ubergirl |
10-23-2009 01:43 PM |
wowzers... closet NSV
I've been getting the feeling that I'm really not any smaller because it seems like most of my old clothes still fit even after 50+ pounds. I think it's because a lot of the shirts were really too small but they were stretchy, and now they hang and fit loose.
But today, I tried on the absolute smallest thing in my closet, an old linen dress that I wore to my best friend's wedding back in 1991 or 92... It's a size 20, form-fitted with no give. I tried it on back in June and remember thinking it would NEVER fit again. Today it fit!!!!!
Then, I pulled out some of my winter pants from the closet-- wool slacks that I haven't worn since last year. I remembered all of them as being kinda tight so I figured they'd fit now. They were HUGE.... just hanging on me... the crotches practically came down to my knees....
Afterwards, I picked up the pair of 18s that I bought recently that fit me nicely. But when I picked them up, they looked tiny. I had a moment's panic and thought "these are tiny, I can't wear these, I wonder if these are my daughter's jeans..." When I looked at the tag, they were the 18s. I slipped them on and they fit just fine...
It's weird how the mind plays tricks. Back when I was heavier, I used to avoid the scale like the plague, but I could almost instinctively guess when a certain pair of pants was going to be too tight just by holding them up to put them on...
That's what happened today, only it wasn't true. I really AM that small!!!!!
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