Shrinking Assets Team Chat AUGUST 2020
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The Week 3 Challenge is up!
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Luciicul
Monday, week 3
PW: 144.8 lbs
CW: 143.3 lbs
LTD: 120 lbs
In the maintenance zone. Eating is fine, but need to reestablish good daily sleep and exercise habits, as these have been slipping a bit.1 -
Hi Team!!
I have something exciting to share with y'all...
Clothing NSV
As most of you know, I'm living in two places at the moment. About 8 weeks ago, I was in Florida and yanking at my size 16 shorts to keep them up. I gave in and went to buy ONE PAIR of 14s to get me through. At home in Georgia, I knew I had a pair of 12s, 2 pair of 10s and a few others that I was unsure of. My daughter and I were in Sams Club and found a small stack of a brand I had bought a few years earlier --- the 10s I posted earlier last week. I picked up an olive pair of 12s and white 10s. The olive ones fit about a month ago but the white 10s, along with 2 other pairs I already had were hideously tight. I came back to Florida tonight and was unpacking and decided to try them on just to see how close I was.. THEY ALL FIT - ONE PAIR IS LOOSE!!!
What the heck?? Hayden even said "well, that kind of happened overnight!" I am in 100% disbelief! Sooo shocked!!!
The reason I am saying this -- try on your stuff!!! If you have smaller stuff in your closet, dont let it sit too long or you might miss the opportunity to wear it!! Now that these white 10s fit, I am retiring the white 12s that were starting to feel swimmy.
WHAT'S NEXT???
The last time down (2017) I bought the exact shorts from the earlier post in a size 8. They are still in my closet with the tags on them. I have never worn an 8. I think I went straight from little girls clothes to a size 12... How awesome would it be to wear them before the end of the summer!!! I will keep a closer eye on these and will let you all know when they fit!!!8 -
@Beka3695 that’s awesome! I’m waiting for those big clothing victories to come, but I’m celebrating a smaller one right now. I have a wrap skirt with a pretty high waist. Being a wrap skirt it always fit, but there was a time my tummy made it a pregnancy look and didn’t leave enough room to wrap around properly, making it pretty uncomfortable to wear since I’d have to constantly worry about showing too much thigh. Well, I’m feeling comfortable and wearing it to work and a dinner date today!
My weight loss has been so annoyingly slow these kinds of NSVs are few and far between, so this feels really good.2 -
Well done @Beka3695 and @hipari clothing NSVs are such a great feeling!
I sort of have clothing NSVs too. I moved here Feb 2019 with 3 suitcases worth of stuff (not all clothes, I had a sheet, all my Tupperware, some textbooks etc in there too so not so many clothes). I brought my size 8 jeans with me but really they were too tight to wear then. Well they now fit perfectly... but all my other clothes are swimming on me! I’m hoping it’s not too long before it warms up and I can live in dresses - at least when they’re too big they don’t fall down.
So I can definitely tell from my clothes that I’ve lost weight. And now I have nothing to wear. I’m not buying new stuff because a) still locked down (entering our 6th month). b) moving countries again come December so really the less I have that fits the easier it will be to pack.0 -
@Beka3695 That is great! I am so worried that if I try on the next size down they still won't fit and I will get discouraged. I have two pairs of shorts and one pair of jeans that I wear all the time, size 18. One pair of shorts is almost falling of my hips, but the other pair of shorts and the jeans aren't yet. I am going to wait until they are to move down. I can't wait for the day that it happens!1
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Good Moring and Happy Monday.
My son has moved most his stuff out and into his apt so my life should calm down.
