Bicycles, gyms, exercise and clothes

"Maggie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I JUST GOT BACK INTO MY SIZE 10 PANTS!!!!!!!!!!
I am trying for an 8 now. I can hardly breathe at the moment....but
damn it, I am wearing them.
Hey people, I know what is important in life. ;-) This exercise stuff
actually works.
Maggie

Well don - excellent work

Cheers, helen s

Helen C Simmons said:

"Maggie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I JUST GOT BACK INTO MY SIZE 10 PANTS!!!!!!!!!!
I am trying for an 8 now. I can hardly breathe at the

moment....but

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

damn it, I am wearing them.
Hey people, I know what is important in life. ;-) This exercise

stuff

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

actually works.
Maggie

Well don - excellent work

Cheers, helen s

Thank you for the "Well done". I appreciate it mucho. Only a woman
could understand my joy. :-)
Maggie
I really am having a hard time breathing though. But that will not
deter me from wearing these 10's. I GOT IN 'EM thats what counts.

Maggie said:

Helen C Simmons said:

"Maggie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I JUST GOT BACK INTO MY SIZE 10 PANTS!!!!!!!!!!
I am trying for an 8 now. I can hardly breathe at the

moment....but

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

damn it, I am wearing them.
Hey people, I know what is important in life. ;-) This exercise

stuff

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

actually works.
Maggie

Well don - excellent work

Cheers, helen s

Thank you for the "Well done". I appreciate it mucho. Only a woman
could understand my joy. :-)
Maggie
I really am having a hard time breathing though. But that will not
deter me from wearing these 10's. I GOT IN 'EM thats what counts.

Interesting how women are concerned about sizes qua sizes. Looking and
feeling good I get- but size is just your size.

Of course, to accomodate this concern manufactures have been changing
the size of sizes, or do they just change the labels!
So, congrats on feeling good but as too your size- what the heck.

gds said:

Maggie said:

Helen C Simmons said:

"Maggie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I JUST GOT BACK INTO MY SIZE 10 PANTS!!!!!!!!!!
> I am trying for an 8 now. I can hardly breathe at the

moment....but

Quoted message said:

> damn it, I am wearing them.
> Hey people, I know what is important in life. ;-) This exercise

stuff

Quoted message said:

> actually works.
> Maggie
>

Well don - excellent work

Cheers, helen s

Thank you for the "Well done". I appreciate it mucho. Only a woman
could understand my joy. :-)
Maggie
I really am having a hard time breathing though. But that will not
deter me from wearing these 10's. I GOT IN 'EM thats what counts.

Interesting how women are concerned about sizes qua sizes. Looking

and

Quoted message said:

feeling good I get- but size is just your size.

Of course, to accomodate this concern manufactures have been changing
the size of sizes, or do they just change the labels!
So, congrats on feeling good but as too your size- what the heck.

Don't rain on my parade....these pants are a size 10. Who cares if
they are vanity sized. I was just wearing a 12 in the same style pants
before lunch. I ordered a 10 to hopefully get into them. They arrived
by UPS at lunch so I changed. So vanity sizing or not, I am in a
smaller size. And I feel good. Except for the fact that I can't
breathe. Give me some simple pleasures babe. I am not asking for much.
The joy of a flower, the laugh of a child, the sun, the moon and
wearing a size 10.
Maggie

Maggie said:

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The joy of a flower, the laugh of a child, the sun, the moon and
wearing a size 10.
Maggie

Well gee! just go out and buy a label and you can be in a size 4 and
still breathe.

Do you also care about shoe size? Vanity sizing has hit women's shoes
big time.

I guess I just feel that sozes are just there to give you an easier
shot at finding something that fits. Waht the label actually says seems
irrelevant if the item fits. And of course having a right size label
and il fitting garment makes little sense so.... .

gds said:

Do you also care about shoe size? Vanity sizing has hit women's shoes

big time.

That is not true....I still have GIANT FEET...and they are not going to
get smaller no matter how hard I exercise. I was born with big feet.
When I was a size 3, a hundred years ago, I wore the same size shoe.
HUGE!!!!!!!!!!
Maggie

PS...Can you tell my boss is out of the office today.

Maggie said:

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That is not true....I still have GIANT FEET...and they are not going

to

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get smaller no matter how hard I exercise. I was born with big feet.
When I was a size 3, a hundred years ago, I wore the same size shoe.
HUGE!!!!!!!!!!
Maggie

PS...Can you tell my boss is out of the office today.

The Chinese had a solution for you :-) It's called something like "bind
to fit" and you too can have smaller feet.

