A 60-pound weight loss will make changes in anyone’s closet. My closet has undergone some drastic changes in the last five months. I have replaced just about every item that was in my closet other than the relatively few smaller items that I had held onto.

I didn’t have a lot of smaller items. I had done a whirlwind clear out of my closet within the last year, which resulted in me getting rid of most of my smaller sizes. The only things I kept were ones with more sentimental value.

So with this major change in my wardrobe, I wondered if there were ACTUAL changes in my wardrobe. Am I dressing differently?

First off, the biggest change is that I have a drawer dedicated to exercise clothes that I actually use for exercising. Having the clothes is new but so is the exercising part.

There is more ROOM in my dresser. It turns out that smaller-sized clothes takes up less room.

I have LOTS more camisoles. I had a few before that I would wear in the summer time, but I now have a wide selection to wear all year long. I also recently bought two “shaper” type camisoles that look cute while helping you suck in your excess belly fat. I haven’t yet tried them.

I wear LAYERS. Before one layer was enough — I didn’t need to add any extra bulk. But now, I am wearing layers. I have sweaters and several of those — I don’t know if they have a special name — sweaters without buttons or fasteners.

I own belts. I need to wear belts with some pants. But I even have completely unnecessary strictly for fashion type belts.

That’s right. I own belted shirts. This is something I never owned when I was extra large morbidly obese.

I have lots of necklaces. I had a few distinctive necklaces before, but I now own even more. I have cute clothes, and I am accessorizing.

I have new underwear and when shopping for new underwear I briefly considered buying thongs. They were on clearance and wouldn’t leave any panty lines. Then I actually picked one up, and I remembered they look like dental floss, and I don’t want to floss the area of my body that thongs are supposed to go.

I have a LOT less of what my husband calls “granny shirts.” To him, granny shirts are shirts that have flowery or busy patterns. He feels only old ladies will wear them. In truth, he calls even cute patterned shirts “granny shirts,” which is why I still own a few. But there was also a lot of truth in his name for some of the shirts in my closet. Being overweight in Northern Michigan didn’t give me a lot of shopping options, and it turns out that the big girl stores LOVE patterns. It was hard to find unadorned shirts in XXL. Now my closet has a lot of non Granny type shirts.

I am buying cute shoes. OK, I have a LONG way to go in this area. I tend to look for comfortable over cute, but I have bought cute shoes. I have an eye out for cute knee-high boots. I am going to get a pair as soon as I find the perfect pair. I was even looking at high heeled strappy things. This is a major change for me, and I think it is in large part due to the fact that I am starting to LIKE the clothes I am buying rather than just buying the least offensive thing that actually fits. There are so many MORE choices in the lower sizes.

Yesterday, I even found myself picking up a purse and looking at it because it was CUTE. I am not a purse-carrying person. I find them irritating and unnecessary. Why carry a purse? In high school and college, I carried a bookbag. After college, I usually carried a camera bag for work. When I didn’t carry a camera bag, I had a car and tended to leave purse type stuff in my car. Now, I carry a snazzy laptop bag that may or may not have a laptop but pretty much ALWAYS has papers that need to be graded. Why do I need a purse? I don’t. Yet, I was looking at them. I wasn’t thinking of buying one, but I was thinking they were cute and would look good with a certain outfit.