BLACK TEAM WEEK 6

Evening folks. Funny moment from today. My 12 year old son, Ian is selling on ebay a pair of ripped up Abercrombie jeans in a 30x30. Much to his dismay I had them on today and they fit. Muhahaha!

Ok, so they were tight across the hips and behind, but they were on and all of the buttons on the button fly were closed. He did tell me not to sit down, he was afraid I would rip them and he couldn't sell them. Seriously? How would you notice a few more rips? Those things cost a fortune and looked like they met a weed whacker when he bought them. I believe they call the look 'destroyed'.

I remember the day when they were little and got holes in their jeans and I wouldn't let them wear them 'out' places. Now a dressed up look is jeans that are ripped to shreds.

I'm a traitor to my generation because I never got that style even when I was younger. :laugh: Can't imagine buying (or fitting, for that matter) anything in that store, especially some ripped jeans!

I am right there with you, Shuntae! I couldn't justify the expense! Ridiculous! I saw acid washed jeans a couple weeks at the store. MY EYES! MY EYES!

Ouch! I can handle it on kids 21 and under because they don't remember it the first time...but I firmly believe that if you wore it the first time, you are too damn old to rock it when it comes back.

You two are still young. I'm older than you and when I get to my goal I'm buying myself a pair of those ripped up jeans and I'm going to rock them. I think I'll go to American Eagle though, Abercrombie is out of my price range. Those old movie star folks do it, so can I darn it! :laugh: (Wonder if they make them with a pouch to stick the belly flab?)

LOL You are too much! I did go into American Eagle for the first time a couple months ago, and it wasn't so bad. The rest of them (Abercrombie, Hollister, etc.) are not my style or budget at all. Especially not when I have to dress up most of the time. I'm more of a New York & Co kind of girl.

I know......my son loves Fitch........I mean, no WAY I am paying 150 for a pair of torn worn jeans:noway:

I love NY and CO

6 weeks ago I was 2.5 pounds heavier but today I am 4.5 inches smaller. I'll take it.

It is slow. It's hard to get excited when the scale doesn't validate all of your hard work. There are other ways to see progress though. Thank goodness.

It's all good.

Janie - still praying for you, my dear!

Sam - are you looking for *starting* starting weights? If that's the case, I was 196 at 5'-7". Tada!

finding out what we have all lost would be cool. If everyone wants to send their original start weight I will put up how much we have all lost from the begining!

Bumperoni from Samaroni.

Update on Owen:

We need a couple prayers if anyone has any spares. He's still sick and getting more and more sick by the day. Brought him to the doctor today, they're testing for ecoli, parasites, salmonella, etc. At work today, but only breifly and only because there is no one else here who can work my accounts. (backup is out today too). Tired, headache, didn't get my 3000 calories in this weekend. 750 though. Starting to feel like my house is covered in a flim of diarrhea and vomit. Blech. Scared for my little guy. BF says it's all my fault... I'm not sure how. And he is no help what-so-ever. I need a pick-me-up badly. Sorry for the downer of a post. Really REALLY hope everyone else has a better day than I'm having!!!
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Aww Vanessa, Im so sorry to hear about little Owen! Saying prayers for him and keeping you both in my thoughts

finding out what we have all lost would be cool. If everyone wants to send their original start weight I will put up how much we have all lost from the begining!

Bumperoni from Samaroni.

Yuck!! My starting weight was 335 at 5'5" in Sept. 08. Looks really horrible until I stop and think about how far Ive come since then:blushing: NEVER gonna let that happen again!!:drinker:

Back from the clinic. Severe upper respitory infection. Bed rest and fluids, along with some anti-biotics. Does floating in the pool drinking beer count as bed rest and fluids? Actually I am joking, not even a party animal like me can hang today...I'm in my dark little cave of a bedroom with a glass of water on the bedstand, trying to breathe. Maybe my sister will bring me chicken noodle soup. HAHAHA

((Lynnie)) Take care of yourself. Try Gatorade with that water, has all the added things that help keep you hydrated.

My pre-pregnancy weight was 140.

My acutual heaviest was 239 at 5'5'' so I have actually lost 6 pounds. I guess I could change my ticker so it reflects that.

My heaviest was at least 250 (I refused to step on a scale before that so it could have been a fair bit higher; but I do remember seeing that number at some point after I decided to get it together.)

MFP/Black Team starting weight was 165.

Proud to say......DONUT free for 9 days now....WOO-HOO....

VANESSA- prayers for your little guy
JANIE- sending prayers and good vibes out your way
JEANNIE- ya....i'm going to have to buy a B-I-C-Y-C-L-E too...lol gotta keep up with the sister lol
LORI- knee issues totally suck and slow ya down...i would totally be way more active if it wasn't for my knees...i just gotta try to limit myself.....really hard to do....i love to play softball, volleyball, basketball, football....lol i do those things anyways...but have to limit how hard i play and how long....
MARLA- my dear....you could never look like hell.....

shuntae, renae, bobbi, beansy, lori, andrew and anyone else i missed hope everyone is well....

SAM- starting weight.....274 and i'm 5'8....lol and yes if i dress in all green i totally look like the jolly green giant when i stand next to my sissy-poo:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

hey all you ladies, where do you go to buy jeans? i just went to old navy, tj maxx, and sears and found nothing. i found out that i can fit into a size 12, but it seems like all the jeans i tried on are stretch material and low rise. the jeans i'm wearing now are express ones that i've had for at least 6 years (the last time i fit into them) and they fit really well. don't they make jeans that keep your stuff in anymore?

Jeans... just saying the word is like a black cloud hanging over my head. It's torture to shop for them. The last 2 pair I bought were Levi's 550-Relaxed Boot Cut, they seem to work well for me.

When shopping for jeans you should take a friend to run back and forth for different sizes and styles, cause no matter what the tag says, no matter what they say they will do for your shape, how they will flatter your figure, none of them ever fit right. Then the friend can go with you to drown your sorrows and be the DD so you can get home. LOL. Kidding, but there have been times I have shopped for jeans that it felt that bad.

I find that Old Navy and places like that have the more 'hip and in style' fits- in other words, it's all going to hang out. The last time I went shopping for them I wished I had a notebook to write down all the promises made by the jeans- instantly slimming, tummy control, made to fit curves- blah, blah. I was thinking I could write a book about just shopping for jeans!

Sorry my friend, after all of that I have no advice. It's a long tedious process. You will burn mega calories in the never ending search for the perfect jean....... best wishes on your journey!

And with those well wishes I just realized I only have one pair of jeans in my closet that fit *gasp*. Luckily cool weather is a little ways off for me!