When you have lost a substantial amount of weight it is very strange to go shopping. I am instinctively grabbing bigger sizes than necessary because I think that the smaller size "will never fit".
When does the image in your mind catch up to your actual body size?
I have been basically maintaining since November (a couple of pounds up here/down there) and I still go to the plus size side of the store. I still hold up my clothes when I dry them in disbelief that they fit me.
I just hit maintenance and my husband took me shopping for a new spring/summer wardrobe- my previous "skinny" summer clothes are all baggy on me - yahoo!
I have shopped enough over the last few months to know I belong in the regular-size section, and have a good idea of what sizes to try on. But what was unexpected was my attitude about the first items I took to the dressing room. They fit, looked okay - so I was about to shrug and say, "That's fine" when I realized that I did not have to settle for clothes that I was not thrilled about. So many years with the limited and ugly selections available in the large-women's sizes had trained me to accept clothes without enthusiasm.
I walked out and told my husband, "Nope, none of them, lets keep looking" and then really dug into the fun of shopping when I have choices. We were in some downtown Seattle stores so the women's clothes departments were huge and I felt like Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman" (not like a hooker, like when she was shopping on Rodeo Drive).
And yeah, I just folded some jeans and I'm amazed and thrilled that they are smaller than my husband's. We were walking in the sun together the other day, and my shadow was smaller than his - life is good!
I'm not sure. I always hated shopping, probably in part because I hated how nothing "normal-sized" fit. I've been significantly thinner for about the last three years now and I'm starting to get used to it. I still have some clothes that are too big because I was afraid to get them tailored in case thinness didn't stick.
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