Reclaiming lost ground

I am so frustrated with this computer! We keep losing the connection, and it's super-slow to start with (usu. 24 kbps). I actually started working on this last night, but lost the connection. Today the computer is giving me problems as I'm trying to pay bills, so I thought I'd try to post this while it's still working at all.

Dawn, I didn't receive an add in my Yahoo e-mail yet. It has been so long since I've used the Yahoo IM, I can't remember if those come in e-mail or in an IM message when you log on. I'm not even sure that we can use IM with our slow connection, but I'll keep checking my e-mail and will try to get around to downloading the Yahoo Messenger program again and trying it out soon.

Angel, it's fine if you e-mail me. At least I can get e-mails most of the time!

Went shopping yesterday for more shorts, but the store I went to was nearly out of shorts and didn't find the size and brand I wanted. The 18W denim shorts I had been wearing had gotten a little baggy and I had thought maybe I could fit into 16W's. Was disppointed that the 16W jeans and capris I tried did not fit, except one pair that fit very snugly. Decided not to buy the jeans since it is still be too hot for jeans most days. Jeans are for wearing somewhere at night or where there's REALLY good air conditioning! I feel strange in shorts sometimes, but wear them in self-defense to avoid having a heat stroke. Oh well, guess it's the 18 for now. And that 16W dress fits so well! Maybe the problem is that my hips and thighs haven't lost enough for the 16W yet. If only they still had a good inventory of shorts! WHY do stores around here quit selling shorts in July when we'll need them at least till October or November?!!

I've been playing with numbers and looking back to see how many years it's been since I've weighed this little. I think it's been about 7 years. When I reach 215, that will be the first time at that weight since around November 1997--almost 9 years. The lowest adult weight I have recorded was 144 in April & May 1995, except for 128 around Christmas 1989 when I was barely 20 and working 50+ hours a week at a stressful job. I'm 5' 6" or 5' 7" and had a few people say that was a little too thin for me. My weight was 148 in December 1995, but I hit 180 at the end of June 1996 and continued climbing for several years. I think maybe it was stress that caused me to gain so much. Have you read FLYLady & Leanne's Body Clutter book? They both mentioned similar situations.

My life is certainly less stressful today than it used to be, but the weight isn't falling off. It has been a fight, but I'm slowly winning! I feel like I'm reclaiming previously lost territory as the pounds decrease toward what my weight used to be. Wonder how much longer till the whole 10+ years that I've been dragging this body clutter around can be reclaimed?

holy cow

I'm psyched! I just checked my BMI over here - I've gone from 56 to 39.8! Yay me!

Your Body Mass Index

Your current Body Mass Index (BMI) is 39.8.

BMI is a standardized ratio of weight to height, and is often used as a general indicator of health. The "normal" BMI for an adult woman of your height is 18.5 to 24.9. This translates to a healthy weight range of 95 to 128 lbs. However, BMI does not take body composition into account. A weight above this range could still be considered healthy if your percentage body fat is less than average. For more accurate determination of body fat levels, consider using a body fat caliper, such as the one made by Accu-Measure.

Time to get back on track!

Had a busy but fun weekend, then didn't get much done yesterday. It is still SO hot here, with most days in the 90's and the air conditioner barely working. Even the water temp in our above ground pool was 90 degrees yesterday. Hope to get our weekly home blessing done today. Thinking of doing Camp GonnaWanna FLY with my kids to get us all motivated. Thought maybe we could do our routine each morning, do lots of reading, swimming, and other fun things, and spend 15-30 minutes each day tackling a problem area around the house. It will be time for school to start back in less than 3 weeks, so we'd better plan some fun before our time is up.

I've been having lots of foot pain again, so I bought new lace-up shoes this weekend. I also went in a dress store to see if they still had the dress I had loved when shopping for clothes to wear to a wedding at the end of May. They did still have that same dress, and it was on sale for half price! I thought I saw the size I needed. Went ahead and browsed through the rest of the clearance racks before going back to get a dress to try on. Then I was disappointed that they didn't have a size 18W, which is what I had tried on (and had been just a little snug) 7 weeks ago. I finally decided to try a size 16W, though I just KNEW it wouldn't fit. It fit! :) It's even a little loose. That makes 4 sizes I've lost since last August! It was such a wonderful surprise, because I didn't think I'd made much progress this summer.

Didn't walk with my friend from up the road Saturday or Sunday, but we walked last night. I got her to try on the pair of 18W denim capris that I bought in May. She has been wearing 22's and some 20's and didn't think they would fit, but they did! She has only lost 6 pounds or so, but is also building muscle from the walking. It's cool seeing my progress and that of my friends!

Anyone else interested in trying Camp GonnaWanna FLY to see how much fun we can have moving this summer?