My body is killing me today for spending hours yesterday putting the possums new home together but I am glad to have them out of my kitchen and into a real cage.4 -
Username: EDTake2
Weigh In Day: Monday
PW (Previous Weight): 212.8
CW (Current Weight): 212.63 -
Iamworthy14
Monday’s
PW 159.2
CW 162.4
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@Beka3695 I did too! I bought a pair of shorts last year but decided I didn’t like the way they fit. They’ve been hanging in my closet with tags on and I decided to try them on this weekend. They fit and looked great! I haven’t lost a lot of weight but I can tell that my body is changing. Probably 3/4 of my summer shirts are too big but it’s not too noticeable in pandemic times. Since I’m home anyway I’ll just wait and reevaluate when the weather cools off.2
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@Beka3695 I did too! I bought a pair of shorts last year but decided I didn’t like the way they fit. They’ve been hanging in my closet with tags on and I decided to try them on this weekend. They fit and looked great! I haven’t lost a lot of weight but I can tell that my body is changing. Probably 3/4 of my summer shirts are too big but it’s not too noticeable in pandemic times. Since I’m home anyway I’ll just wait and reevaluate when the weather cools off.
I’m an essential worker and my clothes are starting to get too big. I’m determined to make it through the end of the summer without buying anything new though since my goal weight would make anything I buy NOW too large on me NEXT summer 😛
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NSV: Today for the first time since February, I had to go to work in Schaumburg, IL to get my new laptop for the conversion that is going on. Since I had to go into the office, I had to dress business casual. I put on a pair of pants, size 8, that were tight back earlier in the year. Today they fit comfortably!!!!💥💥💥💥 This is a big step for me since I've been struggling the past few years w/my weight!!!6
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I love thrift stores! I have no issues with wearing previously enjoyed clothing. Just wash them in Lysol when I get them home.
I love finding slacks for $2.50 and a blouse for $3!!!
Great for in between folks like us!4 -
@Luciicul -- you have done an amazing job in Maintenance. You make maintenance look easy, but I know many find it harder than weight loss.
@hipari - I am still in shock about the clothing victory. My daughter was right, it did happen overnight. I took my measurements this morning. I lost 10.75" from 7/15-8/17!!! I feel like this is all a dream and I'm going to wake up and this not be real.
@Xiaolongbao - I understand packing light. Where will you be moving to?
@imgwendolyn2015 - are you petite in stature? I think it is time to retire the 18s! I wish we lived close. I could hook you up with some 16s and 14s. I'm still making the 12s work a bit longer.
@iamworthy14 - You've got this. This is just a hiccup. don't get discouraged!
@cre804 and @LaurieWrobo - YAY for the clothing victory. Isn't this the best feeling... at least pretty darn good!
@Dogmom1978 - my thrift store comment was meant in reply to being frugal. Check them out. A new piece or two will do wonders for your motivation and ego.4 -
I love thrift stores! I have no issues with wearing previously enjoyed clothing. Just wash them in Lysol when I get them home.
I love finding slacks for $2.50 and a blouse for $3!!!
Great for in between folks like us!
I used to love shopping at thrift stores, but since all the cool young people started shopping at these stores and posting their purchase online the ones in my area now have these fancy names and is not inexpensive any more.😞😞😞0 -
I'm going to have to change my weight in day. School has started back and I finally got my schedule for this semester.
Need to change from Monday to Thursday.0 -
@Curvybaja55 same here, at least some thrift stores! A friend just reported seeing a literal LINE of people waiting outside a store for the new "collection" to be launched. I don't understand how a thrift store can have a collection, but apparently it means they bring all donations to some warehouse first and then bring it to stores as big seasonal launches.
@Beka3695 it's real, I'm sure
enjoy!
I'm accidentally experimenting today. I had a meeting at work 3-4PM, right when I usually eat my afternoon snack. I was pretty hungry during the meeting but it kinda went away, and I ended up eating the snack at 5.30. This messes up my dinner schedule, especially now that I have my other acrobatics class tonight. I'm kinda anxious to see if this causes an insatiable hunger after the class or tomorrow, so skipping a meal might not actually be a positive. We'll see.0 -
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Good Morning. Food has still been good but I am def in my head about something lately.
I dunno if its my sons crap, or trying to study to get pharm tech certified but I def wanna just go curl back up in bed today3
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