I've officially dropped a dress size!

My size 26/28's are going to be donated, and replaced by 22/24's.

I know this because today I was wearing a 22/24 skirt with a 26/28 blouse. I noticed that the skirt fit me very well, and that the blouse hung on me like a potato sack. I asked my husband if it used to fit me and he answered, "Yes. And not too long ago."

Low-carb is what's doing it. I've been reading a lot of size-acceptance literature and wasn't actually out to lose weight so much as to improve my health. I'm diabetic, and low-carb is the *only* way of eating that will control my glucose readings.

Not no-carb, mind you. My carbs come from fruits and vegetables, but I limit them. I'm not on any specific "diet" in existence, whether Atkins or South Beach or whatever but I'm basically banning starches and sweets, limiting fruits and vegetables, and eating all the protein I want.

Good for you! And I'm impressed with your commitment to throw out the clothes that don't fit! That's bravery and it feels really good. I've started a pile myself. I haven't actually tossed them because I like putting them on and pulling out the waist band. And I have a couple outfits I'm wearing in pictures at my highest weight. I would love to take a new picture at goal wearing the same clothes.

I think your plan sounds very balanced. And you can't argue with what works.

Way to go!!! That's awesome! It took me way longer to drop a size, so I'm jealous. Great job and much continued success....

Yay! Congratulations! You've worked hard at changing your life and there is now VISIBLE evidence! Hooray!!

Congratulations! It's so nice to have visual proof that your hard work is paying off, isn't it?

Fantastic and lucky you! It took me 30 pounds to lose my first size.

Way to go! Doesn't it feel great? You're well on your way to the healthiest you!

That is so great!!

Thank you everybody.

By the way, my abdomen (below my waist but a couple of inches above my hips) is the biggest part of me. So I figure a smaller-size skirt fitting me better than a larger size blouse is even more good news. I have a size 26 white denim skirt that's being donated as well. It wants to sag on me, and I can pull it on and take it off without undoing the zipper. Meanwhile, the size 24 jeans my daughter gave me fit me quite well.

Annnnnnnd, there's not as *much* of a difference between the abdomen measurement and hip measurement anymore. I'm still more gut than butt, although not by as much.

In my plan, I have as much protein (meat, eggs, cheese, or nuts) as I want, but I don't go crazy with it. The beauty of it is that I don't feel hungry, so I'm not as tempted to overeat.

PS: I don't know how much weight loss I'm showing. I'm just going by how my clothes fit. But I'll be weighing soon and will update my S/C/G with the new information. Right now, I'm having what I'll delicately call a sluggish digestive problem, and I don't want to weigh in this condition. I don't keep a scale at home, because if I did I'd be on it every other minute, obsessing. I weigh at the doctor's, or at the gym.

congrats on dropping a dress size. to me, those are more exciting than pounds because it seems like you work harder to achieve it

Congratulations!!

Losing a dress size is a big deal. I lost 29 lbs before I could go from a 26 to a 24. I use the if I can take them off without unzipping them approach to when it is time to go down a size.

Your eating plan sounds much like what my endocrinologist has me on for my diabetes. I can eat healthy carbs, protein and the fats that raise my hdl, but stay away from sugar, processed foods and starchy vegetables.

Good for you! Congrats!

congrats! I agree, the visual of the clothes getting too big is a GREAT inspiration!

And the weight loss verdict is in! Yesterday at the gym I showed a solid 5-pound loss from the last time I weighed.

Now, the last time I weighed was a good couple of months ago. I'd been out of commission recovering from a sprained hip. During that time I'd not been really following a healthy eating plan, and had gone through my share of binges. I'm sure I regained some of the weight I had lost before. But however many pounds I had put back on, they left and took 5 buddies with them.

So far I have lost one dress size and 18 pounds. Yay me! Thank God!

I never thought I could actually lose. Especially since I'm an insulin-dependent diabetic, physically disabled, and on antidpressants. There are so many things I have to do that might make me gain weight, or at least stop me from losing it, but here I am losing it.

Maybe God is giving my metabolism a bit of a boost. Yay Him too!

Congrats!