{"id":52,"date":"2008-04-20T21:53:48","date_gmt":"2008-04-20T21:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.gregbueno.com\/wp\/vexvox\/2008\/04\/20\/necessity_wins_out_over_cheap\/"},"modified":"2008-04-20T21:53:48","modified_gmt":"2008-04-20T21:53:48","slug":"necessity_wins_out_over_cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregbueno.com\/vexvox\/2008\/04\/20\/necessity_wins_out_over_cheap\/","title":{"rendered":"Necessity wins out over cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bought a bunch of new jeans back in August 2007, thinking the ones I currently own were, ahem, "shrinking". Of course, that was the month I learned my scale was broken, and I was much heavier than I knew. So I went on the Hacker's Diet<\/a> and started exercising. By the end of October<\/a>, I already needed to downsize. A few weeks ago, I started using the fifth notch in my belt.<\/p>\n

I vowed not to buy a new pair of jeans until the next tax-free holiday in August, when I bought those other new pairs. But my pants had gotten comically loose. I won't go into detail about what happens when I use the restroom at work.<\/p>\n

So today I bought three new pairs in a smaller size. Yes, it is gratifying to try on a pair of smaller pants in the store dressing room and find they fit. It's so intoxicating, I'd forgotten some of the inconveniences of wearing that particular size.<\/p>\n

I put on one of the new pairs to run some errands in the evening, and I discovered the pockets were smaller. Suck. I already carry a lot of crap in my right pocket — phone, keys, pen, change, lighter, earplugs (hold over from the days I used to go to shows regularly) and mint breath strips. Less real estate means a tighter fit, and my hands are not of the gingerly sort.<\/p>\n

And the one thing I forgot to do while I was in the dressing room — sit down. When I sat in my car seat with the new jeans, I was immediately reminded how much more I have to go with the weight loss. Although my waist demands a snug fit, I forgot that my gut doth spilleth over, and the squeeze around my hips wasn't entirely comfortable.<\/p>\n

As satisfying as the purchase was, the actual use inspired me to keep working.<\/p>\n

How much weight have I lost so far? According to my Physics Diet profile<\/a>, 29 some odd pounds. But I had already lost 10 some odd pounds by the time I signed up for the site, so that number ought to be 39. And if we went by the number on my scale this morning, 41.<\/p>\n

I'm about 10 pounds away from an ideal weight, according to my body mass index, and I'm 15 pounds from my goal.<\/p>\n

That's not bad, is it?
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