# My size 14s fit me! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-size-14s-fit-me/128588 "2002-09-15T21:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-size-14s-fit-me/128588/1 "2002-09-15T21:45:05Z")
When I got pregnant last year, I was wearing a size 20. Last time I was in a 14 was my senior year of high school. I had a very few items of clothing left from that time, and this morning I tried a pair of jeans on, just on a whim, and… THEY FIT!!! HALLELUJAH! PRAISE THE LARD! I think it’s a combination of healthy living, breastfeeding, and chasing Whatsit Jr. around all the time. I can’t believe that it took getting pregnant and having a baby to finally lose the damn weight. I mean, how’s that for irony? Size 14, baby! There are more than two stores that carry clothes in my size now! I can buy jeans that aren’t so long they look like they were made for a member of the WNBA! I don’t have chipmunk cheeks! (OK, I still have chipmunk cheeks, but that’s just genetics. My chipmunk cheeks are smaller, dammit.) I still have a bunch of weight to lose before I reach my target, but I’m just so happy to have lost as much as I have. This is the first time I have lost weight and actually kept it off for ANY length of time. I feel so much more energetic and alert, I think from eating better, watching my blood sugar levels more closely (I’m pre-diabetic), and well, just losing that extra 20 pounds. It was a triumphant moment this morning and I just thought I’d share. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-size-14s-fit-me/128588/2 "2002-09-15T23:21:21Z")
Hey, that’s great! Best of luck. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-size-14s-fit-me/128588/3 "2002-09-16T00:06:01Z")
Yay for **mswhatsit**!!! Good job!!! I know how hard it is to lose weight (lost 40 pounds 9 years ago…and I’ve kept it off) and I remember how good it felt to sliiiiide into smaller sizes again. Aint nuthin’ like it. Congrats hun!!! You did it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![themightycupcake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@themightycupcake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themightycupcake)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-size-14s-fit-me/128588/4 "2002-09-16T00:23:53Z")
From another who constantly fights the “Battle of the Bulge” Great job! I’m so happy for you! Keep it up! Super! That’s wonderful! and a million other things!😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-size-14s-fit-me/128588/5 "2002-09-16T00:25:10Z")
Wow, someone’s first post on the SDMB was in my squeezing-into-old-jeans thread. I think I feel honored! ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-size-14s-fit-me/128588/6 "2002-09-16T00:31:50Z")
Many congratulations! One thing, though… I’ve found that when I’ve used “Praise the lard” as a battle cry, I’ve wound up worse than when I started out. 😉