Then he asked me if I'd been letting my dog play on the oven door while it's open.

My kids try to climb onto the dishwasher door when I have it open all the time. However, I do not let them within four feet of me when I'm opening the oven door.

I find that an odd question. Who plays around an OVEN?

I find that an odd question. Who plays around an OVEN?

So did I. I think he was joking. He's kind of an odd fellow.

This isn't quite so traditionally pumpy, but it's on sale.

Wrong color though-- I need navy.

Zappos doesn't have much cheap in that category.

Yeah. Kind of the problem I've been having too.

How do you factor the other measurements you recommend into the equation?

I honestly don't remember anymore. You added some to others and maybe subtracted somewhere else and then divided the two numbers. It was quite convoluted, which is why they went to just neck/waist/hip a few years before I got out of the Navy. I have no idea what they use now. I do know that men who were into serious bodybuilding/weightlifting often had to get special letters from their doctors because the neck just won't get that big and it skewed their bodyfat to much higher than it actually was, often putting them in the overfat or obese categories.

Uh oh. Aerosoles is having a boot sale. I'm not sure I needed to know that.

Aerosoles is having a boot sale. I'm not sure I needed to know that.

I've been meaning to stop into an Aerosoles store for MONTHS now to try on boots and figure out what size I'd wear. I really need brown boots! I have no brown boots!

My weight fluctuation has been pretty much a matter of how much fat I've got on me, much more so than muscle mass changes, and the ratio definitely goes up and down with my weight/fat %.

I put weight on primarily in my ass and breasts. So my hip/waist doesn't change so much--my waist gets slowly bigger, and my hips get bigger faster. Now, my biceps can tell you how fit I am when I get big--right now they're bulky with my recent muscle weight gain. They don't get that much bigger when it's not muscle. I aim to drop fat as we get closer to my black belt test. It'll be interesting to see how they respond.

See? See? This way, you can just roll over and go back to sleep. Laptops in bed TOTALLY help you get your rest on!

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I've also been theheaviest I've ever been in the past year, and carrying more weight in the belly than ever before - I tend to carry my weight in my hips and thighs first. So, it'll be interesting to see if the trend continues as I get more fit.

And the difference thus far is going from 85% to 82%, and if I remember my measurements from high school (when I was at a good weight for my height as I knew to figure it, but definitely curvalicious) right I was around 65%.

I think the change is probably a more useful measure to me personally than the raw percentage - seeing the percentage go down, especially if the weight is plateaued, means I'm progressing in the right direction.

I tend to stay in that weird 12/14 zone where nothing fits quite right.

That's where I'm at now, and have been teaching myself how to do basic alterations to take care of the wierd fit issues.