[HungarianGypsy]

I hope you don't have 6 or 8 kids :-)

LOL! I was actually in shock to read the scale last time. I look curvy, but I don't look fat. So did not expect such a high number.

[kaylar]

I found out that I was 10 lbs heavier than I thought I was when I took my dog to the vet and I had to stand on the floor scale with and without dachshund to get HER weight. "Shocked" would be putting it mildly-horrified, traumatized, terrified, desperate-

I usually wear skirts and dresses, which are much more forgiving in the waist and hips department than are slacks and jeans. I have adjusted my wardrobe accordingly, stepped up on the exercise (pushups, situps, and exercise bike) and I've cut out carbonated drinks by 90%. Seems to be working-my jeans are now fairly loose instead of almost unfastenable.