The lesser known issues with losing weight
The title of this post is technically incorrect – there is no “wrong” time to lose weight. But there is the “worst” time to lose weight, and that’s inbetween seasons. Currently we’re approaching the end of summer, and about to head into the cooler months. It’s still hot, but none of the stores are selling any summer gear. The sales are over, and it’s all about the winter stuff now.
Yesterday working at Soundwave festival was a debacle. I didn’t realise yet just how loose my board shorts were, so put them on at home, jumped in the car and headed to Brisbane. Thankfully I’d packed my denim shorts for later (in case it got a bit cooler). After just 1/2 hour of working at Soundwave, I had to change. The board shorts had loosened up with a bit of wear, and were pretty much useless for public attire. I changed, and sweated it out with my denims for the rest of the day (although I hadn’t packed the belt, and was really pushing my luck).
Defeated, I gave in to the fact I needed to buy some new shorts, and went to the shops. I timed it badly and arrived just as everything was closing. I had been given some Coles Myer vouchers for my birthday so had planned on using those, which limited me to just Target and K-Mart. Target was shut, and after a 5min scavenge in k-mart, discovered all the clothes were crap.
Everything was either jeans (too hot to wear) or 3/4 pants. The board shorts were ugly. I didn’t want anything, and they didn’t want to be owned by me. I did give it a shot though, I tried on a pair of long cargos that I found that would have been OK for winter, but had the fortune of discovered that not only is it between seasons at the moment, but I’m also between sizes. Brilliant. The bigger size is too big, the smaller size is too small. For someone who hates shopping, finding out that she needs to spend hours upon hours in the stores to find something that fits correctly is NOT good news.
So I gave up and went home.
Trying to look on the positive side, it’s fantastic that I’m losing weight. I need to both for health reasons as well as career aspirations. I’ve also been handed on a silver platter the motivation to push harder with the weight loss until I can really own that smaller size. I’ll have free run of all the stores, knowing that I’ll be able to fit into anything.
On the negative side, too many people are going to become familiar with my butt crack while I continue to wear saggy pants. No one ever wants to see that. New blog site perhaps – the crack of Kelsbells?
I’d better drop that size soon.
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