"Fat" Clothes

PieNtheSky32 wrote ...
As for the rest of my cheaper wal-mart jeans and stuff......Adios amigos!
No second thoughts, handed them down to other friends who could use them.

A girl at work regularly organises 'clothes swap' afternoons where she
gathers a bunch of friends of similar size and they all bring a few pieces
of clothing they don't wear any longer, and swap them for something of
someone else's. I'm guessing all the invitees are similarly
fashion-conscious so the pickings would be of a pretty high quality.

Rachel
(New Zealand)

"Seattleburb" wrote in message
om...
Now that I am down a few sizes, thanks to my LC WOE, I'm finding
myself wanting to hold on to my "old comfy friends". Be honest now --
how many of you have trouble just dumping your old clothes? I am
excited about buying new ones, that's not the point. Am I
subconsciously afraid I'm not going to succeed in the long term???
Any thoughts from you all?

Kathy B
185/148/135

The 'trick' I have found is that I have been LCing with a few friends who
have always been a few sizes bigger than me.... so as we all reduce, I pass
the 'big' clothes on to them, so they get the use out of them, saving a few
dollars along the way, and I don't feel like I'm 'wasting' them as much...
and as I've still got a few sizes to go before I reach goal, I've become an
avid 'bargain shopper' and regularly go through the Op shops for the next
sized wardrobe... when I get there however, I'll be spoiling myself rotten
with a great new wardrobe of clothes that I won't want to 'grow out of'
again in order to make it more worth my while to maintain it

"Supergoof" wrote in message
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However, at the rate I'm going, I'll never need to make that decision [

Rachel
(New Zealand)

{{{{{{{{{{Rachel}}}}}}}}}}

Don't be so hard on yourself. It will happen. It may seem like its
takinging forever, but it will happen.

Angela

Atkins since Sept. 6, 2003
153/143/110

On 27 Sep 2003 12:18:47 -0700, (Seattleburb) wrote:

Now that I am down a few sizes, thanks to my LC WOE, I'm finding
myself wanting to hold on to my "old comfy friends". Be honest now --
how many of you have trouble just dumping your old clothes? I am
excited about buying new ones, that's not the point. Am I
subconsciously afraid I'm not going to succeed in the long term???
Any thoughts from you all?

Three piles, one to have tailored down (so far, two shirts and a
jacket), one to throw out, one to donate.

Karen Rodgers

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remove "_rice_" from my email address
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Sounds fun too!

"Supergoof" wrote in message
...
PieNtheSky32 wrote ...
As for the rest of my cheaper wal-mart jeans and stuff......Adios
amigos!
No second thoughts, handed them down to other friends who could use
them.

A girl at work regularly organises 'clothes swap' afternoons where she
gathers a bunch of friends of similar size and they all bring a few pieces
of clothing they don't wear any longer, and swap them for something of
someone else's. I'm guessing all the invitees are similarly
fashion-conscious so the pickings would be of a pretty high quality.

Rachel
(New Zealand)

Seattleburb wrote:

Now that I am down a few sizes, thanks to my LC WOE, I'm finding
myself wanting to hold on to my "old comfy friends". Be honest now --
how many of you have trouble just dumping your old clothes? I am
excited about buying new ones, that's not the point. Am I
subconsciously afraid I'm not going to succeed in the long term???
Any thoughts from you all?

Kathy B
185/148/135

My clothes from when I weighed 250 are gone gone gone.
And I am not consciously anticipating needing that size again.
My diet is for *health* reasons, so staying on it, which got me
down to this weight, will likely not pack the pounds back on.

Crafting Mom
http://ca.photos.yahoo.com/craftingmom2001
Modified WOL since spring '02 || Weight at start: over 250 lb
Today's weight: 180.5 lb || Goal/Maintenance: 140 lb

"Dizzysmamma" wrote ...
"Supergoof" wrote ...
However, at the rate I'm going, I'll never need to make that decision
[

{{{{{{{{{{Rachel}}}}}}}}}}

Don't be so hard on yourself. It will happen. It may seem like its
takinging forever, but it will happen.

Thanks for the moral support.

Unfortunately in the last 12 months I've managed to lose 3 kgs of water
weight during induction, stay the same for 11 months, gain 3kgs back when I
started taking avandia, and remain the same ever since.

