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.

I was a six for most of my life. But I also had no breasts at all for most of that time. Okay, I exaggerate. But only slightly. I am currently about a ten, I think, but want to be about an eight. I would like to take about thirty pounds off.

It's a tad frustrating, because I have been working out more, and so has the SO. And of course, his weight loss is gradual, controlled and consistent, and correlates directly to when he works out or doesn't.

Mine fluctuates wildly and has no apparent connection to what I eat or how hard I work out. It is hard to stay motivated under those circumstances.

However, I note that some of the exercises are getting easier, and I'm sore in the appropriate areas afterward, so I must be making progress, whether or not I see it in my waist measurement at the moment.

And adding cardio to my life, however goofy, is probably a good thing. I just think I need to significantly alter my eating patterns, which I am finding difficult and fraught.

God, I hate buying shirts. I have the arm length of a person who is nearly 6 feet tall, but especially in the, uh, dowdier brands (Lands End I am looking at you) I need a small for shoulders and bust. Thank god for all those people who wear 3 inch heels and like their pants dragging on the ground, because it means that at least half of my pants are now long enough.

If I ever have a Scarlett O'Hara moment, it will be, "As god is my witness, I'll never wear highwaters again."