Hollie, of 300 pounds down wrote a very accurate rant about the fashion industry having nothing decent in the really large sizes. Just for fun, I looked up Catherine's, an online plus-sized store. Really??? Although I thought that there were a few things that would be nice at any size, no way should anyone over 300 pounds wear the bright neon striped rainbow shirt. Probably not anyone over 100 pounds should wear that. On the one hand it was fun to look at the sight, because their plus-sized models were all my size, and yes, the stuff (even the rainbow number) looked ok on them--and would look ok on me. It was fun to look through the pictures and think, "well, I could wear that and that and that, but really heavy people couldn't!" I don't often get to be the person that things look good on.
Seriously, though I really hate the fashion industry. People my size don't need to shop at online plus-sized stores (unless we really want to) because we have other options. People who ARE shopping at those stores because they have no other choice, will NOT look anything like as nice as the models look when wearing the same outfits. (Not as nice as me!) What are they doing putting size 14 or 16 people on those catalog pages? Selling clothes, I guess. But I wonder how much that really works? I have the same problem at the mall. Those outfits on the models are NOT going to look the same on me and it's frustrating! I think if they had a genuine size 16 or 18 or 20 model and the clothes looked good on that model, I'd buy a whole lot more clothes!!
I can't decide if I'm glad or sad about today's birthday treats. Glad-ish, I guess. Chips and salsa and apples and a really good apple dip. I think I kept things to my allotted 500 calories--even with the two snickers bites that weren't on any plan. Today is sesame day. Love these days, it makes me so much happier to embrace calorie counting tomorrow.
I worked out quite a bit yesterday. Not sure if I'll get any exercise in today since it's a late day, but if I can walk just a 1/2 hour here at work, it shouldn't be hard to stationary bike for another 1/2 at home. I think I will. Once I'm off the desk, all I have to do is make phone calls off of an endless list. A couple of walking breaks will be welcome.
Losing weight in spite of myself.
I began this blog in February 2011 as a way to help me not quit trying to lose weight, and to learn a few things. It's been an interesting and powerful experience. It certainly confirms what I've long suspected--that although I am a genuinely happy cheery person in the main, I am NOT a happy cheery dieter. I DETEST losing weight. I resent being overweight in the first place and I am a virtuoso in the art of self-sabotage. And YET--I'm doing it! I'm fighting and kicking and EATING all the way down, but the weight is finally going down. The plan I was following in February was a half-baked one largely based on wishful thinking. I gained a little weight and decided to get real. I knew I couldn't just join weightwatchers or count calories or do any one plan and expect to be successful. I decided if I was going to bother to make the effort to lose weight I was going to throw everything I could think of at the problem. And so I do. My real "Day One" for this blog is April 1, 2011. I joined weight watchers, I joined caloriecount.com (awesome website), I read the blog losingweighteveryday.blogspot.com religiously, I keep this blog faithfully, I joined the health programs sponsored by my insurance, I use the principles from overeater's anonymous, I use my church's 12 step program as well, I subscribe--and use--Healthy Cooking Magazine.
The result of all this? Painfully slow progress (About 20 lbs in 10 months). But it IS progress and like the little engine that could I keep on trying in my rebellious way. I have no intention of quitting. This is by far the longest sustained weight loss effort I've ever made in my life. Successful I think, because for the first in my life I've done this MY way--which I've discovered, involves a lot of pizza and restaraunt food. I'm convinced this is the only way to lose weight. For me it must be MY way. For you it MUST be YOUR way. Not weight watcher's way, not your doctor's way, but YOUR way. Any plan or idea I use is only a tool.
The latest plan to lose weight my way began on Oct 29, 2013. It really is my own crazy plan. As you'll see if you read that post. I've implemented the best ideas of all sorts of eating plans and thrown out the scale. A couple of months in and I'm definitely healthier. I'm actually enjoying myself. I won't weigh until April 1, 2014, so I'll see then if this works the way I hope it will.
There is no magic weight loss bullet. But there IS a great deal of magic in the discovery of what I can happily live with (very different from what weight watchers tells me I can happily live with) and still have the body and health I want.
Good luck to all of us on this journey. It's quite a trip!
The result of all this? Painfully slow progress (About 20 lbs in 10 months). But it IS progress and like the little engine that could I keep on trying in my rebellious way. I have no intention of quitting. This is by far the longest sustained weight loss effort I've ever made in my life. Successful I think, because for the first in my life I've done this MY way--which I've discovered, involves a lot of pizza and restaraunt food. I'm convinced this is the only way to lose weight. For me it must be MY way. For you it MUST be YOUR way. Not weight watcher's way, not your doctor's way, but YOUR way. Any plan or idea I use is only a tool.
The latest plan to lose weight my way began on Oct 29, 2013. It really is my own crazy plan. As you'll see if you read that post. I've implemented the best ideas of all sorts of eating plans and thrown out the scale. A couple of months in and I'm definitely healthier. I'm actually enjoying myself. I won't weigh until April 1, 2014, so I'll see then if this works the way I hope it will.
There is no magic weight loss bullet. But there IS a great deal of magic in the discovery of what I can happily live with (very different from what weight watchers tells me I can happily live with) and still have the body and health I want.
Good luck to all of us on this journey. It's quite a trip!
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