Healthy living is the goal, right? I really do try to live a fairly healthy lifestyle. I eat a lot of plants, a lot of them, really, don't sit too close. I exercise, I drink water, I take pictures of all of my food and post it to the
interweb, I feel closer to fiber than I have ever felt to any of my boyfriends (
Michael Pollan would be proud). And for the most part, healthy living has been good to me: I have energy, I have collarbones, I have padded bras...oh wait, that's
right, my
boobs disappeared. There are a few other not-so-hot side-effects to this thing called health. Needless to say, I am anything but glamorous:
- I'm like a geyser. I drink oodles and oodles of water, just like I'm s'posed to. The result of this is many trips to the bathroom. Unfortunately my office latrine is located right next to the HR department. I've truly become paranoid that they think I have raging coke problem based on the number of potty breaks I take.
- Increased pottying = increased hand washing. So the skin on my face looks fabu from all that water, but my hands--they're not feeling the love. All those bathroom breaks mean I wash my hands upward of 15-20 times a day. Needless to say, I'm keeping the office Avon lady swimming in lotion orders.
- Nothing to quench those cravings. There are times (when I'm drunk) that I just want to settle in (lying on the floor of my kitchen) and have a not-so-healthy snack (an entire bag of Cheetos washed down with a chocolate milkshake with those minty Girl Scout Cookies crumbled in). But I don't buy junk food anymore; my rule is that if I want it, I have to go get it, which isn't always possible (like when I stumble home three minutes before dawn). Cucumber slices do not good drunk food make, FYI.
- I look like a bag lady. I'm not made of money! Although I
don't seem to be losing any more weight, my clothes continue to not
fit quite right. This may be due to toning or my complete inability to
dress myself properly. There are certain sizes that I'm just afraid to
buy--uhh, a six is pretty small by my book and what if it's fleeting,
you know? Might as well just sport saggy bottomed jeans in hopes that
refugee chic makes it to future runways. I've discovered, however, that skirts are good weight-loss clothes because they just slide a little further down the hip and still fit through a variety of sizes.
I'm
not really complaining (well, maybe a little), but the benefits of this
health stuff do outweigh the detriments. So I'm a chappy, baggy,
peeing-all-the-time, starving-when-drunk girl; things could be worse. If
you would like to vent your woes, please, we are here for you. Vent
away.
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I gained over 100lbs in a couple years and lost it in three by changeing my lifestyle (not easy at all).
So my body is a roadmap of stretch marks.
I am trying to come to terms with them (mainly because what else can I do), bit it's more than a little disconcerting.
I really miss my boobs :( I only lost three pounds this year, I didn't even want to lose any more weight, and when I tried on the dress I wanted to wear today, I didn't fill it out at all. :'(
And I hear ya on the clothes. When I first lost weight, I had nothing to wear. I kept dropping pounds and didn't feel like buying a new pair of jeans when I was just going to lose more weight and have to buy another in a month. I wore sweatpants for a good four months. Then I just bought really tight pants that now fit nicely.
Here's mine: eating mostly fruits and veggies during the workday means eating ALL THE DAMN TIME. I am glad that my coworkers don't really notice, or notice in a good "it's great that you're so healthy" way.
Water: girl, your body can only deal with so much water at a time. If you gulp down a full glass at a go, your body can use about two of those ounces now and it has to get rid of the other six. If you make each glass last fifteen minutes, you'll pee a lot less.
Clothes: get thee to a tailor. It's cheaper than buying new clothes. Start with the more expensive stuff, obvs.
I've gone down 5 sizes in the last 2 years. I am done now- I am also broke from the amount of clothing buys. Now, I'm not buying $200 pants - more like $60 pants. And for the last 2 years I've never had more than 5 pairs of work pants and 5 work shirts per season.
But it's all worth it- I'm healthier and stronger than I've ever been. And yep, I'm peeing all day too. But so what - it gets me away from my insane emails!
I used to wonder why the heck they even made padded bras. Now that I've lost 100 lbs those bras I ordered online without knowing they were padded are coming in handy!
It's a good thing I never throw anything away. I have some skirts and shorts from 8 years ago that still fit and aren't overly out-of-style. Basic stuff. But all my pants look like I've got a load in the bottom they are so baggy so I am going to have to buy more when it starts to get chilly (I live in New Orleans so it's still hot and humid).
I hate to shell out the dough, though. I have no idea what size I'll settle down at - what my "happy weight" will be. I'll probably check out TJ Maxx and get about 3 pairs of pants.
I also hate to get rid of the bigger stuff just in case. I don't want to set myself up to regain, but this is all new for me. I may feel like it's fine, dandy, and sustainable right now but I know how life can get in the way of health and fitness.
Yeah, I have the worst time finding pants that fit me right. I have 2 pairs of black slacks that used to fit great. I wore one pair yesterday and by the end of the day I was praising by big bum, because it was the only thing holding those pants up. I wrote a couple of days ago lamenting the loss of my favorite jeans. I love that I have been losing, but the whole nothing fits anymore thing is kind of a drag and I don't really have endless funds to buy more things through every size shift.
I, too, look like a baglady, at least on the bottom. The crotch of my too-loose pants hang lowwwww.
But no matter how much weight I lose, my boobs never go away, and that makes me sad because I don't want to be a stinking DD.
I am almost envious of your boob loss. It seems that when I lose weight my boobs stay the same, but when the weight comes on again, 4 of the 5 lbs. goes to the boobs!!! As a 34J, I don't know how much bigger these things can get!
kim, you suffer from what i do! polydypsia (sp?)!!
(drinking too much water)
which also causes polyurea (i dont think i have to spell that one out.
i do the same thing. Seriously, i chug about 3 glasses of water an hour. which means about 3 bathroom trips an hour. probably should cut back, but my body goes into extreme thirst crazy mode if i change it up now.
my boyfriend is a physician, and he says although it's obsessive (duh) there's nothin wrong with it. so chug away. hey at least we have healthy skin and bladders!
My problem is underwear. I lose weight and for some reason I am cognizent that my clothes are looser, but I always forget about underwear. I mainly wear skirts, for the reasons stated above, and when I lose weight I lose my underwear. Literally. I start the day with them on, but then they slip off. I've actually stapled the sides smaller before while at work. I can never seem to figure out what size fit. I've also had a slip end up around my ankles at work. Luckily no one saw.
Ditto on the stretchmarks.