Geez! Who is in charge if sizes these days?
I have great news! After I got on my blog and complained that I wasn't loosing weight anymore....I had a 2 lb. drop! Yay! My new total is official 27 lbs. I am so satisfied with that! I feel great!
Even though I have lost nearly 30 lbs. I am still wearing the same clothes that I wore on any given day when I weighed 310 lbs. :( Am I EVER going to go down in a size? I feel like my clothes fit me fine. My faithful skinny jeans are a little loose...I have to pull them up every time I get up! A lot of butt crack going on these days! But really, in all honesty, my clothes fit fine. It is hard for me to imagine how I squeezed in these clothes when I did weigh 310 lbs. Goodness, now that I think about it, they must have been really tight! ;) Oooopppsss!
Anyway, since I have been thinking about sizes lately I thought I would share this.
I pretty much associate everything in my life with what I had on that day / how much I weighed that day / what size my clothes were that day. Does anyone else do that? Like the day I got married I weighed 230 lbs. My wedding dress was a size 22 that had to be altered down because I lost a little bit of weight before my wedding day! The day my sister got married I weighed 260 lbs. I wore a size 22. The day I meet Anthony I weighed 160 lbs. I wore a size 12 / 14. The day I graduated from high school I weighed 163 lbs. I remember I shopped at Abercrombie and Fitch for my senior trip I bought all sizes 12 / 14's. On our, Ant and I, first year anniversary , cruise to Mexico, I weighed 290 lbs. I wore probably a 22. When we got married, at 230 lbs, I wore a size 20.
Sizes are just so weird. It seems like they are never the same. Like, the last time I weighed 283 lbs. it seems like a size 22 fit with no problems. Today at 283 lbs. - they are a tight fit! Craziness I tell you!
Which brings me to the point that I don't think I really wore a size 24 at 310 lbs. before I had surgery. I think I could squeeze into a size 24 (STRETCH) from Old Navy, but I don't think I actually wore a true size 24. I think I probably wore a 26 or maybe even a 28!
I really hate this vanity sizing thing! It just messes up everything for someone loosing weight, but for someone gaining weight it makes a lot of sense!
7 comments:
oh mary, you are doing fantastic! Let me tell you something- sizing drove me INSANE! I feel like I was in a size 18 for 6 months even after dropping 40-50lbs. When you are in the larger sizes it takes a lot more weight to drop a size but once you get into 16's and 14's every 10lbs or so I find I drop a size. Hang in there, the sizes will start to change soon and once they do you'll be a shopping addict needing new pants every couple of months!
Right there with ya. Day I was discharged from the Navy - 163, size 12. Day I enlisted in the Navy - 135 size 10. Day I finished bootcamp - 142 size 10. Day I met my husband - 215 size 18. Day I got married - 235 size 18. Day I decided enough was enough - 264 size 20. Certain things stick in the head.
I'm also right there with ya on vanity sizing. I've decided I won't be shopping at places I know utilizie vanity sizing anymore, either, because I'm afraid of what it will do to my psyche. I know that takes Old Navy off the list. That's ok by me.
Oh, darling, sizing sucks! I lost 50+ lbs before I really went down a size. Even now, 119 lbs down, I've only gone from a very tight 28 to a very tight 20. It's true - the bigger sizes take longer to drop. Unfortunately... :(
The good news is you don't have to spend any money right now and can save it for a huge shopping spree when you hit GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!
You are doing awesome!!! Sizing does suck, but it will get better!!
Totally correlate size with events. I've lost 27 lbs and I haven't gone down a size yet either. However, I try to calm myself by saying that I'm losing from all over my body so hopefully I'll at least stay in proportion while I'm losing. I totally wouldn't want to lose the weight from one place or I might tip over. :)
First off congrats on your 2 lb loss, your doing a wonderful job!
And second does anyone ever reeeeally wear the size that they truely are. When I was wearing a size 18 I honestly don't think I was an 18 I was a 20. Cause 18's fit but I had the whole muffin top going on and 20's were good fit. Size is crazy indeed!
I am currently having issues with pant sizes! I have two pairs of pants, both the same size. One falls off of me, I have to constantly pull them up. I can wear them at home, but gave up wearing them at work because they are to big a pain, the other pair, same size, creates muffin top!!!! what is up with that!?
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