May 2025 Starters Thread 8. Happy One Year Anniversary To Us!!

[FlorenceNightshade]

As promised a new thread for our Anniversary!

@Kbr22 I'm slowly figuring out what I like to wear now, and what suits me.
I bought a top from New Look and was astounded at how much younger I looked. Still not sure on the jeans. I'm watching the 90s well and truly get comfortable in clothes shops, it's like I'm a teenager all over again.

I've got this in my bag at the moment:

https://www.newlook.com/uk/womens/clothing/tops/brown-striped-frill-neckline-blouse/p/945263629

to potentially wear with flared or mom jeans. I'm sitting here looking at it thinking, 'is that too young for me?' but I don't really think that's a 'thing'. I don't know where that thought has come from. I really like the neckline and sleeves on it.
Can't see myself ordering cargo trousers to go with it though.

I don't get this, isn't this just pyjamas?

https://www.newlook.com/uk/womens/clothing/trousers/brown-striped-wide-leg-trousers/p/949874929

I like the look but - isn't it?

Added this to my bag too -

https://www.newlook.com/uk/womens/clothing/tops/burnt-orange-button-through-tank-top/p/940869481

Quite different to my Boden blouses and Next t-shirts.

I think it’s the fashion! I was in a big Tesco yesterday looking at clothes and was wondering whether some were trousers or pyjamas!
But I bought a size 14 blouse and it drowns me, and a medium size t shirt fits, whereas this time last year I’d have been looking for XL as a minimum, or men’s t shirts. I keep picking size L things up and thinking they look big, and thinking they must have put the wrong label on.

Ive done thousands of extra steps this week and lite of big hills in with those, but still not even gone down to where I was two weeks ago (and there was never any obvious reason why I’d gone up 3lbs anyway!). But strangely it’s not bothered me as I know it’s got to be a blip and must come off sooner or later - that feels quite nice that I’ve not spiralled off the wagon.

Friday check in - another week of maintaining. Sigh.

Better than a gain but it's made me determined to dig deep this week and make it a loss!!

I’m with you. But not getting off the wagon. Gotta get some movement sooner or later!

@DidILeaveTheGasOn I don't think that top is too young for you - it's a style I'd wear and I'm 72. But not in brown as it's not in my colour range.
I'm currently in skinny jeans (I know and i don't care) and a t shirt. About to put on leggings to go to the gym. Definitely too old for all of that but again - I don't care.

@SussexLass87 Just think about what you've lost overall. Scales will move - and check out how your body feels.

Save me a seat on that wagon! Another STS this week for me too. 🤣🤣

Our wagon….

Stepped enthusiastically onto the scales earlier in the week and they immediately started chatting shite about me putting on half a pound and i just walked away. My clothes feel good so I think it's all going in the right direction.

Starting to look a bit knackered around the eyes now. I've gone from looking slimmer and neater around the jawline to... a lovely smooth complexion with no puffiness to... cracks are beginning to emerge and they're like faultlines.

Last June I had lumi pro injections in my undereye area, it's intensive moisturiser injected just ever so slightly under the skin, and that helped, not sure what to consider now. I've heard too many negative things about filler.

Love the blouse and tank top, @DidILeaveTheGasOn , but agree with you about the trousers - think it must be the stripes and the draw cord at the waist , one or the other but not both!
WW weigh in this morning and a gain of 2.5lbs, so am a whisker under 10 stone.
Jabbed earlier, upped it to the full 5mg and already feeling shattered .
Budge up on the wagon, is there room for one more ?