Quandries.

My bra size is not quite right, and it’s actually been hard to keep up with it as I’m losing weight, but the measurement guides I’ve been discovering are driving me crazy!

Ok, most of the measurements say take your ribcage measurement, add five, then take your bust size measurement, and subtract bust from rib +5.

If I did that, I would need a 46 A. Not only would it be impossible to find, it would fall off of me. And I’m not anywhere near an A by anybody’s imagination! confused This is the method recommended by Victoria’s Secret and others.

Another method uses the straight rib cage method as your band size. And then you subtract the bust measurement from ribcage measurement.

By this measurement, I am a 40 D. This cup size is too big for me.

If I use my high chest measurement, it is no better. It would also put me in a 40 D (which I have, and they don’t fit right). Or maybe a 38 DD.

I think next I will try a 40 C or a 38 D (which band is snug, maybe a little two snug, but the D cut might make the difference. I have a 42 D where the underwires fit me perfectly but the band is too loose. Maybe I should think about making my own bras. But I don’t want to while I’m still losing weight!

I want to know, how can someone where a bra band 5 inches bigger than one’s ribcage, and have a good fit? Maybe this goes back to the pre-lycra days, when they were unstretchy fabric.

Weight’s doing ok. Lost 5 lbs last week, which scared the heck out of me, but I had been plateauing for 3 weeks. This morning, I get on the scale, I’ve lost another pound, but just 1. Ah.

And as crazy as this week has been, my son has actually been particularly good this week. No problems, done his chores, no girlfriend anxieties, no legal crises. Still hasn't found a job, but we've got one court ordered thingie done - a drug and alcohol evaluation. Seems to be doing pretty good. Needs to have UAs done for the next three months just to keep him honest.

Maturity! The movement from teen into adulthood looks like it's starting to happen...or at least I'm hoping.

eek!

Didn't realize I had skipped so many days posting.

This morning, I am having an achies flare, not surprising, because there is a front coming in. Puffed up, stiff, and nauseated to boot.

This week has been rather crazy so far. I spent two days looking for a missing partial denture which absolutely disapeered from the house over the weekend. I even looked through the garbage. Still have no idea where it ended up.

Adding to this was the fact that we were transferring my son from one highschool to an alternative school this week. Son had to go take some placement tests Tuesday, but he doesn't start attending until next Tuesday.

Yesterday morning there was a 7:30 trip to the dentist, and learning that it will be two weeks before I even get to do the try in, so if I get them by Thanksgiving I will be lucky.

Then class prep for my catechism class.

My size 18 jeans (a straight 18, not an 18w - an 18 is closer to a 16w in size) are starting to slip down too low. That's a nice thing. If I want to keep wearing them, I'm going to have to buy a belt.

Another week...

Tomorrow looks to be busy.

Son got a traffic ticket that has to be paid tomorrow, and he lost the citation. He has an orientation at the alternative school he's transferring to. He's got bronchitis and spent most of the weekend sleeping.

Lost another 2 lbs. this week. For awhile there, I was gettting nervous, because I dropped five lbs in less than 10 days. I wasn't doing anything different. Eating carefully around 1300-1400 calories a day. I had plateaued for about 3 weeks, so I am hoping that was just me moving to a new point. First I lost 3 lbs. Then 1 pound each of the next 2 days. Then I started cycling between 190 and 193. This morning, I got on the scale, and I was at 189.8, which is nice. I think I'm more on track, and the mad drop definitely is back to where it ought to be.

Life.

Spent a good part of this afternoon stacking firewood. We had to move our firewood to a more secure stash site in the back yard. We were keeping it in our driveway area, but someone stole a noticable amount one day, so we have moved it. With the price of natural gas this year, I am going to be glad we went for an extra cord. But we're kind of needing to hurry it finished, as we normally get our first snow somewhere near halloween, which is right around the corner.

I am finally working on the body of the sweater I've been knitting. 40 more rows and then the bottom rib stitching. It is going fast. Yay!