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OllieWollieWoo · 21/04/2010 06:49

Credit to Everything for the lovely new title!

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notyummy · 29/04/2010 10:22

blossoming - I know exactly what you mean. Most people have a weight that they feel and look good at, without looking gaunt or having to think about every mouthful - it sounds like thats what you are aiming for. My DH is fairly slim and exercises quite a lot so we sometimes work out together, and he understands when I want to go out for a run. He isn't very good at eating heathily (although is much better than he used to be....11 years of me nagging him!)however he will on the whole eat what I give him, and I try to provide mainly healthy food for the family.

I am actually worse at work than when at home - there is a big biscuit tin around 10 paces from my desk and I find it hard to resist! Plus a sandwich trolley that comes round with lush sarnies, crisps and cakes. On maternity leave and on the 3 days a week I am home with DD I find I snack a lot less and move more - my weight plummeted in the 5 months after I had her to the point that I was skinny than on my wedding day - and then I put some on after I went back to work! It helped that dd bf and was a 98% centile party balloon...

MarshaBrady · 29/04/2010 10:28

lol at party balloon.

Ds2 (nearly 5 months) is off the charts tall. Bf'ding does help. Am back to pre-preg but but would like to lose a tidge more for optimum good looks in clothing.

blossoming · 29/04/2010 10:44

You're right marsha, 'optimum good looks in clothing' is the goal. No tummy over hang or muffin tops. Until then, there's spanx.

notyummy, those work 'treats' are lethal. When dc2 was born and was poorly, we spent time in a children's hospital. Dc2's bed was next to the nurses station, and they would just sit there eating chocolates ALL DAY. They had the worst figures. I don't know how you could have avoided it if you worked there.

traceybath · 29/04/2010 11:09

Morning All.

I'm at my university weight now and maintaining it fairly well by being super good most days but eating what I want on Saturdays.

DH is training for bike races so is very health conscious which helps - we both put on weight when I'm pregnant.

Just been to h&m and bought 2 nice stripey tank tops (navy and white and £5.99 each) and a navy blue silk mix cardigan which I'll tie at the front. All very nice quality and very reasonable.

Haven't caught up on all the links yet but will do so.

everythingiseverything · 29/04/2010 11:09

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LetThemEatCake · 29/04/2010 11:11

all this talk of weight always close to my heart. My BMI now just under 20, so still well within healthy range, but DH likes to pull out the Skeletor thing as a way of saying "stop now, that's enough." I like a body that looks good in clothes, he likes a body that looks huggable and shaggable. But that's often the thing with men and women, I guess.

Roman I am no nutritionist but I'd say that if you want to maintain weight without empty calories you should ditch the choc and pastries for chickpeas, avocado, brown rice oily fish, avocado, full fat yoghurt, nuts, lentils & quinoa. All brilliant for skin, mood & energy whilst being reasonably calorific.

Mum arrives mid-June. I can cope fine until then. I could never allow someone into my life to do the job that I've signed up for. Exhausting it may be, but a happy exhaustion, nothing like the utterly draining grief of 5 years ago. If someone could have told me then that I'd be blessed with 3 children now, I don't think I'd have believed them. So now that I've got 'em, I'm not delegating!!!!

Back on to weight & clothes for a minute. A friend of mine admired my outfit the other day, saying that I looked like a movie star (it was the big glasses I think) Anyway, I was head-to-toe Primark, ebay & Zara and told her so, to which a she replied, yes but everything looks good when you're thin.

Do you think that's true? do you think that when you're bigger you have to rely more on quality fabric and cut than when you're slimmer?

Dressed rather too optimistically this morning and have come home to get changed before taking the boys out. Wearing Theory skirt in silver/grey with a sequinned hem, navy blue tank tucked in, fitted denim jacket buttoned up and sleeves turned up to elbows, blue scarf shot through with silver, silver glads. My legs are cold!! I'm going for a bit on-trend blue-on-blue but my kneecaps are not supposed to be part of that look

MarshaBrady · 29/04/2010 11:15

Everything does look good when one is thin.

But I still like good quality clothing! I love the idea of it, and owning it. It is, however, a recent thing. Who knows why, I love designery stuff.

LetThemEatCake · 29/04/2010 11:23

couple of discount codes - not valid for long

Heidi Klein - 20% off plus P&P, valid for another day - enter HKSL20 at checkout

LK Bennett - 20% off, valid for another 3 days - enter SLP at checkout

notyummy · 29/04/2010 11:24

Depends on your definition of thin, really. I prefer slim myself. I look at VB or Angelina Jolie and genuinely think - 'EAT SOMETHING!!!' - they have incredibly expensive clothes but I think they would look better if they were at least a stone heavier.

