"You Look Like a Medium"

I normally don't get on line or post when I'm at work, but I just can't help myself. I went in for an MRI for my low back this morning. My pants have a zipper and snap so I needed to put on a pair of scrubs. The technician asked me what size I wore and I told her a large or extra large. She looked at me and said: Wait for it.... Drum roll.... It's coming..... "No, you look like a medium." I figured there was no way I could squeeze my butt into a medium, but I was too surprised to say anything. She tossed the pants at me, said, "Just tighten the drawstring if they're too big" and walked away before I could gather my thoughts - I'm not always the brightest clown in the Volkswagen. I figured I'd try the damned pants and then go out feeling stupid and ask for a large when they didn't fit. But they FIT! Not only did they fit, but I had to cinch them up with the drawstring. I walked out of that dressing room with the biggest cheese eating grin on my face. It was all I could do not to kiss the technician. After the MRI was done, I checked the tag to make sure that they were a medium and she hadn't accidently thrown me a large. Yep, medium. I've never stolen anything in my life, but for a second, I was tempted to walk out of there wearing those scrubs. Connie

LMAO!!! How wonderful Connie! It amazes me everyday that I'm falling out of my Extra large pants and I'm now in a large. Can you imagine???? For the first time since Jr. High I dont have to wear clothes that say "extra" in front of it! Good for you!!! Good for us all!!! What a happy day -Janine

Hi Connie; Ain't it grand when nice stuff like that happens. It really brings the "New Life" home, doesn't it??!! I had a similar experience last month when my wife came home with a couple of nice turtlenecks for me that she found at a really good price. I took one look at the tags, saw size large without the obligitory "EXTRA" and said "No Way Jose"!! She swore up and down that they looked plenty big enough, so I gave it a shot. Was I ever shocked that they fit with room to spare!!! It's these little happy surprises that make this journey such a joy!! Mike

Hi there Connie! Amazing story! I remember my transition from an xlarge, to large, to medium.....then....then....SMALL. I was in total denial that I could ever wear a small. I remember looking at myself in the fitting room mirror, the shoulders of the medium were hanging, and I'm saying NAHHHHH that can't be...it must be cut big. It never ceases to amaze me. You'll go shopping, look at something and say to yourself..."that looks too small". You try it on and it fits, and you're totally amazed....just like Mike and his turtlenecks. In the mean time, if I don't get out of the 140's soon, I'm going to go crazy. I keep fluctuating, 142 to 144....I'm expecting my friend...I'm retaining fluid and I'm angry as a bear. I think I will starve myself today. Take care.................Joan

The problem I keep having is that I just got used to larges and now that I am in mediums I keep forgetting and still buy larges and when I get home they are too big. Weird that the problem now is that the clothes I am buying are too big when for a very long time I was constantly moving up the size rack.