After putting it off, I went to the thrift store to look for some work clothing and t-shirts. Having an office job, I usually wear dress pants and shirts, or docker-type pants and a nice shirt most of the week. The pants I've been wearing for the past three months (size 54 khakis and Docker-style pants) are beginning to nearly fall off of me and "balloon" around my lower stomach/upper thigh region--like, you could smuggle a large steak in my pants kind of extra room down there. Like, I could totally now take off the pants without loosing the belt that's on the very last hole kind of situation.

So, off to the thrift store I go (because I'm a cheap-*kitten*, and refuse to pay full-pop on clothing that I'm going to have to replace in a few months anyways). Previous trips have been difficult--they rarely have Big guy clothes there, because (a) we hold onto our comfortable clothes that fit us FOREVER, and (b) those damned kids and their "baggy" look take them before we can get them---GET OFFFA MY LAWN!!!

Well, this time, I found a cool-assed rust colored dress shirt, but It was a 1/2 size smaller than I usually wear (18 1/2 instead of 19--and size 19 not because my neck is that size, but because looser shirts don't bring attention to the man boobs as much). Well...the shirt looks GREAT on me, if I say so myself! Achievement unlocked!

Now to the pants. Black dress pants there--size 50. Again, I usually get larger pants (sized 54) to accommodate my big/wide, washboard flat *kitten* and lower stomach, but the rest of the pant is baggy. But these, size **50** pants work like a charm, and fit just right--just a *little* snug in the waist. We win again.

I also find t-shirts there (printed and plain). I wear them as undershirts for my work attire, and usually buy them a size tighter, to trim me up (yes, a manzere/guy girdle). I used to use size XL Tees for this--this time around, size L worked just fine--I tried one last year, and couldn't get them past my shoulders. One more time!!!0

Just think--a half size in shirts (depending on who makes them--not ready for Perry Ellis quite yet!), and nearly **2** sizes in pants! And I could actually walk out of the store with stuff instead of being disappointed.

Thank God for Keto!! That, and sweet, sweet Bacon!! And thanks to everyone in the /r/keto MFP community for the help and encouragement!