Stood in the fitting room yesterday half expecting the usual disappointment, but the jeans zipped right up and they were the same size I wore back in college. Walked out of the store grinning like an idiot. After 44 lbs gone I keep waiting for the scale to slow me down, but moments like this remind me why it's worth it. Anyone else find non-scale victories hit harder than the number?
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NSV: bought jeans in a size I haven't worn since college
idk, which store? I've been putting off an actual try-on and just ordering online, and every haul ends up being a return pile.
Fitting room lighting is brutal so zipping up in there is a real win. I keep a pair of old jeans on the shelf as a checkpoint too.
The fitting room is where it actually lands for me too. My scale stalled for three weeks straight and a belt notch moved anyway, that told me way more than the number did
Fitting rooms are brutal, so that zip moment is huge. Mine was a jacket I'd given up on, tried it on out of boredom and it actually closed
idk, same fitting room feeling here, though mine was a jacket I'd written off years ago. Zipped it up and just stood there for a minute.
The fitting room shock is the best part, congrats. I'm only about 18 lbs down so my wins have been smaller, like my wedding ring finally spinning freely again, but it hit way harder than the scale ever has. Here's to many more of these moments.
The fitting room thing is real. I've been at this about 20 lbs down and the scale barely moves some weeks, but a shirt I'd written off suddenly buttoning hit way different.
Fitting room wins hit way harder than the scale for me too, the day my old winter coat finally buttoned was a bigger deal than any weigh-in. Did you notice the jeans fit differently than you expected, like looser through the legs than back then?
The closet purge is the part I keep putting off. Did you keep a single pair of the old jeans around as a benchmark or did everything go?
Clothes were the first thing I noticed too, way before any number moved. What size did you end up buying?
Fitting room lighting is unforgiving so that zip must have felt great. My ring keeps spinning too and I catch myself fiddling with it at my desk like it's a new toy.
The belt notches thing gets me. I keep a old belt hanging on a hook just to remind myself which hole I used to be on.
The fitting room is where it actually lands for me too. I had a belt notch moment a while back and honestly it stuck with me way longer than any number did
Only 8 down here so fitting rooms are still hit or miss, but my belt buckle moved a notch last week and I just stood there staring at it. That zipped-right-up moment sounds way better than any number on a screen.
Fitting rooms here still feel like a coin flip at 6 lbs down, so a college-size zip is wild to me. Did you notice the jeans feeling different before the label did?
The college size thing got me. I finally cleared out the too-small section of my closet and weirdly it felt like graduating from something. Do you find the old clothes still fit the same way you remember?
Fitting room lighting is brutal enough without the mental baggage, so zipping them up right there is a proper win. I'm down around 42 and honestly the tape measure has told me more than the scale ever has
Only 6 lbs in for me so far, but I already had to punch a new hole in my belt.
The jeans win is real but honestly the rings spinning thing got me more, my watch strap is on a tighter notch now and that felt weirdly better than any weigh-in
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