This definitely helps. I bought a new belt last night, as sort of a trial. It's longest notch is a notch below the notch I was using on my previous belt (on which I had to make 3 extra notches as I lost weight). I intend to buy an even smaller belt not too long from now. With next weeks paycheck, I'm going to get some smaller pants rather than continue to rely on my belt to hold up my fat pants.
I never did bother buying any bigger shirts for when I got really fat anyway (330 at one point, now 300; still pretty hefty, but 2X (Long) is an acceptably good size whereas at 330, 3X would have been better.). I think that not having those bigger shirts is a good thing, since I was already living part of my goals. Considering that the tightest part of those 2X shirts right now is arm length, I think 2X is probably what I'll be wearing when I hit my goal weight anyway (which should be somewhere around 220. I'm not going for a specific weight but rather a look. This look (the look of big, toned muscles) will most certainly result in a higher than average body weight. According to the people at the Y, I have about 180 lbs of lean in my body right now, and I don't intend on loosing any, so 220 (a gain of 20 lbs of muscle and a total of 10% body fat) seems reasonable.).
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