I'm a size 1? When did this happen?!?!

bcf7683
bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
in Success Stories
I had a mini-revelation when I went shopping for dress pants the other day... I worked at Gap for two years while I was in college, and I always used to roll my eyes when a twig of a girl used to ask me if we had so-and-so pants or jeans in a size 1 because the size 2 is just too big. Whenever I bought pants there, I was lucky if I could squeeze into a size 10. So when I was asked if we had a size 1 in something, I always used to think sarcastically "Oh man, a size 2 is too big for your skinny little butt? What a problem......"

I went to Gap on Tuesday night looking for dress pants... I grabbed everything I liked in a size 4 hoping they would fit. Went into the dressing room- the size 4 was huge. "What...?" I thought. Went out and grabbed a 2- felt pretty weird, for two years I was always grabbing size 10/12's. So I went and tried the 2's on... They were too big too. I went back out to the racks and looked for size 1's. Found one pair in that size, had to ask my old manager for 1's in the remaining styles- and she said the same exact thing I used to think when people asked me that- "Oh so a size 2 is too big? What a tough life..." she said sarcastically as she walked back into the stock room (she knows I've been working out like crazy and she already congratulated me on my weight loss, she was obviously kidding).

But it felt so weird being in the store I used to work at asking for a size 1 after always hoping that there'd be a size 12 when I saw something new come off the truck on shipment day. I always used to look at the girls who wore the size 1's and thought "That'll never happen...." So I think that's when I felt the most successful in my whole lifestyle change :happy:

So I was just wondering if anyone else out there has had some type of "aha!" moment outside of the scale going down. I think the "aha!" moments are so much better than seeing the number go down each week....
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  • ToniGIrlWhimsicalArt
    ToniGIrlWhimsicalArt Posts: 3 Member
    I hate you. ;) I'm just kidding, of course. That's awesome! No matter what size you wear originally, nothing feels better than discovering your body has shrunk and can now fit in a smaller size. Good for you! :)
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    The weirdest thing is I still feel like I'm not the girl who can fit into a size 1/2. I still see tiny, tiny girls and think "holy crap she's skinny."

    It's such a weird little mind game.
  • LittleMissDover
    LittleMissDover Posts: 820 Member
    I'm trying to work out what that is in UK sizes lol. Well done anyhoo.
  • vaneguz87
    vaneguz87 Posts: 74 Member
    you have made my morning. congratulations on you hard work, it has really paid off! :flowerforyou:
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    Haha, I'm not really sure about the UK sizes either. But thanks guys!
  • rcc1988
    rcc1988 Posts: 125 Member
    RE: the UK sizes, I believe it's a UK size 3 or so.
  • jinniepig
    jinniepig Posts: 7
    This will sound really mean, but I always think of myself as FAT. Not fat, but FAT. Until I saw a picture of a girl I went to school with who was a complete cow to me and now she is massive. Someone pass me some cakes.

    I'm not normally this mean, but it was one of those moments!
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    I'm trying to work out what that is in UK sizes lol. Well done anyhoo.

    A US size 2 is a UK size 4, so yes, UK size 3.
  • CyeRyn
    CyeRyn Posts: 389 Member
    Congrats! I used to be that girl size 1/2.. I never saw it either. Now I'm the size 7/8 girl wishing I could be a size 3. It's odd how our mind perceives ourselves.. we're overly critical! Congrats on your weight loss and enjoy buying that smaller pant size!
  • LittleMissDover
    LittleMissDover Posts: 820 Member
    We don't have 3's we go up in 2's and I believe the smallest is a 4 (Your 0, which is why I was confused!).

    We go 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 etc, I could do with the in between sizes though as 14's getting loose and 12's too small!

    Either way, you're teeny, how tall are you?
  • paulaviki
    paulaviki Posts: 678 Member
    RE: the UK sizes, I believe it's a UK size 3 or so.

    I don't think a size 3 even exists in the UK! I've never seen anything smaller than a 6 in most shops!
  • newhabit
    newhabit Posts: 426 Member
    how tall are you? because sometimes if you are taller it seems those sizes can be a little easier to fit in i've noticed... somethign about the way a taller body stretches out... i am only 5''4" and a 4 seems to be about the smallest i can go.
  • kristen6022
    kristen6022 Posts: 1,923 Member
    I also have this experience lately when shopping. Now, I'm no size 1 (congrats by the way - that ain't ever happenin' for me!), but when I started this journey and most of my adult life I always grabbed a 14. Some stores even a 14 wouldn't fit.

    I order a bunch of jeans off Old Navy.com because I have freakishly long legs and need the 36" inseams. First I ordered 6's, since that seemed to be where I was in most of what i had that fit). I got them and they pretty much fell off. I'm like - WHAT? So I ordered a 4 Tall and every pair fit perfectly. I had to eliminate things that actually worked instead of just keeping the one that kinda worked.

    I still, to this day, go into stores and look for 12-14's. The I realize, no, I need to look for 4's and 6's. And that I'm not that fat girl any more and more than likely women look at me oddly when I ask for smaller sizes (like the look I got when I walked into Eddie Bauer and asked for a 4 Long in their jeans and was given the "our talls only start in a size 6" answer).

    I think everyone that looses a good amount of weight does this. We look a skinny women still and think - good lord, they are so skinny - but really, most people are looking at us saying the same thing - even if we can't see it ourselves.
  • LittleMissDover
    LittleMissDover Posts: 820 Member
    RE: the UK sizes, I believe it's a UK size 3 or so.

    I don't think a size 3 even exists in the UK! I've never seen anything smaller than a 6 in most shops!

