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Are our casual clothes making us fat??
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All I know is that leggings LIE! I wear size Small whether I weigh 100 or 140 pounds!
( But, my normal jeans......Size 24.....I need to be 115 (or less to fit comfortably). 106 pounds, though....they sag! 🤣1 -
MamboRumba wrote: »All I know is that leggings LIE! I wear size Small whether I weigh 100 or 140 pounds!
( But, my normal jeans......Size 24.....I need to be 115 (or less to fit comfortably). 106 pounds, though....they sag! 🤣
I've lost about 52 pounds and I still wear the same yoga pants, lol. They were pretty tight at the top, but they still fit!1 -
The "obesity epidemic" is too old for it to have been fueled by the current trend in some circles of wearing stretchy comfortable athletic clothing. I've been alive for the start of people wearing leggings more places than they used to and "yoga pants" (of the spandex kind) being a thing. I have not be alive for as long as the obesity epidemic has existed (it started in the late 70s/early 80s from what I can tell).
People used to be plump and comfortable. That is why they wore corsets and tights.
I think it was the Great Depression that made people thin.
If anything ...I think society has become poor dressers. Sloppy clothes....sloppy looks.
Because, if I see a Plus Size person dressed nicely (think church and weddings)......the weight is not much of an issue.
They are still attractive, regardless.
Like Oprah....in sloppy clothes.....ummmm, No!5 -
RelCanonical wrote: »MamboRumba wrote: »All I know is that leggings LIE! I wear size Small whether I weigh 100 or 140 pounds!
( But, my normal jeans......Size 24.....I need to be 115 (or less to fit comfortably). 106 pounds, though....they sag! 🤣
I've lost about 52 pounds and I still wear the same yoga pants, lol. They were pretty tight at the top, but they still fit!
Hahahahahahahahah! 🤣. I know! The OP is right. These clothes got some heavy duty super stretch to them!
Always do the JEANS test. Jeans do not lie!
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MamboRumba wrote: »RelCanonical wrote: »MamboRumba wrote: »All I know is that leggings LIE! I wear size Small whether I weigh 100 or 140 pounds!
( But, my normal jeans......Size 24.....I need to be 115 (or less to fit comfortably). 106 pounds, though....they sag! 🤣
I've lost about 52 pounds and I still wear the same yoga pants, lol. They were pretty tight at the top, but they still fit!
Hahahahahahahahah! 🤣. I know! The OP is right. These clothes got some heavy duty super stretch to them!
Always do the JEANS test. Jeans do not lie!
Nothing like putting on a pair of freshly laundered jeans to make you feel like you've gained 10 pounds, lol. I would always put my through the dryer, apparently that's a bad idea if you want them to fit the same as before.
I actually can't remember the last time I wore jeans. It's been a while.2 -
Wait...I'm supposed to wear them? In public? Always wondered why people are uncomfortable around me
You obviously live in San Francisco, where public nudity is legal (but you have to bring something to sit on--no naked butts on the bus-stop benches. Besides you don't know who sat there before you...).
Thing about public nudity in SF being legal--it's so fracking cold there all the time pretty much nobody ever exercises that right!
It's funny because I live in Oregon where public nudity is legal so long as one isn't intending "to cause arousal in others". The only time people ever exercise that right, in Portland at least, is on the nude beach or during the Naked Bike Ride.
Naked Bike Ride?
Yeah - it's totally a thing and not just in Portland. It's part of the World Naked Bike Ride which has been apparently going on for 15 years according to wikipedia (that article isn't safe for work for obvious reasons). Thousands of people participate in Portland's ride annually. I have zero desire to do it for multiple reasons (including that it doesn't sound physically comfortable), but the people I know who have done it enjoyed it (including someone I wouldn't have expected to report back good things).
we have them in my area. SE Wi0 -
Wait...I'm supposed to wear them? In public? Always wondered why people are uncomfortable around me
You obviously live in San Francisco, where public nudity is legal (but you have to bring something to sit on--no naked butts on the bus-stop benches. Besides you don't know who sat there before you...).