I thought the avandia was finally doing its job and I was beginning to lose
a couple of weeks ago, but Saturday's weigh-in showed I was the same as
ever.

But I feel good and my cholesterol/tris are excellent, so I'm sticking with
it, however frustrating it may be.


cheers
Rachel
(New Zealand)

"Supergoof" wrote in message
news:1064814811.818311@muldoon...
"Dizzysmamma" wrote ...
"Supergoof" wrote ...
However, at the rate I'm going, I'll never need to make that decision
[

{{{{{{{{{{Rachel}}}}}}}}}}

Don't be so hard on yourself. It will happen. It may seem like its
takinging forever, but it will happen.

Thanks for the moral support.

Unfortunately in the last 12 months I've managed to lose 3 kgs of water
weight during induction, stay the same for 11 months, gain 3kgs back when
I
started taking avandia,

What is Avandia?
Maybe less salt and more water would help?
/shrugs Just a thought.

I thought the avandia was finally doing its job and I was beginning to
lose
a couple of weeks ago,

It could be that your losing inches instead of pounds which, imo, is just as
good. Are you exercising at all? If so, are you strengthening or
sculpting. That could have a little to do with it too.

The exercising is going to be the hard part for me. I have "never" been an
active person so firming up what 3 babies did to me is going to be hard
work. /shudders at those 2 dirty words


But I feel good and my cholesterol/tris are excellent, so I'm sticking
with
it, however frustrating it may be.

Isn't that the really important thing? Not necessarily losing weight but
getting healthy again? Keep up the good work. {{{{{Rachel}}}}}

Angela
Atkins since Sept. 6, 2003
153/140/110

I have gone through my closet several times and have donated 5 bags (30 gal
bags) of clothes. I have another one to go to a friend. I am now getting rid
of my 13-14's because they look horrible. I have a condition my dad called
"noassitol" which in Maple Lakespeak is no ass at all. so all my pants and
shorts over a size 11-12 sag and look horrible. I took 6 more pairs out on
Tuesday. but I buy most of my stuff at garage sales and I am more
fashionable than I've been for a long time! LOL
We have these stores called "Turn Style" which is consignment designer
clothes and "Plato's Closet" which is more teenager-young adult clothes but
I buy there too.--
Lori
220/150/135
LC since 1/17/03
Sept Challenge 155/150
http://community.webshots.com/user/lorismiller
Back to Curves 6/30/03

"Dizzysmamma" wrote ...
"Supergoof" wrote ...

Unfortunately in the last 12 months I've managed to lose 3 kgs of water
weight during induction, stay the same for 11 months, gain 3kgs back
when
I
started taking avandia,

What is Avandia?

It's an insulin-sensitising drug without the side-effects of
metformin/glucophage. I was warned of possible initial weight gain and
ongoing fluid retention, but I had hoped it would level off and the weight
loss would start.


Maybe less salt and more water would help?
/shrugs Just a thought.

I don't generally have a lot of salt, but if I get slack with the water I do
retain badly, especially since taking avandia.

I'm on spironolactone, a potassium-sparing diuretic, but only a very low
dose as I get bad cramp in my lower legs in the evenings as the fluid drains
otherwise.


It could be that your losing inches instead of pounds which, imo, is just
as
good.

I wish ... certainly haven't noticed any difference in my clothes though. My
face hasn't changed in the slightest.



Are you exercising at all? If so, are you strengthening or
sculpting. That could have a little to do with it too.

Sporadic walking is about it. It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation - I
know exercise will help vastly but until I lose weight it's nearly
impossible to get into a regular exercise routine. I have fairly bad chronic
back pain so walking is often quite painful (ironic since I know that losing
weight will help take some of the strain off my back).


The exercising is going to be the hard part for me. I have "never" been
an
active person so firming up what 3 babies did to me is going to be hard
work. /shudders at those 2 dirty words

Me neither.


But I feel good and my cholesterol/tris are excellent, so I'm sticking
with
it, however frustrating it may be.

Isn't that the really important thing? Not necessarily losing weight but
getting healthy again? Keep up the good work. {{{{{Rachel}}}}}

It is important, but I hate being this fat, not fitting nice clothes, not
being able to be more active, feeling people judging me for my weight, and
so on.

Rachel
(New Zealand)