46th Weigh In

Wow, six weeks away from a year since this all began. The time has flown. And to think of all the previous years when the time flew but I didn't put any effort into WW....oh well, I just wasn't ready.

Two revealing stories today. First, my husband asked me to stop and get him donuts after my meeting this morning. Donuts aren't a particular weakness of mine so I didn't mind doing this. I came home with a half dozen and learned (after all these years) that he doesn't like chocolate batter donuts. I ate one because A) I was hungry and B) I have 6.5 days before I weigh in again. Of course that is ridiculous rationale but I bet many people have done this. The question that I am now asking myself, hours later, is why did I do this? It isn't WW guilt, it is that donuts sit like lead in me. Always have, and apparently always will. The lead is either heavier because I've gotten older or is more pronounced after losing weight. Lesson learned: Leave the dang things alone!

The other story is about knitting and fitting. I've done ok with shopping for clothes while losing weight. I wish I could say one size fits no matter where I shop but that isn't the case. Even within a brand, I sometimes have to try on two sizes to find which one fits better, and then there are overlapping numbers in both women's and misses sizes with the women's size being cut a little fuller. Two new pair of slacks are straight misses sizes, two pair of shorts from another store are women's. I'm not wearing them inside out with the size tag showing, so who cares?

My point is that I've done ok with figuring out what size to try on in stores so how did I goof so terribly in knitting? For years I rarely made myself clothing because of my weight. Things weren't flattering or patterns weren't offered in my size. I never wanted anything tight that would emphasize a bulge or ride across the fullest part of my butt. I knitted a casual top in a Tee shirt sort of shape. The full story is here.  My enormous mistake was in making it in a size I would have chosen a year ago, something that even then might have been a little big to avoid hugging bulges.

I knew I wasn't going to take it all apart and re-knit the top, so I sewed new seams on the sewing machine and cut off the excess in the amount of 8" total.

Both of these stories are examples of What the heck was I thinking? I wasn't. In both cases, I should have known better but I am human.

No more donuts (urp! ... 'scuse me) and no more starting a knitting project with measuring myself first!

Down another .8 pounds today for a total of 64.5.
Onward and downward!