Hi! Fellow "Do you carry XX long in pants?" over here!!
beniky
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Oh look - this where all the other "stretches" (Yes, because that makes me feel less like a freak), "OMG HOW long are those legs?" (About the distance from my hip to the floor), 'How's the weather up there" (Ha Ha), "Did you play basketball?" (You really think being closer to the basket makes that sport any easier?), "Why do you bother to wear heels?"(so I can look down on all you puny people), "Can you get that down from the top shelf for me?" (Grab a step stool), "How did you get so tall?" (well, duh, didn't your pediatrician teach you how to do it too?) hang out!
Yeah!! Hi everyone! I am a 5'11...and have been since I was 12 and "freak" in 6th grade :-D...luckily everyone else grew up eventually...and well, yeah, I was still the tallest girl - but the boys got taller once they hit college. And society as a whole has gotten a bit taller...so when I walk down the street in 3" heels...the stares and goggle eyes have reduced a bit - or is it I just care less these days?
My story: I was always a beanpole, a stick, a flat chested, knobby kneed, gawky, long limbed creature growing up - which made me the ideal...*gasp*...model. (why anyone wants to see an skeletal, awkward, absurdly tall teenager show how clothing might look on the average person is beyond me these days...but it paid for college...but I digress...). I never worried about my weight...except wishing my boobs would someday appear - then I had my first child at 25 - hey lookee what I got! But I also got the belly pooch, the butt, the thighs etc...then my 2nd at 28...and a bit more weight. I got tired of people stating that i didn't need to lose weight - because I wasn't "fat"...I was 225 lbs and so uncomfortable - weight just sat on me differently...not fat...just...large - ugh! So I hit WW...and got rid of 100lbs...lost my boobs *sniffle*...but I gained so much - healthier eating, a fantastic cholesterol level, a kick butt gym routine, one heck of a muscle mass - and I could stop traffic once again :-D.
Then, many years after my divorce, I met the most amazing man...and I got fat and happy. Okay - not fat...but I stopped being so diligent on my food, my exercise, etc... 60-70 lbs creeped back on over 4 years. He didn't care - but I did. I downloaded the MFP app on my phone last year and kinda played around with it...I was hitting the gym every morning 6 days a week...but not budging on the scale or clothing. I hit the wall in mid May, and started rigorously documenting every morsel that hit my lips...I dusted off all of my old WW habits and put them back into play. I had a long firm talk with myself, and "we" agreed that it was long past time to get back in shape...my 40th b-day is just months away and I want to enter my next decade the same way I entered this one - firm, healthy and in a size 4.
So here I am now...down about 25 lbs, and 2 dress sizes and already feeling pretty proud of myself - but knowing I still have a ways to go. My face has started slimming down again, and my legs are getting back to the "2nd glance" level. My old dresses are swimming on me...and I feel happier looking at myself in the mirror. My heart rate is coming down, and I feel healthier in general. I still hit the elliptical or gym at least 5 days a week...but I can now keep up with my other half on our hikes...and pass him by too ;-).
I just have to keep this up!
Yeah!! Hi everyone! I am a 5'11...and have been since I was 12 and "freak" in 6th grade :-D...luckily everyone else grew up eventually...and well, yeah, I was still the tallest girl - but the boys got taller once they hit college. And society as a whole has gotten a bit taller...so when I walk down the street in 3" heels...the stares and goggle eyes have reduced a bit - or is it I just care less these days?
My story: I was always a beanpole, a stick, a flat chested, knobby kneed, gawky, long limbed creature growing up - which made me the ideal...*gasp*...model. (why anyone wants to see an skeletal, awkward, absurdly tall teenager show how clothing might look on the average person is beyond me these days...but it paid for college...but I digress...). I never worried about my weight...except wishing my boobs would someday appear - then I had my first child at 25 - hey lookee what I got! But I also got the belly pooch, the butt, the thighs etc...then my 2nd at 28...and a bit more weight. I got tired of people stating that i didn't need to lose weight - because I wasn't "fat"...I was 225 lbs and so uncomfortable - weight just sat on me differently...not fat...just...large - ugh! So I hit WW...and got rid of 100lbs...lost my boobs *sniffle*...but I gained so much - healthier eating, a fantastic cholesterol level, a kick butt gym routine, one heck of a muscle mass - and I could stop traffic once again :-D.
Then, many years after my divorce, I met the most amazing man...and I got fat and happy. Okay - not fat...but I stopped being so diligent on my food, my exercise, etc... 60-70 lbs creeped back on over 4 years. He didn't care - but I did. I downloaded the MFP app on my phone last year and kinda played around with it...I was hitting the gym every morning 6 days a week...but not budging on the scale or clothing. I hit the wall in mid May, and started rigorously documenting every morsel that hit my lips...I dusted off all of my old WW habits and put them back into play. I had a long firm talk with myself, and "we" agreed that it was long past time to get back in shape...my 40th b-day is just months away and I want to enter my next decade the same way I entered this one - firm, healthy and in a size 4.
So here I am now...down about 25 lbs, and 2 dress sizes and already feeling pretty proud of myself - but knowing I still have a ways to go. My face has started slimming down again, and my legs are getting back to the "2nd glance" level. My old dresses are swimming on me...and I feel happier looking at myself in the mirror. My heart rate is coming down, and I feel healthier in general. I still hit the elliptical or gym at least 5 days a week...but I can now keep up with my other half on our hikes...and pass him by too ;-).
I just have to keep this up!
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