First glove day of the season?

[Steph Peters]

"wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> of remove fame and fortune to
get correct email address wrote:
>Some of us have been in full cold weather gear for some time now. Being
>74lbs lighter than I was in February, I've lost my insulation and boy, am I
>feeling the cold!
Well done Helen. Wonder when the loss of insulation effect kicks in? I've
lost 61 lbs since start of May, and I'm not yet feeling any significantly
colder than I did before. Or maybe it's an absolute thing and if I were
your size I'd be cold - I've got a further 60 lbs to loose and must be a
good deal larger than you.
--
Steph Peters
Chorlton Wanderers Cycling Group
Monthly slow and easy rides from South Manchester
http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/cycling/chwan.htm

 

[wafflycat]

"Steph Peters" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> of remove fame and fortune to
> get correct email address wrote:
>>Some of us have been in full cold weather gear for some time now. Being
>>74lbs lighter than I was in February, I've lost my insulation and boy, am
>>I
>>feeling the cold!
> Well done Helen. Wonder when the loss of insulation effect kicks in?
> I've
> lost 61 lbs since start of May, and I'm not yet feeling any significantly
> colder than I did before. Or maybe it's an absolute thing and if I were
> your size I'd be cold - I've got a further 60 lbs to loose and must be a
> good deal larger than you.
> --

Well done you! You've managed to lose a lot so far too! Hurrah for us!

Went to WW this evening - another 1.5lbs lighter and am now within a
tantalisingly short distance of a healthy BMI which is where I can set a
goal weight. More hurrahs! Came out of WW & *froze* in the night air. Back
home the heating is on full blast & I'm sipping hot spicy tea to feel warm.

Mind you, I went shopping today & tried on a dress. It was a lovely dress.
Black velvet creation & it was adorable. Tried it on and all the old *fat
phobia* came flooding back. I loathed myself in it. Bah! I have to
constantly remind myself of just what I have lost and thus gained. If you
see what I mean.

 

[Steph Peters]

"wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> of remove fame and fortune to
get correct email address wrote:
>Went to WW this evening - another 1.5lbs lighter and am now within a
>tantalisingly short distance of a healthy BMI which is where I can set a
>goal weight. More hurrahs!
I don't get this. Why don't you set your goal now? Mine is a size 12, and
I know that equates to somewhere around 8 and a half stone, around the
middle of the recommended range for my height. No way am I going to make it
to the bottom end of that range which is all of 7 stone! BMI is still
depressingly in the obese section and will stay that way for a while; I need
to lose a further 19 pounds to make it down to 'overweight'. Still I
started out well in the morbidly obese section.

>Came out of WW & *froze* in the night air. Back
>home the heating is on full blast & I'm sipping hot spicy tea to feel warm.
It just wasn't that cold here. I came out of swimming lessons at 9:15 pm
and rode home with wet hair, but Aldis cycling longs, a polo neck jumper a
winter jacket and a pair of mid weight gloves kept me warm.

>Mind you, I went shopping today & tried on a dress. It was a lovely dress.
>Black velvet creation & it was adorable. Tried it on and all the old *fat
>phobia* came flooding back. I loathed myself in it. Bah! I have to
>constantly remind myself of just what I have lost and thus gained. If you
>see what I mean.
No, not really. There's a midnight blue velvet dress at the back of the
wardrobe for which I am still one size too big. My current aim is to be
able to wear it to the company Christmas party in early December, as I know
I look good in it. Unfortunately I suspect it will fit in January, which is
a spectacularly useless month to have a good party dress!

I can't get over how I look now compared to how I was, so I'm pleased when
I try things on, especially when I can get the zip up on the next smaller
size pair of jeans. I've been haunting the local charity shops for bargains
and picking up a few cheapies at Tesco and the like. I don't want to spend
much on clothes I hope will be too big in a few months. The only things
I've spent more than a few pounds on are swimming costumes (anyone know
where to find cheap ones?) and bras, because the cheap ones just aren't
comfortable.
--
Steph Peters
Chorlton Wanderers Cycling Group
Monthly slow and easy rides from South Manchester
http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/cycling/chwan.htm

 

[wafflycat]

"Steph Peters" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> of remove fame and fortune to
> get correct email address wrote:
>>Went to WW this evening - another 1.5lbs lighter and am now within a
>>tantalisingly short distance of a healthy BMI which is where I can set a
>>goal weight. More hurrahs!
> I don't get this. Why don't you set your goal now? Mine is a size 12,
> and
> I know that equates to somewhere around 8 and a half stone, around the
> middle of the recommended range for my height. No way am I going to make
> it
> to the bottom end of that range which is all of 7 stone! BMI is still
> depressingly in the obese section and will stay that way for a while; I
> need
> to lose a further 19 pounds to make it down to 'overweight'. Still I
> started out well in the morbidly obese section.
>

Not sure yet *where* in the healthy BMI range I want my goal to be. It's
going to be at the upper end, rather than the lower end, but can't make my
mind up on figure yet. I won't set it as a specific clothes size as they
vary from make to make.

 

[Adam Lea]

On 27 Oct, 09:10, "wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> wrote:
> "Steph Peters" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> news:[email protected]...
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>
>
>
>
> > "wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> of remove fame andfortune to
> > get correct email address wrote:
> >>Went to WW this evening - another 1.5lbs lighter and am now within a
> >>tantalisingly short distance of a healthy BMI which is where I can set a
> >>goal weight. More hurrahs!
> > I don't get this. Why don't you set your goal now? Mine is a size 12,
> > and
> > I know that equates to somewhere around 8 and a half stone, around the
> > middle of the recommended range for my height. No way am I going to make
> > it
> > to the bottom end of that range which is all of 7 stone! BMI is still
> > depressingly in the obese section and will stay that way for a while; I
> > need
> > to lose a further 19 pounds to make it down to 'overweight'. Still I
> > started out well in the morbidly obese section.
>
> Not sure yet *where* in the healthy BMI range I want my goal to be. It's
> going to be at the upper end, rather than the lower end, but can't make my
> mind up on figure yet. I won't set it as a specific clothes size as they
> vary from make to make.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

You would be better off using body fat percentage as a guideline
rather than BMI.

 

[wafflycat]

"Adam Lea" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>On 27 Oct, 09:10, "wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> wrote:
>
>You would be better off using body fat percentage as a guideline
>rather than BMI.
>
WW, as many other organisations use BMI, so I'm tied to that in setting a
goal weight. And as I cycle a lot, hence have more toned muscle than those
wot divvint exercise, I'll be setting my goal weight at the upper end of the
healthy BMI range