Diet Day 150

[darkemeralds]

I've lost 41 pounds now--that's 18.6 kg for you sophisticates, and just shy of three stone for my UK-ish pals. Forty-one pounds ago I was well up into the official "Obese Class II" category, whatever that means. (Well, it means really fat.)

The last 150 days have brought me down through most of "Obese Class I" and within four or five pounds of merely "Overweight." Thirty or so more will bring me into "Normal" territory, and after that we'll see. (Jeans are real. Categories of weight are statistical. I get that.)

So I finally decided to start taking body measurements. Dude. Whole new level of OMG--and this is after I've lost more than five inches from my waist (to gauge from the jeans that were tight when I started and which I'm now saving for the cheesy giant-jeans photo in a year or so). Plus it involved looking at parts. Of myself. There are thigh measurements involved.

Oh dear me, what a long way I have yet to go in being kind to myself in my own thoughts. It's fun to be losing weight, but there are places along the road that are truly difficult, and to my surprise, most of them have nothing to do with eating less or feeling hungry.



PS: ravurian made me more icons. Judi! \o/

Comments

[alex_beecroft]

That's very cool! Congratulations :) And yes, there do seem to be stages where your self perception suddenly resets. I'd been thinking "wow, I'm looking thin!" for months, and then something happened and now I look at myself and think "you're still so fat." But I'm not going to take that as a reliable guide. I remember feeling so fat when I was what I now think of as tiny.

I'm aiming for the upper limits of "normal" too. 11 stone (clothed) should see me there, and there I'll stop, because I really don't want to be too thin either. I like looking robust and don't want to tip over into 'waiflike' :)

[alex_beecroft]

By which I mean that 11 stone is my target weight, not that I have 11 stone still to go. I've actually got 11lbs still to go. Definitely off the plateau, though, thank goodness!

[darkemeralds]

...your self perception suddenly resets...

Excellent way of putting it. I hadn't thought of it quite that way, but that's exactly it! It goes hand in hand with that sense of holding up a garment that used to be, and seem tiny, and suddenly feeling that it's the right size. It really is almost as if our perception of the relative size of our body and the world resets itself too--and also in fits and starts.

It seems as if you and I are aiming for just about exactly the same weight. Congrats on being so close.

[(Anonymous)]

OMG 41 pounds! Go you!

I'm over here cheering you on. :)

It seems as if our sense of comparison shifts as we shift. I got better at skiing and suddenly started comparing myself w the REALLY fit folks.

[darkemeralds]

Izzat you, karen_jk?

Thanks for the cheering. And yes, I'm noticing the same effect with my bicycling. Not that I cycle as a sport--heaven forfend!--but I'm seeing myself as a different kind of bike-rider than what I started out as. A little more athletic, a little more "real cyclist."

[ranunculus]

41 pounds is a LOT of weight to loose. Go You!!!
You should be feeling proud of that milestone. And proud of feeling better about going out on the bike.
Keep up the great work.

[darkemeralds]

Thank you. I'm really enjoying the journey.