Getting smaller but weighing more...

[kiwi girl]

According to the table of conversion factors in the front of my diary a stone is 14 pounds.

[Lise]

Thank you! I wonder how that standard got established. And how Americans came to use lbs instead of stone. And why the sky is blue...

Come to think of it, our dachshund of blessed memory, Schatzi, must have weighed about one stone!

[wabisabi]

I used to fret that I weight seemingly a lot for not being very big, but then just decided to give up any attachment to weight being a measure of anything. It just isn't. Matter of fact, when I had foot surgery a while back and couldn't exercise as much, I actually lost weight, i.e., muscle.

[ACG]

I recommend taking your measurements and keeping it in a journal.

I took my measurements this weekend, I lost almost an inch off my hips, 1/2 inch off my thighs, 1/2 inch off my arms, 1/4 inch from my waist AND my weight did NOT change. The last measurement I took was about 6 weeks ago. So I'm feeling pretty good right now.

[RoadRaven]

I recommend taking your measurements and keeping it in a journal.

I took my measurements this weekend, I lost almost an inch off my hips, 1/2 inch off my thighs, 1/2 inch off my arms, 1/4 inch from my waist AND my weight did NOT change. The last measurement I took was about 6 weeks ago. So I'm feeling pretty good right now.

I did do this about two years ago, but I wasn't exercising (aerobically) as much, and there didn't seem to be much change.
maybe its time to do it again... Thanks for the reminder ACG

[CR400]

Yeah, I have to admit that I want it all as far as cycling is considered. I want to climb faster then everyone I know, even those a lot lighter then me. Be faster then the hammerhead guys I try to ride with. My goal is to be the best all around cyclist I can be.

I also get upset when people tell my how much better I am then I was last year. All I can think about is how far I have to go. And it upsets me that even though I have lost a lot of weight (70+) I'm still 168 and its not enough. I mean yeah sure I can out climb all the 90 to 120 pound women I try to race against, in my dreams. I guess I'll have to settle for TT and Crits even though I don't want to. Very hard to find a flat RR.

[RoadRaven]

Garrgh!!
I'm such a dork... major typo... I know that fat weighs less than muscle... and it has been too many days since I last popped in so I can't "edit" my first post so it makes more sense to anyone who chooses to read this!

Anyways, its interesting to read the responses, particularly LateLate and Lise... so I am not alone... I just espected to be becoming this lean athelete... and I really seem to be getting there very slowly. I know this is the best way to change your shape/alter your metabolism... but I IS GETTING IMPASHINS!!!

Lise, pounds are part of a stone (like grams are part of a kilogram). Its funny cause I work in both imperial and metric. Distances and speeds are always in kilometres... weight is usually in imperial (I know all my babies' weights in pounds/ounces but do my cooking in grams...) ... length is a combination (height in feet/inches but sewing in centimetres and metres)
I was part way through school when Aotaroa New Zealand changed from imperial to metric...

I know a pound of fat weighs as much as a pound of muscle (LOL, used to get my kids with that - what weighs more... a kilo of feathers or a kilo of stones?)... sorry I was being unclear... I was referring to weight in relation to volume... thanks for the heads up on that too.

Anyways, here's to chucking out the scales (well, I'll have to toss out my parent's ones!) and stop worrying about weight. I've said it often enough on this forum. Time to take my own advice I guess!

[Lise]

Lise, pounds are part of a stone (like grams are part of a kilogram).

Wow! Who knew? (Well, you did) When I was in grade school, in the 60s, they kept telling us we'd be going metric...any...minute...now.... Nope, never happened. Except it did, sort of. In my world of health care, metric is what we use, mostly, except when we're using imperial. Argh, what a mess. I just picture the ancestors piling up 14 rocks and saying, "That's one stone. And each rock is...um, a pound." And here we are!

Glad to hear you've got more power! I hang out with friends ranging from 24 to 48 yr old, and we play volleyball every Thursday. We've done triathlons together, and I ran a 1/2 marathon with the 24 year old. She gripes all the time about her weight. I realized that I care a lot more about how strong and muscular I am. If I lose weight, nice, cuz I was a fat kid. But if I don't, and I can have an incredibly athletic summer like I just had, whoo-hoo! My friend is still in the death-grip of the fashion message about weight. I finally don't care!

Lise

[RoadRaven]

If I lose weight, nice, cuz I was a fat kid. But if I don't, and I can have an incredibly athletic summer like I just had, whoo-hoo! My friend is still in the death-grip of the fashion message about weight. I finally don't care!
Lise

More power to you, my friend

I love to read/hear comments like this from women!!!