Sweetie, judging by your avatar, you're so pretty that you don't need makeup! (I do )

I bought a fantastic pair of size 8 Ralph Lauren black velvet jeans that were 80% off and too small. I could pull up the zipper - barely - but couldn't breathe or sit down. But I figured - hey! I'll fit into them soon enough and heaven knows I'll never wear less than an 8. So I hung them on the outside of my closet door and tried them on again ten days later. They fit perfectly and I wore them that night. That was the ONLY time I got to wear them, because two weeks later, they were miles too big. They ended up going to the consignment shop with the rest of my clothes. Sigh - I loved them.

The lesson is - try not to buy too many clothes till you get to goal - you never know where you're going to end up!

That happened to me. Last March I reached 140 lbs and plateaued for 12 weeks. I figured my body was just done losing weight, I switched to maintenance calories and bought a TON of really cute size 10 clothes. I was also not brave enough to buy all M shirts, I bought a few L shirts. This summer, I weigh 128 lbs and I'm definitely a size 8 (sometimes a size 6). A lot of the cute clothes I wore last summer are too big, and I already consigned a few that were definitely too big. I wish I had waited a bit more before going shopping overboard. Of course, I needed cute things to wear last summer and I did enjoy them very much for those three months!

Oh! Just last week I replaced the rather ugly plain black purse I had worn for nearly 10 years. I bought a really snazzy, bright-red Mon Sac purse which was on sale at Nordstrom's. It's definitely fabulous and definitely stands out!

I've seen quite a few of mine already, but here they are.

No elastic waist skirts and pants
No long shirts that cover my butt
Nothing that doesn't show my waist (vain, but wth )
and along with that, no more men's clothes. I used to wear a ton of baggy guy clothes when I was really heavy.

And now that I'm stable at goal, nothing I don't actually love, otherwise my closet is going to burst, heh.

Oooh the too-small clothes and the too big clothes!

I swear, half my wardrobe is too small and half is too big - there's only a few things that actually fit ok!

I also will never wear Men's jeans (the only ones that would fit when I was a teenager), never wear XL T-shirts, never wear XXXL sweatshirts (because I "like" them baggy!), never wear anything that could be described as tent-like or "like a ship come sailing in" as my bigger longer skirts were affectionately (!) called! *shudder* I will also never wear anything that doesn't fit... That's too big OR too tight! There's enough sizes that I can rumage through to find something!!!

I was thinking about this on the way out of the gym this morning. I generally stand out, whether I want to or not, because I'm tall. But I've noticed that in certain clothes, with a certain attitude, I can become invisible. For example, in workout gear with my hair up in a ponytail just walking around the gym. No one looks at me, no one smiles at me - I'm basically invisible. But as soon as I get dressed and do my hair/makeup, I'm suddenly visible again. Guys that didn't glance my way two hours ago are now holding the door open for me, saying "Good morning," looking right at me and smiling, etc, etc. It's kind of funny, but sad. When I was 25 pounds heavier I never noticed that people weren't seeing me. I imagine that those people who have always been overweight would find the attention alarming. I say enjoy it, and if you can handle the attention - flaunt what you got!

I am 46 yrs. old and just discovering the new, thinner me. I try to look stylish and not trashy but my kids sometimes have to help me with. Yesterday we were going to the lake and I put a tight tank top over my swimsuit with shorts. My daughter (14) said it was not appropriate. However, my son (20) and DH thought it looked great. I ended up changing to a T-shirt, but wanted to wear the tank top since I haven't worn one since high school. Oh well, I'll wear it on my treadmill and while I do yard work.