Progress is Good!

[pt_tangles]

On a more positive note this morning ... I am noticably losing weight! Hooray! I haven't gotten a scale, yet ... not really willing to part with $40 for something that I am going to end up hating ... but there have been some very encouraging clues (ones I remember from the last time I dropped a significant amount of weight).

First, my bras are starting to fit properly again! So, yay! No having to go and restock for a larger size (which at this point would be E or DDD ... thanks, but DD is expensive enough).

Next, my pants are growing longer ... this was the major one for me when I was young and first living out on my own (mostly) ... my pants kept getting longer and longer (before the waistband got too big and I just had to buy new pants altogether).

Also, I have to actually wear my belt with my pants now, or they will fall down ... and, I have started wearing one hole smaller on my belt!

Yay, me!

--Phae

Comments

Whee!

[shrimp-cake.livejournal.com]

Skinny Phae!! =)

Well done!

Re: Whee!

[pt_tangles]

Well, not quite skinny, but getting back to slender ~_^

--Phae

[jalilifer.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo!

[pt_tangles]

^_^ *happywoohoodancing*

--Phae

[matrinka69.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I'm finally dropping a little again, too. I stalled for a while, but it's finally moving, sorta. Bloating has me stuck again, but I am guessing I'll drop a couple pounds in the next week when the bloating is done. I do have a scale. I like mine better than anyone elses', too. It is kinder.

[pt_tangles]

Thanks ^_^

It is good to actually see results. I started during the middle of the whole bloating/cramping/hormonal thing, and I was getting discouraged that it was working at all - especially when I started feeling my weakness for carbs.

But, I have walked away from white bread forever. It is all whole grain or whole wheat now (pasta, hamburger buns, bread, bagels, etc), and yes, white bread is starting to just taste like paste.

Also, I haven't gone back to processed snacks either. If I am hungry, I make myself something to eat ... if I'm not hungry enough to make something, then I drink a glass of water or milk.

--Phae

[matrinka69.livejournal.com]

Just stopping to decide what to eat and having to prepare it helps me a great deal. I won't eat nearly as often, nor as much of the crap foods, if I have to fix them myself. And I always grab a cup of water while I'm making a snack. Helps scads with hydration.

[openhands.livejournal.com]

Congrats! It's a great feeling to realize that you're making progress, hope you're enjoying the victory. :)

[pt_tangles]

Thanks ^_^ I am loving the progress. I have a pair of pants from a few years back that are my goal for the summer, and I can almost button them again (I *could* button them if I really tried, but I am going for comfortable wear, not 'squeezing my butt where it doesn't belong' wear ~_^)

--Phae