Using a tape measure to get your waistline size..

LadyEmeraude

LadyEmeraude

You may call me EM 😊
The chat about using a tape measure to get our waist size
came up not too long ago at a lunch I attended between some friends.

It was a sort of funny chat I guess, and when asked if our
waist lines were close to when we were in our 30's, I had
to reply with an answer of NO.

The last time I measured my waistline with a tape measure
was some moons ago...

;)
 

Wellll..... ahem..... after my diabetes diagnosis, I got serious.
Lots of bacon :D
Also got a Trek ..folding.. bike. Still have it but with one eye pretty much gone, I don't take it out any more. :cry:
Did 7-12 miles a day...EVERY day!
Lost 140 pounds. and have kept... it.... off. :cool:
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Plus, 14 INCHES off the waist. :p

Funny story about the situation. My wife and I wanted some flat stones to make a walkway.
Went to the rock place.
I stepped on the rock scale.
YOWZIE !!! :eek:
Called over to wife to show her how the place was ...CHEATING ..people with a rigged scale. :rolleyes:
With me on it, it read 350 pounds!! (The bathroom scale at home only went up to 220. Annnddd....dummy me thought "well, not that bad.")
She got on and...hmmm.... 135. :cautious:

Welp, that got me serious about it and a diabetes diagnosis. :)
That was 15-18 years ago and a very surprising thing.

Now, no dieting and no weight gain. Serendipity. :)
 
Just bragging that the role of tape I use is from the 1920's when Grandma had to take a job as a seamstress. Haven't used it in decades and decades, but I need to measure myself for some new bras I want, so will use it again soon, unless it has disintegrated by now!
 
At this same lunch I was at, one of the gals felt it important
that females should each own 7 bras and never just one.
So then that topic arose. When my turn for a reply, I gave
the honest answer that I just own 5 bras at this time lol.
 
What about women who wore, i.e. Sunday panties on Tuesday? Would something bad happen? Did these women revolt and become beatniks and later hippies?

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OR
did they develop obsessive compulsive disorders due to having to wear i.e. Sunday panties on Sundays only? Etc.
 
Pepper said:
Why isn't five bras enough?

@LadyEmeraude remember those 7 panties in a pack with the name of the day of the week on each?

Duh, wasn't that silly?
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Hi @ Pepper :)

Well, this one gal talks a lot generally about bras, and undergarments,
she always wanted to work in a lingerie department or store but never
go around to doing it she says.

I think five bras is more than enough, at least for me ha.

I sure do remember those 7 panties in a pack, just saw that Walmart has
stocked those 7 pack panties again. ;) and with the days of the week
on them. I won't run out to buy any though probably lol

Next lunch this gal will want to talk about how many pair of panties we
each own...
 
I did sell a lot of lingerie. I was so good I could tell a woman's exact size just by looking at her. My husband too. I remember one time in NH we were at an amusement part w/our son, on a long line for a ride. We passed the time by declaring each woman's size. It was so funny and helped the wait move faster.
 
Pepper said:
I did sell a lot of lingerie. I was so good I could tell a woman's exact size just by looking at her. My husband too. I remember one time in NH we were at an amusement part w/our son, on a long line for a ride. We passed the time by declaring each woman's size. It was so funny and helped the wait move faster.
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that is a great story @ Pepper! How about for fun you try and guess my size, just for fun.
I will tell you if you are close or not ;)
 
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I don't ever measure or weigh myself. I know I am about 2 stones overweight. If my clothes fit, good. If not, I get a bigger size. I am past worrying about all that, life is so much more than looks. As long as I am clean and presentable, suitably dressed and comfortable, that's all that matters.
I am doing daily exercise, I do eat prudently and in time I hope to lose some weight. Meanwhile I refuse to let it be a worry.
 
Pepper said:
I did sell a lot of lingerie. I was so good I could tell a woman's exact size just by looking at her. My husband too. I remember one time in NH we were at an amusement part w/our son, on a long line for a ride. We passed the time by declaring each woman's size. It was so funny and helped the wait move faster.
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My brother in laws wife owns a lingerie shop and it’s very busy store. She’s very busy there. For a while she worked at a sex toy shop too. 😅🤫
 
Uncle Bozo said:
Wellll..... ahem..... after my diabetes diagnosis, I got serious.
Lots of bacon :D

:)
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Love this.

Why? Because you know, bacon tastes great, amazing. Like myself and pork chops, it's glorious, an out of world experience. :D

BUT - you know it's not good for you, so you do without. I recently bought some pork chops, and they were great. But I know that as much as I love them, they're not something I can eat every week. So you set aside your craving for healthier options. You don't really want to, but you do anyway.

Well done!
 
VaughanJB said:
Love this.

Why? Because you know, bacon tastes great, amazing. Like myself and pork chops, it's glorious, an out of world experience. :D

BUT - you know it's not good for you, so you do without. I recently bought some pork chops, and they were great. But I know that as much as I love them, they're not something I can eat every week. So you set aside your craving for healthier options. You don't really want to, but you do anyway.
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Au contraire, mon frere.
Weight FLYS off when you stop carbs.
Bacon, cheese, eggs, veggies.

2 bacons, 2 eggs, was breakfast EVERY day.

Lunch was half a peanut butter/salami sandwich. Dinner usually a frozen fish TV dinner.
Poof ..... go the pounds. :)

Fortunately still had good cholesterol. Still do.
 

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