Why can't everyone make clothes to the same sizes ... even within the same store ... or from one year to the next ... or even one style/colour option to the next? I know that there is a standard set of measurements supposedly out there in the ether, but no-one seems to pay any attention to them *sighs*
Now, I know this is an old complaint, one echoed by women all over the world almost every day, but it still bears repeating.
Take my recent shopping attempts. I was a UK size 22 when I started my weight loss. My weekly weigh ins prove I'm losing weight. The fact that the size 22 jeans I was wearing at the beginning now fall off me, and that I've got one pair of slim fit 20s that are beginning to get lose, backs that up.
So why have I today had to go UP to a 24 to get a pair of jeans to fit? And why when I bought two pairs of denim jeggings the other week - same shop, same style, just different colours - did one pair fit perfectly and the other not even make it up to my bum?
Size 22 tops I bought last year hang off me, but the 20s I've tried this year have, on the whole, been too small, forcing me to buy 22s still, despite me knowing I'm smaller.
It's all very disconcerting to put all this effort into losing weight, only to find that, apparently, clothes manufacturers are losing 'weight' off their clothes sizes too.
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
Holiday Weekly Weigh In
I was at the seaside this weekend with the kids, eating all things seasidey - chips, ice creams, sugar donuts, more chips. I honestly expected to have gained something ... a lot of something ... despite my attempts to eat small portions all the time and avoid fried food where possible.
So imagine my surprise this morning when I weigh myself to find I've LOST 2lbs! WOOHOO!
How you ask? Well, along with eating more/heavier foods, I was also walking around far more. Even with using taxis for all the longer (to me, sometimes the ride only cost £3) journeys, and taking breaks every chance (every bench) I could, I was still on my feet far more than normal, and for four consecutive days at that. I am paying for it now, I've been home 2 days and can barely move, and day four of the holiday was tough(er). And I've had to take every pain med I could from day one up to now to keep it going. But ... wow, I did it.
Imagine what that activity would have meant in terms of weight loss if I'd been eating my usual diet. Such a shame it's not something I can sustain, but it does give me hope for the occasional good week.
(The boring bit)
Percentage of starting weight lost this week - 0.8%
Total of starting weight now lost - 7.3% (or 18.5lbs)
And of target weight loss - 24.2%
New weight is 106.6kg ... which is 16st 11, or 235lbs
So imagine my surprise this morning when I weigh myself to find I've LOST 2lbs! WOOHOO!
How you ask? Well, along with eating more/heavier foods, I was also walking around far more. Even with using taxis for all the longer (to me, sometimes the ride only cost £3) journeys, and taking breaks every chance (every bench) I could, I was still on my feet far more than normal, and for four consecutive days at that. I am paying for it now, I've been home 2 days and can barely move, and day four of the holiday was tough(er). And I've had to take every pain med I could from day one up to now to keep it going. But ... wow, I did it.
Imagine what that activity would have meant in terms of weight loss if I'd been eating my usual diet. Such a shame it's not something I can sustain, but it does give me hope for the occasional good week.
(The boring bit)
Percentage of starting weight lost this week - 0.8%
Total of starting weight now lost - 7.3% (or 18.5lbs)
And of target weight loss - 24.2%
New weight is 106.6kg ... which is 16st 11, or 235lbs
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Weekly Weigh In - new scales are amazing
Yes, I know I've not blogged my food diary this week - suffice to say it's not been too bad, though I did spend the last two days eating out due to being away - I'll try to get better.
On to the weigh in. I got a nice surprise this week ... I've been using a set of analogue scales for a long time - they were good ones, not cheap, but it was getting wearing having to twiddle the dial to recalibrate them each time, so I decided to invest in a set of digital scales instead.
When they arrived, I weighed myself to find they told me I was lighter than the analogue scales had been saying. So I did a test at the suggestion of a friend, and weighed a full bag of sugar (in the baking cupboard - I don't use sugar in my day to day diet) ... it turns out the analogue scales weigh over - in fact on one of the three times I tested them, they weighed the 2kg bag at 3.5kg! (the digital scales were spot on all three times)
So, whilst I don't have an actual weight loss to report this week (as this all happened a few days ago and todays reading is the same), I do have amended figures. The scale glitch was adding over 5lbs to my weight.
(The boring bit)
Percentage of starting weightlost adjusted down this week - 2.2%
Total of starting weight now lost - 6.5%
And of target weight loss - 21.6%
New weight is 107.5kg ... which is 16st 13, or 237lbs
(and yes, I know that technically I should rejig my weights from day one, but seeing as I don't know if the variance was constant, I'm going to leave them as is)
On to the weigh in. I got a nice surprise this week ... I've been using a set of analogue scales for a long time - they were good ones, not cheap, but it was getting wearing having to twiddle the dial to recalibrate them each time, so I decided to invest in a set of digital scales instead.
When they arrived, I weighed myself to find they told me I was lighter than the analogue scales had been saying. So I did a test at the suggestion of a friend, and weighed a full bag of sugar (in the baking cupboard - I don't use sugar in my day to day diet) ... it turns out the analogue scales weigh over - in fact on one of the three times I tested them, they weighed the 2kg bag at 3.5kg! (the digital scales were spot on all three times)
So, whilst I don't have an actual weight loss to report this week (as this all happened a few days ago and todays reading is the same), I do have amended figures. The scale glitch was adding over 5lbs to my weight.
(The boring bit)
Percentage of starting weight
Total of starting weight now lost - 6.5%
And of target weight loss - 21.6%
New weight is 107.5kg ... which is 16st 13, or 237lbs
(and yes, I know that technically I should rejig my weights from day one, but seeing as I don't know if the variance was constant, I'm going to leave them as is)
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Weekly Weigh Ins x 3
Between health and ISP issues, I've not blogged here for a couple of weeks, so I have three 'weekly weigh ins' to report.
They are not bad, and not so good - the first week I dropped half a kilo, or 1lb, and the other two weeks I stayed put, no loss. I'm not surprised, I've not been as mobile, and I will admit to a fair bit of chocolate biscuit comfort eating. But at least there's been no gain either.
So, onto the ...
(The boring bit)
Percentage of starting weight lostthis week since last blog- 0.4%
Total of starting weight now lost - 4.3%
And of target weight loss - 14.4%
New weight is 110kg ... which is 17st 4.5, or 242.5lbs
They are not bad, and not so good - the first week I dropped half a kilo, or 1lb, and the other two weeks I stayed put, no loss. I'm not surprised, I've not been as mobile, and I will admit to a fair bit of chocolate biscuit comfort eating. But at least there's been no gain either.
So, onto the ...
(The boring bit)
Percentage of starting weight lost
Total of starting weight now lost - 4.3%
And of target weight loss - 14.4%
New weight is 110kg ... which is 17st 4.5, or 242.5lbs
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