Benefits :)

I just experienced a few new benefits from my weight loss.

1. I actually can get clothes that look good now. I actually bought a
sweater that was only XL albeit in men's sizes. Before I was at least a
3XL. So yay me! And it looks good. It has *colour*! And a pattern!
Before it was all just basic dark colours. I suffer from the idea that
if I just wear all black I'll suddenly look slimmer.

2. I was taking pictures for my home made X-mas cards and I look
thinner. In my face I can completely see it. Usually cause I'm around
my body 24/7 I have a hard time seeing the loss. Others point it out to
me and I'm pleased but still have that low self esteem thing of
thinking they just are being polite.

3. Yesterday was my monthly lunch with a friend and we went to a local
place that has..gasp..booths. I hate these booths. Try to pretend that
my stomach isn't pushing the table into my partner across or hanging
out. Well yesterday I could sit in one and there was room. Just a
smidgeon but still *room*. Just amazing to me.

Exercising:

I just got back from a 20 minute walk but this was the first this
week.I'm still struggling to make this a daily habit. The weather
hasn't helped any. Last week we had the worst storm in 50 years here.
100km/h winds, 5-6 inches of rain in a few hours. Entire town w/o power
and we're still boiling water. The storm passed but the rain has still
been coming every day. I need to remember that I'm not going to melt,
but that's hard when the rain is coming horizontal. {Excuses, excuses,
I know].

Beautiful Cheese wrote:
>
> I just experienced a few new benefits from my weight loss.

Go you! Sure, it's great to see numbers coming down when you step
on the scale, but the non-scale benefits are what really makes it all
worth while, IMHO.

> 1. I actually can get clothes that look good now. I actually bought a
> sweater that was only XL albeit in men's sizes. Before I was at least a
> 3XL. So yay me! And it looks good. It has *colour*! And a pattern!
> Before it was all just basic dark colours. I suffer from the idea that
> if I just wear all black I'll suddenly look slimmer.

My personal favorite. I also was wearing 3XL. Now, I am somewhere
between XL and a L. And I think that once you get to the point where
you are wearing XL, it just keeps getting better and better, quicker.
Dropping 5 pounds when you are a 3XL doesn't really show in your clothes
that much. Doing so as a XL does.
One thing I found fun/helpful to do is to buy clothes that I know
are too small for me. Something pretty or cool on sale for cheap. I've
got a couple of medium tops and a medium denim jacket hanging in my
closet. I try them on once in a while, after I lose a few pounds. It's
great to see them get less and less tight. I know it may take a while,
but they will eventually fit!

> 3. Yesterday was my monthly lunch with a friend and we went to a local
> place that has..gasp..booths. I hate these booths. Try to pretend that
> my stomach isn't pushing the table into my partner across or hanging
> out. Well yesterday I could sit in one and there was room. Just a
> smidgeon but still *room*. Just amazing to me.

Booths were a big thing for me as well. And movie theater seats. I
could fit into both of these, but I felt like I was wedging myself in.
Now I have room to spare. Probably the second most important thing to
me about losing weight.

> I just got back from a 20 minute walk but this was the first this
> week.I'm still struggling to make this a daily habit. The weather
> hasn't helped any. Last week we had the worst storm in 50 years here.
> 100km/h winds, 5-6 inches of rain in a few hours. Entire town w/o power
> and we're still boiling water. The storm passed but the rain has still
> been coming every day. I need to remember that I'm not going to melt,
> but that's hard when the rain is coming horizontal. {Excuses, excuses,
> I know].

I dunno. Sounds like a pretty good reason to stay inside. I don't
walk in the rain myself, or when it gets below 20F. Heck, I have a hard
time talking myself into going out when it is below 30F. If you're
still having trouble motivating yourself to go out when the rain isn't
hitting you from the side, that could be a problem.

--
Annie

As of 11-16-06: 258/182.5/140 Standing at 5 foot 4.

