I'm wearing size 18 denim jeans this morning which is a hugely significant NSV for me. These jeans have laid in a drawer for about 5 years and until this morning still had their tags on.
The jeans represent a promise I made to myself around 11 years ago when I had lost much of my first pregnancy weight and was having difficulty maintaining the loss. As my jeans then were getting too tight I swore to myself that I would never buy a plus size jeans, I wanted to wear proper rigid waist denim jeans, no bigger than an 18. Anyhow, unfortunately this promise did not spur me any to keep the weight off and went totally off-track with my second pregnancy.
Fastforward to 2003 when I went on another weightloss campaign. I did well, lost over 50lbs and bought myself said jeans Unfortunately, although I was wearing size 18s in other clothes, the jeans came nowhere near me. I remember being very upset by this and thinking that I'll always be a 'fat woman' and what was the point of struggling to lose weight when I'd never be anything other than fat. These jeans set me on a long period when I didn't watch what I was eating which saw me pile the weight back on.
So today sees a victory on a promise to myself and victory over these formally diet-breaking jeans.
Kitty
Hugely Significant NSV (long story)
Fitting into smaller clothes is so much fun, isn't it? ^^
