So…today…I can hardly wait to get to my doctor’s office. I want to see how much I’ve lost almost as much almost as much as I want that first fill. But, alas, I have the WRONG DAY. AGGGGGH! I can’t believe it! Lack of food is affecting my brain; either that or I’m just not that smart. And, they wouldn’t even let me WEIGH. I though I was gonna’ rush those scales. I’m still a big girl; what could they have done?

Then…I go to the “Y” to work out, and I’m busting out 2.2 miles on the treadmill. I hot and sweaty and athletic and stinky and feeling great. I go to the shower and clean up. I reach for my clothes, but alas, I forgot my JEANS! AGGGGGHHHH! Now, I KNOW I cannot be that stupid, but I guess I am. So…I re-put on my gross, disgusting sweat pants and go right next door to buy a pair of jeans.

I head straight to the “Fat Girl” section. I flip through the jeans. I look for my size, and guess what? You will not believe this; there on the little tag which should read 18, 20, 22, 24 is a “2”. What the HELL? I pick up the jeans. Clearly, they are “Fat Girl” jeans. I put them back and pick up another pair, just as large…maybe larger. The tag reads a “2!” Another pair of jeans and the tag reads a “4”. This is CRAZY. I rummaging through the jeans like a mad woman. Hangers are flying, but it’s all the same. Fat Girl jeans and none of the tags read higher than a 6! Well I may be fat, but I’m not stupid…at least not that stupid. I see what we’re doing, and it is so unbelievably ridiculous. I mean, really? REALLY? If a big pair of jeans has a size 2 tag, are we really supposed to believe as we stare at the backside of these trousers, which are by the way, at least 3 feet wide, that they are a SIZE 2? Are we supposed to feel better? If that’s the case then why bother to diet and exercise or have the lap band at all? Why not just change the tags out in the back of our clothes? It reminds me of going into a Lane Bryant store…which I don’t do anymore, for this very reason. All of the mannequins that are dressed in the Fat Girl clothes have the clothes pinned up in the back. It’s like they’re saying, “Look, loooooook…buy these size 20’s and this is what you’ll look like in them.” Yeah…right? So, let me get this straight, Lane Bryant; I’m good enough that you’ll take my money, but you don’t want my “true” body type portrayed.

Anyway; I feel much better now. Nothing like a good “rant” to cleanse the soul.

WOW.......U HAD ME CRACKING UP.......LMFAO............ IT IS SOOO TRUE!!

BEST OF LUCK TO U!!

YOCO28

Thanks. Glad I could make you smile!

i cant wait to hear what happen at the Dr. good luck and no matter how much weight you lose dont lose that sense of hummor. thanks i enjoy your blogs

Gotta keep that sense of humor boys and girls or we'll all go completely and utterly mad...mad I tell you, MAAAaaaaaad! (apply manical laugh as needed.)

Wendy,

You hit a really sore spot for me. I wrote lane bryant twice about their right fit fiasco and the fact that I should obviously be so embarrased that I don't want to have my size on the tag. I HATE their right fit. They used to have jeans that fit me until they changed things up. It might be different since I lost 55 lbs, but the point is some skinny bi**h or sexist man at the company made the decision that I shouldn't be able to go in and wear a size 24, but a size 6, and to make matters worse they want to measure you every time you go in to buy jeans. I tried more than 6 pairs and would have to order them from the catalog since the store didn't have them ...then when I took them back they wanted to measure my fat butt again. Yeah...that makes me feel better....call it a size 6. What am I stupid? I hope you write them too!

Sorry...this was when I decided to stop shopping at lane bryant if at all possible! I can't wait to be in a size they don't carry!

Good luck when you make it to your appointment!

Julie Anne,

EXACTLY! Isn't it infuriating? I stopped shopping at Lane Bryant years ago, after I wrote them to complain about those "pinned up" manniquins, and they told me that research had shown that women of "size" preferred that ridiculous look. That's like saying to us that we're not beautiful just the way we are! I am of the firm belief that just because you're fat doesn't mean you're not beautiful, and just because you're skinny doesn't mean that you are! I've always felt beautiful...fat yes, but hot, sexy, and gorgous...that too! And that measuring your ass everytime you come in? That is INSANE! You know a man...a skinny man had to come up up with that craziness! I mean, I ask for the "soundproof dressing room" when I go to buy a swimsuit, I sure as hell don't want someone measuring my ass every time I go to buy a pair of jean. I can just see it; "Let's see if your ass is as huge as we remember...Why, yes it is! Still huge!" No, no thanks. I'll pass!