Well, I was trying on my old clothes from High School/University and getting all sorts of a morale boost from actually being able to zip them up (sure I was getting a lot of underarm popout from the strapless dresses but the zip went up!!!!
).
Then I tried on a strapless dress bought 10 years ago that has no zip and is elasticated at the back. It went on (with aforementioned underarm/bust bulge). I was happy. Tried to get it off. Oh crap, it's stuck around my underarm/bust and won't go higher. 10mins later of struggling. Still stuck! Panicky oh no I need to wait for the husband to get home to help me out. Do I have to call my sister who just arrived back from holiday and is probably jetlagged to come help me out!?
Another 5 mins and I manage to wiggle it off by pulling it down around my waist and butt (which it turns out are narrower than my top region....*sigh*).
So now I'm back down to Earth and more determined than ever to get to a point where I can get into that dress and actually get it off with no problems! Still happy I can actually zip up some of my old dresses though!
It's nice to know that things I would have found discouraging and made me give up earlier now motivate me to keep going!