Oinkstop
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This evening, I decided to undertake a little project which I haven't done in quite some time.
I decided to actually have a look in my closet, which is a place I've pretty much not dared go. All the clothing I usually wear, with the exception of my one pair of dress pants, can be found in my dresser drawers.
It was scary, yeah.
I decided not to overwhelm myself and I only had a look at the pants. I found stuff as big as a size 20* and as small as a size 14. I even found one pair of dress pants I'd never worn, since the original tags were still present.
Of course none of it fits, yet. Other than the sweat pants I wear almost always, I have one pair of jeans, size 24, that fit. I have one other pair, also a size 24, that I can wear, if I don't mind a very snug fit and considerable "muffin top." Oddly enough, the two pairs are the same size, the same style, and the same manufacturer, but they were made in two separate factories.
What's even more frightening is that I have several boxes of even smaller clothing stashed away in the garage. Some of that stuff dates back more than 20 years, but I don't plan to tackle those boxes until I've shrunk out of the clothes I unearthed this evening.
Now that I have it all sorted out, I'm left wondering how much more weight I'll have to lose before I can squeeze into those size 20s.
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* Are US and UK sizes the same? In the US, women's sizes are measured at the waist, and are half the waist measurement. A size 20, for example, is supposed to fit someone with a 40-inch waist. Men's sizes make much more sense, since they are measured in waist size. A man's 36 will fit a guy with a 36-inch waist.
I decided to actually have a look in my closet, which is a place I've pretty much not dared go. All the clothing I usually wear, with the exception of my one pair of dress pants, can be found in my dresser drawers.
It was scary, yeah.
I decided not to overwhelm myself and I only had a look at the pants. I found stuff as big as a size 20* and as small as a size 14. I even found one pair of dress pants I'd never worn, since the original tags were still present.
Of course none of it fits, yet. Other than the sweat pants I wear almost always, I have one pair of jeans, size 24, that fit. I have one other pair, also a size 24, that I can wear, if I don't mind a very snug fit and considerable "muffin top." Oddly enough, the two pairs are the same size, the same style, and the same manufacturer, but they were made in two separate factories.
What's even more frightening is that I have several boxes of even smaller clothing stashed away in the garage. Some of that stuff dates back more than 20 years, but I don't plan to tackle those boxes until I've shrunk out of the clothes I unearthed this evening.
Now that I have it all sorted out, I'm left wondering how much more weight I'll have to lose before I can squeeze into those size 20s.
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* Are US and UK sizes the same? In the US, women's sizes are measured at the waist, and are half the waist measurement. A size 20, for example, is supposed to fit someone with a 40-inch waist. Men's sizes make much more sense, since they are measured in waist size. A man's 36 will fit a guy with a 36-inch waist.
I'm sure you'll be in those 20's in no time and dipping under the 20 marker! 
