jeans

BACKGROUND:
I still wear my snuggest pair of blue jeans on a weekly basis.

If I am going to be somewhere with a lot of (food) distractions, I make sure I wear them.

You might remember Christmas season 2010, which was a tough emotional time for me,  I wore them almost every day (the whole month).

Washington DC Thanksgiving week 2011, happy family vacation, but with lots of temptations and out of my normal routine, I wore them nearly every day.



TODAY'S POST:
I took a hard look at these jeans earlier this week to see why they are my GO TO, mindful, helper jeans.

They are the same size as my cords. Same manufacturer as my cords. Same style as my cords. Yet my cords do not have the same impact.

What I realized this week is the jeans have a slightly higher waist line and almost no stretch. They are firm in exactly the place I need them to be firm. Any bit of 'extra me' and the waist band is snug.

I am fully aware if my food got willy nilly, I stayed off the scale, I wore yoga pants or cords, my weight could easily slide up without my realizing it. Fully Aware.

As much as I cursed my belly on the way down the scale, I do not feel that way now.

The slightest bit of extra salt, too much food, the wrong kind of food, and my belly swells. And then my jeans are snug and I am instantly aware.

I am also aware because I get on the scale. But the jeans are a different kind of aware because they are a reminder 100% of my day.

Aware is good.

I know getting a new pair of jeans would be an option. A different size or a different cut or some added stretch would be another choice.

Not for me.

I have a second pair of these jeans, stashed away, so when the first ones wear out, I have a fall back pair.

I kid you not.



PS - I had forgotten all about this: the author of The Denim Diet, Kami Gray, used to stop by (here/my blog) every once in a while. (She had a blog going for a bit. Not sure if it is still up. I looked but there were so many publicity links to her book, that it is probably lost in the shuffle.) I am not sure if my limited contact with Kami put the blue jean thing in my mind or if it was already there. I am not at all sure of the timing. I never read her book. (Honestly I avoid 'diet' - how I hate that term - and self help books as much as I can). I never contacted her. I am not sure how she happened by one day, but I did hear from her fairly regularly for a while. I think I have the right person and the right book. I am not great with names. But when I found her links, I think that is who I am remembering.