I have some exciting news y’all!! As many of you already know, when I first started my weight loss journey, I also started out in clothes that had a label of XL and even 2XL. For many years, I’d been wearing these sizes and if I continued down the path I was on, no doubt the numbers in front of the sizes of my clothes would have increased as well. But, I decided to stop my horrible habits and make a difference. And, I am very excited to tell you that the difference has been quite dramatic (more so than my weight loss) in the sizes of my clothes.
A few weeks ago, I tried on my wedding dress, which many of you saw, and that was drastic in and of itself. However, I don’t wear my wedding dress practically every day and therefore trying it on once in a while doesn’t make too much of a difference as compared with my day to day clothing. The biggest difference that I can see is in my work clothes. A few weeks ago, I had to ask for a size 14 because my size 16 shirt was getting WAY too loose!! Just the other day, I noticed that my size 14 shirt was also getting WAY too loose. So, Friday morning, I took home a size 12 shirt. I didn’t get a chance to put it on that day or the next so I put it on today right before I went to work. (It still needs to be washed and ironed, but I decided to see how it looked.) Well folks, it fits!! And, not only that, but the tummy area is still a little loose. So, I imagine within the next few weeks, I have to get a size 10. You know what that also means!! I’m so close to the one-digit clothing sizes!! This is awesome!!
On Friday, I also noticed something else. My husband and I went out to eat that night and I had noticed that my favorite shirt was getting a little loose on me. (Btw, the shirt that I was wearing was actually in a bag of clothes that my husband inherited from a church friend of ours << the same one whose son had amazing results from P90X and Insanity. In fact, this bag of clothing had belonged to her son. Anyway, I rummaged through it to see if there was any L size clothing because XL was just way too big for me. I found a few shirts but my favorite one became the Blue UK shirt. I was so happy that it was size L!!) Now, I am saddened by the fact that it is getting too big for me, but absolutely elated that I’m continuing to get smaller!
Before we left, I looked in the mirror and had a “moment” with myself. I started to pulled at various places on the shirt to see how long I might be able to wear it when all of a sudden, a wonderful thought came to me: “Maybe you should try wearing a size M shirt?” This thought remained in my head throughout our dinner and even during Saturday until…
I spent Saturday evening with my mom and one of the things we decided to do was to go to the consignment shop. (I absolutely LOVE consignment shops!! I don’t care if someone already wore it, well, with the exception of certain items like hats, underwear, bras, etc.<< that’s a no go for me. But, I love to browse through the racks and find nice clothing for myself at decent prices!! I’ve actually found a LOT of nice clothing at prices close to NOTHING!! For instance, that shirt I wore to church yesterday: $0.50!!) Anyway, I picked out a very pretty brown and gold knit overshirt (to match a skirt that I also got for $0.50) but it was a size M. I picked it up, admired it’s beauty and then put it back once I saw the “M.” Something inside told me to pick it back up and try it on. So, I pulled it off of the rack again and headed toward the fitting room. Once in the fitting room I just went for it. Slipped it over my head, put my arms through and pulled it down. It fit!! And, it looked awesome!! I just had to get it!! ($0.00 because I used my in-store credit to purchase it!! Along with some gold flip flop heels.)
So, I can now wear size M clothing!! I can’t even remember if I’ve EVER been able to wear size M clothing! When I was younger, for clothes shopping before the school year started, my mom would always have to take me to the women’s department so that stuff would fit. (How embarrassing!!) I remember getting a lot of clothing that made me look like an old woman!! (Double embarrassing!!)
And, now, a story that has got to be the WORST and MOST embarrassing. (Thinking about it now, the emotions I feel toward it is a mix of sadness and hilarity.) Anyway, my mom would sometimes surprise my sister and me with clothes from Sears (because she used to work there.) She’d bring them home, have us try them on and most of the time they would fit (because she knew our sizes.) I remember her buying me a couple of the same types of shirt but in different colors or designs. The item that is a part of this story was a light orange thick cotton shirt with three buttons at the top. It was an “old-lady” shirt but I liked it only because it fit and I needed some new shirts. So, I wore it the next day.
In 7th grade, I had three out of five old teachers. They taught Reading, English and Social Studies. The oldest was definitely my Social Studies teacher; she was probably between 50 and 60 years old. And, she was disliked because her hearing was a lot better than any of the girls in my class (yes, in 7th grade, they divided all classes into boys or girls) gave her credit for. She didn’t like for anyone to talk while she was teaching…and…she was very old.
As I walked into Social Studies that day, a GIANT blanket of embarrassment wrapped around me! My old, snarky teacher was wearing the SAME shirt! GASP!! PANIC!! PANIC!! I was absolutely mortified and only wanted to run away and hide until the school day was over. That day is a day I shall never forget!
Thankfully, if I were to ever see anyone wearing the same thing as me, I’d be able to compliment them because of their wonderful choice in style. I no longer have to worry about wearing clothing just because it fits; I can actually pick the cute stuff and be perfectly content with who I am and how I’m dressed!
Signing Out,
It’s Possible!!
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