Re: Confessions of a former lumpy, hiphugger-wearin' size 12

October 8, 2004

You didn't look bad before, Maggie - but what a change! Did you realize that

this tiny you was in that body? And you definitely look tons more athletic.

You need to put some of those similar poses side by side in one album!

Great job! I'm also 5'6 " and currently around 165 but with a much bigger frame

than you. My 18% BF was at 151 lbs. I don't think my hips (the actual bones

themselves) would ever fit into a size 4! I think when I had my first child,

who was 10 lbs 2oz and 23 " long, my hips spread out to make room for him and

never really returned (LOL!).

Anyhow - great job! I'm hoping to find my BFL groove again soon....

in WI

Confessions of a former lumpy,

hiphugger-wearin' size 12

LOL--there's nothing like eating crow! It goes perfectly with my

morning protein shake.

After my mini-rant this past weekend about gals who shouldn't be

wearing certain clothes, I went into my photo archives and noticed

that just one year ago, I was *one of them*!

:-o

I think I was close to 150 lbs (and very much a fluffalump in my

too-tight hiphuggers and little tops) when some of the photos were

taken, and after comparing them to my current photos, I'm never

letting myself get back to that state again. Some of those photos

were the reason I started BFL; one always THINKS they look better than

they really do, and then the photos come in from the store and " OMG!

EEEEEK! Do my arms really look like that? And is that a ROLL above

my beltline? I'm starting BFL tomorrow! "

I can admit that I was just as guilty of wearing clothes better left

to the trim and fit as any of the mall ratlings I saw this weekend,

and have bravely posted photos of ALL of my fashion faux pas of last

year in my blog album.

Squishy, Pre-BFL Me: http://maggiewang.com/photos/Before

Not-So-Squishy, Post-BFL Me: http://maggiewang.com/photos/after

Hopefully this will give some of you a laugh and confirm that BFL DOES

work to achieve what's really important: Looking good in cute clothes!

Maggie

October 8, 2004

You really didn't look like a size 12! I was a size 12 and look at MY

before photo!! PUKE!

However, you look awesome now - look at that flat tummy. THAT is the

body I am working for! thank you for sharing.

> LOL--there's nothing like eating crow! It goes perfectly with my

> morning protein shake.

>

> After my mini-rant this past weekend about gals who shouldn't be

> wearing certain clothes, I went into my photo archives and noticed

> that just one year ago, I was *one of them*!

October 8, 2004

You really didn't look like a size 12! I was a size 12 and look at MY

before photo!! PUKE!

However, you look awesome now - look at that flat tummy. THAT is the

body I am working for! thank you for sharing.

> LOL--there's nothing like eating crow! It goes perfectly with my

> morning protein shake.

>

> After my mini-rant this past weekend about gals who shouldn't be

> wearing certain clothes, I went into my photo archives and noticed

> that just one year ago, I was *one of them*!

October 8, 2004

" what's really important: Looking good in cute clothes! " Hear Hear

Sistah!

Lookin good in cute clothes is motivation for me! You look fantastic

Maggie, but don't be so hard on the old Maggie, you were pretty cute

then rolls and all.

October 8, 2004

" what's really important: Looking good in cute clothes! " Hear Hear

Sistah!

Lookin good in cute clothes is motivation for me! You look fantastic

Maggie, but don't be so hard on the old Maggie, you were pretty cute

then rolls and all.

October 8, 2004

: I hear ya girl! I don't think my hips will fit into size

4's cuz they are too widely spaced but at least there won't be fat

on them to make it worse!

> You didn't look bad before, Maggie - but what a change! Did you

realize that this tiny you was in that body? And you definitely look

tons more athletic. You need to put some of those similar poses side

by side in one album!

>

> Great job! I'm also 5'6 " and currently around 165 but with a much

bigger frame than you. My 18% BF was at 151 lbs. I don't think my

hips (the actual bones themselves) would ever fit into a size 4! I

think when I had my first child, who was 10 lbs 2oz and 23 " long, my

hips spread out to make room for him and never really returned (LOL!).

