Clothes and weight loss
KetoLady86
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Hi ya'll! I recently had to purchase (and found in the back of my closet) size 10 work pants! I was thrilled, and just worried about pants bc my shirts were all Large, so no problem there, so I thought. All of my clothes look soo odd on me..shirts included!! I have these little jackets to wear with my pants (i loved them bc they were very slimming)...but now they are big and look weird (to me)...does anyone have the same problem? Im thrilled Im in a 10, but look odd!!..like the pants are big in the crotch area...my butt has disappeared, and shirts are just blah!...I would be a nudist if it wasent for the csection scars and tummy flap..lol
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KetoLady86 wrote: »Hi ya'll! I recently had to purchase (and found in the back of my closet) size 10 work pants! I was thrilled, and just worried about pants bc my shirts were all Large, so no problem there, so I thought. All of my clothes look soo odd on me..shirts included!! I have these little jackets to wear with my pants (i loved them bc they were very slimming)...but now they are big and look weird (to me)...does anyone have the same problem? Im thrilled Im in a 10, but look odd!!..like the pants are big in the crotch area...my butt has disappeared, and shirts are just blah!...I would be a nudist if it wasent for the csection scars and tummy flap..lol
Personally, I would find a good tailor, if your pieces are of any quality. S/he can take in and nip/tuck everything to fit you swimmingly again, and possibly even do it so that you can continue modifying pieces until you shrink fully out of them!!! I just wish I could find someone with which to swap pinning. I can do the sewing part, but it's hard to pin on one's self. LOL
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I do think in the process of losing weight you find clothes can fit strange or differently. The style of jeans I always picked when I was larger looks baggy and weird now. Also I often find that the size I need to buy for my thighs to be comfy is too big for my waist in a lot of pants. You really have to shop around and try stuff on in all sorts of sizes! It's a good problem to have though!
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Thank you so much! I didnt even think of a taylor..
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Congrats on the weight loss! You can always check out the thrift stores to help during the transition so as to not spend a lot of money on clothes that will end up not fitting properly in a few months.3
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@dmariet- I love the thrift stores...I went last wknd and purchased some things...I think I am just at an akward stage..idk...lol....Maybe I should go again and look for another style of shirt
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That's the best/worst part about losing weight! You get new clothes! But you don't know what looks good anymore so you have to try new styles. I used to love high waisted skirts, but now I have such a defined waist with wide hips so all they do is ride up way too much. Not complaining!!1
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Lol! Congrats kimo! My butt is gone...so I am so not used to that! I cant do skirts, I would love to, but Im short, and my waiste is so high..I look like an oompa loompa1
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I am living at charity shops at the moment. So hard to find nice fitting clothes that does not cost a fortune. I don't mind spending monies on clothes but I do when I want to shrink out of them. Bizarrely my feet has shrunk. I am down a whole shoe size.4
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I am living at charity shops at the moment. So hard to find nice fitting clothes that does not cost a fortune. I don't mind spending monies on clothes but I do when I want to shrink out of them. Bizarrely my feet has shrunk. I am down a whole shoe size.
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I am living at charity shops at the moment. So hard to find nice fitting clothes that does not cost a fortune. I don't mind spending monies on clothes but I do when I want to shrink out of them. Bizarrely my feet has shrunk. I am down a whole shoe size.
I've heard this happens to lots of people! It's weird to think about but I guess it makes sense. Less weight pushing down on your foot.0 -
KetoLady86 wrote: »Lol! Congrats kimo! My butt is gone...so I am so not used to that! I cant do skirts, I would love to, but Im short, and my waiste is so high..I look like an oompa loompa
My boobs went missing, my bum is bigger though because I bulked (unintentionally
) while running a glute focused lifting program. If you ever want to try lifting, strong curves or get glutes will be your best friend. 2 -
I am living at charity shops at the moment. So hard to find nice fitting clothes that does not cost a fortune. I don't mind spending monies on clothes but I do when I want to shrink out of them. Bizarrely my feet has shrunk. I am down a whole shoe size.
