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    NSV - I'm a medium! :-)

    Posts: 48 Member
    edited February 11 in Success Stories
    Before I joined MyFitnessPal I had been buying XL clothes for a long time. But in fact the last item of clothing I bought before addressing my weight problem was XXL. I'm 5ft 6. I really shouldn't be anywhere near those sizes.

    Today I bought my first Medium sized garment for about 20 years! It was lovely. I first tried on the Large and thought it was a little big and in almost disbelief tried on the Medium - and it fit! Lovely.

    Hopefully I'll be able to get into a Small before too long. I used to kid myself that XL was manly. It wasn't, it was just fat.

    Delighted to be a Medium now.

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    • Posts: 586 Member
      That's so awesome. I don't think I've been a medium since...high school? Middle school? Haha. So that is a great accomplishment!
    • Posts: 80 Member
      Awesome!!!!! That is great for you! I am in a large/ xtra large and my goal is to get into a medium
    • Posts: 112 Member
      Same thing happened to me (so now I have a bunch of XL shirts and a bunch of medium shirts :p). My wife's reaction: "I don't remember ordering a medium husband"
    • Posts: 772 Member
      Magnificent! :) Well done.
    • Posts: 10,322 Member
      I did the same thing. Went from 2XL in mostly everything to now a medium in mostly everything. It is an awesome feeling for sure.

      The mind trick that buying a Medium, knowing there is only one size below usually for men and 3 sizes above the Medium really gets me as well. Same mind trick with pants only there are even more above the 32" waist (sometimes 30") I buy.
    • Posts: 48 Member
      Thanks very much, everyone. I wouldn't be able to do it without MyFitnessPals!
    • Posts: 108 Member
      Totally awesome! I just did the same thing, bought my first article of large. I'm 6'2 so I don't see mediums in my future... unless I want to show off midriff...
    • Posts: 119 Member
      I've been there, and it really feels great. This past summer I gave away seventeen nerdy T-shirts at a nerdy convention. While wearing an M size shirt. :)

      Deliverance, thy size is Medium!

      Mark
    • Posts: 99 Member
      Great job! I know that feels awesome
    • Posts: 1,301 Member
      Right there with you brother, I just bought a bunch of medium boxer-briefs and tee shirts yesterday and retired to the rag pile all of my XL's. Congrats on your progress, feels good doesn't it?

      Rigger
    • Posts: 55 Member
      Congrats! Such a great feeling!
    • Posts: 769 Member
      Awesome and isn't it a great feeling to see that in your clothing on the tag?!?!?! =)
    • Posts: 48 Member
      Yes, it's absolutely lovely. Many thanks, all, for your kind encouragement.
    • Posts: 2,130 Member
      Way to go!

      I did discover that vanity sizing has reached men's clothing. According to my tape measure, the 33-inch waist pants I bought at Old Navy are actually nearly 35 inches....
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