Before and During...Not Done Yet!!!

ali.smedley said:
I want to keep my focus on the good things that are happening to me because I know I have been kinda negative lately...

The pants that I am wearing today and the type that sit on your hips as opposed to your waist...before I got these I would have laughed at the thought of wearing them b/c you have to have a certain body type to look good...

I look good :D

hehe...
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SWEET ASS SWEET!

I am having self doubts today about where I am heading with my goals... lots of things are swimming around. Wondering if I am doing the BEST I can do to lose optimally... so I am glad one of us is positive about it all :)
 
Darth Pooh said:
SWEET ASS SWEET!

I am having self doubts today about where I am heading with my goals... lots of things are swimming around. Wondering if I am doing the BEST I can do to lose optimally... so I am glad one of us is positive about it all :)
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Well...I have been in the shitter so to speak the last few days about all of it, eating poorly and just feeling like I am headed nowhere fast. I have to remember to be patient and that these days will pass regardless of whether or not I do anything about my body, so I may as well do something.

I think it is rare for someone to do their best all of the time...look at your goals and see if there are a few things you could do to move things along w/o making yourself insane...
 
ali.smedley said:
Well...I have been in the shitter so to speak the last few days about all of it, eating poorly and just feeling like I am headed nowhere fast. I have to remember to be patient and that these days will pass regardless of whether or not I do anything about my body, so I may as well do something.

I think it is rare for someone to do their best all of the time...look at your goals and see if there are a few things you could do to move things along w/o making yourself insane...
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Well, this is the first time I've been impatient in a while. My stomach is looking worse everyday (skin/flab wise), and I want to get "bigger" but I need to get cut first to do that. I want everything to happen all at once and I haven't been like this for a LONG time. I need to slow down my thoughts. I might just decompress when I go jogging today.
 
Darth Pooh said:
Well, this is the first time I've been impatient in a while. My stomach is looking worse everyday (skin/flab wise), and I want to get "bigger" but I need to get cut first to do that. I want everything to happen all at once and I haven't been like this for a LONG time. I need to slow down my thoughts. I might just decompress when I go jogging today.
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That's because you are hanging around me ;)
 
Darth Pooh said:
nah... If anything you help me see things clearly. Still, I need to ease up on myself sometimes and I get anxious over stupid shit.
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Look, we all do that - that is why you are here in the first place, for support to get you through it.

And thanks :)
 
measurements

I haven't done this yet but was 'inspired' to do it today...

here they are...

waist - 39"
hips - 46"
under my belly (across pelvic bone) - 41"
right thigh - 24"
left thigh - 23 1/2"
right calf - 17"
left calf - 16 1/2"
both biceps - 13"
neck - 14"
bust - 43 1/2"
under breasts (band of bra) - 38"

i guess we will see what happens...
 
I haven't been feeling good about myself lately so I thought I would try to take some more progress pics in the hope that I could see myself with a new eye...

I know I look a little silly in the one pic with my leg on pointe but I was trying to show off my inner thigh, which is looking a little better these days.

Enjoy :)
 
ali.smedley said:
I haven't been feeling good about myself lately so I thought I would try to take some more progress pics in the hope that I could see myself with a new eye...

I know I look a little silly in the one pic with my leg on pointe but I was trying to show off my inner thigh, which is looking a little better these days.

Enjoy :)
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Well, I just want to introduce you to someone... new Ali, meet OLD Ali...



Do me a favor and realize you have plenty to feel GREAT about... you look awesome.
 
You've made awesome progress! And I think it's awesome that you noticed how you fit into booths and seats differently. It's the little things like that that get me really excited about losing weight, especially when I'm feeling less motivated or down on myself for not losing weight on the scale.

And I'm having similar stomach/tummy issues. It sucks, but it's better to have a flabby tummy than to be 50 or 70 pounds heavier, ya know?

Keep up the awesome work and keep posting pictures!

Tamara
 
You know how it is...some days (a lot of them for me lately) it is HARD to think that I look awesome. Honestly. You and I do not see the same person I think...I will say, I do look thinner than that picture (that was probably at my highest recorded weight of 275)...I just don't know that I would classify it as awesome.

