Warning honest numbers about size & weight, and this is probably going to be long.
I found YLF back in 2007-2008, while doing my clinical year in New York City. At the time I weighed around 196, at 5'8" ish. I was a 12 or 32 in pants & 14-16 in tops. I needed professional clothes for the hospital. Was able to find tops at H&M, at the time they did great short sleeve blouses, NY & Co, some Banana Republic & go figure Club Monaco for pants. Fancy stuff I found at DKNY. Despite being in NYC, I really was limited in shopping options. Few designer jeans made size 32. I do remember my first YLF inspired purchase, a pair of yellow patent snakeskin D'orsay ballet flats from DKNY. Angie posted about using yellow footwear for a punch. They never quite worked for me & I eventually sent to forum member jsloane.
I moved back to Seattle in the summer of 2008. Through diligent diet & exercise I was able to get to 157 , putting me in the 8-10 size range. At that approximate weight in 2009, I posted my first outfit, with leather leggings of course. I maintained a weight of low to mid 160's for over five years, supposedly the magic time frame for permanent weight loss. There's a lot of expectation and hopes wrapped up in those five years that never happened.
Due to a myriad of issues, over the last two years or so I've pretty much gained it back. Now I'm at 193, height 5' 7 1/2" due to spine squishage probably. Tonight Madewell had an event where you could denim items custom embroidered. I really wanted an oversized denim jacket, but they had none in stock. So with my free glass of dry rose I perused the other stuff. I found some cute things on the sale racks. I grabbed a few sizes. And now I realize I'm a XL, size 32. That cute denim romper in large, too small. Size 31 denim skort, too small. Most of the merchandise isn't stocked in my size. . I'm back in 2008. I left the store empty handed.
Admittedly in my mid twenties I was even an even higher weight, probably in the 220's.
Clothes not fitting, it's well....it is what is. But for me right now. It's the physical manifestation of my life. The one thing I can sorta control, I can't.
So probably 80-90% of my closet doesn't fit. I'm trying to figure out what to consign, and what to maybe hold onto. In case I do get a semblance of control back. Irony is that what I wear now matters less as my social life isn't quite the same either.
I can't quite figure out if this should be off topic or main forum. But here is where I am today, trying to understand that even though I'm that old size, I'm not the same person.
And cripes it was long.