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mugglechump) wrote2007-07-15 09:59 am
mugglechump) wrote2007-07-15 09:59 am
Weight and whatnot
Right after the move, I weighed myself and at that point I'd lost about eight pounds. I figured that this was mainly due to water loss, since we'd been doing so much work in the heat. I was happy about it, but I didn't expect I'd be able to keep it off once I got re-hydrated.
So, yesterday was Tracey's birthday (my BIL's wife, and one of the most wonderful people I know) and we had steak and potatoes and cake and ice cream, and generally ate a lot of food. This morning I decided to weigh myself again, figuring it would be a more realistic assessment than the one a few weeks ago.
And I'd lost 2.5 more pounds! Yay!
My only gripe is that the only place I can tell I've lost weight by visual inspection is my thighs. Not that I'm not pleased by that, but my legs have always retained some muscular definition. I just have very muscular legs. (This is probably why that's the first place I can see the change.) But, of all the places on my body, my legs are the last place I need to show weight loss. Oh well, you take victories where you find them, right?
Now I just need to get motivated to go to our dinky little community gym to keep the momentum going. Maybe Mer and I can motivate each other. She's trying to get back into shape in hopes of joining up with her old soccer team again. Since she spent essentially all spring sick, she wasn't in condition to do the June try-outs, but her coach has said she can try-out next month at their start of season training camp. It would be REALLY nice to have something to occupy Mer's time other than whatever devices she can come up with on her own, and she misses soccer. She's been playing since she was eight and is really pretty good.
Anyway, I need to go work on my apartment. It's still looking way too much like a storage unit.
Hope everyone is having a great day!
So, yesterday was Tracey's birthday (my BIL's wife, and one of the most wonderful people I know) and we had steak and potatoes and cake and ice cream, and generally ate a lot of food. This morning I decided to weigh myself again, figuring it would be a more realistic assessment than the one a few weeks ago.
And I'd lost 2.5 more pounds! Yay!
My only gripe is that the only place I can tell I've lost weight by visual inspection is my thighs. Not that I'm not pleased by that, but my legs have always retained some muscular definition. I just have very muscular legs. (This is probably why that's the first place I can see the change.) But, of all the places on my body, my legs are the last place I need to show weight loss. Oh well, you take victories where you find them, right?
Now I just need to get motivated to go to our dinky little community gym to keep the momentum going. Maybe Mer and I can motivate each other. She's trying to get back into shape in hopes of joining up with her old soccer team again. Since she spent essentially all spring sick, she wasn't in condition to do the June try-outs, but her coach has said she can try-out next month at their start of season training camp. It would be REALLY nice to have something to occupy Mer's time other than whatever devices she can come up with on her own, and she misses soccer. She's been playing since she was eight and is really pretty good.
Anyway, I need to go work on my apartment. It's still looking way too much like a storage unit.
Hope everyone is having a great day!
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XD
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That is just so fricking awesome.
Best part? You didn't even know you were losing it =P
For that you deserve all the different brown colored crayons in the world!
[I often wonder why they even put the white crayon in the box. The only good thing it is for is when you have black construction paper or if you color out something and then paint over it with grapejuice, that makes the white show through..]
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I've wondered about the white crayon, too. It does come in handy for writing on eggs before you dye them, though.
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But you can also use a light gray for that.
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The very last place weight comes off of me is my thighs.
*hates the hail damage*
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I'm fortunate that I don't have problems losing weight on my legs, but there is a down side to having muscular legs. My calves are friggin' huge. Even when I was young they were enormous. I once had a male gymnast call me a dirty name because someone pointed out that my legs were more muscular than his. I was like, "Dude, take 'em! They make me look like a mutant!"
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p.s. I wish I could rush over there and be a motivation buddy because I need to get in better shape, too. But good luck with it!
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WOOT! This is wonderful! I am happy and sending more motivation your way!
*prays for some myself*
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*huggles* ♥♥