>

> Anyhow - great job! I'm hoping to find my BFL groove again

soon....

October 8, 2004

: I hear ya girl! I don't think my hips will fit into size

4's cuz they are too widely spaced but at least there won't be fat

on them to make it worse!

> You didn't look bad before, Maggie - but what a change! Did you

realize that this tiny you was in that body? And you definitely look

tons more athletic. You need to put some of those similar poses side

by side in one album!

>

> Great job! I'm also 5'6 " and currently around 165 but with a much

bigger frame than you. My 18% BF was at 151 lbs. I don't think my

hips (the actual bones themselves) would ever fit into a size 4! I

think when I had my first child, who was 10 lbs 2oz and 23 " long, my

hips spread out to make room for him and never really returned (LOL!).

>

> Anyhow - great job! I'm hoping to find my BFL groove again

soon....

October 8, 2004

Thats AWESOME maggie...but honestly...I'd take the preFL you right

now...it would be an improvement from my body now!! LOL

> LOL--there's nothing like eating crow! It goes perfectly with my

> morning protein shake.

>

> After my mini-rant this past weekend about gals who shouldn't be

> wearing certain clothes, I went into my photo archives and noticed

> that just one year ago, I was *one of them*!

>

> :-o

>

> I think I was close to 150 lbs (and very much a fluffalump in my

> too-tight hiphuggers and little tops) when some of the photos were

> taken, and after comparing them to my current photos, I'm never

> letting myself get back to that state again. Some of those photos

> were the reason I started BFL; one always THINKS they look better

than

> they really do, and then the photos come in from the store

and " OMG!

> EEEEEK! Do my arms really look like that? And is that a ROLL

above

> my beltline? I'm starting BFL tomorrow! "

>

> I can admit that I was just as guilty of wearing clothes better

left

> to the trim and fit as any of the mall ratlings I saw this weekend,

> and have bravely posted photos of ALL of my fashion faux pas of

last

> year in my blog album.

>

> Squishy, Pre-BFL Me: http://maggiewang.com/photos/Before

>

> Not-So-Squishy, Post-BFL Me: http://maggiewang.com/photos/after

>

> Hopefully this will give some of you a laugh and confirm that BFL

DOES

> work to achieve what's really important: Looking good in cute

clothes!

>

> Maggie

October 8, 2004

I'm a lumpy size 12, and I wear hip huggers and tight tops....I'm also

26 years old and the mother of 4 children, and used to wear a size

20...I feel deserving to wear these clothes, so the next time you see

a " lumpy size 12 wearing hip huggers and too tight a top " just

remember everyone has a story.

On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 13:52:07 -0000, chantal_in_cali <tbsgurl@...> wrote:

>

> Thats AWESOME maggie...but honestly...I'd take the preFL you right

> now...it would be an improvement from my body now!! LOL

>

> > LOL--there's nothing like eating crow! It goes perfectly with my

> > morning protein shake.

> >

> > After my mini-rant this past weekend about gals who shouldn't be

> > wearing certain clothes, I went into my photo archives and noticed

> > that just one year ago, I was *one of them*!

> >

> > :-o

> >

> > I think I was close to 150 lbs (and very much a fluffalump in my

> > too-tight hiphuggers and little tops) when some of the photos were

> > taken, and after comparing them to my current photos, I'm never

> > letting myself get back to that state again. Some of those photos

> > were the reason I started BFL; one always THINKS they look better

> than

> > they really do, and then the photos come in from the store

> and " OMG!

> > EEEEEK! Do my arms really look like that? And is that a ROLL

> above

> > my beltline? I'm starting BFL tomorrow! "

> >

> > I can admit that I was just as guilty of wearing clothes better

> left

> > to the trim and fit as any of the mall ratlings I saw this weekend,

> > and have bravely posted photos of ALL of my fashion faux pas of

> last

> > year in my blog album.

