How My Clothes Stopped Fitting Me

Hi guys

I'm going to start by saying, that clothes are glamorous. I have worn many types of clothes from high-waisted jeans, to crop tops and blazers. I love clothes. However, back in 2017-2018, I loved dressing in casual clothes, jean jackets, cute tops and leggings. The real question is now in the title of this story. Why did my clothes stop fitting me? well, because I gained a massive amount of weight. Many of you know the story of my psychiatric medications and how they made me gain weight. But, what I didn't mention is how gaining weight impacted the way I dressed. Never in my life have I been 235 pounds. Let me explain to you how that happened. I was put on medications in 2018, trying out different medications up until 2020. The year before that, 2019 is when I started gaining that weight. At the time I didn't realize I was gaining weight, every day on the scale, it was increasing, but did I believe it? nope. I refused to believe that I was gaining weight, until when I checked my weight again, and it showed 235 pounds. Now my reaction when that happened, was shocking. It was my first time being obese. I knew I was obese because my height is 5,3 and being 235 at that time is not a normal weight for me. I got so annoyed but also mad because non of my clothes from 2017-2019 fit me. I was in a significant shock; I am not trying to scare anyone by taking psychiatric medications, but, this is a real story that happened to me, and I'm deciding to share it because there may be people who experienced the same thing. With that said, having my clothes not fit me, was like a nightmare, waking up one day and all your clothes fitting. I had to change my whole wardrobe from everything to new tops, leggings, jeans, and jackets. I had a massive problem with jackets, non of my winter jackets fit me. I tried putting them on, and not even size XL was fitting me. I got so mad and frustrated that this was happening. I had to squeeze myself into the jackets. The weight gain was so massive that I couldn't even look at myself in the mirror. It felt like a different me. I looked so different. I hated that this happened; some of the clothes I had from when I was 117 pounds, I had to sell on vinted. Vinted is a clothing app, and I sell many of my old clothes there. I should also mention when changing my whole wardrobe, I would buy online; I wasn't even going to the stores in person, I didn't want to leave my house, so I would buy the new clothes online and have them shipped to me. I would purchase from stores like the urban planet, fashion nova, and h&m. So I gained weight, I didn't want to feel ashamed, so I wore clothes that could fit me at that time.

I found many clothes in my size. I would wear size x1 for different types of clothes. Just because I gained a massive amount of weight still wanted to look pretty. Let me say, regardless of the weight you are; you are still gorgeous. I had to remind myself that I was still pretty, it did take some time to get used to the weight, but over time, I got used to it. I had no choice but to get used to the weight gain because it wasn't magically going to come off while I was sleeping. I had to work hard to lose weight. In another article I mentioned how I lost weight, I can proudly say in the present day, I lost over 100 pounds. I am not at the weight goal I want to be, which is 125 pounds, I still have a long way to go and I'm not quitting.

Thank you for reading this far. If you have a similar experience, let me know in the comments. :)