Size 12...continued

I started off my last post with a the intention of writing about my new size accomplishment, however, it quickly diverged into a story about shorts and insecurities.  Now, i am back to continue commenting on Size 12.

About three months ago my trainer, Amanda, loaned me one of her favorite books; The Female Body Breakthrough by Rachel Cosgrove.  In that book one of Rachel's strategies is to have small and realistic goals in your weight loss and physical changes.  She talks about the "skinny jeans" that most girls have stuck in the bottom or back of their closets.  Rachel empowers women to use those jeans as a measurement of success and not some number on a scale.

I did not have a pair of goal jeans.  Throughout my weight loss process I have consistently been wearing clothes until they are just TOO large to wear anymore.  Then and only then I would go shopping to buy just enough new cloths to tide me over.

After reading this book i forced my husband to take me to the Levis store at Woodburn and i went to buy a pair of jeans that were specifically, too small.

When we got to the store I tried on several styles and types until I found a pair that fit nicely.  That particular jean, that day was a size 16.  I walked out of the fitting room, the assistant asked me how it worked out and I said great, I'll take a size 12 and handed her back the 16.  She gave me the strangest look and I explained the logic behind having a goal pair of jeans that I can try on every week to see in progress in action.  In the beginning they are just past my knees.  After a few weeks, I can get them mid thigh.  After another few weeks the are on, but not to be buttoned.  Well, today, I tried again - buttoned, zipped and ready to go.

Today, I go get my Size 8!