Maggie wrote:
:: Hi Groupies:
:: After all my moaning and groaning about snow, rain, riding and not
:: riding and if I can ride and will I ride and where I can ride and if
:: I ride a stationery bike will it be the same as a real bike and if
:: 40 is the same as 20 and if I should get technical or stay stupid or
:: give up, give in, give out, put up, shut up, go uphill, downhill or
:: over the hill....the bottom line is....
:: I JUST GOT BACK INTO MY SIZE 10 PANTS!!!!!!!!!!
:: I am trying for an 8 now. I can hardly breathe at the moment....but
:: damn it, I am wearing them.
:: Hey people, I know what is important in life. ;-) This exercise stuff
:: actually works.
:: Maggie

You enjoy writing, don't you?

"Helen C Simmons" wrote: Well don(clip)
^^^^^^^^^^
Shouldn't that read, "Well donned?"

"Maggie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi Groupies:
After all my moaning and groaning about snow, rain, riding and not
riding and if I can ride and will I ride and where I can ride and if I
ride a stationery bike will it be the same as a real bike and if 40 is
the same as 20 and if I should get technical or stay stupid or give up,
give in, give out, put up, shut up, go uphill, downhill or over the
hill....the bottom line is....
I JUST GOT BACK INTO MY SIZE 10 PANTS!!!!!!!!!!
I am trying for an 8 now. I can hardly breathe at the moment....but
damn it, I am wearing them.
Hey people, I know what is important in life. ;-) This exercise stuff
actually works.
Maggie

Losing weight is often a benefit of regular exercise. If you can't breathe
in them it doesn't count<g>

Beverly

"gds" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Maggie said:

Helen C Simmons said:

"Maggie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I JUST GOT BACK INTO MY SIZE 10 PANTS!!!!!!!!!!
> I am trying for an 8 now. I can hardly breathe at the

moment....but

Quoted message said:

> damn it, I am wearing them.
> Hey people, I know what is important in life. ;-) This exercise

stuff

Quoted message said:

> actually works.
> Maggie
>

Well don - excellent work

Cheers, helen s

Thank you for the "Well done". I appreciate it mucho. Only a woman
could understand my joy. :-)
Maggie
I really am having a hard time breathing though. But that will not
deter me from wearing these 10's. I GOT IN 'EM thats what counts.

Interesting how women are concerned about sizes qua sizes. Looking and
feeling good I get- but size is just your size.

Of course, to accomodate this concern manufactures have been changing
the size of sizes, or do they just change the labels!
So, congrats on feeling good but as too your size- what the heck.

Isn't that the truth! I wore a size 10 when I was in school (somewhere in
the 50-60's range) and now that I'm much older and 20 pounds heavier I still
wear a size 10. Got to love those manufacturers<g>

Beverly

"gds" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Maggie said:

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The joy of a flower, the laugh of a child, the sun, the moon and
wearing a size 10.
Maggie

Well gee! just go out and buy a label and you can be in a size 4 and
still breathe.

Do you also care about shoe size? Vanity sizing has hit women's shoes
big time.

Now I'm beginning to understand why I need to buy smaller shoes. Geez....I
thought my feet were getting smaller.

Beverly

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Of course, to accomodate this concern manufactures have been changing
the size of sizes, or do they just change the labels!
So, congrats on feeling good but as too your size- what the heck.

Isn't that the truth! I wore a size 10 when I was in school (somewhere
in the 50-60's range) and now that I'm much older and 20 pounds heavier I
still wear a size 10.

Well, perhaps you're taller, or just more dense 😉

--
Benjamin Lewis

Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.
-- Frank Lloyd Wright

Roger Zoul said:

Maggie wrote:
:: Hi Groupies:
:: After all my moaning and groaning about snow, rain, riding and not
:: riding and if I can ride and will I ride and where I can ride and

if

Quoted message said:

:: I ride a stationery bike will it be the same as a real bike and if
:: 40 is the same as 20 and if I should get technical or stay stupid

or

Quoted message said:

:: give up, give in, give out, put up, shut up, go uphill, downhill

or

Quoted message said:

:: over the hill....the bottom line is....
:: I JUST GOT BACK INTO MY SIZE 10 PANTS!!!!!!!!!!
:: I am trying for an 8 now. I can hardly breathe at the

moment....but

Quoted message said:

:: damn it, I am wearing them.
:: Hey people, I know what is important in life. ;-) This exercise

stuff

Quoted message said:

:: actually works.
:: Maggie

You enjoy writing, don't you?

