From 3XL to Large!!!

Prior to my recent overseas trip I had a bit of a  clothing purge… Nothing I had fitted me anymore and almost everything was like a  tent – except for some of those clothes I kept from years ago, hoping I might  get into them again… well they do fit me now; but even some of them still swim on  me…

I didn’t have time for much of a shop before I left  so today I decided to pop over to the local Rivers Outlet store and see what they had…  I knew I had gone down a couple of sizes, but when I tried on some button up shirts, even the  XL’s still swam on me out the front and even in the shoulders. So off I went and  got a “L”arge and went back to the change room too try that on… Perfect –  almost, but definitely better than the XL. If I decide I want to try and do aerobics  in it, it’s a little restrictive but otherwise it will do… I still bought a  couple of XL pullover shirts but they fitted well.

Since I’ve been banded almost every week something;  like this, reinforces my new positive attitude to life…

While I expected to go down a couple of sizes I  never expected to get into a large. Only 12 month ago, clothes shopping was a nightmare. It would take forever to find something that both fitted me (normally in 3XL and 112cm waist – and even then that was ‘snug’) and I  liked; now clothes shopping are a breeze with so many options – where do you  stop.

Add today’s experience to my 97cm pants I had to  buy before I went away, and in all it just makes me feel so much happier in myself…

Now to go through the wardrobe again and get rid of  some of those ones I kept until I could find the time to go shopping and then  drop all the old clothes down to the local charity store.

Until next time