Strange Things (The Toy Story song is going through my head)

I know I voiced this particular frustration in an earlier post. The fact that you might wear one size at Old Navy and a completely different size at Gap. And the clothes from Target will fit different than either of those! Same goes for Lane Bryant.

But that being said, I discovered something bizarre 2 days ago. Damian wasn't home from work yet and I decided to see if I had a skirt that would match the blue shirt I was wearing. So I looked up in the closet and saw a stack of skirts I had forgotten about. One was white with blue stripes. So I grabbed it to see what size it was. It's a 16. Knowing that there was NO WAY it would fit, I decided to try it on. Imagine my surprise when I was able to button that skirt and walk around comfortably in it. I really was shocked!

Not only that, but I ordered a couple of pairs of size 16 shorts from Old Navy that were on clearance. They came today. The jean shorts fit perfect. The white ones look nice, although may be a tad snug. But not uncomfortable snug.

The thing that makes this bizarre is that I seem to have skipped over the size 18s. I still have several things that are size 18 and I won't be getting rid of them quite yet bc they're not too big. It just seems like I missed a step somewhere. I still don't think I'd be able to wear a Gap 16, but once again, I'll take an Old Navy 16 and be just fine, thank you!

Scale weight this morning (after my interval walking): 208
Moving average: 210.7
New mini-goal: 200

You may recognize that new mini-goal as my original, long-term, by Christmas goal. I will change the Christmas goal once I've reached 200 and know how much time I've got to work with until Christmas.

I also don't know how much longer I'm allowed to take the Phentermine. This is my 3rd month using it. From what I remember from reading online, most people take it for up to 12 weeks, and then take a break. So we'll see what my doctor says when I go back to see him on September 26th.

Anyway, it was a good day for trying on clothes!

Wow, Long Time, No Post!

I knew I needed to update this blog, but I had no clue it had been so long since I did so. I've had my 2nd appointment with Steve. It was on August 29th.

Scale Weight: 213
Moving Average: 215.7
Doctor's Scale: 215
Mini-goal: 210
Pounds to go: 5.7

Of course, today is not August 29th and so those numbers are actually out of date. I just wanted to add the report of where the scale at my doctor's office was. My current moving average is 212.7, which means I only have 2.7 lbs to go to reach my mini-goal of 210.

After that, the goal changes to 200. That is my goal weight to be at by Christmas. I think I discussed this earlier in the blog, but even though I'm getting pretty close, I'm not going to change my Christmas goal just yet. I'll wait and see how long it is til Christmas after I reach 200, and then decide what to do about that particular goal.