Keith, you do a lot for me, thanks :)
 
lungsfortherace said:
You've made awesome progress! And I think it's awesome that you noticed how you fit into booths and seats differently. It's the little things like that that get me really excited about losing weight, especially when I'm feeling less motivated or down on myself for not losing weight on the scale.

And I'm having similar stomach/tummy issues. It sucks, but it's better to have a flabby tummy than to be 50 or 70 pounds heavier, ya know?

Keep up the awesome work and keep posting pictures!

Tamara
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Tamara ~ thanks so much for the encouragement! I feel silly posting so many pics when there is almost no visible change but it does help me feel better to see my progress, such as it is. The small things do help, my feet shrunk as well, which was great, pre-baby I was a 10, post-baby I was an 11W - there are almost no shoes around that size...somewhere along the way, I dropped back down to a ten ~ I am thrilled b/c I love high high heels and they don't come in 11s as much :)
 
Heeehee. Not that you'll ever be an 11 wide again, but in case you know of another girl with big feet, she could always try shopping at a store for cross-dressers or drag queens. But then she'd have to stomach only being able to wear mile-high, outrageously gaudy hooker shoes.

And I know how it feels to not be able to see much of a difference, especially when looking in the mirror. Let's face it. You see yourself every day. I think side by side pictures are a really good idea. A REALLY GOOD IDEA!!!

-Tamara
 
lungsfortherace said:
Heeehee. Not that you'll ever be an 11 wide again, but in case you know of another girl with big feet, she could always try shopping at a store for cross-dressers or drag queens. But then she'd have to stomach only being able to wear mile-high, outrageously gaudy hooker shoes.

And I know how it feels to not be able to see much of a difference, especially when looking in the mirror. Let's face it. You see yourself every day. I think side by side pictures are a really good idea. A REALLY GOOD IDEA!!!

-Tamara
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Thank goodness for Keith then b/c I have no clue how to do anything other than those lousy thumbnails...I am computer illiterate I swear...

I like the hooker shoe idea, that would be something to wear into work (hmmmmmmmmmmmmm) haha. It is tough, especially when you have a day where you are bloated or just a 'fat' day. That fat girl has well overstayed her welcome and needs to get the hell out of my head or she's going to have to start paying rent. :D
 
note to self:

Re-read the scale mentality and throw the damn scale out already. A stupid fluctuation is not worth getting all bent about.
 
I read 'the scale mentality' last night and I know all of this but sometimes you jsut get on that damn thing against your better judgment and then, at least for me, all I want to do is throw the damn thing out.

Maybe I will do some measurements tonight...
 
The other thing I believe I need to analyze is my calorie count for the day and see if I am negatively impacting things...I have been staying away from that because it is more work that I can handle at this point, but I think I am going to have to put the effort in if I don't like my movement at this point...
 
Ok here is my next set of measurements...it has been exactly 7 days...

waist - 37"
hips - 44 1/2" (perhaps some error on placement?)
under belly (across pelvic bone) - 41"
right thigh - 23 1/2"
left thigh - 23"
right calf - 17"
left calf - 16 1/2"
both biceps - 12 1/2"
neck - 14"
bust - 42 1/2" (could be difference in bra, note to self, wear same bra)
under breasts (band of bra) - 37 1/2"
ankles - 9"
wrists - 6 1/2"

here are last week's measurements

waist - 39"
hips - 46"
under my belly (across pelvic bone) - 41"
right thigh - 24"
left thigh - 23 1/2"
right calf - 17"
left calf - 16 1/2"
both biceps - 13"
neck - 14"
bust - 43 1/2"
under breasts (band of bra) - 38"

change

waist - minus 2"
hips - minus 1 1/2"
under my belly (across pelvic bone) - no change
right thigh - minus 1/2"
left thigh - minus 1/2"
right calf - no change
left calf - no change
both biceps - minus 1/2"
neck - no change
bust - minus 1"
under breasts (band of bra) - minus 1/2"
first time doing ankles/wrists - I doubt I will see much change here, that change has already happened...

good things to see especially in light of the non-moving scale. Makes me realize that things are still happening...
 
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