{"id":11598,"date":"2011-01-09T16:52:08","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T00:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=11598"},"modified":"2011-01-09T16:52:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T00:52:08","slug":"i-used-to-be-that-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=11598","title":{"rendered":"I Used to Be That Girl…"},"content":{"rendered":"

You never really know WHERE you’ll lose weight until you lose it. When I was 250 pounds and trying to lose 100 pounds I never really imagined what I would look like after I lost the weight. Sure, some people say “visualize” to motivate. But I honestly could not imagine in my mind what I would look like “After.”<\/p>\n

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As I lost weight slowly my body started to change. The last place I lost weight was my stomach (of course). There were surprises as well: my feet got smaller. I also lost inches in my fingers. It makes sense of course but it never occurred to me that my fingers would get skinnier too.<\/p>\n

I used to be that girl that wore rings.<\/p>\n

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\nI wore at least two rings on each hand every single day. I loved rings. I collected pretty ones wherever I went. For example, this ring I bought at my very first Renaissance Faire:<\/p>\n

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\nThat was one I wore every day. Now look how it fits:<\/p>\n

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\nIt doesn’t even fit on other fingers. This next ring is an heirloom from my Grandma. Yellow gold with emerald. I don’t wear yellow gold but I love this ring and really wish it fit. I’ve thought about spending the money to get it resized.<\/p>\n

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\nThis malachite ring I’ve had since I was 15 or so and love it as well. I’d also get it resized (if that’s possible with the design) so it fit again.<\/p>\n

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\nThis ring I bought on a road trip to San Francisco. I bought it at a Tibetan store in Berkeley.<\/p>\n

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SF - 2003?<\/p><\/div>\n

I cannot part with these rings. I really wish that they fit.<\/p>\n

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Rachel and Me, Montana 2002?<\/p><\/div>\n

When I was at Fred Meyer today grabbing groceries for the week I stopped in at Fred Meyer Jewelers to see what size I am now. I’m either 5 3\/4 or a size 6. The size 6 fit pretty well but I think the 5 3\/4 might be better (he didn’t have that smaller size for me to try though). I tried on a few rings they had but didn’t see anything that really struck my fancy. I decided that I would reward myself for losing 100 pounds and keeping it off by buying myself a ring that I can wear every day. It’s silly to wait because it’s not like I’m worried about gaining the weight back. It’s also time to get my favorite rings resized and start wearing them again.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: When you reached goal weight did you reward yourself with something you really wanted? What was it?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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