Weight Loss now 14 lbs and Comparisons

Hey, so yah, I'm losing weight and doing pretty good at it. I started February 1st and yesterday I weighed in at 159 lbs. That's 14 lbs down from my highest of 173. Good job Stacy! (even though most of you are cringing..haha)

BUT I'm stil 22 lbs heavier than my starting weight of 137 back in fall last year when I was my skinniest. And I have my measurements from when I was 20 lbs up, so I thought I would compare. I've heard our bodies are pretty resilient in resuming their exact previous form. I'm not too off from that except, well, I had breast augmentation so you can see that in the numbers for sure, and my hormone levels are are slightly different now, so that can have an impact as well as far as where weight goes. Anyway, here's my spreadsheet of it.



Some observations:
1.) My neck went back to exactly what it was at this weight last time.
2.) My arm is down 1/4" which surprises me actually, cuz it still seems pretty flubby
3.) My bust is up 2" and 2 or 3 cup sizes from last time at this weight sooo yah, surgery.
4.) My waist is actually down 1/4"
5.) My belly is actually up an inch from last time! ***I think this may be because I measured myself after a decent meal at Chipolte AND a latte..lol
6.) My hips are up 3/4". Yah, I'm pretty sure I can tell. Chrissie even poked me here last night. I remember still when there was nothing there.
7.) My booty still has an extra 1/4" compared to last time.
8.) My thighs still have an extra 1/2" each, which is a lot for the smaller area

Ratios:
1.) So the difference between my bust and my waist before suregery was 3.25" and NOW is it 5.5". So that's increased by over 2". Good! God what I paid for? lol
2.) My belly was 2" bigger than my waist last time, now it is 3.25" bigger than my waist. Yikes! That actually includes love handles which is where I think most of it is. Kinda like that actually. =)
3.) My booty used to be 2.25" bigger around than my hips, but now its only 1.75" and its definately because my hips are bigger.

So I feel like my body is changing in all the right ways. =) I like where the ratios are going, well, as long as the belly number is from the love handles more than the front.. cuz I feel like my belly is too big still!

Oh the biggest change was obviously going from a 37AA at this weight last time to a 39C. Very happy I did that though. I just like my body better. Feels good. Less paranoid. Don't know how to describe that.

I have a plan still. I'd like to go ahead and lose more weight. Maybe another 10 lbs bringing me to a loss of 25 lbs total. I'm not sure what I'll do from there. I am starting another little experiment with olive oil though now, which I'm calling Stacy's Olive Oil Experiment II. I set up the spreadsheet and made rules for myself..heh I'll share that with you soon.

Don't know if anyone even reads this journal anymore so maybe i'll let people on ff know? lol
4.)

Loooosing Sloooowly: down to 166 lbs

So I know I never update but I'm still here. I'm alive and I'm losing weight which is actually fun for me. I guess I just like the idea of my body changing slowly over time either way.

I've been calorie counting which works really well for me, and it's been 7 weeks already. My girlfriend Chrissie and my mommybear are doing it with me. We're all losing weight pretty good! Losing weight is harder than gaining so I'm proud of myself. =) I was 166 this morning but I've been as low as 164 so far. I was 173 at my biggest so I've lost 7 lbs so far. I should be at ten shortly.

I keep thinking about taking some measurements so hopefully I'll actually do that sometime soon. I'm going to be sad to see the weight leave places like my thighs and arms and booty but my belly really isn't flattering to me.. i dunno. Some disagree I guess, but that's really the only thing I didn't like about gaining.

Oh, well there was one other thing. THE MONEY. It costs a lot to gain!! and didn't realize that until I stopped. My finances are doing much much better now..lol And I'm even eating probably 80-90% vegan too, which can be more expensive at times.

Soo I'm enjoying this. I'm eating very healthy and vegan and cooking a lot. I've really grown to enjoy cooking, esp yummy vegan dishes. I've been making things like curried chickpeas, miso soup, black bean vegetarian chili and coco-ginger soup. mmmmmm I really do love love food. Always will I suppose. And I think you appreciate it more when you are trying to limit yourself, cuz I'll wait til i'm absolutely starving before I eat sometimes and I swear I almost orgasm..lol

Soo yah.. hi! =) I'll try and keep updating occassionally as I lose more.