Hi Everyone,
I was watching a home shopping channel this morning and they were advertising some really cute Liz Claiborne pinwheel courdoroy pants in several fall colors for a very good price ($21 today vs. $39 normal price). I love courdoroy pants but haven't owned any since I was 21 because I have felt too big to wear them since that time. I decided that even though I'm not at my goal weight, I'd buy some in size 8. I decided on that size because I think I will like how I look at about 38-28-38, which is size 8 (according to the online sizing chart). I was briefly about that size after a very strict diet when I was 28 and I remember feeling very good about how I looked then. I was a size 6 to 8 and weighed 145 at that time (27 pounds less than I weigh now).
So, that got me wondering how much more I need to lose in order to fit into these new pants. I finally got around to adding up all the inches I've lost so far and I've noticed an interesting ratio between pounds and inches lost. It seems as though I've lost 17.5 inches (includes right arm, bust, waist, hips, & right thigh) and 19 pounds, which I am ecstatic about. In order to fit into the new pants, I only need to lose 10 more inches overall. If my current trend continues, that translates into about only about 10-11 more pounds, not 27 pounds! Yipee!! I hope that's true! This was very surprising to me because I really thought I would need to get down to about 145-150 to be a size 8 and about 38-28-38. Now it looks like I will weigh around 160 at that size, which is fine with me. (For me, it's always been more about being comfortable with my size and maintaining my health than what the scale says.)
Has anyone else experienced this? What have your pounds lost:inches lost ratios been like on this plan?
Thanks,
Karen