Weight Thoughts, Political Thoughts

[unforth]

I weigh about 160 pounds. I've weighed about 160 pounds for around 2 years now (with a dip down to 150). Today, I put on a pair of jeans that I haven't worn in a long while, and they fit me with room to spare. 2 years ago, this pair of jeans didn't fit me at all (they wouldn't close). A year ago, when I was about 155 pounds, they were snug. Now, I'd say they're about a size too big - I can put both hands in the waist line while wearing them and still have room to spare.

Ok, srsly, body, wtf?

I mean, not that I mind, it's rather proof of my supposition that all the exercising really does make a significant difference even if it hasn't had an effect on the scale, but still...oh, I don't know. All this post really is anyway is an attempt to distract myself from the way the world economy is collapsing, and it's not really helping. (Like the way world markets are seesawing after interest rates were cut, or the way that Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq opened down more than a percentage point, though at the moment, they're catching up...wait, the Dow just went positive! First time I've personally seen that in three days of watching the ticker. Of course, that means it's probably doing exactly what it did yesterday, rallying early only to plung 3 percent in the last hour...oh, this article is interesting...). Right! Damn pair of pants!

Edit: Also, for some post-debate reality check, see FactCheck.org.

Comments

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

Ok, srsly, body, wtf?

I second that emotion and I'm talking about myself!! I know exactly what you mean.

For what it is worth, you look like normal weight/thin to me. :)

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the confidence booster - you've been looking great, too! It's like, all the nutrition stuff I read says this is a simple mathematical equation...but it so isn't. :(

[d-c-m.livejournal.com]

Indeed - it so isn't!!!

[oddsboy.livejournal.com]

I think there is something to be said about losing weight to a certain point. I was 180 in highschool, was 240 (?) a year or two ago and am now down to 220-15. Around this area I don't really feel that losing any more weight is a good thing. I've lost what I call dross weight, that unimportant, hindering fat that doesn't help one, one bit. Now what I need to do (and am neglecting doing) is begin to work out, train and fit-i-cize what I have. In so doing my body will start to develop muscle, which will weigh more. This really makes the scale a completely useless form of measurement. From this point I need to start measuring by ease of physical activity and overall tone of my fleshular regions. This last part is damnably difficult as I, among so many others, disparage my body and getting an accurate gague is very difficult indeed. I imagine what you are experiencing is something similar. Good luck with your continued self-improvement.

-Crow

[unforth.livejournal.com]

It is funny how it can be so hard to judge our own bodies accurately - I know from speaking with others that I regularly add 20+ pounds to myself when I try to figure out how I look compared to others. I also know that I think the majority of the people around me look great regardless of their weight or fitness level - but I still grapple with it personally. You've done a fantastic job loosing weight - good luck adding in exercise. The key for me has been to find things I like and that fit well in to my day-to-day life (at the moment, DDR and walking) - try experimenting with changing the standard definition of exercise - maybe Wii fit?

[galiyah.livejournal.com]

I agree! You look good. I'd say you've added muscle with all the exercise. But yeah- it is annoying how our bodies don't seem to follow the same logic as our minds. I'm right there with you, though on the opposite end of the spectrum. I'm at a lower weight than I've been for years, thanks to my little parasite (and I mean that in the most loving way possible). But fit? I'm not. At all. Clothes that fit pre-pregnancy I can barely squeeze into. *sigh* There should be laws, right?

As for the economic stuff, I don't know. One of my brothers has recently cashed in all his retirement, etc. I don't know what he had, but he says everyone should do it, since it will be safer that way. He said he's got a bit more than half of what he had a year ago and he's not willing to lose any more. If I had any assets, I'd probably do the same thing. :D I'm just glad gas is finally less than $3 a gallon here.

It does scare me though, that the rest of the world is suffering too. I still don't know about the bailout. It seems that lots of people think it would be worse if there wasn't a bailout. As bad as things are begging to get, I wonder how much worse it would be. If foreign markets are on the verge of collapse too, that's really, really bad. I don't know. It is very hard for me to comprehend that much money. Impossible, really. At some point it all seems to become imaginary and I can't see how to make things work again. I wish there was some sort of reset button.

[batgirl-raff.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised at all that with all the exercise you're doing you've both lost sizes and kept a higher weight. You're getting leaner, putting on muscle, and that weighs more, pure and simple--congrats on that!!!!

As for the bailout, if Obama is right and it's the first step, then I'm okay with that (although I wish there had been more provisions for homeowners, fewer for corporations). As long as we don't stop with that! IMO, we desperately need a restoration of market regulation.

[moonandserpent.livejournal.com]

Muscle weighs more than fat. I'm in a similar boat... exercising like mad, noticing no weight loss, but going down a size in several things.

Also, on a tangentially related note, you looked fantastic in your vid.

[ultimabaka.livejournal.com]

bah, complain all you want about your body, but the simple fact of the matter is that you = sexy, and that's that $

and don't get me started on the events of today. This wall street asskicker wannabe is in the middle of the fuck, an can't help but sit back every so often and go "damn..."

but, like all things, you gotta try and trade it up right?