On the way home tonight I stopped to try on blue jeans, my first foray into the haberdashery since January 3, 2007 when I started my diet. I’ve worn a 40 inch waist for years. I was comfortable knowing that I could order Dockers on eBay and count on them fitting. I knew better than to try to wear ones with pleated fronts, my waist and belly were too large and my legs too short. Today at the fitness center, I weighed in and found that I am just one pound from the big Four Oh. I’ve lost 39 pounds since January 3. I am on the third hole in my second belt and my trousers wear like a toga with lots of extra cloth gathered by that belt. It may be premature as I haven’t yet hit a plateau in my weight loss, but it was time.
I picked a likely pair of jeans, waist 38, and headed to the dressing room. When I tried them on I found that they contained too much cloth around the waist as well. I dropped them off with the attendant and picked a smaller size with a 36 inch waist, regular, not relaxed fit. They fit perfectly. This meant that I had lost four inches around the waist, time to revisit the waist-hip ratio. It’s also time for new pictures, but I think I will wait until I hit 40 pounds of weight loss.
