June 01, 2007
Sewing and Weightloss, Frustrations
So over the last 12 weeks of being on the Weight Watcher's program I've lost just over 15 pounds. That said, I've still got about 55 pounds to go until I reach the final goal I set for myself at the start of this endeavor.
Don't get me wrong, I am absolutely thrilled that I'm down below 200 lbs now. The first time the scale pegged me at 199 (in the morning, mostly unclothed) several weeks ago I was literally dancing around I was so happy. :)
But. There's a down side to losing weight. As I go down in size I'm going to lose many of the pretty things I've collected to wear over the years. If I'm lucky I might also get a few back. I'm also going to lose a lot of the clothing that I've made for myself at great pain and expense. I'm not looking forward to redoing the waistbands on all of my Victorian skirts. I expect I'll have to come up with some extra petticoats to make the hips not look sad.
I will probably also go through several corsets over the next year or so. This is something else I am very much not looking forward to. It takes me about a week of hard labor (all evenings, not all days) to make a corset using my current methods and I am not terribly interested in repeating that every three months or so. I'll probably try out the Truly Victorian corset pattern in the hopes that it might be a little faster and easier (well and fit me as an overbust corset).
Anyway, all this really boils down to is that I'm having a hard time getting myself excited about sewing lately. I have a lot of projects (and materials) backed up and waiting, but I can't seem to face 60+ hours of labor for an ensemble knowing that I might just have to get rid of it in six months.
*sigh*
It's all a blessing and a curse I guess. I've been losing about 1 to 2 pounds a week (usually closer to 1.2 to 1.5). So at this rate I should be pretty much down to 145 within a year. I'm kind of conflicted. Should I just go ahead with sewing things and accept that they will need to be reworked or simply discarded later on? Should I wait on my favorite projects and materials until I'm closer to the size I want to end up?
There are some things I won't be able to ignore, like my LARPs at GenCon and the Victorian LARP I'll be going to down in Ohio this September. Perhaps I'll ask around on the TV forums and see what patterns people thing will be most easily alterable...
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