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So here's a fun "problem" to have since losing 100 lbs. I now really need to start buying tailored clothes if I want them to fit!

Across the chest and shoulders, I'm still an XL. I can fit into some L shirts, but it's really pulling tightly in those areas. However -- and this is the amazing bit -- in the midsection, I wear a L and increasingly a M. So if I buy size XL shirts and jackets, they are huge and baggy and billowy around my stomach; it looks like I'm trying to hide a gut that I simply no longer have. However if I buy size L or M shirts, they fit around my tummy except that my chest and shoulders pull them so tight that they ride up and look like I'm wearing a cutoff!

This is a WONDERFUL problem to have. I used to just wear 2XL and 2XLT shirts to cover my gut and man-boobs and back fat. And that was okay because I was just big all over, so I could just buy "size huge" and know it would basically "fit" (like a mu mu "fits"). Now I actually have to start finding clothes that are shaped for MY body, as opposed to just giant cylinders of cloth to cover the lard.

It means clothes shopping is both much harder -- I have to try on a LOT of clothing to find stuff that fits and looks nice and I like -- but also much more fun, since there's actually a chance of finding a piece of clothing that I actually like these days!

Oh, and it's also nice to move from size 48 waist jeans down to being comfortable in a 38 and increasingly able to wear a 36! Holy crud, batman!

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Yep...sounds like a fun problem to have! I'm definitely looking forward to the shopping portion of this program, at least after I'm fairly stable in a weight range. Until then, I'm a little intimidated about how much to buy in each size!

Sounds like you've had great success getting here! Glad you're enjoying it!!

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