I use Flylady. I roll my eyes a lot and translate things. I like that they do have a green aspect, even if it's annoyingly called going purple. It was originally recommended to me by my lesbian GP. I would love a red and black punk version.

I am happy at an 8, but depending on fashions of the moment it would sometimes be easier for me to get back to a 6. I am probably a 10 right now. my waist/hip just makes it a moving target with what size will fit. I think even at a 6 waist I would be over 40" in the hip, so I am edging closer and closer to no straight skirts unless custom made.

I have never heard of flylady until today. interesting.

Oh yeah, at size 8 pants I am still a large or extra large on top because of the boob factor.

I always figured 8 was the lowest I could not be skeletal, but I'm actually at a six right now and still carrying a fair load of belly flab.

This happened to me too. I always figured I was big-boned, or didn't know where I could lose fat from, etc. But even at a six or so I was still flabby, it was just distributed everywhere.

And maybe take an inch or so off my waist, because that looks better on my mutant short-waisted frame.

God, seriously. I hate that I inherited my family's mutant short-waisted frame.

A Brief History of the Ampersand

The ampersand can be traced back to the first century AD. It was originally a ligature of the letters E and T (”et” is Latin for and). If you look at the modern ampersand, you’ll likely still be able to see the E and T separately.

The first ampersands looked very much like the separate E and T combined, but as type developed over the next few centuries, it eventually became more stylized and less representative of its origins.

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The word “ampersand” was first added to dictionaries in 1837. The word was created as a slurred form of “and, per se and”, which was what the alphabet ended with when recited in English-speaking schools. (Historically, “and per se” preceded any letter which was also a word in the alphabet, such as “I” or “A”. And the ampersand symbol was originally the last character in the alphabet.)

Strictly speaking I'm a six from the waist down. It really varies what works from the waist up. I noticed my sister takes a ten in tops, which seemed a bit much since she's leaner than me, but I figured it was shoulders. I may be underestimating my chest.

Sizing leaves me at a complete loss now. Especially the 6 jeans. Which I think is totally bogus except I'm also in a S in the Target leggingish workout pants and they aren't tight. So who the hell knows.

I'm somewhere in the 8/M range now, with the occasional 6 or 1o depending on the brand and cut. Which I'm happy with, except for how every inch of me is *soft*. Muscle tone, I don't haz it.