It's official--17 lbs over two months. I received the latest set of flavour enhancements on Friday, and took the weight from that morning.
That's enough to shift around the clothes a bit, which has presented an interesting problem.
First, because of my hockey and weight work, my upper arms are pretty darned large. Too large for "european cut" shirts in any case. BTW, having seen pipestem armed shirts in Europe 25 years ago advertised as "American cut", I am of the opinion that it's easier to cheap out on fabric if you can make the locals think that this is what the folks across the water are wearing
So, I wear sweaters a lot. That's easy to deal with for another 10-25 lbs, especially given what my second problem is.
And it is one that will earn me the emnity of a whole bunch of people out there.
The fat has disappeared primarily from the butt and thighs.
This isn't a big surprise--even when I was fencing and swimming in college and doing serious workouts, I wore size 9 jeans and a size 13 top. And that's pre-"vanity sizing". I had no tuchis to speak of, and while I had some impressive quads, I didn't have any "saddlebags".
So, what I have are a lot of jeans that used to fit, that are now looking rather deflated in some interesting areas, and in the case of a couple of pair of Ralph Laurens, are having to be seriously hitched up.
So, I'm running a little experiment as to whether these beasties can be shrunk down a size. They're "cold water wash, delicate dry", and they're getting a warm water wash and a medium dry.
If not, well, the Canadian economy is going to get quite the boost when I hit the Boxing Day sales!
Posted by lsefton at December 7, 2003 12:41 PM