Thing about public nudity in SF being legal--it's so fracking cold there all the time pretty much nobody ever exercises that right!
It's funny because I live in Oregon where public nudity is legal so long as one isn't intending "to cause arousal in others". The only time people ever exercise that right, in Portland at least, is on the nude beach or during the Naked Bike Ride.
Naked Bike Ride?
Yeah - it's totally a thing and not just in Portland. It's part of the World Naked Bike Ride which has been apparently going on for 15 years according to wikipedia (that article isn't safe for work for obvious reasons). Thousands of people participate in Portland's ride annually. I have zero desire to do it for multiple reasons (including that it doesn't sound physically comfortable), but the people I know who have done it enjoyed it (including someone I wouldn't have expected to report back good things).
we have them in my area. SE Wi
We have one up here in Bellingham, WA too - and there's a big one in Seattle every year. You get to see some pretty amazing body paint art. Well - you get to see a lot of everything.2 -
Wait...I'm supposed to wear them? In public? Always wondered why people are uncomfortable around me
You obviously live in San Francisco, where public nudity is legal (but you have to bring something to sit on--no naked butts on the bus-stop benches. Besides you don't know who sat there before you...).
Thing about public nudity in SF being legal--it's so fracking cold there all the time pretty much nobody ever exercises that right!
It's funny because I live in Oregon where public nudity is legal so long as one isn't intending "to cause arousal in others". The only time people ever exercise that right, in Portland at least, is on the nude beach or during the Naked Bike Ride.
Naked Bike Ride?
On the summer solstice, people ride around Seattle wearing nothing but body paint.
I went for a ride just because on the solstice once, passed a bunch of them, and felt overdressed.4 -
Wait...I'm supposed to wear them? In public? Always wondered why people are uncomfortable around me
You obviously live in San Francisco, where public nudity is legal (but you have to bring something to sit on--no naked butts on the bus-stop benches. Besides you don't know who sat there before you...).
Thing about public nudity in SF being legal--it's so fracking cold there all the time pretty much nobody ever exercises that right!
It's funny because I live in Oregon where public nudity is legal so long as one isn't intending "to cause arousal in others". The only time people ever exercise that right, in Portland at least, is on the nude beach or during the Naked Bike Ride.
Naked Bike Ride?
Yeah - it's totally a thing and not just in Portland. It's part of the World Naked Bike Ride which has been apparently going on for 15 years according to wikipedia (that article isn't safe for work for obvious reasons). Thousands of people participate in Portland's ride annually. I have zero desire to do it for multiple reasons (including that it doesn't sound physically comfortable), but the people I know who have done it enjoyed it (including someone I wouldn't have expected to report back good things).
We were a at a Kenny Chesney concert at Busch Stadium in St Louis last summer. The naked bike ride was going by the stadium. One of the ticket takers said they had been going by for an hour. He said didn't know how many fake tickets he let get past him.2 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »
Wait...I'm supposed to wear them? In public? Always wondered why people are uncomfortable around me
You obviously live in San Francisco, where public nudity is legal (but you have to bring something to sit on--no naked butts on the bus-stop benches. Besides you don't know who sat there before you...).
Thing about public nudity in SF being legal--it's so fracking cold there all the time pretty much nobody ever exercises that right!
It's funny because I live in Oregon where public nudity is legal so long as one isn't intending "to cause arousal in others". The only time people ever exercise that right, in Portland at least, is on the nude beach or during the Naked Bike Ride.
Naked Bike Ride?
Yeah - it's totally a thing and not just in Portland. It's part of the World Naked Bike Ride which has been apparently going on for 15 years according to wikipedia (that article isn't safe for work for obvious reasons). Thousands of people participate in Portland's ride annually. I have zero desire to do it for multiple reasons (including that it doesn't sound physically comfortable), but the people I know who have done it enjoyed it (including someone I wouldn't have expected to report back good things).
