[imworthit]

Do you wear fitted clothes?
I dont, i wear baggy things most of the time. none of my work mates have seen me in anything remotly fitted so nobody will be able to tell when i lose weight will they?

i tend to go for t shirts and jogger pants or baggy tops and black trousers, i may need the fashion police

[madaboutbooks]

i wear a uniform to work, which has become increasingly baggy. no -one seemed to notice because i was hidden underneath the tent. it wasnt until i went into work one day wearing mufti and more fitting clothes that everyone started to comment. im just about to order a new uniform 5-6 sizes smaller. mad

[PhatPhoenix]

When I'd lost most of my weight, over 20lbs of it, still no-one had noticed. It seemed I had to hit around 35lb (which was almost all I had to lose anyway) before I got a single comment! Someone else in my family was losing weight around the same time and when he'd lost 20lbs everyone was going on and on about how great it was, because his old jeans wouldn't stay up. Mine wouldn't either!

I have worn closer fitting things the slimmer I got, although I'm still wavering above my goal - the top half of my body looks OK. The bottom half is still a disaster zone - so I tend to wear tighter things on top. Skirts cover a lot, I've found!

[Sarah Ann]

I always think that big baggy clothes make me look bigger than I am. My work uniform blouse is fitted and even my husband commented that I've lost weight - which is strange because, since I started this job, I haven't lost anything at all!

[micheleherts]

It took me ages to get used to wearing fitted clothes. In fact I am so used to them now though that wearing my smocky tunic top for the party the other week took some getting used to.I would say to anyone though get out of the baggy things and wear things that are more fitted even if you aren't at your target weight which I'm not.

I had to lose about 2 and half stone before anyone noticed. I was a size 22 and now I am a size 10 trousers and skirts, size 12 jeans though and size 12 sometimes 14 top. I do however still have a right wobbly old tummy where my last lot of fat is stored.

In fact I am sat here looking at my fat middle right now yuk

Michele

[madaboutbooks]

hope you dont mind me going off topic a little, but michele and anyone else who has lost a fair bit of weight how are your tummies? i am finding that what was once fat and firm is now less fat but starting to sag and get crinkly. its starting to worry me as i really dont want tummy skin stretching down to my knees mad

[frenchie]

my tummy is really flabby too and the skin is all stretched. it doesn't go smoothly out it just sticks out horizontally (if you see what i mean). i know that when I'm thin it wont be normal again but hey, it hasnt ben normal since i was a child and at least itll still look better and ill be healthy! but does anyone have a miracle solution to the old tum flab problem?

otherwise careful dressing is the way to go. i think ill be making full use of "pull me in" pants! on the baggy clothes issue, i think fitted clothes are definatley better than baggy ones, especially when youre a bit bigger. my persoanl secret is the a line 50s style skirt as i not only adore the style, but it also makes me look thinner as it balances out my hips or something; theres probably some geometrical explanation... still going with the dancing food items!

[micheleherts]

I really don't like my tummy, however it has shrunk considerably. I moan about it to my friends and they tell me to be quiet, I've showed it to them many times too!! It will never be flat but I'm ok with that really. Just tuck it in your knickers!

Michele

[madaboutbooks]

"Just tuck it in your knickers!" ha that made me laugh. ill have to buy a great
big pair of granny knickers i think. i dont know if anyone has a tj hughes near them but ive been told that they are selling control type pant things at the mo, that can pull you in a size - about £6.00. have to make sure you get the size right as my friend bought a pair that was too small and apparently her *** was squashed outside
bought myself a pair of combat cut off trousers today. size 16 and they are sliding a bit down my hips, i must be in between sizes although i know a 14 would be too small. still i am really chuffed, the last pair of proper trousers i bought were a 22 and were too small. mad