When I weighed 125 pounds and was running 8 miles at a time, I wore a size 10 and once, for about a week, I squeezed into a size 8. Today, with 145 pounds of middle aged “shapeliness”, my size 6 jeans are getting a baggy. It’s wrong! Nothing more than a cynical marketing ploy [...]
23Oct09
Definitive Waistline
I don’t want to sound fanatical, but where the heck do you measure your waist? People who make clothes say it’s the narrowest part. Dr Oz the You On A Diet guy says at the navel. Other’s say just above the navel. Well……those three places range from 33 to 36 inches – almost healthy to [...]
So what’s the verdict of the 3-way mirror? In a word: lumpy. At least lumpier than I have been at this weight. But I bought a dress and have decided to be less lumpy by Christmas though I can’t yet find it in me to make a major gym commitment. It’s partly my fear of [...]
21Oct09
What Do I Look Like?
I’ve got today free so I’m off to Manchester to try on clothes. I don’t care if I buy anything but I need to spend some time in front of three-way mirrors to get to grips with what I look like at the moment. Wish me luck.
16Oct09
21st Century Diet
I’ve said more that once that I’m inventing the 21st Century Diet. That is, if I can just maintain my moderately overweight body, I will eventually be overtaken by almost everyone else and finally be “thin”. Looks like it could really happen. According to this report, many obese people don’t recognise how overweight they really [...]
7Oct09
Body Shape 1
I probably could have said that yesterday was a “catch” but I didn’t move except to walk from the car to the grocery store. I did park at the furthest space from the doors but I didn’t quite manage to work up a sweat by the time I got to potatoes. Which I suppose I [...]