A good sort out

Posted on May 17th, 2008 by AndrewE

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Today I spent a few hours going through all my clothes and discarding those that would no longer fit. It was quite a fun experience truth be told.

I have a box that I have called my skinny clothes box in which I’ve put all the clothes that I outgrew as I gained weight. Over the last year or so I’ve been dipping into that box and reclaiming clothes that haven’t seen the light of day in many a year. Today I renamed that box my fat clothes box as there is nothing in there that I cannot fit into. Well, let me clarify, I can put them on but they are mostly way too big for me to wear.

The local city mission is having a collection of clothes for the needy so I have filled two big bags with stuff for them but I have saved some of my bigger clothes so that I can always remember how far I’ve come and how I’m not going back there! The picture on the left was a lot of fun to take truth be told. I actually always enjoy taking photos that demonstrate progress. I’m going to do another butter shot soon.

I’ve definitely made some signicant progress!

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44 Responses to “A good sort out”

  1. MizFitNo Gravatar // May 17, 2008 at 10:11 pm

    one word: amazing.

    seriously.

    that’s it.

    commentcomplete.

    MizFits last blog post..WOMAN Challenge Peeps?

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:37 pm:

    Thanks Mizfit. :)

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  2. DeborahNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 12:25 am

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    And I can see from the big smile that you are really proud of yourself, as well you should be!!! You are truly an inspiration!!!

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:37 pm:

    Thanks Deborah.

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  3. Dmitry SelitskiyNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 12:49 am

    Wow! That IS impressive!
    Well done again, Andrew ;)

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:38 pm:

    Cheers Dmitry.

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  4. justoofatNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 12:51 am

    Oh my stars!!
    Andrew that is *amazing!*
    The only thing bigger than those pants, in that picture, is your well deserved grin.
    I’m so pleased for and proud of you. Well done!
    Bravo, you!
    j

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:38 pm:

    Thanks J.

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  5. justoofatNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 12:53 am

    PS: Bring on the butter! :)

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:39 pm:

    I’ll give it a go soon. Just got to dodge mall security!

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  6. NancyNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 1:05 am

    you look awesome!

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:40 pm:

    Thanks Nancy.

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  7. hanlieNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 2:39 am

    Awesome picture! You’ve come a long way…

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 5:23 pm:

    Still got a ways to go but yeah…thanks Hanlie. :)

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  8. KateNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 4:52 am

    Wow that is just amazing andrew! You are awesome!

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:55 pm:

    Thanks Kate.

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  9. MizFitNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 5:12 am

    hey, I was thinking…email me if youd ever wanna do a GUEST POST THURSDAY!

    no pressure—-just if youd wanna share your wisdom :)

    M.

    MizFits last blog post..WOMAN Challenge Peeps?

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:40 pm:

    Ooh…I’d love to! I’ll email. :)

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  10. Aaron // May 18, 2008 at 8:24 am

    A clever combination of before and after shots. Well done!!!

    How much butter left to go? All the running you are doing you’ll be at your goal weight in pretty quick time.

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:42 pm:

    Thanks Aaron. About 20 or so packets at the moment.

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  11. Grumpy ChairNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 8:36 am

    I store the clothes that are too small in “the foot locker of sorrow”.

    Great job on the weight loss.

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:42 pm:

    Ooh…the footlocker of sorrow. I feel your pain for sure.

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  12. Bill WallaceNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    Andrew, your progress is really amazing. The other great thing is how welcome and refreshing your posts are. I really love mosying on over hear to read each day.

    Now you have the opportunity for a guest post too. I wonder where it will all take you? :)

    Thanks mate!

    Bill

    Bill Wallaces last blog post..Nil by Foot - (Oh Dear!)

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:43 pm:

    Thanks Bill. It’s great to have comments like yours and everyone elses. They really help keep my motivation up. :)

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  13. WundaLucyNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Great visual to really see what you’ve actually accomplished. You could almost do the ’stand in one leg of old pants’ photo!!!

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 18th, 2008 3:54 pm:

    Heh…I could and did…just it was a bit blurry when I uploaded it.

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  14. SallyNo Gravatar // May 18, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    Well done! I’m pleased that I didn’t make you donate all those clothes in that “skinny box” when we moved. Then we would have to spend even more money on your clothes…

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 19th, 2008 11:22 am:

    :)

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  15. The LaminatorNo Gravatar // May 19, 2008 at 12:42 am

    Wow, Andrew, that is a great shot!
    It’s really inspiring to see how hard you’ve worked and how far you’ve come. There really is no stopping you now.
    Congrats!

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 19th, 2008 11:22 am:

    Thanks Laminator.

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  16. SelmaNo Gravatar // May 19, 2008 at 1:34 am

    Hi,

    That is amazing! I know the mission will be really happy about the the clothes. I used to work at a clothing bank, and the bigger sizes were especially scarce.

    Selma

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 19th, 2008 11:23 am:

    Good to know.

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  17. BikiniMeNo Gravatar // May 19, 2008 at 3:07 am

    Fantastic photo!! :)

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 19th, 2008 11:23 am:

    Thanks Bikinime! :)

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  18. AmyNo Gravatar // May 19, 2008 at 10:08 am

    If that doesn’t scream inspiration, I dunno what does!

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 19th, 2008 11:25 am:

    It is definitely rewarding to see. :)

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  19. William HaynesNo Gravatar // May 19, 2008 at 11:19 am

    Andrew, that is awesome! I bet you have all new clothes, I know that I do. It’s been a lot of fun getting a new look, both in body and in fashion. Congrats on your 12.5 km run as well. How majorly cool! Blessings - William

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  20. AndrewENo Gravatar // May 19, 2008 at 11:26 am

    Thanks William. It’s great to see so many people doing well.

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  21. TB-MilwaukeeNo Gravatar // May 19, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    Looks like we all had the same reaction. WOW!

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  22. NadineNo Gravatar // May 20, 2008 at 7:55 am

    Congrats! You’ve done a fantastic job! You should be so very proud of yourself!

    You said something there that many people should pick up on. Concentrate on getting healthy, not necessarily the numbers. We all like to see that number go down. But, sometimes when its not happeningt, its still an accomplishment to know we’re doing everything right by trying to get healthy. And, the scale will eventually cooperate.

    Nadines last blog post..Friday Faves

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  23. JeffNo Gravatar // May 20, 2008 at 9:37 am

    Wow!

    What size waist were/are you?

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 20th, 2008 7:09 pm:

    Was at least 50 but am now a 38 and shrinking.

    AndrewEs last blog post..Two nice runs

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  24. Chief WahooNo Gravatar // May 23, 2008 at 7:20 am

    Getting rid of those big clothes is liberating isn’t it?

    I also found myself shocked as I held up some of the bigger items when I did that a few weeks back - I did not realize how BIG I was…

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    AndrewENo Gravatar reply on May 23rd, 2008 7:46 am:

    Yeah…I never really felt THAT big…it’s seems really weird looking at photos of the past.

    AndrewEs last blog post..A nice run home

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