68 Pounds Equals One Size

On June 6, a month into this weight loss blog I wrote a post called “The problem with underpants” chronicling how much weight a person could gain and still wear the same size underpants.  The problem, I wrote, is that my underpants were not getting tight so I did not have a constant pinching feeling reminding me that I was getting fatter.

Here I am over eight months later and 68 pounds lighter and I can report that I finally had to go down one, uno, a single size in underpants.  Actually my original ones still fit and are quite comfortable without being baggy.  The reason I had to go down in size is that the old ones stuck out of my jeans, which have gone down five sizes.

Does that make sense?  Five jean sizes are equal to one underpants size?  I feel like this is a true scientific experiment since I had a hypothesis that underpants stretched much too much.  I was my own control, using the same kind of underpants and measuring everyday by actually wearing them and I proved that it took a giant weight change before a smaller size fit.

The good news is that I think that I will not lose another 68 pounds so I feel fairly certain that the size panty I wear now will be my final small size.  That means that I can actually invest in fancy pants without the fear of not getting to wear them for long.  If only I liked or even cared about high-end undergarments.  Alas, too much information for some of you readers