Day 77 - Finding new (old) clothes

My roommate and I are moving to a slightly larger apartment down the hall, so I've taken this opportunity to go through my clothes and find stuff that either is now too big, or I won't wear once I lose the weight. It's been fun, because while few things are so ludicrously large I can't wear it, I'm fitting comfortably into stuff I haven't worn in years. One of the hard parts was giving away old fraternity shirts, not because they're too small or big, but because t-shirts really aren't a cornerstone of my wardrobe anymore, and I'm going to keep the shirts that I either really like or can at least remember the event. My apologies to "Greek week 2004," but I don't remember a single thing about you.

It's probably not a total suprise that there is a correlation between the years in which I gained weight and those years I failed out of college. I've been trying to reconstruct the stages of my weight gain based on when I last wore certain clothes. With my pre-law school sport coat fitting very well now, It's clear I gained at least some serious weight in law school. Based on how well my Pooltown button down fits, and how poorly it fit when I was issued it in March of 2006, I'm guessing I'm now thinner now than then. My Lego Robot egghunt t-shirt was massive when I got it in December of 2001, but now is only slightly large at a 4x. I clearly crossed the xxl to triple x threshhold after 2001, as I remember buying shirts at malls and Kmarts as late as then, and they generally went only up to xxl then. The xxxl to 4x threshold was either my last year at case, or early in law school. Odds are, I crossed it late in college, but finally gave up trying to fit in many 3x shirts by law school.

I'm currently solidly back in the 3x territory, with 4xs still fitting comfortably, if a bit big. A 3x windbreaker that I barely could zip in college now fits comfortably, while even a few 2xl polos are wearable, if not comfy.

It's a pretty dramatic development, as I've been eagerly awaiting the time when I can shop at mainstream stores for my clothes. I'm trying to avoid buying any cloths now, as they'll be too big in six months, but some things are unavoidable: my suit is laughably big, and I have exactly one white dress shirt that comes close to fitting. Somethings are supposed to fit well. I'll be seeing a tailor to get some stuff let in soon. Of the problems to have, this is a pretty good one!