    Ditto, 4's are usually online stuff or people have to buy from kid's ranges!
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    I'm 5'5". This is the smallest I've ever been. Well, discounting the fact that I was once a toddler....
  • clang1
    clang1 Posts: 44 Member
    Congrats girl!! I love these moments - and funny enough mine was in a Gap store as well! I was the same - had always squeezed into a 10 and all the sudden I was trying on 4's! Crazy but a wonderful feeling all at the same time. :o)
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    I also have this experience lately when shopping. Now, I'm no size 1 (congrats by the way - that ain't ever happenin' for me!), but when I started this journey and most of my adult life I always grabbed a 14. Some stores even a 14 wouldn't fit.

    I order a bunch of jeans off Old Navy.com because I have freakishly long legs and need the 36" inseams. First I ordered 6's, since that seemed to be where I was in most of what i had that fit). I got them and they pretty much fell off. I'm like - WHAT? So I ordered a 4 Tall and every pair fit perfectly. I had to eliminate things that actually worked instead of just keeping the one that kinda worked.

    I still, to this day, go into stores and look for 12-14's. The I realize, no, I need to look for 4's and 6's. And that I'm not that fat girl any more and more than likely women look at me oddly when I ask for smaller sizes (like the look I got when I walked into Eddie Bauer and asked for a 4 Long in their jeans and was given the "our talls only start in a size 6" answer).

    I think everyone that looses a good amount of weight does this. We look a skinny women still and think - good lord, they are so skinny - but really, most people are looking at us saying the same thing - even if we can't see it ourselves.

    ^^^Totally agree!
  • msacurrie
    msacurrie Posts: 144 Member
    I think I'd be happy to be a size...I don't know, 8 or 10 or something, but I'm of a bigger build. I'm fairly tall and have a lot of hips :P each body type will have a different happy healthy goal size :D
  • Cortln
    Cortln Posts: 5
    That's awesome!!! I'm size 11 in Juniors now, the smallest size I remember ever being is a 7. (I have wide hips so I'd be happy if I could get back to a 7). How did you get down to a 1? What diet/exercising did you do??
  • eecruzmd
    eecruzmd Posts: 119 Member
    Hey! Maybe you can order the pants from the UK lol (kidding)

    Anyway congratulations on your sucess and now stop looking at those little girls and playing mind games... you are already there :wink:
  • newhabit
    newhabit Posts: 426 Member
    I'm 5'5". This is the smallest I've ever been. Well, discounting the fact that I was once a toddler....

    wow that is great! you must have a low body fat percentage...
  • netgrrl
    netgrrl Posts: 2 Member
    Sizes seems to be all over the place these days, especially with so many designers doing "vanity sizing" that I don't pay much attention to it anymore.

    My real aha moment was when I realized that at age 54, I was smaller than I had been when I was 25. That feels great.
  • Colonel_Brandon
    Colonel_Brandon Posts: 256 Member
    That is amazing, and inspirational. Soooooooooo happy for for for experiencing this helluva NSV.

    Wow.

    You should do before and after pics!
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    I started out with A LOT of cardio... It's all I did. I was on 1200cals/day and was I doing Zumba and Body Pump (alternated every other day) before work, and running 2-4 miles after work each day... Once I hit 24lbs lost, I started weight training mainly. Lifting really heavy. My brother is a football player and he's always been in the "lift heavy stuff" state of mind so he got me going in the weight room. I honestly LOVE it. I look forward to going to the gym and lifting. All the cardio I do now is 10-15 mins of HIIT style running on a treadmill after my lifting set each day.
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    That is amazing, and inspirational. Soooooooooo happy for for for experiencing this helluva NSV.

    Wow.

    You should do before and after pics!

    I wish I would've done a before pic! I didn't think I'd come this far so I didn't really think I needed one. I honestly dodged the camera every time I saw one before, so most of my before pics aren't that telling. lol
  • Sweetdistraction
    Sweetdistraction Posts: 12 Member
    I wear a size 1/2 in aeropostale jeans, but whenever Im bloated and have to wear my 3/4s I feel like the biggest cow in the world. Congrats!
  • Cortln
    Cortln Posts: 5
    That's great! You've really got me motivated now! :)
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    That is awesome. Yes that happened to me last year. I'm the smallest I've ever been in my life and I didn't reach it until age 50. The smallest I'd ever been before was size 8, yet I got down to a size 2.

    It's funny because I've lived my life over weight and because I worked out so hard everyone thought I had big bones. Once I lost all the fat I realized how tiny I really am. I have strong bones from lifting, but they are not big, they are dense (DXA showed my 51.5 year old bones are the same as a super fit 30 year old. If that isn't scientific proof that lifting weights keeps you young I don't know what is) Most women who are short like me, once they lose the weight they will find they are tiny too. We pretty much have close to the same body structure once the fat is gone (based on height).

    Although my muscles are not big (girls just don't get big, no matter how much we lift, we don't have the hormones for it) I have too much muscle for most skinny jeans though, plus I'm sort, only 5'1"

    And yes the profile picture is really me! LOL
  • Fozzi43
    Fozzi43 Posts: 2,984 Member
    Think size 3 would be kids size clothing? I sometimes buy girls stuff age 12-14 :laugh:
  • Ezada
    Ezada Posts: 207 Member
    That is awesome! Congratulations on your achievement :D
    I hope to someday accomplish this with a size 10/12! Thank you for your inspiration :D

    *I am 5'9", I don't anticipate I will ever be smaller than a size 10/12, which is fine with me seeing as I am a 22/24 now.

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