Oh my god! I did it, I did it, I did it!

[VelmaD]

I told populistmom today that if I got into a pair of size 10 pants I was gonna be insufferable to be around. :-)

Well, I went shopping after work tonight for a pair of pants to wear to my concert tomorrow night. I had a pair I really liked that I got a rip in last week and I was really hoping to find another pair just like them. I hunted high and low and finally found what I was looking for. There they were in a size 6...and 8...and 10...and...16. Argh! Not my size...or so I thought. I figured, what the hell, I'll grab the 10s and hope. I went in the dressing room, pulled them on, zipped them up, and lo and behold THEY FIT! OH MY GOD!

I don't remember EVER being a size 10 before. I wasn't a size 10 in junior high I don't think. This is me being smugly self-satisfied. :-)

[latebloomer]

1. Good for you!!

Did you lose a lot of weight? How?

[VelmaD]

5. Lost 115 pounds...

since January of 2002. :-)

Did it by making little changes to my lifestyle one at a time so I didn't freak myself out. Gave up cokes, switched from mayo to mustard, cut out the fatty meats, got rid of all the snacks and replaced them with fruit, starting exercising. That kind of thing.

[soleft]

13. Thanks for - goodness, let me count the ways

Thanks for sharing this happy news

Thanks for being an inspiration

Thanks for your courage - and when you say concert, you mean you're singing????

BREAK A LEG!!!!!

[VelmaD]

15. Yup - I'm singing

I'm a second alto in the Tapestry Singers (Austin's Women's Chorus). We have our Fall concert tomorrow night and I'm already really pumped.

And thanks for the kind words. :hug:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. but not insufferable... at least not yet... or to me

try harder....

Pictures! We need pictures!

[VelmaD]

7. Well...

the last full-body pic of me is from Halloween...here it is.


I've lost a little bit of weight since then, but not a lot.

[mzmolly]

3. WOO HOO! Go VELMA.

:toast:

What's your secret? I just grew out of a size 9/10 fargen hormones! ;)

[VelmaD]

9. Calories

I'm obsessive about burning more calories every day than I consume. I go the the gym 4 or 5 times a week and I normally restrict my diet to about 1000 calories a day. It's not something I'd recommend for everyone mind you, but it works for me.

[leftist_rebel1569]

4. That's great!

congratulations! :hi:

[VelmaD]

8. Thanks Little Bit

*age appropriate smooches*

[SOteric]

6. WooHoo!

Shake that (size 10) thang!

[VelmaD]

10. Hee...

I'm so happy I'm about to bust. I actually started crying in the dressing room. I'm such a dork. :-)

[populistmom]

11. Allright Velma!!!!

I had a feeling. My next mission is the glamorous formal Christmas party dress I have to get in the next couple of weeks. (Of course, there's the dress and boobies issue, which we discussed before, so we'll see, but I'm hopeful too.)

I'm so happy for you!

:party: :toast: :bounce: :yourock:

[VelmaD]

12. Thank you ma'am

It's so nice to know that people are rooting for me. I love DU and everyone on it. :-)

And you will get into the glamorous dress. And you will look Fa-Bu-Lous. *snap*

[GOPisEvil]

14. Yee-fuckin'-ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good for you!!!!!! :bounce:

[VelmaD]

16. Look at the exclamation points.

Thanks hon. Lucky you - you get to see my new skinny-pants. :-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. Good for you. that's great!

Enjoy that feeling!

:)

[VelmaD]

18. Thanks

I'm doing my best to hang onto this feeling. I already felt good but everybody has been so nice and I don't have words for how amazing I feel right now. :-)

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Congrats to you!

That's awesome news, and I'm happy to see you so elated!

[VelmaD]

20. Thank you kind sir

Every time someone chimes in on this thread I just keep floating higher and higher off the ground. :yourock: