[ajkulig]

Litterally. I work there and I have been on maternity leave and I go back next week. It's going to be hard, I just had a baby two months ago and honestly GAP clothing is not really so great for women who arent skinny. Sure the sizes go that high but it doesn't mean they look so great especially on short me.

I am deathly afraid of trying clothes on. They have this lovely rule about wearing their clothing, not that I usually mind. I didn't mind when I was a size 10 now I think I am going to mind as I have no idea what size I am now. I have been dieting and working out in preperation, tomorrow is weigh in day but my body is not shaped the same way it used to be and I have to go back to some place where image is every thing.

Anyone else have to deal with rail thin college girls who turn their nose up because you can't wear there size 4? Urgh the one thing that really bothers me is dressing the stupid size 2 maniquins....

Angela

[Heather]

I teach at a college, so I see and work with college girls all the time...

Honestly, I just try not to compare myself to them. And I try to present a confident front -- maybe to show them that fat people can be smart, fun, respectable, etc. Then again, I'm not helping them find the right size (size 0?) and ringing them up at the register!!

[ajkulig]

lol! Thanks- would you believe some girls are so small they dont fit in the zeros! If I had a dollar for ever time some walking skeleton complained because our clothes were too big or gripe because we don't care double zeros I would have bought way to many value meals!

[aphil]

I know exactly how you feel. The key is to find some of the staples that look good on everyone-the basic t-shirts and basic cut jeans. Until you lose some weight and shape up some from exercise-I don't recommend that you wear the skin tight stuff and super low rise jeans.

I was out to dinner last night, and I saw two girls who just had babies who were wearing their "old" clothes...and they just were NOT flattering. Low rise jeans and baby tees just don't work for someone who has just had a child-because it is accentuating the exact area that is out of shape.

I have had two children myself, and it took a lot of work to get my waist back. It will happen for you, but the key is not to wear the clothing that draws attention to what you are trying to cover up.

Basic tees, boot cut jeans (they can be just below the waist style, but not "super low rise" and that sort of thing can be very flattering. Dark rinse jeans are slimming, as are darker tops like black, charcoal, and chocolate colors.