Well, the size 8 pants arrived -

[kyburg]

And they fit.

BUGGER.

..

I really really really hate clothes.

Comments

[breau.livejournal.com]

I *wish* I was a size 8.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

You got a wardrobe full of size 8 clothes, I'll swap you the 12's I've got right now...plus some 16's I haven't gotten rid of yet. *grumble*

[breau.livejournal.com]

How about you find a small friend who can share my size 20 clothes. Shopping is basically torture for me. Torture, I tell ya! Then I see on the news that the models are complaining that they are being "picked on" and that people should yell at all the "fat people who die on a daily basis from overeating". While I agree that being overweight isn't healthy for anyone, I'm not exactly a fashion plate with my face and body spread all over the world - girls do not want to BE ME ..

Stupid skinny bitches.

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

I object here, sorry. Being overweight is NOT unhealthy, by itself.
What'll kill ya is yoyo dieting where your weight is so unstable you gain and lose 40-50 pounds all the time. Yoyo dieting is what's extremely unhealthy and strains your organ systems.
Stabilizing it is the key.
They're finally getting around to doing studies on large people who have *not* yoyoed, finding that gee, they too have really good stats on morbidity and mortality. But it's not easy to find folks like that, and it's not easy to find people willing to do real science on it, because all the money is with the diet industry funding studies that spread the fear.
So it's just a shame that fashion plates don't want to be you. Their loss, I say. I can promise you there's folks out there with their tongues falling on the floor ready to romance you all the more the larger you are, if you're supersized.
And no, a size 20 ain't real big, I don't care what the bone-dolls say.

[breau.livejournal.com]

I found that out when I was travelling and had tons of Nigerian men not taking "not interested" for an answer ..

Almost made me rather be ignored! (although it WAS flattering for a bit .. until it got annoying!)

;)

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Yep!

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

You can get used to anything - this is just proof, as far as I'm concerned. Since this whole weight loss thing was driven by my health status, you have to look at what it's doing to you, not by how you look.

I've been on meds for high blood pressure for almost six years - I think I'll come off them the next time I go into the doctor's office. I almost came on meds for elevated cholesterol and lipids - I ducked that one.

Eh - the 16's weren't all THAT big either. I looked like most of the people walking around - and I'm in glitter city, home of the Hollywood facade.

Gaining and losing more than 50 lbs? *shivers* Holy cow. That has smoke from other fires ALL over it. Like, steroids or something - I've known some people to do that getting treated for asthma and other allergic stuff. That's pure nasty.

(BTW, I fucking laugh at all the diet pill ads. Then sneer. And begin snarking shortly thereafter. They don't work. No kidding. All they're selling is a pipe dream to begin with!)

This worked for me, I think, because I'm very used to planning, preparing and consuming on a controlled diet - I did it for my late husband. Really - I just followed the directions. But not just once. I started over every day - and every day, I promised myself I could rethink it after I followed the directions that day. If it didn't work, was truly miserable and so on - I wouldn't have done it.

This worked for me - and I'd recommend it.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

You could ask my friend reannon - and I'm firmly getting to the place where I believe nobody loves shopping as much as the marketplace is touting it.

Complaints are news? Not in my neighborhood. Giving them any time, credibility and so on? NAH. People complain about the color of traffic lights. I really do develop selective hearing when someone just wants to gripe about what other people think. I really try not to do it myself - it's a bad habit on a par with not washing your hands after using the loo.

If I bitch, it's about me and something I'm having to cope with. What other people think, is their own mental static. If they want to come to me with a valid argument, I'm all ears.

The whole picked on thing? Some days you're the windshield, other days, you're the bug - accept that, and life simplifies immediately.

[breau.livejournal.com]

No doubt - *high fives ya*

[kiyone.livejournal.com]

I think the thing I hate most about clothes is that a size 8 at one manufacturer is different than a size 8 at another.

Key example. I know I can fit a size 10. In mens sizing, it's usually somewhere between a 28 to a 32, depending on if I want form fitting or baggy. Size 10 seems to be the key size that works. However, despite owning tons of clothes in a size 10 that fit fine - I would go to a store and buy something in a size 10 and suddenly it's not right.

The fact of the matter is, the fashion industry chooses what these sizes are. A friend of mine's grandmother was once part of that industry, she was what they called a perfect size 10. All size 10 clothes were based off of her body. This was quite some time ago. It's just that now no one is using the same template. They cut a size 10 smaller, so it's more like what a size 8 was, etc, etc. I think this also feeds into making people think they're 'fat' when in reality, fashion has just deemed their body type as 'fatter' than it was 5 years ago, or under a different brand/label. An 8 becomes a 10, and a 10 becomes a 12... it's ridiculous.

At least with men's numbers, you know that those inches are actual inches and not just an arbitrary number chosen by some fashion exec.

That being said, congrats, even if you hate shopping.

[oy-vay-tea-time.livejournal.com]

So true!!!

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Some of the 12's are still okay, the one pair of 10's are too big and the 8 is just snug enough to tell me this is going to a STONE BITCH going forward.

I was a dressmaker's 12 when I weighed 110 lbs. I remember one outfit was a 2 on the top and a 12 on the bottom.

You want crazy-making, here it is. Hands down.

[yeoww.livejournal.com]

I hate the fact that sizes aren't consistent. I'd buy all clothes on-line and never enter a department store if I could.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

This is online, at one of the most consistent sizing-wize places I've ever dealt with.

Urg.

[elfwench.livejournal.com]

But, aren't congratulations in order? Because, girl friend, you did it! {{hugs you}}