Food & Exercise -- 8/7/2004 to 8/13/2004

Chris Braun wrote in alt.support.diet on Sun, 15 Aug 2004:


When I was in college (in the late 1960s) and at about the same weight
as I am now, I generally wore a size 12. It's not so much that I'm
smaller now, but that clothing sizes have changed over time. I expect
today's size 8 is more like a 1960s size 12. So you may surprise
yourself if you get to 65kg :-).

Yes, last time I got down to 10 stone 7 lb - can't think what that is in
kilos at the moment - I was surprised to find myself fitting into M&S
size 14 trousers. That was over ten years ago now.

I know it was a surprise to me; I
always said I couldn't get below a 12 with my bone structure, but I
didn't know they were bigger now.

Yesterday while shopping (you may note that I've become a shopaholic
:-) ) I actually had to regretfully put back a jacket and pants that I
loved because the 8 was a little too big, and they didn't have
anything smaller!

In one way, how very gratifying!
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88.5/80kg

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 11:00:58 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

Chris Braun wrote in alt.support.diet on Sun, 15 Aug 2004:

I did find time for some clothes shopping -- bought nothing bigger
than a size 8, and several 6s :-).

Goodness, aren't you lucky! Even when I was very thin, as a young
adult, I could never fit into anything smaller than a size 14 UK, which
is a US size 10-12. Now I am UK size 18 (US 14-16), but I know that
even if I were to get down to 65 kg (which I don't actually plan to), I
wouldn't drop more than 1 or at most 2 clothes sizes. Sigh. I'm very
broad-shouldered, you see, as are all the family.

I know from past experience, repeated many times over, that I lose
close to 1 inch from my hips for every 7 lbs of weight, and 1 inch
from my bust for every 10lbs (that's probably because I carry most of
my weight on my hips). I have very narrow shoulders and nothing stays
on them properly. My collar bones are already sticking out. I wish I
was more in proportion!

janice
233/179/133

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:39:51 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:


Yes, last time I got down to 10 stone 7 lb - can't think what that is in
kilos at the moment - I was surprised to find myself fitting into M&S
size 14 trousers. That was over ten years ago now.

Annabel, I'm curious to know why you express your weight here in
kilos, which seems to neither mean anything to people like me (or
presumably you) who wiegh in stones, or to the majority of people here
who weigh in pounds.

I have to get the calculator out to post my weight here in pounds, but
I haven't even got round to converting your numbers so have no idea
what you weigh

janice (just curious)

2:30 (driving): 2 pieces string cheese
3:30 (driving): 1 oz. mixed nuts
6:30 (retirement home dining room): 6 oz. wine; 2 flatbread crackers
w/ butter; tomato & mozzarella salad w/ 1 tbsp Italian dressing; 3 oz.
veal saltimbocca; 1/4 baked potato w/ butter; 2 oz. asparagus; small
piece apple streusel pie

Totals: 2023 calories (129 from wine), 90g fat, 162g carbs, 109g
protein

Averages for week ending 8/7: 1577 calories, 29% fat, 39% carbs, 33%
protein

Glad you had a good weekend- your choices were a little heavy on the
chocolate and cheese side. Bet it was tasty, but you best choices are
always a fair balance of all your food groups. However, I am so glad
you got to treat yourself!! Especially with family- food always
tastes better with family, imho.

2:30 (driving): 2 pieces string cheese
3:30 (driving): 1 oz. mixed nuts
6:30 (retirement home dining room): 6 oz. wine; 2 flatbread crackers
w/ butter; tomato & mozzarella salad w/ 1 tbsp Italian dressing; 3 oz.
veal saltimbocca; 1/4 baked potato w/ butter; 2 oz. asparagus; small
piece apple streusel pie

Totals: 2023 calories (129 from wine), 90g fat, 162g carbs, 109g
protein

Averages for week ending 8/7: 1577 calories, 29% fat, 39% carbs, 33%
protein

Glad you had a good weekend- your choices were a little heavy on the
chocolate and cheese side. Bet it was tasty, but you best choices are
always a fair balance of all your food groups. However, I am so glad
you got to treat yourself!! Especially with family- food always
tastes better with family, imho.

