Lucy and me. And Lucy's gum, which she wanted to make sure showed in the picture.
For enquiring minds who want to know, here's where I stand on the ol' diet thing. The history of the issue:
On September 2, someone at church asked if I was pregnant. That marked the end of my 6-month "eat whatever I want" campaign, and I started dieting.
As of October 29, I'd lost 12.2 pounds. Unfortunately then came Halloween, and as everyone knows, Halloween = candy.
Here's what has transpired since that last update. I gained about 3 pounds after a 2-week candy binge, then lost about a pound after I began to eat more sensibly. So, for the math-impaired, my net loss is still around 10-10.5 pounds, and I'm holding steady. I'm not counting points, but I'm eating pretty well and allowing myself dessert on occasion without overdoing it. I can still fit into my skinny-ish jeans and all of my other pants that are that same size. Basically I'm at my average marriage weight. In January I may start counting points again because I would like to drop another 7-10 pounds, but I'm okay for now and I don't want to have to deprive myself of holiday goodies at Christmas! I plan to continue exercising occasionally, eating smaller-than-average portions, and maintaining my current weight through December.
I took a look at myself and wondered what her shock was over. I'm virtually the exact same size; I was wearing my glasses, which I only do about 1/3 of the time; I have bangs now which I probably didn't the last time she saw me (I've had them my whole life except a few years ago in a failed experiment to grow them out. Well it didn't fail; I grew them out successfully, but I can't stand the pictures of myself from that time... anyone who has seen the size of my forehead knows why... I was meant to have bangs for life).
Are the bangs the big difference? Was it the fact that I was wearing my new shoes yesterday? Seriously folks, not much has changed. It's a mystery. The point of my telling you this story is not brag about a compliment; it just makes me wonder what her impression of me was when we were in the same ward. I guess the opposite of cute & trendy?
Homely and old-fashioned: the Sara of 2005.
Or I could just attribute it to the shoes. Which I'm apparently obsessed with...
9 comments:
Sara... I totally feel for you. I was leaving from dropping my daughter off at preschool one day last year and this girl who was in my ward, whose son also attended preschool at this church had on some really cute shorts. Now. She is known to be quite socially, oh- how do you say "put your foot in your mouth." Yep. that's her.
So I asked her where she got them and she told me where -last season- but with out even taking a breath she said "but I think they have plus size ones at Layne Bryant". In all seriousness. I was laughing my butt off inside, but chalked it up to how socially backward she is and didn't worry too much about it.
Then I joined the YMCA.
Way to go on the weight loss, where did you get the point counting from? You look great.
Weight Watchers online. The best diet ever! Because you just eat normal food and keep track of it; it's not complicated. So easy. I mean, it still takes willpower but it works.
So fun to hear from Kristin!
You're so funny. You were never homely...please! The no-bangs phase may not have been your finest, but you have always been good lookin'.
And I am SO there with you to lose weight after Christmas. I am going to have 3 weeks after Christmas to lose weight before I am in a swimsuit for a week straight (St. Thomas). Yeah, I will be doing mad sit-ups those 3 weeeks!
Good job Sara! Remember when we used to get motivated to go jogging, like twice? Luckily the Halloween candy didn't do as much damage for me, thanks to the mother of all sinus infections. Not too sure how Christmas will wrap up, ha, no pun intended. Stick with it!
Sara, you are doing great on your diet. I saw you at the adult session of stake conference and you looked great. Yes, weight watchers I do have to admit is great. I have lost 10 pounds and staying strong. It is really easy for me, and surprised at how the pounds come off so easily. When I am done having kids I am going to try and get back to my marriage weight. I thought it was impossible but now know I can do it! Thanks so much for helping me get started. I am finally feeling good about myself!
Yea Amy!! I'm so glad I could share my WW wisdom with ya :)
This post is so funny. I would be so bugged if someone told me I looked great and SO different. The only conclusion one can come to is that she must not have looked great before. Of course in your case, I know that's not true. But I would be thinking the same thing had someone said this to me.
Homely? Are you kidding? Never!
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