Life After Diets
The Myth of the Goal Jeans
How to cleanse your closet and your soul in three easy steps
In 2006 I bought my very first pair of size 2 jeans. They were 7 For All Mankind, very trendy at the time, and they cost a small fortune, but I was so incredibly proud of them. The year before, after graduating high school as the “fat girl,” I had joined Weight Watchers so that the literal weight of that label would not follow me to college. And I had been successful. I lost over twenty pounds that summer and felt proud of my body when I stepped foot on campus that fall.
Over time, though, my restrictive diet and intense workout regimen began to take its toll. I didn’t have the mental or physical energy to maintain the lifestyle that had brought me so much success and keep up my grades and work a part-time job and make friends and do activities. It wasn’t possible.
So, the weight started to creep back on, and I panicked.
It certainly isn’t easy, but getting rid of uncomfortable clothes that do not fit, and that make you feel bad about yourself are doing you more harm than good.
