Someone once bought something online ... I think it was a crocheted vest. She posted a picture of it being worn ... the size was so ridiculously small that it would only fit on her cat.
Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Toddson - Jan 30, 2024 11:26:15 am PST #8011 of 8185
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
brenda m - Jan 30, 2024 12:54:02 pm PST #8012 of 8185
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Epic, I have the same reaction. In my FB group for the program I’ve been doing there’s all these people who are like I lost 12 pounds and two sizes! Like what??
I think there’s a few things happening here. For me personally, I carry a lot of my excess weight around the middle so while my waist has shrunk, it had further to go Also, I think a lot of my clothes, didn’t really fit all that well, and were either stretched out or maybe too snug in the waist to begin with.
But I also think you’re right on that the gradations in sizes are smaller at the lower end.
That, or else people are fudging their data, or squeezing into smaller sizes that they don’t really fit just yet.
Probably all of the above.
Steph L. - Jan 30, 2024 1:06:38 pm PST #8013 of 8185
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I think sometimes as people lose weight, their body composition shifts, and for some people that can mean that a big loss translates into only 1-2 sizes, while for other people a smaller loss translates to more sizes. Bodies are so fucking weird.
Jeans are the devil, in that I can pull one pair completely off without unbuttoning or unzipping them, but the next smaller size doesn't fit. How is that right, devil garment? How? You are why people live in leggings.
Jessica - Jan 30, 2024 1:29:26 pm PST #8014 of 8185
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I was the same clothing size for my entire twenties no matter how much weight I gained. Then after I had kids my body changed shape/size so completely I had to replace my entire wardrobe. There's just such a huge overlap between Womens' Clothing Sizes Are Bullshit and Bodies Are Weird Sometimes that I couldn't even begin to predict what would happen if I lost a bunch of weight now.
meara - Jan 31, 2024 9:05:38 am PST #8015 of 8185
Yeah—I’ve also lost 60 pounds and gone from a 14 to a 4(!) now. But I would say that I was mostly wearing the bigger of my 14s and so on, and still could wear 12s for a long time. The last 10 pounds or so have gone from 8 to 4, so there’s definitely more change in tiny increments there. (Also my waist is still not that small but I have no ass anymore so things fit around my hips…I’d rather have an ass?)
Also definitely size inflation going on—I have a size 8 skirt from college that still barely fits, even though I’m 5 pounds less than I was then…
Dana - Jan 31, 2024 10:10:35 am PST #8016 of 8185
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
meara, do you mind if I ask you about the drug you're on?
meara - Jan 31, 2024 10:35:50 am PST #8017 of 8185
Dana, it’s an experimental drug—I’m on a trial so could either be on placebo (lol totally not), semaglutide, a new drug called cagrilinitide, or a combo of those two (most likely what I’m on!) called CagriSema. Cagrilinitide works on a different thing than Semaglutide does.
For me it’s been amazing—I did have some pretty bad nausea when I first tried to increase the dose, but since then it’s rarely been an issue and more an issue of “trying to eat ENOUGH”. And some constipation (because it slows down your whole digestive system). I’ve not eaten as much protein as I should’ve, so know I’ve lost more muscle than ideal. But it’s been super easy, for the first time ever in my life. At this point they lowered my dose because I’ve lost all the weight I need or want to, and they don’t want me to lose more.
I’m a little worried that when the trial is over (July) I will promptly gain back all the weight but crossing my fingers that I can either get on a follow up study or manage to pay for a maintenance dose of Ozempic or similar.
If anyone is interested in a trial I highly recommend searching clinicaltrials.gov for obesity or weight loss indications and seeing if anything is enrolling! My sister found an academic study that has had her on Semaglutide, and my brother found a cagrisema vs Semaglutide study that he just started on (so no placebo!).
meara - Jan 31, 2024 11:00:32 am PST #8018 of 8185
So for instance if any of you meet the criteria and there’s a location listed near you, you can contact the number to get connected (or if it specifies the name of the place near you, you can call them directly)
Dana - Jan 31, 2024 11:03:21 am PST #8019 of 8185
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Interesting, meara. Thanks.
JenP - Jan 31, 2024 11:24:26 am PST #8020 of 8185
I would love to get on one of those or something already approved BECAUSE of the slow down your digestive system effect - losing thirty would be great, but reducing my trips to the loo on some days would be HEAVEN. I'd pay cash money for anything that slowed my gut's roll. Why have I dragged my feet seeing the doctor I need to see about this? Jesus, Jennifer.