Baby Got Back...Fat

I found a shipping bag in my closet the other day while getting ready for work.  It was from the athleticwear company Fabletics.  I love Fabletics.  The company was started by Kate Hudson, and sells cute, quality, workout gear to their members for a lot less than say, Lululemon or Athleta.  I've been a member for over a year now, but haven't purchased anything for several months.

I was curious.  What had I ordered?  I'm famous for having scads of clothes hanging in my closet with the tags still on them, but this hadn't even made it out of the bag yet.  So, I opened it up to see what was inside of said mystery bag.  I found a cute pair of raspberry and wine colored compression workout pants and a sweat-wicking, racerback, yoga style tank top in the same colors.  Then it all came flooding back to me....they were way, waaaay too tight.  I had purchased them in January, but needed to return them because they were hopelessly too small.  Ergo, why they were still in the shipping bag.  

I clearly remember trying on that tank top when it first arrived.  It was disastrous.  Two words: back fat.  The drama is real.  The tank was advertised as slightly fitted.  However, I doubt by "fitted" they meant "so skin tight that the bottom rolls up and entire portions of the shirt disappear into fat rolls" kind of fitted.  I hardly think Kate Hudson would be happy with me wearing her clothes around town in that manner.  Not the greatest advertisement.  In fact, Kate would likely sue me for defamation of her good reputation.  And rightly so.  I'd certainly get tossed out of my gym, at the very least.

As I was about to throw the shirt back in the bag out of sheer disgust, and go all Scarlet "I'll worry about this tomorrow" O'Hara on the whole situation, something made me stop and hold the shirt up and look at it one more time.  It looked like it might sort of fit me. Hmmm...  So, I trepidatiously tried it on.  I was in shock!  It was fitted but not tight, just as advertised.  Had I actually lost some inches on this journey?!  No way!  C'mon...

I rushed to grab my trusty measuring tape, and quickly stripped down to my skivvies.  I was astounded!  I double and triple-checked my numbers to be sure.  Alas, I was actually down!  I had lost two whole inches in my chest/back fat area!  I needed to hurry up and get ready for work, but I couldn't resist taking another minute to measure my belly as well.  Lo and behold, I was down a solid inch in my belly fat area!  I was flabbergasted.  This whole journey might actually be working.   

I admit I noticed that lately my bras have been fitting more comfortably.  I have been tugging and pulling at them a lot less than usual.  Also, instead of my bras rolling up like a string and disappearing between the bulges of fat on my back, they have been laying a bit flatter and nicer as of late.  Not perfect, but definitely more normal fitting.   Of course, I assumed that my bras had just stretched out.  I never once thought it could be that I might be getting thinner.  It was completely more logical to me that every single bra I owned had somehow stretched out, than it was for me to think that I might've actually lost some inches.  Classic.

In case you are wondering, yes, I tried on the compression pants.  No dice.  Well, actually, I can get them on now, unlike before.  But I would seriously be mortified if anyone (including my dog) saw me wearing them at this stage of the game.  I hope to fit into them in time for my Zombie 5k run in 6 weeks.  Will keep you posted.   Either way, this baby may have too much "back" right now to wear those compression pants comfortably, but I also have less "back fat" and that's a win.  I'll take it.  YAY!!

Rock on.