> >

> > Squishy, Pre-BFL Me: http://maggiewang.com/photos/Before

> >

> > Not-So-Squishy, Post-BFL Me: http://maggiewang.com/photos/after

> >

> > Hopefully this will give some of you a laugh and confirm that BFL

> DOES

> > work to achieve what's really important: Looking good in cute

> clothes!

> >

> > Maggie

>

October 8, 2004

Good Job Maggie!!!

You are my inspiration..LOL.. You dont loock fat in that pics but

definitely you loock better now... toned and really happy with your

body..

Thanks for sharing...

Pao...

October 8, 2004

Misty-

You are totally right, of course. I think size and comfort level with

one's body are all relative. Obviously I wasn't shying away from the

fitted clothing when I was 15 lbs heavier and 3 sizes larger than I am

now! I might not have been toned or tiny last year, but I sure was

working the tank tops anyway. I don't know if this makes any sense,

but I still had the confidence and residual mental image of myself

that I'd developed when I was a full-time, physically-fit Army girl,

even though I'd leaped off the fitness wagon into a vat of workplace

candy and pizza. I wore those clothes last year, and I felt darn good

doing it, but in my own self-perception, I looked a lot better in them

than I actually did, objectively speaking.

:: grins :: The camera's eye is a lot less forgiving than our own.

I was fluffy as a teenager and in college, fit in the Army, then

fluffy again when I got out to go back to school and work full-time.

My perceptions of what are an acceptable level of fitness and body fat

for my own body are colored by my four years in military service, when

it was part of my duty to stay in shape and maintain a healthy weight

and body fat, and overweight civilians were looked upon with a mixture

of pity and disdain. I know, I know--it's a horrible attitude to

have, but the military mindset doesn't leave a lot of room for warm,

fuzzy group hugs. I'm still trying to shake off some of the

brainwashing after 4 years out of the service. Anyway, looking at my

" before " photos and in the mirror this year, I realized that I was no

longer within my *own* tolerance levels, no matter what other people

thought.

I don't know if any of you have seen the Mel space movie spoof,

" Spaceballs, " but I felt just like the President character when he was

beamed aboard the spaceship with his head on backwards so he could

look down and see his own backside for the first time.

" Why didn't anyone tell me my *** was this big? "

I was basically annoyed with myself for expanding into size 12s and

pushing at the boundaries of 14 in jeans, so I channeled that anger

into getting through the hideous BFL HIIT runs. Even now, I'm still

not quite where I want to be, but I'm getting there a little bit at a

time, and just like you, I'm not going to deprive myself of fun

clothing along the way until I get there!

You are coming from the other end of the spectrum, and you totally

deserve to work the hiphuggers and trendy tops after all you've

managed to accomplish (with 4 kids, no less, wow...)! Going from a

size 20 to a size 12 is a fantastic achievement!

Congratulations on your success so far, and please do continue to wear

whatever the heck you want. You've certainly earned the right!

Maggie

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:03:54 -0500, Misty <missmisty@...> wrote:

> I'm a lumpy size 12, and I wear hip huggers and tight tops....I'm also

> 26 years old and the mother of 4 children, and used to wear a size

> 20...I feel deserving to wear these clothes, so the next time you see

> a " lumpy size 12 wearing hip huggers and too tight a top " just

> remember everyone has a story.

>

October 8, 2004

Maggie,

You look fantastic. Your waist is so tiny and your arms are

fabu! ...but the graphic designer in me is screaming to get rid of

that door knob next to you! LOL

Congrats on all the progress you've made.

Jen

>

> Squishy, Pre-BFL Me: http://maggiewang.com/photos/Before

>

> Not-So-Squishy, Post-BFL Me: http://maggiewang.com/photos/after

>

> Maggie

October 8, 2004

I am having trouble opening the page...any suggestions?

Laurie

Re: Confessions of a former lumpy,

hiphugger-wearin' size 12

Maggie,

You look fantastic. Your waist is so tiny and your arms are

fabu! ...but the graphic designer in me is screaming to get rid of

that door knob next to you! LOL

Congrats on all the progress you've made.

