Voyage Home

My voyage into the land of 2x was both perilous & debilitating. I am so very glad to be back in the familiar land of XL. I can't say that it's home or anywhere near a final destination, but it's safe. Friday night I was making my weekly thrift store run & felt inspired to try on some blue jeans. I found some super cute size 18s & was pleasantly surprised to find them too large. Well, let's tell the honest truth here: size 18s were always too large in certain areas. I don't what major body changes designers think women go through between size 16 & 18, but I assure you, my ass does not triple in size. The problem with my body type is this: it kind of tapers like a carrot. The higher up on my waistline I place my pants, the tighter they become & the slope gets worse as my weight increases. This is why it's impossible for me to wear pantyhose (if ever I had the inclination to). They just roll down constantly, but that's another story altogether. Think about it this way: I gained 80 lbs & only went up 1 pant size. I know, it makes no sense, right? But, alas it was impossible to find well fitting pants in my overweight-ness. This can be accredited to 2 reasons: 1.) I have no ass & designers ASSume women of a certain size must & 2.) My stomach size was constantly changing due to my gastroparesis.

All in all, not counting just this current string of weight loss efforts, but total weight loss from my 80 lb gain, I have lost 31 lbs. I still have 50 to go just to get back to my normal weight, & another 30 or so to get to a healthy weight, but I'm proud of my progress. Here's photo proof of it:

1 Year Ago - August 2011

Yesterday :)