Shapeshifting.

Gym Update: So listen, I don't actually step on a scale very often or take any measurements...unless I'm preparing to sew something for me to wear and I want to make sure I cut the fabric right.

Furthermore, I have some experience with doing all the "right" things, eating all the "right" things and getting very little or no results. So I gave up on weight loss goals a long time ago.

But something has been going on. Like shapeshifting. My first reaction has been suspicion. It's getting to the point though, that I might actually have to take my sewing skills to my wardrobe and start downsizing.

another recent Konza hike, but it was slow because I wasn't alone.

The above is how I wrote it for Facebook. The rest of the story is that I started out between two clothing sizes. I tend to buy the larger of the two though because I don't like tight things. Most of my cold weather wardrobe is leggings and tunic length shirts. So it was easy enough to start replacing the leggings to the smaller of those two sizes. I don't mind shirts being baggy, some of them are really more comfortable that way anyway. The more urgent problem is my underwear. This is a kind of dumb story. I sew my own underwear. I got patterns from Stitch Upon a Time. The first pair I ever made were the most comfortable underwear I'd ever worn. But then over time I've learned how to modify the patterns to fit me best and now that first pair is my least comfortable pair. So I started noticing my waistbands falling and I wondered if they were wearing out. But no. I'm shapeshifting. It's not as easy to replace my underwear. I could go to the store, but I know that's going to be disappointing and uncomfortable. That's not really a good way to celebrate all this hard work. So I tried to find someone who sells underwear they've made from the same patterns, but I couldn't find any I liked enough to overlook the fact that they wouldn't have my custom modifications. So I've bought some fabric. Not that I actually have any time to sew up a pile of new underwear but it will be less time consuming than trying to take in the old ones. I'm so full of optimism about my time availability.