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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