I absolutely love writing.....it's my thing babe. My passion. I can't
remember a time when I didn't write. It's an obsession. Not just here.
I live to write. Now you have to suffer for it or skip over the MAGGIE
posts.
:-)

"Maggie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I JUST GOT BACK INTO MY SIZE 10 PANTS!!!!!!!!!!

I remember when I got back into biking, and after awhile, tried on my old
bikini -- and the bottoms fell down! Glad it was in the privacy of my
bedroom and not at the beach.

You go girl!

--
Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
Home of the meditative cyclist:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm
Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/

I'm doing the Big Climb for my friend Dena! See:
http://www.active.com/donations/campaign_public.cfm?key=cpetersky

Claire Petersky said:

"Maggie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I JUST GOT BACK INTO MY SIZE 10 PANTS!!!!!!!!!!

I remember when I got back into biking, and after awhile, tried on my

old

Quoted message said:

bikini -- and the bottoms fell down! Glad it was in the privacy of my
bedroom and not at the beach.

You go girl!

--
Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
Home of the meditative cyclist:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm
Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/

I'm doing the Big Climb for my friend Dena! See:
http://www.active.com/donations/campaign_public.cfm?key=cpetersky

I bet every guy's imagination is running wild after reading your post
Claire. Its wonderful to see results after alot of hard work. I
enjoyed wearing those size 10's and I didn't even mind not breathing.
If I look good this summer, I am buying the thing I've dreaded buying
for the past few summers......A New Bathing suit.
Thanks for the kudos Claire. Keep that bikini on.
Maggie.

"Benjamin Lewis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

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Of course, to accomodate this concern manufactures have been changing
the size of sizes, or do they just change the labels!
So, congrats on feeling good but as too your size- what the heck.

Isn't that the truth! I wore a size 10 when I was in school (somewhere
in the 50-60's range) and now that I'm much older and 20 pounds heavier

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

still wear a size 10.

Well, perhaps you're taller, or just more dense 😉

--
Benjamin Lewis

Naw....I had attained by full height by the age of 10. If fact, I've lost
an inch as I've matured. Of course that's not unusual for many women. I
just hope I don't continue to shrink. I might have to buy a smaller bike.

Dense? I hope you're talking muscles here<g> Yes, I probably have better
muscle tone now than I did in my younger days. I didn't lift weights until
after age 50.

I still wear the same size due to the nice manufacturers who keep making the
clothes bigger and the size numbers smaller. I guess it's supposed to make
us feel better. As long as I don't scare people in my lycra shorts I don't
care what size they are..... I still wish they would size women's jeans
like they do the mens.

Beverly

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Maggie <[email hidden]> typed:

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gds said:

Maggie said:

Helen C Simmons wrote:
> "Maggie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:[email hidden]...
> > I JUST GOT BACK INTO MY SIZE 10 PANTS!!!!!!!!!!
> > I am trying for an 8 now. I can hardly breathe at the
moment....but
> > damn it, I am wearing them.
> > Hey people, I know what is important in life. ;-) This exercise
stuff
> > actually works.
> > Maggie
> >
>
> Well don - excellent work
>
> Cheers, helen s

Thank you for the "Well done". I appreciate it mucho. Only a woman
could understand my joy. :-)
Maggie
I really am having a hard time breathing though. But that will not
deter me from wearing these 10's. I GOT IN 'EM thats what counts.

Interesting how women are concerned about sizes qua sizes. Looking

and

Quoted message said:

feeling good I get- but size is just your size.

Of course, to accomodate this concern manufactures have been changing
the size of sizes, or do they just change the labels!
So, congrats on feeling good but as too your size- what the heck.

Don't rain on my parade....these pants are a size 10. Who cares if
they are vanity sized. I was just wearing a 12 in the same style
pants before lunch. I ordered a 10 to hopefully get into them. They
arrived by UPS at lunch so I changed. So vanity sizing or not, I am
in a smaller size. And I feel good. Except for the fact that I can't
breathe. Give me some simple pleasures babe. I am not asking for much.
The joy of a flower, the laugh of a child, the sun, the moon and
wearing a size 10.

Order a size 8 and turn blue.

In news:[email hidden],
Maggie <[email hidden]> typed:

Quoted message said:

gds said:

Do you also care about shoe size? Vanity sizing has hit women's shoes

big time.

That is not true....I still have GIANT FEET...and they are not going
to get smaller no matter how hard I exercise. I was born with big
feet. When I was a size 3, a hundred years ago, I wore the same size
shoe. HUGE!!!!!!!!!!
Maggie

Some people in the diet groups report dropping a shoe size when losing
weight.

Beside, you can still wear a smaller size....if you don't mind your legs
falling off.