Cerulean
Silver Member
I tried on my lovely size 18 winter coat today and I am swamped by it. My size 16 vest tops are starting to look baggy and unflattering on me and yet I can't ever remember a time when my top was a size 14. I would feel so strange walking into a shop and even picking something up that was that size...it's a very odd leap to make. I thought that seeing the numbers on the scales was going to be strange, but after years of having to buy the biggest clothes it seems strange to be straddling the line between Medium and Large. If you think about it - high street shops that do an 8 - 22 dress range make 8 dress sizes. Size 14-16 is bang in the middle!
When my LLC said that I might have challenges in the transition from being fat to slim because I could never remember being slim I laughed it off - I thought - 'It'll be a breeze - what's not to love about suddenly getting slim?!' - I am now starting to understand what she meant. I am very proud of my new body, but I feel like a new born calf - all shaky legs and wide eyes as I step into the world for the first time.
I had a Universal Contour wrap yesterday which I loved and the woman who last wrapped me three weeks ago didn't recognise me. And she said 'I suppose you'll have to buy a lot of clothes when you're slim. Actually - what am I saying? - you're slim already!'
I was about 17st 10 in the attached picture from May last year - I am under 13st 6 now. At my heaviest I was 18st 2.
When my LLC said that I might have challenges in the transition from being fat to slim because I could never remember being slim I laughed it off - I thought - 'It'll be a breeze - what's not to love about suddenly getting slim?!' - I am now starting to understand what she meant. I am very proud of my new body, but I feel like a new born calf - all shaky legs and wide eyes as I step into the world for the first time.
I had a Universal Contour wrap yesterday which I loved and the woman who last wrapped me three weeks ago didn't recognise me. And she said 'I suppose you'll have to buy a lot of clothes when you're slim. Actually - what am I saying? - you're slim already!'
I was about 17st 10 in the attached picture from May last year - I am under 13st 6 now. At my heaviest I was 18st 2.