Wednesday, January 12, 2011

My pants are falling! My pants are falling! ... My pants are falling???

One of the constant struggles with being obese is finding clothes that fit. At age 18 I no longer fit in a XL shirt and my pants always had to be altered because I wore them below my "Santa belly" (still do but working on it). Back then there weren't many Big & Tall stores like there is now and the few that were around well their clothes were for older people.
I hated the way clothes fit and I remember many times I would not attend parties and other gatherings because of how I looked or just not having something nice to wear. I apologize now to my friends and family for all the clothes I received as gifts. They just never fit me and it wasn't their fault for not knowing my actual size it was my fault for letting my weight problem get out of control. In fact I would often lie and say "yes sure it will fit" knowing very well it wouldn't... not proud of that. So I mainly stuck with the tee shirts... first with a 1XL and so on.
4 years ago I could no longer wear my 5XL shirts due to my obesity and rather than throwing them out like I did the rest of my smaller size shirts I packed them all up in giant black Hefty trash bags ... 4 of them filled to the brim.
At my heaviest weight (442) I was venturing into the 7XL world which meant I could no longer shop at Casual Male XL which it's biggest size they carry is 6XL and my only option was ordering from a catalog.
Well I'm proud to announce that this week I pulled out the trash bags filled with 5XL clothes cause 7XL and 6XL is too big on me! Yes too big as in they don't fit... in a good way!!!
I have a whole new wardrobe and do I dare say the 5XL's are fitting a little loose too. I find myself muttering "oh I remember this piece of clothing" while shifting through the bags. Tons of dress shirts, Big Dog, Reebok, Nike shirts and even pants. Look out 4XL & 3XL I'm on your heels!!!!
Last week I weighed in at 359.5 pounds and my current weight is 354.5 ... 5 more pounds for a total of 86.5 pounds lost. God is good!
This week came with a lot of challenges: eating out twice but making good choices, some aches and pains and the dreaded self-doubts that creep in from time to time. I turn to my faith and my wife (who has lost 60 pounds herself) to get me through the rough patches.
I want to thank everyone for their support, emails, messages, comments, joining my blog and even hitting the "like" button. Feel free to share the blog especially if you know of anyone struggling with weight issues.
Great to hear everyone's success stories on their own journey's from starting off walking, better food choices, training for the L.A. Marathon, Jazzercize, and enduring a Crossfit regiment ... Congrats to everyone and keep on lb.ing away!

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2 comments:

  1. I totally agree.From a time before,it is really hard to find good well tailored clothes for big and tall men,it is a good thing there are now.

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