One of the things I always hear is even if you don't see the scale going down you should be able to tell with your clothes. For me that just doesn't happen.
I wear stretch pants and large tops. I am so uncomfortable with being heavy I don't want to be uncomfortable in my clothes as well. Both mentally and physically. So I wear clothes that I can wear at any weight. Eventually I will start to swim more in the clothes, but it doesn't happen right away. I don't think I started to wear more fitted clothes until I was closer to goal weight. And even then I was surprised that I couldn't get into smaller sizes. At goal weight I fit into a size 14, and maybe a vanity size 12. And sometimes a 14 wouldn't fit, and I refused to go to a 16, so I wouldn't buy it.
Even my bike clothes were a large (and they were tight to boot). The shirts are even worse. I had an extra large shirt and it was still too tight. I had to go XXL, and then I had to wear a jacket over it all to hide my rolls. Bicyclist don't think there are any large bicyclist, they have vanity sizes in reverse.
I remember K asking me why as some get older they start dressing frumpy. It is all about Comfort baby. I have caught sight of myself in mirrors and I am surprised to be staring back at one of the frumpiest people alive. Long live frumpy.
But seriously, when a heavy person wears tight clothes people think, no no no she/he shouldn't be wearing that. I do this, I think what were they thinking. It has become a national joke, just look at "pictures of walmart shoppers." They pick the largest person who lets it all hang out, and then the ridiculing begins. I don't find the pictures amusing, and I think of the person who is plastered over the internet and how they must be feeling and I just want to ring peoples necks. I don't know why they wear those clothes, I don't know if they just don't care anymore, or they don't realize that they do not flatter them, or make them sexy, or they are drugged out and they don't know they are dressed like they are. I don't know. But I do know none of them want to be the butt of everyone's joke.
Lets stop trying to shame fat people.
I wear stretch pants and large tops. I am so uncomfortable with being heavy I don't want to be uncomfortable in my clothes as well. Both mentally and physically. So I wear clothes that I can wear at any weight. Eventually I will start to swim more in the clothes, but it doesn't happen right away. I don't think I started to wear more fitted clothes until I was closer to goal weight. And even then I was surprised that I couldn't get into smaller sizes. At goal weight I fit into a size 14, and maybe a vanity size 12. And sometimes a 14 wouldn't fit, and I refused to go to a 16, so I wouldn't buy it.
Even my bike clothes were a large (and they were tight to boot). The shirts are even worse. I had an extra large shirt and it was still too tight. I had to go XXL, and then I had to wear a jacket over it all to hide my rolls. Bicyclist don't think there are any large bicyclist, they have vanity sizes in reverse.
I remember K asking me why as some get older they start dressing frumpy. It is all about Comfort baby. I have caught sight of myself in mirrors and I am surprised to be staring back at one of the frumpiest people alive. Long live frumpy.
But seriously, when a heavy person wears tight clothes people think, no no no she/he shouldn't be wearing that. I do this, I think what were they thinking. It has become a national joke, just look at "pictures of walmart shoppers." They pick the largest person who lets it all hang out, and then the ridiculing begins. I don't find the pictures amusing, and I think of the person who is plastered over the internet and how they must be feeling and I just want to ring peoples necks. I don't know why they wear those clothes, I don't know if they just don't care anymore, or they don't realize that they do not flatter them, or make them sexy, or they are drugged out and they don't know they are dressed like they are. I don't know. But I do know none of them want to be the butt of everyone's joke.
Lets stop trying to shame fat people.
I tried on some of my thinner clothes last week, and it's been so long since I have been able to fit into them that they have gone out of fashion (wide legged pants?). I think some fitted clothes can be quite flattering for larger sizes...maybe not as comfortable as elastic waistbands, but still flattering!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Natasha. It's all in what you are comfortable in.
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