At the moment, I guess I have three different pieces of clothes that I’m gauging success by.  I tried them all on yesterday; I just didn’t have time to post here.

#1: The Shirt. I’ve been using the shirt since the last time I changed goal pants; it was still tighter than I would prefer, so I’m keeping that as an indicator until I feel like it fits entirely.  And so far, while it’s closer to a fit, and it feels pretty good, it has a touch of lycra in it and still looks like it’s a bit tight, even if it feels comfy.  So, while it’s close, it’s not a goal, yet.

#2 and #3 Pants.  I ended up with two pairs of pants.  One pair is a pair of black jeans, and they are far too tight to use as a good, accurate indicator.  They would also be absolutely humiliating to use as photographic evidence, so I’m not.  But inevitably, those are the pair I’m shooting for, so I am also using the other pair.

The other pair will zip and actually feel pretty comfortable, but like the shirt, they have lycra or spandex in them, so while they might feel comfortable, they actually look like they’re painted on. But, at least they should show a little bit more of an indicator of continued weight loss.

They’re really just an enforcement, because I can tell I’m continuing to slim down by the fit of my other clothing.  This is just a weird circumstance because I don’t have a good “jump” between goal pants; it’s going to be probably twenty (or more) pounds before those black pants are anywhere even close to fitting, let alone zipping up.  Reasonably, I don’t think that will happen until after the beginning of the year, perhaps as far away as February.  So, I want at least something that’s a reinforcement.

Mind you, I’ve reached the point that I’m not horribly concerned about it, because as I already said, I can tell by the fit of the clothes I wear daily.  They continue to become more loose.  But — and this is the mental thing at work — I want that goal in mind as something to gauge and work for.