On 15 Aug 2004 17:44:22 -0700, (kansasman) wrote:

2:30 (driving): 2 pieces string cheese
3:30 (driving): 1 oz. mixed nuts
6:30 (retirement home dining room): 6 oz. wine; 2 flatbread crackers
w/ butter; tomato & mozzarella salad w/ 1 tbsp Italian dressing; 3 oz.
veal saltimbocca; 1/4 baked potato w/ butter; 2 oz. asparagus; small
piece apple streusel pie

Totals: 2023 calories (129 from wine), 90g fat, 162g carbs, 109g
protein

Averages for week ending 8/7: 1577 calories, 29% fat, 39% carbs, 33%
protein

Glad you had a good weekend- your choices were a little heavy on the
chocolate and cheese side. Bet it was tasty, but you best choices are
always a fair balance of all your food groups. However, I am so glad
you got to treat yourself!! Especially with family- food always
tastes better with family, imho.

Well, I think you're new here, but this is nowhere near my typical
diet. I was kind of constrained by what was available, among other
things. At any rate, I lost two pounds during the week I was away --
and I'm not trying to lose more weight.

Chris
262/141/ (145-150)

On 15 Aug 2004 17:44:22 -0700, (kansasman) wrote:

2:30 (driving): 2 pieces string cheese
3:30 (driving): 1 oz. mixed nuts
6:30 (retirement home dining room): 6 oz. wine; 2 flatbread crackers
w/ butter; tomato & mozzarella salad w/ 1 tbsp Italian dressing; 3 oz.
veal saltimbocca; 1/4 baked potato w/ butter; 2 oz. asparagus; small
piece apple streusel pie

Totals: 2023 calories (129 from wine), 90g fat, 162g carbs, 109g
protein

Averages for week ending 8/7: 1577 calories, 29% fat, 39% carbs, 33%
protein

Glad you had a good weekend- your choices were a little heavy on the
chocolate and cheese side. Bet it was tasty, but you best choices are
always a fair balance of all your food groups. However, I am so glad
you got to treat yourself!! Especially with family- food always
tastes better with family, imho.

Well, I think you're new here, but this is nowhere near my typical
diet. I was kind of constrained by what was available, among other
things. At any rate, I lost two pounds during the week I was away --
and I'm not trying to lose more weight.

Chris
262/141/ (145-150)

janice wrote in alt.support.diet on Sun, 15 Aug 2004:

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:39:51 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:


Yes, last time I got down to 10 stone 7 lb - can't think what that is in
kilos at the moment - I was surprised to find myself fitting into M&S
size 14 trousers. That was over ten years ago now.

Annabel, I'm curious to know why you express your weight here in
kilos, which seems to neither mean anything to people like me (or
presumably you) who wiegh in stones, or to the majority of people here
who weigh in pounds.

I tend to think in kilos now, rather than pounds or stones. Ten years
ago, I thought in stones - and twenty years before that, when I lived in
France, in kilos..... such is life.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88.5/80kg

janice wrote in alt.support.diet on Sun, 15 Aug 2004:

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:39:51 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:


Yes, last time I got down to 10 stone 7 lb - can't think what that is in
kilos at the moment - I was surprised to find myself fitting into M&S
size 14 trousers. That was over ten years ago now.

Annabel, I'm curious to know why you express your weight here in
kilos, which seems to neither mean anything to people like me (or
presumably you) who wiegh in stones, or to the majority of people here
who weigh in pounds.

I tend to think in kilos now, rather than pounds or stones. Ten years
ago, I thought in stones - and twenty years before that, when I lived in
France, in kilos..... such is life.
--
Annabel - "Mrs Redboots"
90/88.5/80kg

"Chris Braun" ha scritto nel messaggio
...
Yesterday while shopping (you may note that I've become a shopaholic
:-) ) I actually had to regretfully put back a jacket and pants that I
loved because the 8 was a little too big, and they didn't have
anything smaller!

Congrats, Chris, that must have felt good (even though you didn't buy them
;-)

Elly
off to buy a new swimming suit on Saturday and dreading those mirrors in
advance!