My Weight Loss Blog

OK, so you can accuse me of hyping the title.  Worked though, right?

I got two new pairs of jeans this week and all I had to do to earn them was lose 23 pounds since I started my journey from fat to fit.

The first pair really are brand new.  They have been sitting on my shelf with all the stickers and labels still attached - a pair of 38×32 jeans I bought in, get this, July of 2001.  I know because when I pulled them off the shelf to try them on recently I found the receipt in the back pocket.  That means I actually boxed them up and brought them here when we moved that fall.  The previous summer I had lost a lot of weight on Atkins but by 07/01 I had gained most of it back.  And apparently I had some wishful thinking when I was out buying jeans.  I kept the faith though, and they have been sitting out in my closet ever since.

This past weekend I decided to try them on.  They fit.

Now to be honest they were tight.  Real tight.  And that was before I tried tucking a shirt in.  Yowza.  But I got them on and was able to go out in public and actually function.  Don’t worry, I had on an over-shirt so my waistline was hidden.  That’s a 51″ gut bursting out over those 38″ jeans.  Think sausage making. But damn that felt good being in my 6 year old new jeans and my belt with a couple of extra notches cut into it.

Then yesterday I was doing my wife’s laundry and noticed a pair of my old 38×32 relaxed fit Levi’s in her dirty laundry.  I tried those on and they fit good too, a smidgen looser than the other ones.  So I absconded with those too.

Two new pairs of jeans for free.  I’m beginning to like this losing weight business.

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