Yes, I've lost a shoe size as well
I always lose a shoe size when I lose weight...not a bad problem to have since I'm so tall my shoe size is an 11 when I'm overweight... Not just about the weight on your feet but feet get fat...mine do anyway. I notice the loss in my hands and feet first, then my face and neck. Then finally everywhere else.2 -
because we are doing all this painting this week I'm going through my closet, finally, this weekend...time to donate!1
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Lost a shoe size here too...and a bra size. Gotta take the good with the bad I guess lol1
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I haven't lost a shoe size but my already very narrow feet are now too narrow for most shoes. When I was much younger and thinner, you could buy narrow width shoes in most stores. Today, there are lots of wide width shoes but narrow width are hard to come by except in expensive stores.
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I haven't lost a shoe size but my already very narrow feet are now too narrow for most shoes. When I was much younger and thinner, you could buy narrow width shoes in most stores. Today, there are lots of wide width shoes but narrow width are hard to come by except in expensive stores.
Yep this is me too. I noticed my feet and hands getting very thin as I lost, they were always thin even when heavy but now much more noticeable. I used to love moving my fingers and toes around to see the bones move around like piano keys, lol. Thankfully I'm used to it now so everyone I know doesn't have to hear about it anymore.
As I lost I found certain brands fit much better than others. I used to but pants wherever but it's pretty common especially lc to get a nice defined waist and most pants these days for women seem to be made for those with narrow thighs and round bellies, so the waist on jeans is just you big for me now. There is though a cut of pants at banana that I swear was made just to fit my body lol, like a glove, so that's all I buy now. So shop around and try stuff on you'll get the hang of dressing your new body soon enough. Congrats!0 -
I had the same problem all around. I was hesitant for a long time to get rid of my old clothes, due to the statistical likelihood of ballooning back to my previous weight (265). As such, I held onto my fat guy pants for a good three years before I finally let them go. My closet was getting out of hand, as I had at least four pair of pants in each size, ranging all the way from 42" waists, down to 34", as well as shirts ranging from XXL, down to Mediums. I would end up looking utterly ridiculous, when I let my laundry go unchecked for a couple of weeks.
A few weeks ago, I finally went out and started buying what fits now (32"), and got rid of all pants above a 34, and all shirts above a medium (except for my band shirts, which are mostly larges). The 34s I held on to, purely because I am in a bulking phase now, and there is a good chance that the 32s might become mildly uncomfortable before it's time to go back into a cut.5 -
I have lost a shoe size several times when losing weight, but I have also GREW a shoe shoe several times as well also while losing weight! When I took up running, my feet went up a whole size in just 2 months. Weight lifting did it too. I am now the smallest I have ever been and in the largest shoe size ever. My feet have ranged over 3 sizes up and down within two years. I no longer get rid of ANY shoes - I just store them til my feet change again 0
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Before I started this diet I thought I am never going to lose weight so I might as well get rid of these clothes that still have their tags on them. Long story short I got rid of about 20 years of clothes many new. I decided I am not the person I was anymore who wears reds, pinks, purples etc so all the brightly coloured stuff went. For the last year or so I fell in love with various shades of grey clothes & bought all new. Not expensive since I live in yoga pants most of it from Old Navy or Junonia and places like that. But now that I am starting to lose weight I wish I had kept a few of the things that went. I did keep a Mountain Co-Op jacket - that I could only wear briefly because I got too fat. I just loved that jacket - it is very west coasty and the day I can do that jacket up comfortably and wear it - well I think I will have a happy cry and I never cry.3
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RowdysLady wrote: »because we are doing all this painting this week I'm going through my closet, finally, this weekend...time to donate!
I cleaned out the closet before the new carpet was put in. Felt great getting rid of old/unused clothes.
And, yes, I had to let many shoes go too.0 -
I have lost a shoe size as well! My boobies are now smaller too..that dosent bother me like my butt..lol...0
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KetoLady86 wrote: »Lol! Congrats kimo! My butt is gone...so I am so not used to that! I cant do skirts, I would love to, but Im short, and my waiste is so high..I look like an oompa loompa
My boobs went missing, my bum is bigger though because I bulked (unintentionally ) while running a glute focused lifting program. If you ever want to try lifting, strong curves or get glutes will be your best friend.
I have been looking into some type of glute workout...even a few squats a day
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KetoLady86 wrote: »KetoLady86 wrote: »Lol! Congrats kimo! My butt is gone...so I am so not used to that! I cant do skirts, I would love to, but Im short, and my waiste is so high..I look like an oompa loompa
My boobs went missing, my bum is bigger though because I bulked (unintentionally ) while running a glute focused lifting program. If you ever want to try lifting, strong curves or get glutes will be your best friend.
