A few weeks ago my bestie Sheri told me that my pants were noticeably too big. Like really big. So, I went out and ordered four new pairs of jeans in different sizes. I did this both as a reward for losing 20 pounds and a goal to keep going. That and I had a coupon for 40% off! I opened the biggest (which was still smaller than any of the pants that I currently have) pair and wore them a few times.... including on Oktoberfest, then I threw them in the laundry pile.
I had lunch plans with my friend Judy today. I was so excited because I haven't seen her in awhile. So, I took a bunch of laundry downstairs including the aforementioned pair of jeans. When it was time to go I went to the dryer and pulled out a pair of jeans and then realized I knew what the 'thunk-thunk' was while the dryer was running.
I'd left my pedometer on my pants.
CRAP.
But I had to get going so I took the pedometer off the pants and felt in the pockets to make sure they were dry. Then I looked at the pants and found a hole on the back thigh. Seriously? I'd only worn these pants a few times, literally.
DOUBLE CRAP.
What made this even worse was that I was afraid I didn't have any other pants that fit. I went upstairs and found the next biggest pair of pants I had. The same style jeans but one size smaller. I pulled them out thinking that these probably wouldn't fit but I had to at least try. So, you can imagine my absolute shock when I put them on and was able to zip and button them. I had to go look in the mirror and make sure I hadn't split the pants or something, but nope, they fit. They were maybe even a little bit too big.
HOLY WOW!
This was one of those things that was a major victory to me.
So I ask you - what do you do to celebrate these kinds of victories?
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go try on my other smaller pants and see what happens!
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