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Originally Posted by patns
Liden thanks for asking about me. I'm here, just having a little think. I do not fit the regular IP profile, in that I'm not losing a ton of pounds a week.
This is partly due to my age (64) and partly due to my slowly working my way down from 205 pounds most of my adult life. At 5'1" that is very heavy. I have done it very slowly after I finally realized I can't handle wheat. By slowly I mean over years.
I also am not fitting the usual profile in that I am not losing sizes rapidly either. I have lost 21 pounds since beginning IP the 1st of August. I wore size 14 petite when I started IP which was down from the size 20 petite I wore a few years ago. But up to last week I could not wear size 12 petite pants comfortably. But this week the size 14 started flapping and some of the size 12 fit nicely. So I packed up all the size 14s for the Goodwill and will just keep plugging with the size12s until they all fit.
Well this is about me too actually. Linden what is a good month to visit Hawaii? My daughter is a nurse and usually takes vacation time in January to escape part of our brutal winter. But as our brutal winter can seem like it goes on the 8 months she has some flexibility. I have always been tied to the school schedule so anytime I get off is in the most expensive travel months. She wants me to go to Hawaii with her after I retire in July. Is January a good month or are other times better?
Pat
Hey
Pat, it looks as though you had a good think.
If it will help at all, here's my slow loser information. I have 4 years on you and even when I was at your start weight I'm sure I didn't fit into a size 14 petite skirt or pants. But it's hard to tell when one only wears skirts (elastic band, gored or A-line, from Chico's) all the time. Even though I've lost 20" I suspect you are smaller, i.e., thinner not just shorter. Although probably can't be sure about that about tops which are now mediums easily. We started at just about the same time, I on the 7th of September, and you've lost 2+ pounds more than I. Something definitely to be thankful for.
About when to visit Hawai'i. It really depends on which island or whether you're going to be based on the windward (mauka) or leeward (kona) side of an island. All islands have volcanic ranges running down the middle. The trade winds cross the Pacific, sometimes bring rain (always fresh air) which keeps the windward side lush. But the trade winds hit the mountains, dumping lots of water and then leave the leaward side dry, somewhat arid, with only lava rock showing for ground unless ground is cultivated and, at sea level, and watered. (Biggest rainfall is about 300" a year, way up the volcano.) This generalization applies particularly to the Big Island because, well, it's bigger. (Define bigger? 72 miles across by 112 long. NOT big, but if you added all eight of the other islands together they don't quite add up to the square miles of the Big Island.)
I Googled Hawai'ian weather to see if I remembered the exact months of the rainy season and found this:
http://gohawaii.about.com/cs/tra5vel...n_to_visit.htm I checked it out and it seems quite accurate, for a generalization. Should point out that the Big Island has never taken a direct hit from a hurricane although the northern islands have been devastated. Tsunamis, earthquakes, and active volcanos are the BI speciality.
Another consideration, Kauai, Maui and, especially, Oahu are often referred to as the traffic isles. Plunk a million people down on a tiny island, all going around and around which is what you do on a volcanic island, and you've got TRAFFIC. But in one way, it's cheaper to stay put on Oahu because you don't have to pay to fly to a neighboring island. But hotels on Oahu and, particularly, Maui, and Kauai, are much more expensive AND also have greater discounted seasonal prices than the leeward side of the BI. Five star hotels on the kona side of the BI are breathtakingly expensive.
When to go? November, late December, and January can be quite rainy, but not on all sides of all islands. But you WILL get rained on. Ask Woolberger. Temperatures are lower, too. 78F or a bit lower is probably the average high in winter, again depending. 82 is a lot more comfortable if you have beautiful trade winds. Honolulu is almost invariably 5 or more degrees warmer in high density areas than other cities. Personally, I'd travel In April, May, September, October again depending on where you're going. Avoid major events like spring break, the Honolulu marathon, Merrie Monarch, and the Ironman. But honestly, it's really hard to go wrong. Just remember, if it gets to 56, which it does for a few days every so often, there are no furnaces anyhere at sea level. As you go above 4,000 feet, there tends to be some kind of heat. Often wood.
Sure hope this helps. Oh, and you'll want a car if you want to sight see, unless you spend the whole time at a resort or in Honolulu. Public transportation isn't great, although there is some. And this shop is open for continued consultation.