We were a at a Kenny Chesney concert at Busch Stadium in St Louis last summer. The naked bike ride was going by the stadium. One of the ticket takers said they had been going by for an hour. He said didn't know how many fake tickets he let get past him.
A: "Wait, why are there so many people in the stadium?"
B: "Well you see there were these people...who didn't appear to have pants on, and they decided to ride their bikes that way. Also they were topless."0 -
NorthCascades wrote: »
Wait...I'm supposed to wear them? In public? Always wondered why people are uncomfortable around me
You obviously live in San Francisco, where public nudity is legal (but you have to bring something to sit on--no naked butts on the bus-stop benches. Besides you don't know who sat there before you...).
Thing about public nudity in SF being legal--it's so fracking cold there all the time pretty much nobody ever exercises that right!
It's funny because I live in Oregon where public nudity is legal so long as one isn't intending "to cause arousal in others". The only time people ever exercise that right, in Portland at least, is on the nude beach or during the Naked Bike Ride.
Naked Bike Ride?
On the summer solstice, people ride around Seattle wearing nothing but body paint.
I went for a ride just because on the solstice once, passed a bunch of them, and felt overdressed.
It just sounds... logistically challenging
I have nothing against anyone's skin if they're comfortable and confident enough to (legally, lol) show it off. And I've seen pictures of some pretty amazing body paint! 0 -
I can't completely disagree with the OP. For example, I wear a uniform to work. In 2018, my company changed uniforms. Before that, for 10 years, I wore a very form fitting, non-stretchy dress. If I put on 5lbs, I could feel it getting tight- 10lbs and it was difficult to zip. It kept me in check (we were only allowed to reorder new uniforms once a year so sizing up as a result of a lazy winter was not an option). My new uniform has a whole bunch of stretchiness to it so it doesn't matter that I'm heavier now because the uniform still zips without an issue. I'd never be able to wear my old dress at the weight I'm at now (about 12lbs heavier). While I don't blame the new dress for causing me to gain weight- that's me eating too much, I don't discount the fact my new uniforms make me a little less accountable because they fit and I don't have to worry about my weight as much.5
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I completely get where you are coming from OP. I work from home. It's very easy for me to wear stretchy clothes all during the week and I do.
Since I'm aware of my calorie intake everyday I don't gain weight. However, if I didn't keep track of my calories or ate the way I use to eat I could see how I could head down a slippery slope of unintentional weight gain.
For me, my non-stretchy clothes tells me what is going on with my body. Last summer my clothes were getting a little loose (I didn't want that) and over the holidays things sometimes can start to get a little tight.
So I buy clothes without stretch at times and wear them or at least try something on in my closet once in a while. For example, slipping on a very fitted evening dress that zips up in the back and sitting down tells me exactly what I need to know.
It's just another way I monitor my body composition along with taking measurements, photos and looking in the mirror.
Are you posting this to make fun of it, or to support the original post? The daily mail is like a cheesy tabloid, so it's hard to tell with no comment added.
The obesity problem will continue to be a problem as long as we continue to look for reasons outside of our own responsibility. People are overweight because it is newly possible to live an entirely sedentary lifestyle while surrounded by cheap and plentiful calorie dense food. It doesn't matter if your pants have an elastic waistband or Nike has plus size mannequins or GMOs are labeled clearly or food has preservatives or how many carbs are in your burrito or which kinds of fats you eat.
I personally have never been obese, but I feel confident obese people deal with uncomfortable and even painful situations and events far worse than "my pants aren't stretchy enough".
Commenter is the OP so I am guessing it was posted in support.
I admit I was being somewhat facetious in my original post.
And I do know that the Daily Mail is not exactly the the world's most trusted news source.
But I have known friends to complain that they gained weight when they started wearing scrubs to work...or began working from home and didn't have to put on a suit each day. But their gains could perhaps more easily be explained by the abundant supply of snacks at the nurses' station, or the fact that they were working mere steps from their own kitchen.6
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