What nobody tells you about losing weight

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  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    Davidaw86 wrote: »
    How annoying shopping for dress clothes is going to be.

    I work in a school, and was asked if I would help out at graduation this Saturday. I said yes, and then later realized I had no dress clothes for the ceremony that fit. So I went to JCPenney after work. There were no size 28 dress pants, only 30 and higher. So I grabbed the only 30 they had.

    My neck size measures in a 15", but I have a naturally wide chest at 40". So the dress shirts in a neck size 15 were way too tight in the chest, so I ended up having to go up in the neck size just to get a shirt that fit.

    $200 later, and I now have dress clothes that kind of fit me...

    I think I mentioned this earlier in this thread, but it could have been in another similar one. I think when we lose from a higher weight/size, we end up shaped different than most people that size. Not different enough to look freaky, but the right sized waist expects smaller legs and/or a higher crotch. I am somewhere between a regular and trim fit medium shirt now; neither is quite right. Both are close enough and I can find pants that work, but i rarely get the satisfaction of finding something that fits perfectly.
  • chunkytfg
    chunkytfg Posts: 339 Member
    Davidaw86 wrote: »
    How annoying shopping for dress clothes is going to be.

    I work in a school, and was asked if I would help out at graduation this Saturday. I said yes, and then later realized I had no dress clothes for the ceremony that fit. So I went to JCPenney after work. There were no size 28 dress pants, only 30 and higher. So I grabbed the only 30 they had.

    My neck size measures in a 15", but I have a naturally wide chest at 40". So the dress shirts in a neck size 15 were way too tight in the chest, so I ended up having to go up in the neck size just to get a shirt that fit.

    $200 later, and I now have dress clothes that kind of fit me...

    I think I mentioned this earlier in this thread, but it could have been in another similar one. I think when we lose from a higher weight/size, we end up shaped different than most people that size. Not different enough to look freaky, but the right sized waist expects smaller legs and/or a higher crotch. I am somewhere between a regular and trim fit medium shirt now; neither is quite right. Both are close enough and I can find pants that work, but i rarely get the satisfaction of finding something that fits perfectly.

    Very true. Since I've dropped a lot of weight I've needed to buy 2 suits on separate occasions and in both cases I've had to buy separate jackets from trousers as the jackets would fit perfectly but the trousers that came in the set I couldn't get past my knees! Not a massive issue but it limits your choices if you don't want to spend too much knowing you'll literally wear it once and then it won't fit at all the next time you need a suit
  • tess5036
    tess5036 Posts: 942 Member
    Speziface wrote: »
    That I'd end up having to pay to get my kilt retailored and not just altered. But it looks good!
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    Which tartan is that?
  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    wryone4 wrote: »
    The upside? How happier I am in the day-to-day. I feel lighter mentally and physically.

    The downside? My face feels wrinklier without the extra padding to push it out!

    When I first lost my weight (90 pounds) my face looked so old and I was kind of disappointed. But now, almost a year later, it seems as though things have sorted themselves out and parts of my face have filled out again. I don't know how that could happen. But I'm glad it did.

    I am hopeful mine will. I am about to turn 60, and I worry that it may be partially age related and I may never get back to smooth(ish).
  • GOT_Obsessed
    GOT_Obsessed Posts: 817 Member
    The light hit my face just right in the mirror yesterday and I now have identical little indentations on either side of my face between my nose and where my cheekbones start. Not sure where this is going. lol

    Perhaps they are dimples that went off track? Sorry if you don't like them, but they sound ok to me.
  • workinonit1956
    workinonit1956 Posts: 1,043 Member
    The light hit my face just right in the mirror yesterday and I now have identical little indentations on either side of my face between my nose and where my cheekbones start. Not sure where this is going. lol

    Perhaps they are dimples that went off track? Sorry if you don't like them, but they sound ok to me.
    I’m good with them :smile: Kinda hoping it’s my face leaning out!

  • xbowhunter
    xbowhunter Posts: 1,237 Member
    Clothing sales!!

    Smaller sizes always on clearance... lol
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