Clothes Rant
May. 9th, 2004 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hiddenmuseI have a Weight Watchers update - all good news. :) In about 2.5 months, I've lost 24 pounds. For the record, this puts me at 250. Granted, my new seizure medicine (Zonegran) has been zapping my appetite to a certain extent, but I think that I'm doing better than I did when I was on WW about 5 years ago.
Anyways, while this is all quite welcome, it's also a pain in the ass to a degree. My two pairs of Tommy Hilfiger jeans - size 22 pants that on some occasions I'd almost struggled to get into comfortably - are just about sliding off my hips, while buttoned *and* zipped up. There are other pants in my wardrobe that don't fit anymore - not to mention, other clothes that don't fit, so I am currently down to one pair of jeans, one pair of dress pants and two skirts. Also, as I found out today, I've been gallavanting about town in the wrong size bra - ummmmm, ooops! :-/
I'm trying to remedy my clothing situation - scoping out Goodwill and other thrift shops, going to Old Navy and Macy's, and trying to re-learn that I can shop at more places than Lane Bryant, Target, the Women's Microcosm at the department stores, and from time to time - the Men's Department at the Gap or Old Navy.
It's just a matter of finding out where I belong exactly. I've spent much of my life resigned to the aforementioned stores, feeling as though I really had no other alternative. I never could shop in the cool, hip stores - except for accessories or men's t-shirts - and I always felt quite shafted. Now, I'm starting to get to where I'm fitting into the high end of the "normal people" clothing stores (some places are going up to 18s and 20s), with no idea where to begin. I'm too fat and old for Urban Outfitters (although I have a feeling that their demographic is the Zygote to Prostitot market - especially judging by the clothing sizes), but too young for the Mom Jeans that seem to abound at Casual Corner.
In the meantime, I suppose that all I can do is continue to try on clothes in my size at every turn, invest in the Needful Things (khakis, good-fitting bras, etc.), and just keep going until I find the shops that carry the clothes I need and want - without making me feel as though I should compromise ANYTHING. I've spent entirely too long dressing myself in clothes that were "what was available/ on sale/ in my size", regardless of whether or not it even fit properly. I just spent too much time dressing myself in mediocre clothes, because it was better than being naked.
Anyways, while this is all quite welcome, it's also a pain in the ass to a degree. My two pairs of Tommy Hilfiger jeans - size 22 pants that on some occasions I'd almost struggled to get into comfortably - are just about sliding off my hips, while buttoned *and* zipped up. There are other pants in my wardrobe that don't fit anymore - not to mention, other clothes that don't fit, so I am currently down to one pair of jeans, one pair of dress pants and two skirts. Also, as I found out today, I've been gallavanting about town in the wrong size bra - ummmmm, ooops! :-/
I'm trying to remedy my clothing situation - scoping out Goodwill and other thrift shops, going to Old Navy and Macy's, and trying to re-learn that I can shop at more places than Lane Bryant, Target, the Women's Microcosm at the department stores, and from time to time - the Men's Department at the Gap or Old Navy.
It's just a matter of finding out where I belong exactly. I've spent much of my life resigned to the aforementioned stores, feeling as though I really had no other alternative. I never could shop in the cool, hip stores - except for accessories or men's t-shirts - and I always felt quite shafted. Now, I'm starting to get to where I'm fitting into the high end of the "normal people" clothing stores (some places are going up to 18s and 20s), with no idea where to begin. I'm too fat and old for Urban Outfitters (although I have a feeling that their demographic is the Zygote to Prostitot market - especially judging by the clothing sizes), but too young for the Mom Jeans that seem to abound at Casual Corner.
In the meantime, I suppose that all I can do is continue to try on clothes in my size at every turn, invest in the Needful Things (khakis, good-fitting bras, etc.), and just keep going until I find the shops that carry the clothes I need and want - without making me feel as though I should compromise ANYTHING. I've spent entirely too long dressing myself in clothes that were "what was available/ on sale/ in my size", regardless of whether or not it even fit properly. I just spent too much time dressing myself in mediocre clothes, because it was better than being naked.
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Date: 2004-05-09 11:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-10 07:21 am (UTC)Yeah, depression was (and still sometimes is) a real problem for me when it comes to motivation and weight loss. Especially since I'd spent many years self-medicating by eating.
Good luck to you - with treating the depression and getting back onto WW, if you decide to go that route! :-D
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Date: 2004-05-09 11:49 pm (UTC)Anyways, congratulations on the WW! I know Kim (do you know her? Venus Rising? I can't recall) lost weight on it and she looks the best I have ever known her to look in our lives!
I want to do it, and my boyfriend sure could use it too. Don't get me wrong, I really don't need to lose alot of weight, maybe about 30 pounds or so...and I am tall and hide it well!! But from what I see in Kim it teaches you a new way to deal with food. One that can only be good in my years of starting the "aging process" where my metabolism will I fear slow way down within the next 5 years! I have noticed a change in my body roughly every 5 years or so.
The only thing keeping me away from the whole weight watchers gig is the math....I HATE math, evil stuff, and I avoid it like the plague. I know, retarded of me, eh? But not only would I have to do it for myself, I'd be doing it for Tom too - the calculating that is and I just feel too mentally lazy to undertake it!
I was reading some of Kim's WW books and some of the meats they listed for point values were cracking me up. They sure do cover all the bases!! Bear, armadillo, every animal that can be eaten is in that book!!
:^))
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Date: 2004-05-10 07:25 am (UTC)As for WW and math - I'm admittedly terrible when it comes to math. But, WW is relatively easy - thank goodness! So no worries about math ability, or even the lack thereof.
I think their books cover all bases because they realize that some members are in areas where they might be more inclined towards eating the "unconventional" meats ... lol.
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Date: 2004-05-10 12:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-10 07:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-10 12:37 am (UTC)so happy for you :)
-shawn
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Date: 2004-05-10 07:26 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2004-05-10 01:16 am (UTC)Last night I was at the Girth and Mirth beerbust in Long Beach and I was chuckling to a friend on how I keep seeing the same outfits because everyone there was probably buying from the same stores!
Keep up the GOOD WORK!
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Date: 2004-05-10 07:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-10 03:38 am (UTC)Guess the move to Cali has had a positive effect all around, huh? :)
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Date: 2004-05-10 07:30 am (UTC)It's certainly helping my outlook - I think the change of scenery was just what the doctor ordered, so to speak. :)
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Date: 2004-05-10 08:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-10 09:13 am (UTC)It does take some motivation - but I think that the best and biggest motivating factors for me have been (a) improvement in my mobility and endurance, and (b) being able to wear a smaller clothing size for the first time in years.
Also, while I don't personally notice the change in my weight, others have noticed it - and that makes me feel good.
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Date: 2004-05-10 09:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-10 10:28 am (UTC)