Getting smaller but weighing more...

[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

[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

[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.

[Bustertb]

Just think - you'll bomb DOWN the hills!

ROFL

[latelatebloomer]

Women, we have GOT to stop beating ourselves up for what we haven't accomplished yet and learn to value what we have accomplished!!! I put myself down so hard for not losing weight faster/changing my appearance more almost on a daily basis. That's just not right, because I have really turned my life around and have come so far. In April of 2005, I could only ride a suffering 3 miles, and I just did a hilly 20 and felt great after. Part of it comes from the media stuff, part of it comes from the attitudes of people who can only see one body type as being fit/attractive. But the largest part of it is my own long years of practice at putting myself down and focusing on my negatives.

And I'm wondering, as I learn a little more about stress/cortisol levels/ fat, if my habit of doing this to myself is slowing my whole healing/reshaping process. Does anyone else have any thoughts and knowledge about this?

Raven, I cheered out loud when you wrote that you are better on the hills (my husband thought I won money or something.)That is really something to celebrate!!!!

[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!!!

[Trekhawk]

Women, we have GOT to stop beating ourselves up for what we haven't accomplished yet and learn to value what we have accomplished!!! I put myself down so hard for not losing weight faster/changing my appearance more almost on a daily basis. That's just not right, because I have really turned my life around and have come so far. In April of 2005, I could only ride a suffering 3 miles, and I just did a hilly 20 and felt great after. Part of it comes from the media stuff, part of it comes from the attitudes of people who can only see one body type as being fit/attractive. But the largest part of it is my own long years of practice at putting myself down and focusing on my negatives
And I'm wondering, as I learn a little more about stress/cortisol levels/ fat, if my habit of doing this to myself is slowing my whole healing/reshaping process. Does anyone else have any thoughts and knowledge about this?
Raven, I cheered out loud when you wrote that you are better on the hills (my husband thought I won money or something.)That is really something to celebrate!!!!

Im with LateLate - we should always find time to think over what we have accomplished and not just fixate on what we haven't. Im pretty slow on my bike and sometimes I have a bit of a whine about it to my husband and he just says hey I dont know too many other 41 year old women that are out there cycling and giving it their best shot. Six months ago you knew nothing about cycling look how far you have come. Thank goodness for a husband who keeps things in perspective. I say to the ladies of TE WE ROCK.

[Dogmama]

I'm reading a book called "Undoing Perpetual Stress" and one of the recommendations is that women quit reading women's magazines. Great suggestion. I don't have the time to work out 4 hours/day nor the money to hire personal trainers and cooks. But I have something lots of the celebs don't - a great husband and home life, satisfying work, close friends and a great bike! Plus, all of my TE sisters. WE ROCK!

[Trekhawk]

I'm reading a book called "Undoing Perpetual Stress" and one of the recommendations is that women quit reading women's magazines. Great suggestion. I don't have the time to work out 4 hours/day nor the money to hire personal trainers and cooks. But I have something lots of the celebs don't - a great husband and home life, satisfying work, close friends and a great bike! Plus, all of my TE sisters. WE ROCK!

Dogmama your book sounds like a good read. I agree with the magazine idea, gave up reading those years ago. Plenty of better things to spend my money on like.....maybe a few things for cycling.

But I have something lots of the celebs dont - a great husband and homelife, satisfying work, close friends and a great bike!
And when you have all that my friend you have everything.

[CorsairMac]

ROFL - but the thought of measuring my weight in "stones" depresses me!

[Lise]

ROFL - but the thought of measuring my weight in "stones" depresses me!

But what if you could pick the size of the stones yourself? "Yes, I weigh...uh, 9 stone. Yeah. 9. They're right over there. That's how many stones I weigh. I dug them out of the field."

L.

[crazycanuck]

Lise...You've just made my morning & I just about choked on my drink..."But what if you could pick the size of
the stones yourself? "Yes, I weigh...uh, 9 stone. Yeah. 9. They're right over there. That's how many stones I weigh. I dug them out of the field."

I like that idea...

Have a good day

c

[latelatebloomer]

Dogmama, I gotta get that book. And get it tatooed all over my body.
I henceforth swear off women's mags. Unless they start putting out Mode again. Can I still read Oprah in the bubblebath? The New Yorker makes the bubbles go flat.

Regarding stone vs. pounds, the stones in my yard vary from massive boulders down to the lemon-sized tiller-breakers, so I can claim any number from 180 to 1/18th. Throw in the variations from the phases of the moon and appearance of crop circles and ..... um, maybe it's time for me to go to bed. I'm getting weird even for me.

g'night, dear unseen friends.

[Lise]

I henceforth swear off women's mags. Unless they start putting out Mode again... Regarding stone vs. pounds, the stones in my yard vary from massive boulders down to the lemon-sized tiller-breakers, so I can claim any number from 180 to 1/18th. Throw in the variations from the phases of the moon and appearance of crop circles and .....

LLB-you cracked me up. See the advantage of picking your own stones, though? "My weight? 1/18th of a stone. You gotta problem with that?"

I loved Mode mag, too. I also loved Lane Bryant clothes. Now that I'm a size 8-10, they got nothin' for me. I do enjoy Oprah, the mag. I devour Triathlete when it comes in the mail. My problem is remembering, as a mentor said to me, that "accessorizing is not actually training." Night all, L.

[CorsairMac]

so if we weighed an uneven amount would it be something like:

I weigh 9 stone, 6 pebbles??