Yup, been there, done that, got the either-way-too-baggy-or-too-tight T-Shirt...
Amanda's explanation makes a lot of sense to me, and I would add that the intense scrutiny we subject our body to does its part, especially if until now we have tried our best *not* to acknowledge the true shape we're in...
...as I wrote in an earlier thread (that fell victim to the Great Crash of '08) that only now, five to six months into this journey, I feel like I'm seeing my body for the first time in years as it really, truly is, and be OK with it. But I fully expect to have "fat" days again - they're like bad hair days
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