Sizes are weird!
I have found this to be the case, because I stretched out my highest weight clothes so much since I didn't want to buy even bigger sizes! :-)
5'7" HW 256 (1/6/2014) SW 236.2 (VSG: 1/26/2015) CW 165.5 (01/10/2016) Total Weight Lost 90.5
Pre-Op: -19.8; Month 1: -19; Month 2: -12.7; Month 3: -9.9; Month 4: -7.2; Month 5: -6.4; Month 6: -2.8; Month 7: -3.7; Month 8: -4.2; Month 9: -0.6; Month 10: -2.1; Month 11: -0 Month 12: -2.1
GOALS: BMI Normal = 159 (6.5 to go); 100 LBs Lost = 156 (9.5 to go); FINAL GOAL: 139?? (26.5 to go)
Plus size clothing is... Not regular. In regular sizing, it's usually about 1-1.5" larger each size up. But plus kinda almost exponentially goes up. That's why, for example, a lane Bryant 26 can be a smidge tight, but the 28 is too big.
I've reached a point where a new pair of pants for work would be a good thing. I went to buy some today and ended up buying nothing. I'm heading downstairs to fire up the sewing machine and do some alterations instead.
It turns out I've lost way more weight on my arms and legs than I thought I have - I've gone from a 28 lane Bryant waist to a little smaller than a 24, but my legs could easily fit an 20 leg. Hmmm.
Not bad things, not at all! But rather challenging fit wise...
oh well, I'm lucky enough to know how to sew, so 'fixing' some existing pants it is.
I will have to lose 150 pounds or thereabouts before I get to buy new clothes and change sizes. No joke. The highest plus-size clothes typically go is about a 30/32... 5Xish. Occasionally you can find a 6X, but it's rare to find something cute in those sizes. So the majority of my clothes when I was 600 pounds, and now at 500ish pounds, are a really stretchy 5X, and (if memory serves, it's been QUITE a while) 5X is the same size I was wearing at 350 pounds! That means I will have been wearing the same exact clothing with a 250 pound difference. Try wrapping your head around THAT, haha. :)
