Size 16 and dropping!

[whiteraven1606]

I'm all giddy and I want to share why. :) I started in April of 2009 near my birthday a weight loss thing. I call it a thing because it wasn't/isn't a diet or restrictions on how/what to eat. Nope. It was called The Gabriel Method. I wouldn't have found it if I hadn't of had a Kindle.

Anyway, it was a book and I read it and then went to the website

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[whiteraven1606]

Thanks. I just have so much trouble finding clothes that I actually like the look of. So much is :P to me. Actually weight doesn't affect the pain in the hip/back it is a nerve thing and existing it enough to make it mad.

:) Yep. I figure everything is on YouTube. Try users emilyandozzie, ‎GRDanceFitness, PatriciaMatthews1, tfiik00, or tiffanyloveszumba. They all have clear videos of Zumba classes or routines.

This one is to Zoot Suit Riot:
‎http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPhLaOI8kU

[chaoskir]

Congratulations!!! That's a healthy thing to lose weight!!

Good for your soul and your body!

I do totally understand you!

[whiteraven1606]

Thanks. :)

Sorry this is so late of a reply. LJ decided not to send me a notification of any comments for a while there.

[masterpenguin82]

Congratulations!!! It's so great that you're doing it the healthy way that's actually likely to last.

I'm a big believer in the 'zipper test' - where the only way you know you've lost weight is that your clothes are loose, I haven't weighed myself in forever, but I adore that i'm in smaller jeans. It's a great feeling you must be ecstatic!

Gonna start zumba myself soon with my sisters/ Should be fun.

[whiteraven1606]

Yep. And it is so much easier than dieting ever was.

I totally support that test. :D I have jeans falling off my hips that fit only a few months ago. :D The only thing I hate is that the jeans sizing changed again and according to the new sizing I'm a bigger size than before. How stupid is that? I have to ignore the tags and measure with a ruler so I don't get pissed while trying to shop.

:) It is great! I love some of the videos I've found.

So sorry this was so late. LJ decided to hate me and didn't send me notifications of comments for most of August I found out today. :P

[masterpenguin82]

Eh, LJ can be a pain but you gotta love it anyway.

[january_snow]

congratulations on the weight loss, it's so hard and it seems like you're doing wonders!

also encouraging to hear about you managing pain - after a broken knee i can somewhat empathise...

[whiteraven1606]

Thanks! It actually hasn't been hard for me since I started the Gabriel Method. It was always hard before, but now I know that was because I was approaching the whole thing from the wrong angle.

Yep. Sucks, but it is much better than it was. No crutches and no feeling the need to hack off my leg at the hip. :D

[january_snow]

No crutches and no feeling the need to hack off my leg at the hip

hehehe, know what ya mean