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Originally Posted by dalante  Wearing those medium shirts made me realize that thin people don't settle with being overweight. If a thin person put on 2 kilos, he immediately thinks: wow, I gotta do something about it... that is probably because they can feel it when the belt or the shirt is too tight. Years ago, I was 40 kilos overweight... Now, I am "only" 15 kilos overweight... so I settled with that, since I already lost 25. Wearing a medium shirt made me realize: you can't stop there, you are still overweight.
Whereas, when I wear my L shirts, my body feels pretty satisfied and, if intellectually I know I should loose more weight, I don't feel like it. |
I've always said that dieting and budgeting go hand in hand.
One reason I'm dieting right now is my favorite pair of pants got a hole in the crotch. Then I put on my other favorite pair of jeans, which I hadn't worn for 6 months, and OUCH! I could barely button them, and it was really uncomfortable! Yet, I refuse to go out and buy new jeans on the credit card I'm trying to pay off. So in order to have pants that fit, I have to lose a few.
Another budgeting tie-in: eating less costs less.
But, back to clothes. I think that getting rid of larger clothes in your wardrobe also takes the safety net away. You suddenly realize that if you relapse, you'll go naked. If you go naked, your boss will fire you. If you lose your job, you'll be forced to run naked in the forest fending eating grubs and berries... So it's
not an option, until grubs and berries become the next diet fad.
Having some attractive clothes half a size down from where you currently are is a big motivator, too, because it would be so extremely satisfying to put those suckers on and have a little room to spare some day.
Good luck, and I hope this strategy works out well for you!