I have a closet and a dresser full of "goal" clothes. They are shirts and such I've held onto in the hope of someday fitting into them. I should just junk them all and start fresh, since a few of them I couldn't fit into now even if I was skinny - I'm too tall!
But I have two in particular that I consider my "goal" shirts. The first I bought not long before I started this journey. I sorta fit into it then, but not comfortably enough for meetings, and I don't think I've ever worn it buttoned up. It's a nice shirt and would look great on me if I were 25 pounds lighter. Its white, with little blue stripes and big, stiff cuffs. I like it, and I will fit into it.
The other is an older shirt - its black, and has always had a funny fit but for a long while it was one of my favorite shirts because it fit and it was loose-ish. It's not anymore. It fails my standard for button down shirts, which should be buttoned up and fit well but be loose enough to be pulled in any direction and certainly not at the buttons. By now the collar has gotten a bit flat but I want to fit into this shirt because it was the last shirt to fall victim to my bulging waste line.
I have others like this, too. A whole series of shirts that fit when I moved to New York three years ago, and no longer do. Two suits too. A blue shirt I tried on just the other day and nearly popped the first button. I have all these clothes I want to wear, and can't.
So there' the first of many small goals and dreams for my weight loss - Button These Shirts.
Updated March 21, 2008
