I have now completed round three of Whole30, easy breezy. I have been having a bit of a problem with clothing though. I have literally had a pair of pants fall off when going up a set of stairs. I am down to two pairs of pants because they have belt loops and a couple of dresses, because I have no shame and don't care how they look. So the plan was to use my income tax refund to buy a WHOLE NEW WARDROBE! I have never done that. The closest I ever got was when I got married and back in the "olden" days the bride was supposed to go into to the marriage with new married lady clothes. I bought or my parents gave me the money to buy new clothes for my honeymoon and due to the fact that I worked at Joske's (it's like Dillard's kids) I got a 25% discount and was able to buy quite a bit. But this was different I was going to really throw out everything I owned and start from scratch. While I was at it I decided to get a serious hair cut. I loved it when people asked me what I was doing on the weekend and I could say, "I'm buying a new wardrobe."
I had planned the whole shopping experience out. I had put together boards so that I knew exactly what I was looking for. I had gone through my jewelry chest, shoe boxes and purses to see what I would need to buy and what I had on hand (nothing more than a year old would remain). I had Ali that day, so I knew I had to have a plan if I was to get anything accomplished and I have to say she was a trooper. The last time I bought a pair of pants or skirt I was a size 10, remember I have no hips and that is where pants hit. Plus I shop at Old Navy where they are known for vanity sizing, so maybe they were size 12, but the tag said 10. I felt very confident that I would be able to comfortably be able to wear a size 6 since I was going to Old Navy. I gathered up all the colors and styles on my list and headed to the dressing room. After trying on three pair of pants I got redressed and sat down to think. What a terrible depressing problem I had encountered. I could 1) go home, dig my old clothes out of the bag and wait a few more weeks to try shopping again or 2) buy a size FOUR, 4,4,4,4,4, because the 6 was TOO BIG but they may not fit me a month from now, because they might be too big and I didn't have the money to do another whole new wardrobe. I even tried on a 2 and if I were 30 years younger and not a middle school teacher I probably could have made it work until they loosened up in a few weeks.The truth was there was no decision to make. I could not continue wearing the clothes I had been wearing, so by the end of the day and several stores later I had purchased about 3/4 of a whole new wardrobe. I decided some things could wait until I reached my goal weight. Did I mention that the tops I bought to go with my size 4 pants were mediums. I don't think I have ever worn a medium top.
The next step in my makeover was to get my hair cut. I had made an appointment for the day after the shopping trip. I was almost as excited for the hair as I was for the clothes. I had even decided to give up the stylist who had been cutting my hair off and on for 30 years. I researched salons and stylists on Yelp and found the one that I thought would give me just what I was looking for. If you want to know how that turned out you can read my review on Yelp for Bliss Hair Salon. That's all I'm going to say about that.
Round 3 is in the bag and here are the results: An almost whole new size 4 wardrobe
Weight 146 (BTW I am 5' 71/2")
loss of 10 lbs this 30 and an overall total of 38 lbs gone forever
Did I mention that my pants are size 4?
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