Elle MacPherson generally looks great, and I would put a lot of money on her BMI being higher than the two cited above. Nell McAndrew (bit random I know - and she's not exactly a clothes horse...) always looks great and is known for a killer body, but she weighs 10 1/2 stone. It's about being slim and toned I think. There is also a bit of me that likes a bit of attention from men (I am happily married I must add) and there are certain weights I have been at when I got it more than others - and it wasn't at my thinnest!

blossoming · 29/04/2010 11:33

ltec, huggable and shaggable is good!! I was thin and straight up and down throughout my teens and twenties and hated having no curves.
I admit to dressing for men so I don't do high fashion ar anything directional. So I'm avoiding clogs and harems. Dh loved the skinny jeans/Breton I wore yesterday and found me quite shaggable huggable!
Dressing for skinny is so easy though. Cheap clothes look great even. Much harder when you have problem areas.

MarshaBrady · 29/04/2010 11:35

I tell you what I do like, I like being able to be more adventurous with clothing - which I can only do at a certain size. Otherwise it's choosing flattering, and I don't want to shop for flattering! I want difficult stuff which is harder to wear, (not harems, but not always trying to lengthen things etc).

Dh is atypical and only likes skinny women, sod!

everythingiseverything · 29/04/2010 11:42

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notyummy · 29/04/2010 11:43

I bought some 'kind-of' harems (more like cuffed trousers) from Jigsaw, and every time I put them on, DH hums the tune of 'Prince Ali' from Aladin.

There are certain things that men are mystified about!

traceybath · 29/04/2010 11:44

Oh god - I think its much easier to dress well on a budget if you're slimmer.

My bmi is about 19.5 I think and everything clothes wise looks better when I'm this weight.

Problem is you then want to buy everything!

I like not looking at every item and thinking will it cover arms/tummy etc.

I'm not skinny though - still have boobs and hips and bit of a tummy.

Its freezing here today - boots back on unfortunately.

MarshaBrady · 29/04/2010 11:47

yes I agree everything. Proportions! All about the proportions.

traceybath · 29/04/2010 11:56

But I do still think you can look good whater size/shape you are - just takes a little more effort or rather knowing what works and what doesn't.

Says me from my 5ft nothing height

MarshaBrady · 29/04/2010 11:58

Ach TraceyB I know you look fabulous. That one on DH, which one.. Gabby... is tiny and she looks immaculate and excellent.

blossoming · 29/04/2010 12:03

everything, love the clothes, where are the nude heels from again?

notyummy · 29/04/2010 12:09

everything - love thr nude heels and the hat! How high would you say the heels are? I like heels but am tall and have to avoid anything to high for fear of the 'tranny' look.....

Romanarama · 29/04/2010 12:14

I think you can look good whatever shape and size up to a point (I can't see you're going to look great at size 18+), but it's much easier if you're tall and thin, which is why models are tall and thin. You can carry off all lengths and don't have to worry about covering up certain areas.

The things I look horrible in are most underwear, and anything that requires cleavage

VerityBrulee · 29/04/2010 12:14

Love the sound of your outfit LTEC

I am happy to say I am finally wearing my Lanvins They arrived about 30 mins ago, along with a customs bill for 43.75, which I was not expecting. They are lovely, but very, very high - I will have to practise a lot I think. Thanks to Tracey I am wearing them with khaki skinnies, which I found in Zara in the teen section for a bargainicious 20 Euro. They are fab, and if you hadn't posted about yours I would have passed them by completely

I agree there is a fine line between slim and thin. I have lost lots of weight since I gave up wheat, and I look much better in my clothes even though I was only a 10 before. I know though that if I get too thin I tend to look grey and get hollows under my eyes which is not a good look!

Romanarama · 29/04/2010 12:15

love the clothes everything especially the nude heels

traceybath · 29/04/2010 12:18

I definitely think there's a point where you look fab in clothes because so slim but not so good in a bikini.

I guess Jennifer Aniston is my ideal from a physical point of view.

Romana - any joy on the job front?

Ooooh Verity - yeay for the Lanvins getting to you!

Romanarama · 29/04/2010 12:21

Just writing some applications at the mo. Feeling unmotivated, and cross with dh for just telling me he was 'very busy' and putting the phone down when I asked him to do something, in a 'I have a very important job and you don't way' that wasn't helpful in the circs. I mean, he does have a busy job, but 5 hours writing job apps and 5 hours with kids is a busy day too, isn't it?

VerityBrulee · 29/04/2010 12:21

Everything fantasic purchases, the hat is gorgeous, I have been collecting hats since I was a student, and the Grevi ones are the most prized in my collection, they are beautifully made.

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