Dear Walmart

Your pants are ridiculous.

So, as a student/recent home buyer/dutch girl I have never been fond of spending exuberant amounts of money on silly things. One of these silly things is clothing. Mostly because the clothes that I absolutely LOVE do not look good in sizes 12-14. So I settle. I settle with the riff raff sale bins at walmart. I know the clothes don't really look great but I figure why spend money when I don't intend on staying this size forever.... I have been this size for four years and still haven't thought to splurge? Oh well.

My problem is this, my pants that I have been wearing to work are a size 14 from Walmart. Their dress pants fit unusually and uncomfortably small. So when I started my job my pants we crazy tight. Now that I am down 11 lbs and 17 inches, these pants now resemble that of a 14 year old boy in 1996 with their under pants hanging out. Not really work appropriate.

A few weeks ago as these pants started to fall down I tried to squeeze back into my other dress pants I bought without trying on and have never ever fit. They are a size 12 also from Walmart's "I only fit tiny people with obscenely long legs" collection. So when that didn't work I just made sure to wear long shirts to cover any peaking undergarments.

Today, I figured I would try again as yesterday was embarrassing as my old size 14 dress pants are pretty much not attractive and I had to drop off a paper at school. I do not like being at my school when I am in my "normal" 22 year old clothes, let alone in my "grownup" dress pants while everyone else seems to dress like fashion models. So this morning, after facing the humiliating trek at school wearing my baggy old lady pants, I decided to try on my less embarrassing black size 12 pants.

These pants now will go up, and my legs will actually fit so that's good, they are mildly tight on top but I think within the next two weeks they will fit much better, or even once they stretch out a bit from being worn. They are WAY too long. I think Walmart only makes pants for giants... I get that I am short but they are moderately excessive. I need to go get them tailored if I intend on wearing them more often. All in all I am pretty happy that I can now get into these pants as two months ago no amount of Crisco would have gotten these to button.

I need to exercise tonight. I have fallen off the wagon per say with my exercise habits. Stupid essays and midterms. No more excuses! well not until the last weekend in March because then its another paper but hopefully it wont be too awful.

What I have been working on is my food! I have been trying to figure out healthier snacks/breakfasts to eat so that I am full and happy all the time. My friend Emme has given me her excellent recipe for Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Muffins. Holy yum. I like them so very much! I am so impressed by how easy and fast they were to make as well. I could make them healthier next time by buying whole wheat flour, but I wanted to make it easier this time and I already had regular flour at home.

The recipe is really easy, I will post it soon...assuming its not a secret family recipe, I would assume not. But they are fast and if you use the "medium" cups as I did you end up with 24 muffins at only 115 calories. I am testing today to see how long one muffin keeps me full. So far its 8:25 I ate mine at 5:30 so pretty good? I am not starving as I usually am by this time. I could eat but I could almost always eat. I brought an extra muffin with me because I had originally assumed it would make only 12 muffins so accounted for 230 calories. I am super pleased with them. I think it must be the oatmeal filling me up?

So all in all, decent day. Made it into a size smaller pants, had a Delicious muffin for breakfast and will have another for snack and finished my essay on time and handed it in (despite the awkward walk through the halls). I believe tonight I will do some "rebounding" and then use my dumbbells and work on my arms some more. My biceps are getting plenty big but if this little waddle underneath doesn't go away soon I am going to be displeased....If anyone in the world knows how to get rid of the "Bingo Wings" or as I call them "Oprah Waddle" please tell me... I have to go to a wedding in a few months and most dresses do not have sleeves...