Like many women, I do not enjoy purchasing clothes. I hate it. It's the most depressing thing I can do. I don't mind shopping for shirts or exercise shorts, but jeans and slacks are not fun. There have been many times where I have walked out of a store frustrated because I couldn't find pants that fit right. The pants may fit around my waist but because of my size the crotch would hang half way to my knees or to get the crotch to sit right I would have to pull the waistband to my boobs. Not a fun thing to deal with. I also have short legs, so many times even petite length pants are still too long. About 6 years ago I found 3 pairs of slacks that fit me wonderfully, well kinda. One pair fit perfectly! One pair was a little big, and the other pair was a little snug. Same designer, same style of pant, just different colors. It was rather depressing that they were all so different, but it wasn't too bad so I've worn them for the last 6 years.
Fast forward, and one pair of pants became ruined with bleach (of course my favorite). I was left with only 2 pairs of pants, the black pair, and the brown pair. I have been highly impressed that they have held up so well. This last year though a problem arised, I could only wear black pants to work, and only having 1 pair made it really difficult, especially for the weeks where I worked 5-6 days in a row. A miracle happened though and I found another pair of black slacks that fit me like a glove. They were a couple sizes larger than my previous pair and while I was not happy about the size increase, I still wasn't quite ready to make the changes needed in my life to loose the weight. The final deciding factor that finally kicked my butt in gear was having the zipper burst while at work. So embarrassing!!! Thankfully though I had to wear an apron so I could hide my burging stomach. I decided to chalk up the broken zipper to the pants being old... 6 years is a long time and a lot of washes. Then horror upon horror happened, the zipper on the other pair of pants burst also. What made this even more depressing to me was the 2nd pair (brown) had always been the pair that was too loose. So I am now back to only 1 pair of slacks, maybe.
Ok, so here's the point of my story, this morning, I weighed in (officially my weigh in date is tomorrow) and I am down 5.3lbs in the last month. I hadn't really noticed much of a change in my body because let's face it, 5lbs really isn't a lot in the scheme of things. But one thing I did notice when I put my remaining slacks on this afternoon, they were loose. I'm not talking about "pulling down without undoing the zipper" loose, but loose enough that I can pull the waist band away from my stomach. I'm very excited and happy!!! I'm happy that I am finally back to the mindset I should be in. I'm exicited to see what this next weight in will say. I'm excited to think maybe, just maybe by my 35th birthday *gasp* I might just finally break the 200lb mark that has been haunting me for the last 15 years! The lowest I've gotten was after my children were born, and I got down to 205 and 203 respectively. Even being that close I could not break that stupid milestone, but I'm gonna do it this time! You just watch me!
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