The fitting room is where it gets real. I realized I could kneel down to tie my shoes without that pinch at the waist and stood there a second, kind of stunned
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NSV: bought jeans in a size I haven't worn since college
the jeans thing is real. I keep a pair of old shorts in the closet just to pull them on when the scale stalls out and remind myself the tape measure is not the whole story
I'm down 17 and the fitting room is still a war zone for me, but my ring slides off now when I wash my hands and that counts for something. Tucson heat makes it slippier too.
Honestly the jeans thing stuck with me way longer than any number ever did. Fitting rooms still stress me out though, so I always grab two sizes and leave the second one on the hook.
honestly the belt hole thing is what I want next. My old belt still sits where it always did so I'm clearly not there yet, but the jeans post gives me something to aim at
The fitting room moment is what stuck with me, not the scale. Mine was a jacket that used to barely close.
I'm a few pounds behind you and still waiting on my jeans moment, but the fitting room thing is real. I keep a too-small pair hanging on the closet door just to remind myself where i started.
the jeans are great but honestly the ring thing got me, mine got loose enough that I nearly lost it in the sink last week and that scared me more than any scale reading
The jeans thing got me too, but mine was a jacket I hadn't zipped since my twenties. Fitting rooms are a different place now
tbh the jeans thing got me too, but mine was a jacket I'd kept in the closet for years just in case. Zipped it up on a whim last month and stood there a while
The fitting room is where it actually lands for me too. I've had a couple of shirts go from "no way" to "oh, it buttons" and that felt more real than anything the scale has told me so far.
The belt hole thing is real, my old belt ran out of holes before the scale moved much at all. Did the jeans shopping change how you see the scale numbers now?
I had a similar thing with a pair of old work trousers I'd kept in the back of the wardrobe, half sure they'd still be tight. They buttoned fine and I just stood there for a minute. The fitting room wins really do stick with you longer than a number does.
I had the same moment with a pair of old work trousers I'd kept in the back of the closet out of stubbornness.
Still waiting on my first fitting room moment at 7 down, but you just reminded me I have a pair of college jeans buried somewhere in the closet. Might be time to go dig them out and see how far off they are.
The fitting room thing is real. I'm only partway in and my belt has started running out of holes, which honestly did more for my head than any morning weigh-in so far
My old suit jacket buttoned for the first time in years and I just stood there in the closet laughing at myself. The scale number never made me do that.
My version of this was a pair of work trousers that had been hanging in the back of the closet for two years, and the button closed without me holding my breath. The scale number is fine but it never made me grin in a fitting room
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