Jen

>

> Squishy, Pre-BFL Me: http://maggiewang.com/photos/Before

>

> Not-So-Squishy, Post-BFL Me: http://maggiewang.com/photos/after

>

> Maggie

October 8, 2004

Jen,

I was fiddling with those pics at 12 am this morning, so you're lucky

they aren't still in landscape orientation with my entire striped

couch and two bewildered cats in view!

I might work with them a bit more this weekend after a finish a few

paying commissions. My Wacom tablet needs a workout.

Maggie

On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:53:56 -0000, B <jennifer@...> wrote:

>

> Maggie,

>

> You look fantastic. Your waist is so tiny and your arms are

> fabu! ...but the graphic designer in me is screaming to get rid of

> that door knob next to you! LOL

>

> Congrats on all the progress you've made.

>

> Jen

>

October 8, 2004

I totally agree with being happy with yourself for your MAJOR

accomplishments of losing weight and wanting to wear hot, sexy

clothes! I do it too!!

> Misty-

>

> You are totally right, of course. I think size and comfort level

with

> one's body are all relative. Obviously I wasn't shying away from

the

> fitted clothing when I was 15 lbs heavier and 3 sizes larger than I

am

> now!

October 8, 2004

,

I *wish* I could be 18% body fat at 151 lbs. I could have quit before

I started. The BMI scale for Asians counts a BMI of 23 as

overweight because of the smaller average frame sizes of most Asians.

So, at 5'6 " and 150 lbs last year, I was technically overweight with a

BMI of 24.2.

And honestly, I had no idea how far BFL could take me. I've never

been smaller than a 9/10 in pants, even when I was in high school or

doing Army PT 5 days a week. When you spend all of your adult life in

properly-fitting size 12 jeans, it really doesn't occur to you that a

size 4 is possible. I sometimes catch a reflection of myself in a

mirror and am reminded of my younger sister who has always been

slender (she's 5'6 " also, but her weight range is 120-125 lbs). It's

a very odd sensation, like the person in the mirror isn't really me!

I'm not going to place too much importance on the size thing, though,

because *I* know that my measurements still stick me firmly in pattern

size 10 no matter what the sneaky retail clothing stores try to say to

pad my ego and make me buy more clothes. It's all about fit, not an

arbitrarily assigned size value.

I did splice together two pictures of myself in the same party top,

one from June 2003 and one from last night. I think it pretty much

illustrates why I wasn't happy with the way things were heading when I

started BFL.

http://maggiewang.com/photos/Before-and-After/floral_03_04

Maggie

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 08:34:56 -0500, Dupree

<jenniferdupree@...> wrote:

> You didn't look bad before, Maggie - but what a change! Did you realize

> that this tiny you was in that body? And you definitely look tons more

> athletic. You need to put some of those similar poses side by side in one

> album!

>

> Great job! I'm also 5'6 " and currently around 165 but with a much bigger

> frame than you. My 18% BF was at 151 lbs. I don't think my hips (the actual

> bones themselves) would ever fit into a size 4! I think when I had my first

> child, who was 10 lbs 2oz and 23 " long, my hips spread out to make room for

> him and never really returned (LOL!).

>

> Anyhow - great job! I'm hoping to find my BFL groove again soon....

>

> in WI

>

October 8, 2004

Wow - thanks for splicing that! How cool! I swear the arms make it for me -

you can tell a fit person from an un-fit person by the arm dents, and you

definitely have them.

BTW - I was in the army myself for awhile (6 years in the ARNG) and was in the

absolute BEST shape of my life after I got through with AIT. The size I was

then is the size I want to be. I know I was hovering around 150 (had to be

taped at every single weigh-in), but I remember one of my tapings had me at 14%

body fat. Woo Hoo! Anyone for basic training again? Did my best 2-mile run in

15:25, and the most pushups in 2 min was 54 - don't even consider the situps - I

sucked at them. I've never been in that good shape since. whoa was me....

Just another goal!