Beware-long and convoluted post.
I have not often experienced good times in the changing room at stores. It usually ends in lots of negative self talk and me crying later that night when no one sees. Today was completely different! Like 180 degrees different. Though I am down 29 pounds, I haven’t noticed much difference in how I look. My clothes have gotten looser but I didn’t really see how much. So I started at Old Navy and every top I tried on looked damn good on me! Then I went to Torrid (plus size women’s store for those who don’t know) where I had been 2 weeks prior. At that time, I had bought a pair of bootcut jeans and a pair of work slacks that I was feeling ok in, since they were a size down from where I started. But since then they have gotten too big! I did drop about 6 pounds and I may have had some body recomp because I can pull the jeans all the way up and down without unbuttoning or unzipping and the work pants are now too big! The lady who helped me at the store recommended me try on some boyfriend cuts, which I told her would never fit. They were two sizes smaller and I have not seen that size in I can’t tell you how long. Well they actually FIT! And didn’t look horrible! And I bought some new dress pants, too, and ordered more bootcuts two sizes down!
Now I can rationalize some of this. Maybe Torrid runs big, maybe I saw what I wanted to see, maybe I should start drying my jeans, maybe maybe maybe. But at the end of the day here in sunny Washington (see miracles do happen) I just feel like a million bucks and I think, on reflection, that’s what counts. 
to us, the current queens of the NSV (until our buddies come in here to usurp the throne 
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