Shopping Woes
#262578 - 05/09/06 07:08 PM
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Janey
Reged: 10/25/03
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Loc: Maryland
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Ok, it is spring and there are so many cute clothes out there. I took my daughter shopping yesterday and I left the store feeling more depressed than ever.
I don't think I have a normal body that clothes from a store will fit. I use to but not anymore. I have discovered that my belly is a size 10 and my rear is a size 6. There are no clothes that fit this kind of shape properly.
If the pants fit my rear I can't get them buttoned but if they fit my belly they are so baggy in the rear.
Starting tomorrow I will be doing more situps that is for sure! There is no way I can even think about putting a bathing suit on this year. Good thing I live in Maine now where I hear the summer is only 2 days long, LOL!
Anyone else have this problem?
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Janey
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What about really low cut jeans? Sometimes you can get they to bypass the tummy problem on purpose... I have pretty much the same problem with higher rise jean styles (which I don't like anyway so its ok!)
-Becca
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Re: Shopping Woes
#262624 - 05/10/06 06:45 AM
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Toady
Reged: 04/06/06
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Loc: A small city, Northwestern Ontario, Canada
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I have the opposite! A big bottom and no waist! I sympathize though, it is aweful trying to find pants. I buy size 27 jeans to fit my butt and the waist is 2 inches too big! We ought to start designing stuff that actually fits bodies, not supermodels!!
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Cassandra
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IBS A 20+ years, Chronic Migraines, Chiari Malformation (decompressed June 22, 2010), Brachial Neuritis, and ??? the list just keeps growing, but I'm still shiny side up! 
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I'm like Toady, which is easier in that I have a waist about two sizes smaller than my hips/bum so I can wear a belt to help. For the opposite type figure I think the wide legged trousers, low rise ones, or skirts work best.
(I got a pair of trousers altered lately as the were enormous on my waist, and I have managed to rip the seam when pulling them down as my hips/bum are so much bigger than my waist so there's not enough material  )
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Me too!
#262655 - 05/10/06 09:16 AM
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karyash
Reged: 04/11/05
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Loc: Fargo, ND
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I recently got fitted for a bridesmaid dress and was shocked to find out that my chest/waist is a size 6 and my rear is a size 12!
How's that for a pear shape? LOL
Kristi
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who doesn't have one of these problems. And forget bridesmaid dresses--I just got fitted last night too (even though I'm 5 months pregnant, ha ha), and they must think women have tiny waists and large busts. I tried on the 6, which was snug in my waist, but I actually had ROOM in my chest, and believe me---my chest got bigger, abnormally bigger, because I'm pregnant. It's ridiculous!
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Re: Me too!
#262662 - 05/10/06 10:03 AM
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michele
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Don't get me started!! I have the same problem, if I buy pants to fit my belly, even modern low rise ones, they are too big everywhere else. Forget a button up shirt! If I buy a shirt big enough for my belly, it GAPS at my boobs! I try and buy drawstring pants, Target has some cute cotton ones right now and I bought 3 pairs of them!! I also found some of those cute, goucho (sp?) pants at Kohls. I usually find elastic waists to be too tight but these fit nice around my tummy!
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Quote:
I'm like Toady, which is easier in that I have a waist about two sizes smaller than my hips/bum so I can wear a belt to help.
Aggghhh, I have that problem too!! Pants look OK from the front, but then when I turn to the side there's this giant gap between my back and the waistband. Belts help somewhat, but then all that gathered material makes me look fat. I usually alter my dress pants to fit, but jeans are beyond my skill level. I generally end up throwing on a baggy sweatshirt to conceal the whole mess. 
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jen
"It's one of the most serious things that can possibly happen to one in a battle -- to get one's head cut off." -- LC
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Re: Me too!
#262706 - 05/10/06 01:03 PM
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Janey
Reged: 10/25/03
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Loc: Maryland
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I was just at Target. I'll have to go back and check these out. I did try on a pair of drawstring capris but they looked terrible on me. I am too short and they were too long. I felt frumpy in them.
I always buy pants that are just below the waist or low rise. I cannot wear anything that is tight around my waist anymore. Way too uncomfortable and makes me want to jump out of my skin. A very weird feeling.
Sears is having a big sale and I am going to run by there and see if I can find something that fits.
Wish me luck because I have a feeling that I am going to need it.
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Janey
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I never have much luck at Sears!! But I LOVE a good sale!! 
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