NSV- the bad news is my suits don't fit. The good news is my

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ceyuh
ceyuh Posts: 34
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I sometimes wear a suit in my line of work. I have a dozen of them in my closet, and in the last few years I've been limited to wearing 2 or 3 of them because the rest were too small. Lately, the biggest suits have gotten so loose as to look sloppy. Today I tried the other 9 (smaller) suits on and found that 6 of them are now too big as well. :bigsmile:

Luckily, my tailor will alter them for life at no charge.

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  • Helenatrandom
    Helenatrandom Posts: 1,166 Member
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    Great job!
  • CampbellHendry
    CampbellHendry Posts: 84 Member
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    Well done :D I'm treating myself to a nice tailored suit when i hit 154lbs :D
  • jellyfishjen
    jellyfishjen Posts: 1,787 Member
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    Fabulous. Yes the biggest pain about losing weight is the clothes factor. Thankfully your tailor will help.
  • ╰☆╮PilatesPOPster╰☆╮
    ╰☆╮PilatesPOPster╰☆╮ Posts: 198
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    yay! That's one good tailor!
  • loverachel18
    loverachel18 Posts: 79
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    awesome! :smile:
  • NiciS72
    NiciS72 Posts: 1,043 Member
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    That's so awesome. Congrats on the NSV!
  • ceyuh
    ceyuh Posts: 34
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    Thanks for the kind words everyone....I think I'm going to wait before I have them taken in, however. I've come to the realization that my goal weight of 240 needs a little tweaking...240 at 47 years old is not quite the same as it was at 35 years old. I think I have to adjust my goal down another 20 pounds. My wife says that I have to be careful though because I'm naturally a big guy, and I'm quite wide at the shoulders. She thinks I may start to look drawn at that weight. We'll see.
  • smb0701
    smb0701 Posts: 234
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    good job.
  • KarenBlanchard
    KarenBlanchard Posts: 9
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    Awesome! Great Job!
  • teri1956
    teri1956 Posts: 221 Member
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    I am happy that you NEED the tailor! Congratulations!
  • ceyuh
    ceyuh Posts: 34
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    I am happy that you NEED the tailor! Congratulations!

    Me too :bigsmile:
  • anthonywaters
    anthonywaters Posts: 3 Member
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    I feel your pain. I have a number of suits that I haven't really need to wear since January. Imagine my surprise when I went to try one on for the Navy Ball. The pants were just too large. I couldn;t take my jacket off all day. Luckily, I had another suit I coudl wear for a wedding the follwoing week. Surprisingly the suit that fit was one that I don't even remember buying :).

    Good job on the slim down.
  • ceyuh
    ceyuh Posts: 34
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    So, an update. I drove the two hours to the tailor to try on the newly altered suits. On the first one, the waist on the pants was perfect, the jacket, too. Funny thing though, the pants were now 2 inches TOO SHORT. I came out of the dressing room and said "I think we have a problem". As it turns out, they had to take the crotch in so much that the cuffs were lifted to my ankles.

    "No problem, we can fix that". A few more pins here and there, and on to the next one. 4 of 6 needed to have the legs lengthened. On one of the jackets, they actually had to re-cut it because the amount of "take in" was too much to just pull in the seams and deepen the arm holes. They even had to move buttons. I left for a while and returned about 2 hours later, with 2 large pizzas in tow. The staff was very appreciative, (I abstained) and I love the way they look. NSV indeed.
  • kaybillie
    kaybillie Posts: 43
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    good for you!!!!
  • ShannaDBowser
    ShannaDBowser Posts: 88 Member
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    That is awesome!

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