I hate being a musclehead.

Jeans suck as well. Jeans that fit my waist properly will not fit my thighs, which are 34" diameter (squats cure everything). I usually have to buy fat jeans and then cinch them down with a belt... or just wear nothing but carpenter jeans. I found out the hard way that keys in your pocket are very uncomfortable if your jeans weren't made for your dimensions.

Why not have the jeans taken in at the waist? Get trousers that fit in the legs and have them adjusted. Most drycleaners have tailors on call that do this work. They'll slice open the seat of the pants and tighten the waist.

Quote from: gnujoshua on August 09, 2010, 07:42:45 AM

I hate being a musclehead.

Jeans suck as well. Jeans that fit my waist properly will not fit my thighs, which are 34" diameter (squats cure everything). I usually have to buy fat jeans and then cinch them down with a belt... or just wear nothing but carpenter jeans. I found out the hard way that keys in your pocket are very uncomfortable if your jeans weren't made for your dimensions.

Why not have the jeans taken in at the waist? Get trousers that fit in the legs and have them adjusted. Most drycleaners have tailors on call that do this work. They'll slice open the seat of the pants and tighten the waist.

Trousers are fine - denim sucks. For one reason, slacks and cargos are cut a bit roomier in the upper leg than jeans, and the other is as Samjohn mentioned, most places won't work on denim.

It sucks. Shirts that fit my shoulders are way too big around the stomach/waist.

It sucks. Shirts that fit my shoulders are way too big around the stomach/waist.

Yeah, you need to buy more expensive clothes now. "Fitted" shirts or "athletic" t-shirts. I've had good luck with shirts from Express and actually Kohls

And normal shirts are wider at the waist now?

Sadly, yes.

I tried a 36 suit jacket on the other day and it fit, down from a 40-42.  Oddly, I'd lost thirty pounds before finally buying new shirts and only then did people notice. I did have a bit of a pot but generally my fat was more or less evenly distributed over my torso.

I have a few things.  A pair of size 12 jeans that are not made of a stretch material.  A pair of size 12 slacks that I remember wearing in high school (why do I still have them?  I have no idea).  and a shirt I bought at a James Taylor concert ages ago.  I was never able to wear it.

goal garments . . . . hmmmmm . . . I don't even own anything that wouldn't fit anymore (except stuff that's now too big  )!  I've lost weight since having Kaiden solely due to producing milk, down 10lbs from my average . . . if I could make it another 5 - 10, I'd be at highschool weight.  Scary thought!  Let's see . . . I DO have a sexy red dress I'd like to not bulge out in . . . but I have to have someplace to wear it first!