Hello girls!
Its getting late & a storm is rolling in so I am gonna be brief here but I had to share my good news! My daughter & I went out looking for school shoes for her tonight. We Went to Payless...nothing. Then went to Marshall's, nothing, HOWEVER I decided that I was gonna check out the jeans they had. None of my jeans fit me anymore and I have a huge stack in my closet that I am going to donate to Goodwill. I tried finding a new pr in the spring & I just wasnt happy with any of them. Anyways, I went to the 16s but decided that I would try a couple pr of 14s on for kicks & giggles & guess what???! Yep, they fit!!! I could zip em and everything! I bought 2 pr (1 pr Levis & 1 pr Lucky jeans) and although I will be much happier when I lose another 7-10# wearing them, I could go out and wear them in public w/ no problem!!! I am seriously so fricken excited I can hardly stand myself!!!!! Oh wait, and get this!! Then we decided to go to Kohl's to look for shoes & she found a pair (thank goodness!) & she wanted to go to the Juniors section & I felt the pull to the jeans dept again. So yep, I loaded up my arms with lots of 14s and most of them were a pretty good fit, but I chose 1 pr that I thought looked the best & bought them. They are Levis straight leg (which I love but they are so hard to find!) in MISSES Size 14!!! Buying jeans has always been such a thorn in my side because I have always had a belly and this horrible scar that I try to conceal. Buying jeans is almost as bad as bathing suit shopping for me.....seriously! I was wearing and 18W for I cant tell you how many YEARS. I wore a size 12/14 when I got married 18yrs ago & I am finally getting back into that size again and it feels amazing!! Really energizes me to keep going & stay focused. I dispised shopping in the Womens Dept because everything looked so matronly. I have always wanted to shop in the "normal" ladies dept & not the fat girls dept. and it looks like I have officially left the Womens dept for good! So as I sit at my computer tonight, in my closet there are 3 pr of size 14 MISSES jeans waiting for me to wear them!! And they aren't "grandma jeans" that the waist comes up really high on either....they actually are pretty flattering with the lower rise and they kind of have a whitewashing on the front that I think has a slimming illusion to it. I find that my tummy looks flatter in them as opposed to the higher rise. Just don't like how my undies feel in them with the lower rise....oh well, guess I will go buy some newer SMALLER undies then! :)
So that's what happened to me today....I am officially a REGULAR size 14!! Slowly but surely I am getting there & I am getting smaller. Jeans don't lie!
Have a great night my friends & thanks for listening!
Love & hugs!
Sherri
I am so excited for you! Successes like that keep you motivated! Pictures!!!???
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind comments. I wasn't fishing for compliments, I was just feeling a little bummed. I guess you can't turn back the clock, nor would I really want to. There is a lot of wisdom that comes with age!
We call it Sh!ts and Giggles in our house:)
Great job!!! I love when that happens!
ReplyDeleteI am really so excited right now. Did you cry when you fit into them? When I fit into 14's the first time I was at Avenue w/hubby (which is for size 14 and up to kingdom come). I couldn't fit into my 18's and 20's anymore and decided to go buy a pair of 16. They were too big and I put on a pr of 14's. I got so excited I ran out of the dressing room and locked myself out and had to go tell the girls in the front and I was crying.
ReplyDeleteHAHA. I am so PROUD of you :-)
I'm thinking you need some new thongs to go with those new jeans!!! I could feel your happiness right through the computer screen. I am so happy for you. I mean it! Your post made me smile because we all know what hard work losing weight is. It's so nice to have a payoff like that!! Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI am soooo happy for you!!!! It's true jeans don't lie and fitting into 14's must feel amazing!!! Keep up the good work you are doing awesome :)
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