Here's a history of the sizes I've been. I know, sizes are relevant and may vary by type of clothing and store brands/designers. For the most part, I am a casual chick, I mostly buy my clothes from American Eagle, Forever 21 and Old Navy. For most of my adult life, I wore 10 or 12 in pants from American Eagle or Old Navy. I know Old Navy runs a bit large, but there was a time that I wore a size 14. To make matters worse, when I got married in 2008, my wedding gown was a size 18. Surely, I could have gone with a 16, as it was a corset laced back, but I didn't. Now, the wedding dress sizes tend to vary from today's most casual wear due to is fitted nature, but still, I felt huge!
Fast forward to the current situation. At the beginning of 2013, I weighed 193, wore size 14 jeans. They were a little loose, but I didn't like my shape, and I really don't care to rock the muffin top, or love handles, if you will. So, I wear them looser to avoid flesh from hanging over the waistband, and the legs are definitely loose fitting on me. After months and months of watching what I ate, and regularly exercising (as best I could), I began feeling better about myself, and have lost some inches. I am currently wearing size 12 jeans, but I have a couple pairs of size 10s on deck for when I am ready. I think I could zip up the 10s, but just because they zip, it does not automatically mean they look good!
Friday before last, I decided to go shopping with a friend, we're about the same size now. We decided it was time to try on some fun dresses, as well as one for the wedding, as pictured above. These two dresses were size 10. I had a hard time believing that they were! It has been ages since I wore size 10. Some of the dresses we tried were size 10 but they were too small.
My friend asked, "Where did you get those jeans? What size are they? They look big on you." Of course I told her where they're from and size, but she suggested that I get smaller jeans. I have some but I am not comfortable wearing them yet. What's a girl to do? Do I wear the smaller jeans because they will fit my legs better and risk muffin top, or do I wear the larger ones so it fits my waist better but are baggy around my legs?
If you were between sizes, which would you choose? Larger and looser for comfort? Or smaller to encourage you to keep on track so the clothing would fit better?
Well... This one is tough for me. I tend to wear clothes that are form fitting. But I do have jeans that I do not wear, for the fact that they are bigger around the thigh area even if they aren't so big on the waist. I think maybe you should try wearing a size down pair of jeans, even if it's just around the house to see how you feel in them. =)
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