Shopping

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Registered: 03-15-2004
Shopping
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Fri, 07-22-2005 - 3:21pm

I didn't really want to go shopping this morning. Mostly because I have avoided shopping over the last couple of years because I've been so unhappy with my body and shopping was no longer fun. But, I figured I needed to face reality and just go do it.

It's funny... even with my compression garment on and stuff mostly smoothed out, I STILL had trouble buying clothes. Things just didn't look right or hang right or whatever. *sigh* I did manage to come home with two pairs of pants and two shirts. I splurged and bought myself the most badass looking pair of athletic shoes I could find though. :) Loud crazy shoes make me happy. I also got a gift for a client that's been training with me for a year.

I am slowly remembering that weight has so little to do with shopping. Clothes are just not cut for people who have any sort of womanly curves whatsoever.

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Registered: 11-15-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 5:20pm

I don't mean to sound like a snob...but higher end clothing lines tend to fit better....Ann Taylor always looks better on me, like I took the clothes to be custom tailored..and believe me girlfriend I am no waif!

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Registered: 03-15-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 5:30pm
I just need to make myself go to the mall so I can test out your theory. :) Perhaps in a month or so when I'm ready to go "fun" shopping, I'll take that advice and hit Macy's instead of Kohl's.
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Registered: 03-15-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 5:33pm
Thanks! As far as the swelling goes, it's hard to tell. I don't spend a lot of the time outside the garment and I'm not wearing clothes without it yet so it's hard to tell. I noticed today that I have some really strange curves on my legs and I'm hoping that's due to swelling. I read that it can take up to six months for swelling to go away so who knows. I can get awfully impatient if I let myself so I'm trying to avoid that.
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Registered: 08-05-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 5:33pm

Just to throw in my 2 cents. I am not curvy- I never will be, because of my bone structure. My hips are very narrow and I am short-waisted. I cannot fill out the pants at many stores, because of this. I generally have luck with pants at more expensive places- I have a great pair of pants from BCBG that I got on sale. But as a grad student, I can't afford to shop at stores like that very often. And performance/athletic wear seems to be cut for women a lot larger than myself. At REI for example- their own line of sportswear plus many of the other brands they carry are just too big, tops and bottoms. Even in the x-small. And honestly, I'm not freakishly small, so I don't know who they're designing their clothes for. I had to buy bike shorts from the kids section.

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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 5:38pm
That's a great point about people who've just lost weight.





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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 5:41pm
My friends and I were talking about this. We think it's because for that market.





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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 5:43pm
I'll bet you're built like my sister.





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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 5:45pm

Well, peeing standing up is a matter of how clean the bathrooms are...


I'd just settle for a uniform size!






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Registered: 03-15-2004
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 5:52pm
We don't need to meet up for a fitness conference. We need to stage a riot in front of a clothing manufacturer. :)
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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: gymrat76
Fri, 07-22-2005 - 9:13pm
Sounds good!