so I was down to 150 before the Holidays. Then I got up to 180 almost (our scale is sometimes off a bit). Anyways I could still fit in my pants but could totally tell the difference. I would say it took about 4-5 months of slacking off and eating whatever I wanted to gain the 20-30 pounds.
How I stayed in the same size pants (not my smalles pair) I don't know but I started to fix it mid January.
I lost about 10 pounds so far, my pants are getting big on me too, but I didn't think I had changed that much.
I went in before I started losing weight to try on my dress, even though it still fit it totally didn't look good like when I bought it because of my shape.
So fast forward to a month and a half later I went in yesterday to pay off my dress and tried it on again. I was sooo happy knowing that if I had to wear my dress tomorrow I could and it looked good. Sure I still have 15 pounds Ideally to lose but if I had to wear the dress tomorrow I would be happy.
I sometimes don't give myself enough credit and it's never enough. In other words I put myself down while doing good but not at my goal point and I put myself down when I start to not work out and eat right (my poor self esteem).
I'm really working on loving my body how it is TODAY, not tomorrow or in 3 months. This is really hard but I think it's very important to do.