember how I looked in 2004 and the difference is startling. Good for you! What the heck are chocolate digestive biscuits? Chocolate I get. And I understand that in England biscuits are cookies. But the "digestive" has me stumped!
It makes them sound like some kind of medicine.
Heather: I just can't get over how close you are to your goal! You've had a remarkable loss and it serves as a reminder of where I could have been…if I had your work ethic for exercise! You are amazing!
We had burgers for dinner last night – I had plenty of points – but then I also went to a bridal shower. I do terribly in social situations.
They had a fiesta theme and I had chips and guacamole and three of these little burrito things…and nuts…lots of nuts! I'm giving myself 10 pts for the night, although it may well have been more…so I'm 11 pts into my flex points for the week…which started yesterday!
So, working harder today and we'll see how it goes.
Good luck to you all and have a happy, healthy OP day.