This weekend I actually did some chores. Cleaning and rearranging stuff and going through clothing to get rid of things that don’t fit anymore. I will also try to keep in check the smug look I will give myself when the jeans that haven’t fit in years now do so. The look will be tempered by the fact that while they might “fit” technically, they’re also probably hopelessly out of style. Which is fine with me.
One of the things I ran across wedged in a corner was a beensy bottle of Tabac Original by Maurer & Wirtz, which I wrote about last year. I love it when I run across something like that- I refuse to take it as a sign that I need to clean more thoroughly (Or at least organize better). I just take it as a sign that I may need another one of these, especially at $6, retail.
What I do not need is another Hume scale. It’s one of those things that’s supposed to tell you all of the different parts of your body and what they weigh and give you a handle on getting rid of the handles.
Well, lets just say it didn’t work out.
First, to get the benefit of all the bells and whistles you need to subscribe to the service. Otherwise your information will not be correct- at one point it reported that my forearm had 42% body fat. Just the forearm. They replaced that one when it ceased to speak to my iPad then when that also didn’t work had to up the whining until they finally sent me an RA for the stupid thing and a refund.
But I am just one stomach bug away from my goal weight (I had to get in a Devil Wears Prada reference, didn’t I?
Images: my iPhone, Pexels.
Hahahaha the Hume scale! Glad they gave you your money back. I dunno …. you’ve got that classic, preppy look. Does it ever really go out of style? I bet you look GREAT.
I like to consider it “classic” and not just “never grew the fu** up”
Congrats on fitting into old clothes! It’s a good feeling. I decided to go for the 10+lbs I want to lose by stopping all my evening and late night munching. I surprised myself – I’m doing it and it’s been fairly easy. Yay! BTW, at my height, losing 10lbs is noticeable. I haven’t weighted myself in 6+ months. I can tell my weight by how my clothes fit.
I have been rechecking perfumes on my bottle list. Some are off the bottle list and on the decant list. My biggest surprise is still Dior Hypnotic Poison edt. I can’t get enough of it and love it in warm weather!
Maya-
I think that’s the key. I cut sugar out and pretty much won’t eat anything after 8. I also need to focus on the fact that I have lost and not on what I (feel) I have yet to lose.
I agree wholeheartedly. Be proud of what you have accomplished and if you want to lose more – you’ve already proven to yourself you can. That means a lot, maybe everything!
I keep proving to myself I can do it. Over and over and over. Now I just have to figure out how to stop on the right number and stay there (although I know it’s not about numbers..)
If picking a number makes it easier, do it. Then when you’re at that number and you like the way you look, stop and maintain, if not, do a new number. 🙂 Just DO NOT head to anorexia!
Oh trust me, that ain’t happening..
Good! lol!
I like food too much for that..
Heya Tom,
Jin’s scales are digital. I’m bloody excited because currently I’m 100.7kg (220p). Eight years ago I was just over 125kg (276p) so YAY!
Tabac Original was the first fragrance I ever reviewed on APJ, it was my Dad’s scent and I still love it. So good to drop a tablespoonful in the bath just before you plunge, particularly in a cool summer bath.
Portia xx
I’ve noticed in your snaps that you are looking svelte these days, so good for you. For us!
Of course I am going to write that we all need to be healthy and happy at whatever we are at, but especially as we head into our 40’s (shut up, you!) we had better be better about preventative care and part of that isn’t burdening my little stony heart with excess avoirdupois.
Yes, true. I was happy heavy and am cool with being a little less so. More proud of myself for doing my best to get the diabetes under control.
Well that’s a major consideration that I thankfully don’t have to take into account. You look fantastic! As always!
Scales, one of the worst inventions of human kind!
Mine are accurate to half an ounce. If I wished I could weigh a wee by standing on them before & after.
Handbags are where I find bottles that have gone MIA. A sign of too many bottles & too many handbags
There is no such thing as too many handbags.
Preach, brotha! PREACH!!!
You are a lot of fun!!!
A hoot!
I don’t even have a reason for them but I love them..
That’s a wonderful feeling, the ‘I fit into you again’. Congrats!
I have an Etekcity or some such name scale. It seems to be reasonably precise. If I rock back and forth or step on the side of the surface rather than the middle it does the equivalent of tapping its fingers in annoyance.
This one was really annoying. Still is, I still have one of them. It still won’t talk to my iPad, even to tell it my left wrist had 78% body fat. But it was free. Inaccurate, but free.
And do I really need to know if my wrist is fat?
Congrats on being able to reinstate older, smaller clothes into your current lineup! I’ve been able to do that with a few items as well, and like you, I wish to reduce a little further in order to get into some more old favorites that I saved. How fun to run across the Tabac! Can’t relate to that I’m afraid. All the scents are in one place, so I don’t run across stuff, darn the luck!
I wish I could be better but I think months after I am dead small bottles and samples will be resurfacing for months. “Oh that, that’s from the great Lutens order from StC in fall of ’22”.. Keep searching! There’s a bottle of Derby in there somewhere!”