Pants Size Victory!

139.8 is a real number. Kids department actually has some decent options at that weight - and the prices are better too.

Definitely dropped inches regardless. If clothes fit differently, it's because there's simply less mass filling them out, stretchy fabric included! Losing 38 pounds is basically shedding the weight of a small child off your frame!

Ended up with a closet spanning clothing sizes from the mid-20s clear down through a 10, lucky or maybe not so lucky. Also hit the thrift store for new-to-me jeans. Landed around an 8/10 now. Being decent with a needle and thread has helped too, taking in the better-quality favorites so they actually fit right.

I'm holding off on buying lots of new clothes since I'm confident I'll get to goal, so I'd rather not spend on stuff I'll outgrow soon. I did find two pairs of jeans at Goodwill that fit much nicer, the old pair kept slipping down despite a belt. Winter is coming too, so I'll be in bulkier layers anyway.

5'3", starting weight 205, current 155. Size 10 jeans came home with me and, to my shock, they fit. A 14/L was my size for ages, and mediums are slowly coming into reach. Fat around my belly is the slowest to go.