It's trash day and I'm "allowed" to get on the scale. I say "allowed" because the NP told me that I was weighing myself too much and relying on the numbers as opposed to how I felt. I was allowing the numbers to dictate how I was eating. So today, trash day, I weighed myself. I was 230.2 today. No, I wasn't upset that I was up a pound from last week. It's just a pound. I'm not freaking out.
Here's what I've noticed in the last week, though. My body is getting smaller. I am losing inches. Noticeably. The thing is, I'm getting flabby. I don't know that I've ever been flabby. Overweight, yes, flabby, no. I can grab a handful of fat now (around my waistline) and it jiggles. When I was heavier, it was just solid fat, not jiggly fat. Do you know what I'm talking about? Jiggly, people! I do not care for jiggly!!
I have the bat wings. I never wanted those. Who does? I have jiggly tummy and jiggly thighs. Oh, don't even get me started on my thighs. I'm very upset about those. I LOVE wearing shorts year-round and I do not want to stop wearing them because my thighs are jiggly. Oh, and I've got chicken neck now. Yikes! Crepey, wrinkly skin on my neck. Ack! Is that age or is is rapid weight loss? I don't know, but I don't like it.
So, the answer? It's right there in front of my nose - I need to work out. And hard. I need to start toning those muscles so that the flabby parts go away. I need to start burning more fat and building more muscle. I have a gym membership so why don't I use it? I WILL use it. I've been lazy about going to the gym. Would rather just go home and knit than work out, but the harsh reality is that I have jiggly fat and I want that gone more than knitting.
And those of you who are wondering what all that looks like naked, forget about it. You know who you are. I'm not taking pics.
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I hear you on the jiggly fat thing. I wish they'd discover an elliptical or treadmill that you could put a jiggly belly on and it would work the jiggliness away.
ReplyDeleteYou've got a good imagination, now develop a mental image of the machine. That should be good for a belly laugh to further reduce the belly jiggles.
Gosh. That sounds certifiable, doesn't it? But if they send me to the funny farm, I'd laugh a lot of good belly laughs...
Darlin', no photos necessary because I know about this. I lost 80 pounds several years back. Sure, in "skinny" clothes I looked great but take those clothes off and there was hangy/saggy flesh. Exercise will help a lot but it doesn't repair all of the damage done to the stretched skin tissue. But (and this is my big BUTT) I never planned to be a nude model and losing the weight and toning was far more healthy than to worry over the stretched skin. You are doing awesome! Keep it up.
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