75.5 pounds lost. 42.5 left to go. Started February/07/05

Come visit my weight-loss web site, Annie Takes Off.
http://webpages.charter.net/lenny13/DietFrontPage.html

"Annie Benson Lennaman" <teapray@real.people.only.yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:4567E4CC.3FE6BEF@real.people.only.yahoo.com.. .
>
>
> Beautiful Cheese wrote:
>>
>> I just experienced a few new benefits from my weight loss.
>
> Go you! Sure, it's great to see numbers coming down when you step
> on the scale, but the non-scale benefits are what really makes it all
> worth while, IMHO.

I absolutely agree. Just the look on the face of someone who hasn't seen me
for a long time is one of the benefits I enjoy. Makes me realize it is
really happening--not just wishful thinking.

>
>> 1. I actually can get clothes that look good now. I actually bought a
>> sweater that was only XL albeit in men's sizes. Before I was at least a
>> 3XL. So yay me! And it looks good. It has *colour*! And a pattern!
>> Before it was all just basic dark colours. I suffer from the idea that
>> if I just wear all black I'll suddenly look slimmer.
>
> My personal favorite. I also was wearing 3XL. Now, I am somewhere
> between XL and a L. And I think that once you get to the point where
> you are wearing XL, it just keeps getting better and better, quicker.
> Dropping 5 pounds when you are a 3XL doesn't really show in your clothes
> that much. Doing so as a XL does.
> One thing I found fun/helpful to do is to buy clothes that I know
> are too small for me. Something pretty or cool on sale for cheap. I've
> got a couple of medium tops and a medium denim jacket hanging in my
> closet. I try them on once in a while, after I lose a few pounds. It's
> great to see them get less and less tight. I know it may take a while,
> but they will eventually fit!

Yes! I never did get rid of all my old clothes from before I gained so much
weight. Noe going through my closet is like shopping! I even had some
motivational clothes that I had purchased to give myself incentive to lose
the weight--so I'm wearing them forthe first time--years after I bought
them. What fun!

>
>> 3. Yesterday was my monthly lunch with a friend and we went to a local
>> place that has..gasp..booths. I hate these booths. Try to pretend that
>> my stomach isn't pushing the table into my partner across or hanging
>> out. Well yesterday I could sit in one and there was room. Just a
>> smidgeon but still *room*. Just amazing to me.
>
> Booths were a big thing for me as well. And movie theater seats. I
> could fit into both of these, but I felt like I was wedging myself in.
> Now I have room to spare. Probably the second most important thing to
> me about losing weight.

I agree about booths. My family and I went to a restaurant a couple of
years ago, and the hostess was quite snippy. She put us in a booth in the
back corner that was so small my bust rested on the table. When the
waitress came, I told her I was very uncomfortable in the booth, and she
moved us to another table in her area. The hostess flounced over with a
glare and demanded to know why. So I told her--graphically. She turned red
and stormed away from the table. Oh, well. I'm very glad not to have such
problems any more. <smile>
>
>> I just got back from a 20 minute walk but this was the first this
>> week.I'm still struggling to make this a daily habit. The weather
>> hasn't helped any. Last week we had the worst storm in 50 years here.
>> 100km/h winds, 5-6 inches of rain in a few hours. Entire town w/o power
>> and we're still boiling water. The storm passed but the rain has still
>> been coming every day. I need to remember that I'm not going to melt,
>> but that's hard when the rain is coming horizontal. {Excuses, excuses,
>> I know].
>
> I dunno. Sounds like a pretty good reason to stay inside. I don't
> walk in the rain myself, or when it gets below 20F. Heck, I have a hard
> time talking myself into going out when it is below 30F. If you're
> still having trouble motivating yourself to go out when the rain isn't
> hitting you from the side, that could be a problem.

When the weather is bad, there is always something I can find to do inside.
I really hate to go a day without any form of exercise. =c)