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Novak 08-24-2010 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by makeitmatter (Post 3450790)
Morning Meggie,

I'm in the same situation as Novak and Jessica: I'm back to what I weighed a few years ago, but my measurements are definitely smaller. I use to run and lift weights, so I had a fairly decent body shape (IMHO - lol). I've only recently started lifting weights again so my body isn't as toned as it use to be, but I'm smaller at this weight then I previously was. The way I'm currently eating has most definitely changed my measurements - which has nothing to do with the inconsistency in clothing sizes. I'm thoroughly enjoying the way my body is remorphing itself - regardless of the scientific why behind it.

Good luck in discovering YOUR ideal weight and size. You'll know when you get there.
Agreed. It's more than just clothing sizes and styles... though I do benefit from the lower rise slacks hanging on the racks these days. It's body composition. My skeletal frame is significantly more pronounced, my face is less round, my ribs are closer to the surface. I feel like I have a different body type than I've ever had.

I don't even know what would happen if I lost another 10-12 pounds and got down to a weight I last saw 30 years ago... maybe I'd be okay, but with a different body type, I might look awful! So I'm going to hang around here for a time and see how it goes with the running back in full swing.

The beauty is that I know how to make a quick adjustment should I want or need to...

JessicaCourez 08-25-2010 01:20 AM
Meggie:

To answer your question, sort of, let me give you a specific example:

I weigh 145 now -- I have a suit that I bought when I weighed about 137 (that was about 12 years ago...it's got shoulder pads.....which means I'm not wearing it...) that is currently waaay too big. Pants falling off big, and suit jacket looking weird, big. I know it sounds strange, and I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't experienced it myself.

What Novak says is true (that's why we call her Yoda) -- its not about weight or size of clothes, it's how they fit. And let me tell you, they will fit differently because of the reshaping that IP does because it burns fat and not muscle.

JC

Novak 08-25-2010 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by JessicaCourez (Post 3451939)
I weigh 145 now -- I have a suit that I bought when I weighed about 137 (that was about 12 years ago...it's got shoulder pads.....which means I'm not wearing it...) that is currently waaay too big. Pants falling off big, and suit jacket looking weird, big. I know it sounds strange, and I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't experienced it myself.
HA! I know... I laughed when I tried on some of my old things during my weight loss phases. Even if they fit me, EEK! The styles were so dated, I couldn't possibly have worn them out in public!

And yes, it is a rather stunning experience... in a good way, of course. :D

makeitmatter 08-25-2010 03:03 PM
Hey Meggie, are you the one who bought a new dress a short while ago, in a small size, to wear to a special occasion in November? The one shown in your avatar? If so, you'd better try it on ASAP, because chances are with the amount of weight AND inches you've already lost, the dress could potentially be swimming on you. Which would mean you'd have to order a new, even smaller dress size and then find an even more anorexic looking avatar model! lol. But if this isn't you, then whom ever it was, needs to try the dress on... and if I'm just completely off... then I blame it 100% on LCB!

Midlife Meggie 08-25-2010 04:01 PM
Makeitmatter: STOP NOW! :lol: It didn't COME in any size smaller than what I ordered, and it was on sale, big time. I am not going NEAR that dress till I am at my goal weight/size/whatever.

The older I get, the more I find Denial a very comfortable state to live in.

;)

makeitmatter 08-25-2010 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Midlife Meggie (Post 3452792)
Makeitmatter: STOP NOW! :lol: It didn't COME in any size smaller than what I ordered, and it was on sale, big time. I am not going NEAR that dress till I am at my goal weight/size/whatever.

The older I get, the more I find Denial a very comfortable state to live in.

;)
Awwwww come on... try it on. You just might be pleasantly surprised! And does this mean it's a size ZERO????? What is a size zero exactly????? Do you think a man came up with the sizing system?

I hear you on denial... benefit of getting older... we can put our own spin on things...

Now go try on that dress!!!!!

Midlife Meggie 08-25-2010 05:01 PM
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Now go try on that dress!!!!!
NO.

:devil:

:lol:

makeitmatter 08-25-2010 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Midlife Meggie (Post 3452884)
NO.

:devil:

:lol:
please, with a calorie free cherry on top????

Come on... be brave...

Midlife Meggie 08-25-2010 06:50 PM
I absolutely will NOT. :lol: I am still fat, I am not going to fit into that dress right now by a country mile, and damned if I am going to pop the sequins off it and break the zipper at this point. The dress is hidden away in the back hall closet where my daughter won't find it when she visits and claim it was hers from years ago. And there is shall remain.

salesgod 08-25-2010 06:59 PM
Wow! I thought I was in a thread about goal weight, but it looks like I ended up in Nordstrom. Gotta go... ;) :lol:

Novak 08-25-2010 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by salesgod (Post 3453006)
Wow! I thought I was in a thread about goal weight, but it looks like I ended up in Nordstrom. Gotta go... ;) :lol:
Give me a break... as vain as the rest of us you are. :D

Aunt Sheshie 08-25-2010 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Novak (Post 3453077)
Give me a break... as vain as the rest of us you are. :D
Love it!!!.. (luvu2, Dave!).. we ALL have a right to be a little vain, don't we?..

hugs :hug:

makeitmatter 08-25-2010 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Midlife Meggie (Post 3452995)
I absolutely will NOT. :lol: I am still fat, I am not going to fit into that dress right now by a country mile, and damned if I am going to pop the sequins off it and break the zipper at this point. The dress is hidden away in the back hall closet where my daughter won't find it when she visits and claim it was hers from years ago. And there is shall remain.
Now listen here Ms. Midlife Meggie! You ARE NOT fat. You're just not at the size you want to be at -- but you will be soon. Take that dress out of the back of your closet and put it someplace where you can enjoy looking at it!!! When your daughter sees it you tell her, "Hands off! That hot little dress is Mine! All mine!"

Hugs...

makeitmatter 08-25-2010 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by salesgod (Post 3453006)
Wow! I thought I was in a thread about goal weight, but it looks like I ended up in Nordstrom. Gotta go... ;) :lol:
You're going to let all of us help you pick out your new wardrobe when you reach your goal weight right?! Nordstroms does carry great looking mens shirts and pants...

sgorny 08-25-2010 11:38 PM
I originally set my weight based on what I thought I could do (185), which is significantly above my top BMI recommended weight (176). Of course, it also says I could weigh as little as 125! Which would be way too thin for me.

I am going to adjust it, though, down to at least 175, and likely 170. We'll see from there.


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