The joy of fitting into pre-baby clothes

[Anonymous]

I'm still 10 pounds over my pre-baby weight but lost 5 pounds in the last couple of months. My post-baby clothes were starting to hang on me so I decided to give my pre-baby pants a try and lo and behold, I fit in 6 of them!!

If I can lose another five I will make it into the rest of them. Now I have an incentive!! Woohoo!!!

[Anonymous]

I just now fit into my clothes and I am SO EXCITED! Good for you - congratulations.

It's also nice b/c I didn't have a lot of post-baby clothes that were nice or that I liked, so now I am rediscovering clothes I actually like and feel good in.

[Anonymous]

I have a pair of jeans on the top shelf of my closet. It has been there for two years and seven months, after having moved 1000 miles with us. It lived on a shelf at its previous residence for 15 months. About 6 months from now, after I deliver our third child, I plan to embark on a serious effort to get those damn jeans off the shelf and back on to my body.

Honestly, it's not terribly helpful that at the time I conceived my first child, I was in the best shape I'd ever been in - a good 5-10 lbs below my "usual" - so not only do I have a pre-pregnancy weight to contend with, but it's also a remarkably-low-for-me weight. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

PP, I have the same pair of incentive jeans. I cannot wait to get back in them!! It's been sixteen months and I too was in great shape when I became pregnant. I had an injury when DD was five months that kept me out of the gym but I am back! I recently finally got into a favorite dress that was too tight in the chest post-partum. I was thrilled!