I thought it took me forever to drop my first pants size. And then I realized it was because I was wearing my pants too dang tight for years but by the time I was ready to shop for new smaller clothes I had gotten used to being actually comfortable straight out of the dryer. (You mean I DONT have to wear tomorrow's jeans for 2 hours the night before to make them presentable?)
I think at 186 I was squeezing myself into a pair of very generously cut 14's (well when I went to Target I was able to zip that pair but the other brands I was in 18-20 - which would YOU have bought?
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