chicken on a mission
Restarting to lose 4stone
As of last nights weigh in I am officially into the 12's at 12st 11lbs. 
As part of my homework from last nights meeting, I went into Southampton and visited the shops. I started in M&S and picked out a lovely pair of silk pyjama style trousers in a 14 & 16. The 14’s fitted. So I ventured over to the Per Una section and picked out a tailored jacket and trousers, very girly & very chic and took a size 14 & 16 into the changing room with me. The 14 fitted but my dangly tummy didn’t give the best shape but that’s what supportive underwear was invented for so I’m not worried!
From there I went into Kew but looking in through the door I nearly bottled actually going in. When I got inside I had to concentrate on breathing slowing and walking slowing round and kept repeating in my head ‘I have a right to be here, I fit in now’. The 2 shop assistants looked very young and trendy and I felt very intimidated by the whole feel of the place, the bright lighting, the clothes, everything!
As I was browsing one of the girls side 'hi' to me in a very natural way and gave me a lovely engaging smile. I found some cargo trousers and bravely picked out a size 14 & 16 and made my way towards the changing rooms which were next to the counter. There I asked the second girl if I could try them on. She took the items and hung them up in a changing room and said that I needed anything then all I had to do was ask.
I got in the changing room and tried the size 16’s first which were too big! So I tried the 14’s and they were wearable but would be perfect by next week. I came out of the changing room and felt guilty telling the girls that I didn’t want to buy either of them and so I tried to justify this by explaining that I had lost a lot of weight and this was my first trip out high street shopping. Then I did my usual trick of getting over emotional and thanked them both for being so kind and explained that I had felt so intimidated I nearly hadn’t ventured in. They were both lovely and ignored my tears and snotty nose and said that when I felt ready that I should come back and that they would dress me as they love doing that.
That just put the icing on the cake for me, I was good enough not only to go back but also worthy of getting some attention and being dressed. It is my dream to be Trinny and Susannah’d!
From there I went to Kaliko, East, Wallis, Benetton, H&M, Next, Dorothy Perkins, and Warehouse and picked out a 14 & 16 in cargo trousers in each accommodate my thighs. Of those only in Warehouse and was I a 16, the rest were all 14’s apart from Benetton when I couldn’t get the 16’s much past my knees, no way that they were labelled correctly but the quality was so crap that it is on a par with Asda so I’ll just go there and pay less. Apart from actually getting me to realise that yes I am indeed a size 14, the other benefit was that I actually got to see what sort of clothes each shop did and at what prices. I hadn’t a clue you see!
It’s a real pain that I’m not at goal now because all the shops had sales and I could have bought everything I tried on! Mind you it was liberating after a while as I just wandered in, located the cargo trousers, tried them on and went back out again. If I had actually been shopping to buy things then I would have been overwhelmed at all the choice.
I now know that my style hasn’t changed from 13-14 years ago. I will still need to go for cargo, pyjama style, relaxed cut, classic or whatever you want to call it. I can’t do the straight leg styles because of my thighs so my proportions haven't changed.
As part of my homework from last nights meeting, I went into Southampton and visited the shops. I started in M&S and picked out a lovely pair of silk pyjama style trousers in a 14 & 16. The 14’s fitted. So I ventured over to the Per Una section and picked out a tailored jacket and trousers, very girly & very chic and took a size 14 & 16 into the changing room with me. The 14 fitted but my dangly tummy didn’t give the best shape but that’s what supportive underwear was invented for so I’m not worried!
From there I went into Kew but looking in through the door I nearly bottled actually going in. When I got inside I had to concentrate on breathing slowing and walking slowing round and kept repeating in my head ‘I have a right to be here, I fit in now’. The 2 shop assistants looked very young and trendy and I felt very intimidated by the whole feel of the place, the bright lighting, the clothes, everything!
As I was browsing one of the girls side 'hi' to me in a very natural way and gave me a lovely engaging smile. I found some cargo trousers and bravely picked out a size 14 & 16 and made my way towards the changing rooms which were next to the counter. There I asked the second girl if I could try them on. She took the items and hung them up in a changing room and said that I needed anything then all I had to do was ask.
I got in the changing room and tried the size 16’s first which were too big! So I tried the 14’s and they were wearable but would be perfect by next week. I came out of the changing room and felt guilty telling the girls that I didn’t want to buy either of them and so I tried to justify this by explaining that I had lost a lot of weight and this was my first trip out high street shopping. Then I did my usual trick of getting over emotional and thanked them both for being so kind and explained that I had felt so intimidated I nearly hadn’t ventured in. They were both lovely and ignored my tears and snotty nose
and said that when I felt ready that I should come back and that they would dress me as they love doing that. That just put the icing on the cake for me, I was good enough not only to go back but also worthy of getting some attention and being dressed. It is my dream to be Trinny and Susannah’d!
From there I went to Kaliko, East, Wallis, Benetton, H&M, Next, Dorothy Perkins, and Warehouse and picked out a 14 & 16 in cargo trousers in each accommodate my thighs. Of those only in Warehouse and was I a 16, the rest were all 14’s apart from Benetton when I couldn’t get the 16’s much past my knees, no way that they were labelled correctly but the quality was so crap that it is on a par with Asda so I’ll just go there and pay less. Apart from actually getting me to realise that yes I am indeed a size 14, the other benefit was that I actually got to see what sort of clothes each shop did and at what prices. I hadn’t a clue you see!
It’s a real pain that I’m not at goal now because all the shops had sales and I could have bought everything I tried on! Mind you it was liberating after a while as I just wandered in, located the cargo trousers, tried them on and went back out again. If I had actually been shopping to buy things then I would have been overwhelmed at all the choice.
I now know that my style hasn’t changed from 13-14 years ago. I will still need to go for cargo, pyjama style, relaxed cut, classic or whatever you want to call it. I can’t do the straight leg styles because of my thighs so my proportions haven't changed.
