Hooray! I’m a size 2! Unless it’s 2001. Then I’m a size 8.

Okay so I’m not sure if you’re aware of the fact that it’s been almost two years since I started my weight loss journey.  If you are, hooray!  You’re ahead of the curve!  If you aren’t, then check out my story here.  A while ago I undertook the arduous task of cleaning out my closet and my dresser drawers.    Oh the agony of having to get rid of clothes that are too big.  Pretty much all of the slacks and jeans I bought before kiddo #3 no longer fit.  It kind of makes me sad because I had some awesome suits.  Gone are the men’s shirts too because I hated having to buy L and XL women’s shirts.  There is a downside to this story.  I was very eager to get back in to all of my Victoria’s Secret bras.  My lovely 34C bras.  After kiddo #4, I was a 38 C.  *sadness*  Yes I did NOT like big boobs.  What sucks is that I had just bought a bunch of 38C bras a few weeks before I started my Beachbody journey.  Nothing like throwing money away.  Anyways let’s get back to my 34C bras.  Well none of them fit either.  ULTIMATE SADNESS!!  I went and had myself fitted and I am back to my PRE-PREGNANCY 34B boobs.  Of course then I found out that Victoria’s Secret has discontinued their Body by Victoria line of bras.  CURSES!!

Back to cleaning out my closet and all.  Well I remembered that I had a tub of pre-kiddo #3 pants in the basement.  How pre-kiddo #3?  I bought most of these jeans back in 2001 when I was 24 years old and had just lost the baby weight from kiddo #2.  So I head downstairs, retrieve said tub, lug it upstairs, dust it off, and pull out some jeans that haven’t seen the light of day since 2006.  I start going through.  “Oh no!” I thought.  They were all size 8′s and size 9′s!  I couldn’t believe it.  I decided to try them on anyways.   Guess what?  They fit.  They fit perfectly.  This left me confused.  The size 8 jeans and slacks I bought 7 years ago are too big.  I mean WAY too big.  They fall right off of me.  The other week I tried on a size 3 in juniors and they fit and I just bought another pair of size 2 jeans last week.

Seems like the clothing industry really does mess with the way sizes run. So am I a size 2 or a size 8? I guess 10+ years ago I was an 8 and that translates in to a 2 this decade.  Does that mean I’ll be wearing a size 14 in the girls department someday?