Clothing Old and New

My mom jeans are really big now. Since having Ty, I have found out something different about my body almost weekly. Sigh. Not really good findings, just different. I have realized that some parts of my body are smaller while others seem to stay the same. Maybe something is happening underneath the fat, (I call this the "protective layer") where I can't see it, but I'm more inclined to say nothing is happening.

My jeans are baggy and they are longer. So, I must be losing bulk somewhere to make them longer. Unless I got the jeans that get longer with time. That could be, too. I may not have checked the label close enough. I have a bin of clothes stored away. Some big, some smaller and all of my smaller sized clothes are still hanging in my closet. When I got pregnant with Ty, I decided to not get rid of them because I knew I would be revisiting this road one day.

I need to get all the clothes out and see if anything fits. Five years ago, I could count on losing 10 pounds and going down one pant size. This is NOT the case this time. Let me also say that I don't go to a smaller pant size unless I can SAFELY fit into them. I don't think it is attractive or healthy to squeeze my fat into a smaller pant size to just push the fat upwards and over the top of the waistband and then fasten with a belt. In my opinion, your pants DO NOT fit if this is how it looks on you. I don't care who you are, it just isn't right. You will not see that with my pants. And if I have a muffin top or a giant muffin top like Perkins' muffins, I will conceal with a sweatshirt. FYI.

With this round of weight loss, I will once again have to find a jean that fits my body shape again. I've been through multiple jean brands and I'm not one to spend a ton on jeans, no matter how awesome they are. My jeans aren't meant to make a fashion statement, but I do refuse to wear skinny jeans or tapered leg anything. The only thing skinny jeans do is make me look plumper and the only thing tapered leg pants do is make my thighs look bigger. Being a fashion faux pas almost all the time doesn't even warrant those kinds of fashion.

All sweatpants without drawstrings have been eliminated from my wardrobe. It has been bittersweet for me since some of those pants I have had longer than I have Dutch and Ruca. Sigh. I went on a nice shopping trip a few days ago and had Ty not been with me, I may have shopped for pants, too. It was hard enough for him to keep the dressing room door shut while I was trying on shirts. I will save the pants for when I have focus and patience to shop for them. Until then, I'm going to be wearing the baggy pants and pulling them up every time I have to sit down and then again when I stand up. Such a TERRIBLE thing! Ha!!

Signing off for now, to all of you near and far and to those of you once again wondering how to get the last few minutes of your life back, until next time...