I have been looking into some type of glute workout...even a few squats a day
Squats are fine, but lunges actually work better for glutes. What a lot of people don't realize is that you actually have to out conscious effort into activating the glutes during squatting, until you establish better mind-muscle connection. One of the better ways I've heard for doing so is to regularly flex your glutes, hold for three seconds, and release. It worked wonders for my activation, and you can do it at any time, anywhere, though you should probably be standing or sitting, as it will make you walk funny.2 -
Gallowmere1984 wrote: »KetoLady86 wrote: »KetoLady86 wrote: »Lol! Congrats kimo! My butt is gone...so I am so not used to that! I cant do skirts, I would love to, but Im short, and my waiste is so high..I look like an oompa loompa
My boobs went missing, my bum is bigger though because I bulked (unintentionally ) while running a glute focused lifting program. If you ever want to try lifting, strong curves or get glutes will be your best friend.
I have been looking into some type of glute workout...even a few squats a day
Squats are fine, but lunges actually work better for glutes. What a lot of people don't realize is that you actually have to out conscious effort into activating the glutes during squatting, until you establish better mind-muscle connection. One of the better ways I've heard for doing so is to regularly flex your glutes, hold for three seconds, and release. It worked wonders for my activation, and you can do it at any time, anywhere, though you should probably be standing or sitting, as it will make you walk funny.
Yep!! Squats actually aggravated my hip because my glute activation was so poor. This is a common problem. Banded clamshells, weighted hip thrusts and glute bridges, band kick backs, band adductions, these were all huge in getting my glutes to where they're at. I can now squat without hip pain too (yay!). I also regularly flex my glutes while sitting at work or walking around. Nobody has mentioned me walking funny (yet at least).1 -
@KetoLady86 what I do to practice glute activation is pretend I'm holding in a poop while standing in line for things.
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Gallowmere1984 wrote: »KetoLady86 wrote: »KetoLady86 wrote: »Lol! Congrats kimo! My butt is gone...so I am so not used to that! I cant do skirts, I would love to, but Im short, and my waiste is so high..I look like an oompa loompa
My boobs went missing, my bum is bigger though because I bulked (unintentionally ) while running a glute focused lifting program. If you ever want to try lifting, strong curves or get glutes will be your best friend.
I have been looking into some type of glute workout...even a few squats a day
Squats are fine, but lunges actually work better for glutes. What a lot of people don't realize is that you actually have to out conscious effort into activating the glutes during squatting, until you establish better mind-muscle connection. One of the better ways I've heard for doing so is to regularly flex your glutes, hold for three seconds, and release. It worked wonders for my activation, and you can do it at any time, anywhere, though you should probably be standing or sitting, as it will make you walk funny.
Hahahahhaha
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dmariet116 wrote: »Congrats on the weight loss! You can always check out the thrift stores to help during the transition so as to not spend a lot of money on clothes that will end up not fitting properly in a few months.
I counsel staying thrift even after (you think) you've hit goal.
Everyone will think you're eccentric by then anyhow (most of us here probably are
), and you can spend the $ you save on some really nice LC treats, like a pile of fresh sockeye and some top-shelf booze. Mmmmmm...... 4 -
samanthaluangphixay wrote: »@KetoLady86 what I do to practice glute activation is pretend I'm holding in a poop while standing in line for things.
Haahaaa!
What if you forget and relax?3 -
samanthaluangphixay wrote: »@KetoLady86 what I do to practice glute activation is pretend I'm holding in a poop while standing in line for things.
Haahaaa!
What if you forget and relax?
Well then...I usually have an extra pair of pants in my bag from the gym so at least I got back up!
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I haven't lost a shoe size but my already very narrow feet are now too narrow for most shoes. When I was much younger and thinner, you could buy narrow width shoes in most stores. Today, there are lots of wide width shoes but narrow width are hard to come by except in expensive stores.
Same issue here... when I was heavier I could fit a normal B width ok, but now at my maintenance weight I take A or even AA again. I often have to end up buying European shoes as they are often cut narrower. NOT cheap unfortunately, and I have a lot of shoes, lol. My dad was a shoemaker trained in Italy as his first job, so he collects shoes too.1
