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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)
Wed Aug 11, 2021, 12:56 PM Aug 2021

PSA: Every couple of weeks or so try on your going out in public clothes to ensure they still fit.

Your pajamas would have you believe that you have not gained weight.

Should your going out in public clothes be your pajamas, you may ignore this advisory!

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PSA: Every couple of weeks or so try on your going out in public clothes to ensure they still fit. (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2021 OP
I've made a few trips to the thrift store bringing in my old clothes that unexpectedly shrank. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2021 #1
I was fully dressed in street clothes the entire pandemic.. samnsara Aug 2021 #2
I have decided to permanently forgo formal clothes... Moostache Aug 2021 #3
Too late! SharonClark Aug 2021 #4
I'm actually down about 45 pounds from last summer. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #5
That's a wonderful achievement. nt Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #6
Thank you. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #7

Moostache

(9,897 posts)
3. I have decided to permanently forgo formal clothes...
Wed Aug 11, 2021, 01:08 PM
Aug 2021

It was always unnecessary vanity and influence based consumption to begin with, and life is too short to wear uncomfortable or restrictive clothing just because convention dictated it pre-pandemic.

I am seriously considering a full switch to the flowing robes favored by Arab sheiks personally...or anything less that I can get away with in this sweltering heat and humidity...

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,865 posts)
5. I'm actually down about 45 pounds from last summer.
Wed Aug 11, 2021, 03:24 PM
Aug 2021

I finally, after several decades, have a BMI in the normal range.

I've had two buy new clothes two different times as I've lost weight. And I've already donated all the old, now too large clothes.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,865 posts)
7. Thank you.
Wed Aug 11, 2021, 04:42 PM
Aug 2021

I'm feeling quite good about it.

It helps that I weigh myself every single day, something I've actually done for years now. I'm not even entirely sure what changed, other than I was able to cut way back on how much I ate.

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