I’ve decided that, in spite of the chronic lack of money that is bound to plague almost every student on Earth, the fact that I’ll soon need to buy new capris is a good thing.
God knows I like those capris, though. They’re nice, they’re black (I really like black), they’re pretty convenient both in summer and during the intermediary seasons, provided I wear them with tights, and… The heck with that: they had gotten tight. Tight as in, I even had to mend the waist button because being tight for so long had started to pull on it too much.
(Yes, my clothes are of low quality. See the above comment about being a broke student.)
That was back in March or so. Which tells me that I was probably a little heavier at that point than what I was when I re-committed to that healthy living gig back in April, but since I hadn’t any scales at the time, I can only trust my clothes in that. And the clothes had all gotten tighter. And made me open my eyes again at last. I’d say there’s probably a difference of 7 lbs. or so between March and now, enough to start noticing a change in how my clothes fit, right?
Anyway, the capris are now slowly but steadily proceeding to fall on my hips. I had an oral exam yesterday afternoon, and when it was my turn and I had to get up to enter the classroom, I had that split second of “oh my God, I’m going to lose my pants in front of the teacher!” thinking. Good thing that they stayed in place, and just a little lower than they’re supposed to be.
Of course, I’m now getting thoughts of going to town to buy new clothes, because, hey, that’s just a perfect excuse, after all. Funny how the fact of shedding a few pounds can suddenly send me into throes of girly thoughts and behaviours–and how, on the contrary, gaining weight makes me avoid buying new clothes, avoid considering the matter, as if by staying with my old, comfy rags, I was denying the weight gain.
And come to think of it, that’s, indeed, probably denial. Good old, utter denial.
In the meantime, denial sucks, my capris are getting too big, and I can wear some of my 2005 clothes again.
May 11th, 2007 at 20:57
Good for you!! I can’t wear capris, they don’t look right on me.
May 13th, 2007 at 11:33
Frankly, I do’nt know if they look -very-okay on me either, I have sturdy fat legs. XD But wearing shorts isn’t necessarily betters, and jeans all summer long is not very comfortable. Why is it so hard. /sigh
May 13th, 2007 at 14:06
Because it sucks.
I actually tend to wear either pants (I try to find lighter ones for the summer), long shorts (they are back in style and quite cute) or skirts.