I forgot to start my week with a reason to lose weight. This week I will dedicate to the one thing that most men hate, but I would love to do in comfort and that is shop for clothes. I know guys, I’m a traitor on this one, but I’ll let you in on a little secret… when you can’t find clothes that fit, it makes you WANT to be able to go shopping. I’m sure if I was trim and fit, I wouldn’t shop any more than necessary, but not being able to find fitting clothes makes it absolutely humiliating and frustrating.

I have a problem that many fat guys don’t. I’m both big AND tall. This means that a size 4x shirt that would fit someone who is my size but 4-5 inches shorter, is a stretch to keep tucked in at best for a guy of my size. At 6′4 350lbs (starting weight) I find that clothes don’t fit in one of two directions. If I buy a shirt in a LONG size, then it isn’t big enough around. If I buy it in a BIG size, it is cut like a barrel, big around but not very long. So, my choice is have my gut hang out, have a skin tight shirt or simply wear something far to big for my body and look frumpy.

There are few things in the world that make me want to cry, but the frustration of shopping for clothes as a big and tall guy is enough to tip me that direction. I loathe formal events and social situations that warrant me getting new clothes or dressing a certain way. Weddings, parties, even bars with dress codes tend to stress me out. My leisure clothes are shorts and a t-shirt typically. If you are a fat man, you know there are few pairs of jeans out there for you and being comfortable in them is just not a reality.

So, I am going to stay on track with Medifast, complete my weight loss program seeing it through to goal, and I’m going to go on a shopping spree for clothes that fit! That is a simple pleasure that people who have never been fat will probably never understand.