Fat To Fit Blog XXI: Jeans and Meals Out.

Hello everyone thought I'd do a blog about jeans as there is plenty to rant about. I believe I'm a size 14 now with my current measurements and fit into the vast majority of clothes sized as 14s but where the sizing guide went when they designed jeans is beyond me. I'll list a few examples of how jeans are ridiculous:

• I've just fit into a size 16 pair of jeans from M&S my mum originally bought for herself to diet into. My measurements tell me I'm a 14 but I'm still a size 16 by their logic, I placed a size 14 tight skirt I had against these 'size 16' jeans and the waist band is larger on the skirt!
• New Look: Tried on 4 different styles of jeans all sized 14, could fasten them (if i breathed in just right) but they looked horrendous, muffin tops, overhanging belly the works as they were all hipster style, yet I try on a size 14 body con dress in the same shop and it's far too big on me.
• I hope people on my facebook don't mind but I'm going to demonstrate my anger towards new look with the following quotes from a status I posted and these are from slim girls for gods sake!:
• "I'm not curvy, by any means (bloody wish i was), however, I do have a big bum in proportion to my body. I have the same issue with New Look. If I try on a size 10, muffin top and restriction on the bum causing a horrible bum crack displayed... whenever I'm sat down. And a size 12 is just too big on the legs."
• "If it makes you feel better I'm too scared to try on size 12's anymore when it comes to jeans, too much risk of muffin top. As for my size 10's, I had to face giving them over to a charity shop"

So to New Look I say stuff your sizing guide and your hipster jeans. Hipster jeans look good on no one unless you are perfectly toned all over and are a slim build and you obviously just seem to increase your size 8 jeans pattern but don't adopt it for girls being a size 10 and having a bum or for any size for that matter and having a bum. Women are curvy naturally, the vast majority of us aren't skinny little rakes and your jeans as a major high street chain should reflect this so I'm taking my jeans shopping else where :)

Also I just wanted to do a little section on eating out as I had a meal out today, only the second one I've had out since I went on my diet and its daunting! I went to Bella Italiano in Birmingham with my Dad which I thought would be alright but all I will say when eating out and eating healthily in restaurants they're really isn't a lot of choice. The healthy choice was classed as 600 calories and below which at the moment I'd class as a very large meal for me calorie wise as I tend to eat every few hours at the moment with low calorie options so my meals aren't as big but I'm getting to eat often. 

I had the choice of one pasta dish, one steak dish if i swapped the fries for a green salad and 3 salad dishes and with the size of the menu its not very good, that I had 5 choices, 3 of which were salads. I chose the pasta dish Bucanti pasta with king prawns in a spicy tomato sauce which was very nice. Best advice on eating out relating to Italian food is always go for the tomato based pasta dish it will always be the healthier option. I personally believe there should be more choices that are lower calorie besides salad and I wouldn't exactly call 600 calories, low calorie for a meal. I don't want to be one of those girls who goes out and orders a green salad while everyone else is chomping down on steak and chips. This diet is a lifestyle, obviously I can splurge once in a blue moon but if you regularly eat out, dieting is a nightmare.

We're wondering why everyone is getting obese, look at how little choice you have when you go out to a restaurant or when you look for a sandwich to grab from the supermarket, every is overloaded with calories, fat, sugar and salt. We're all scratching our heads going this obesity epidemic is a 'fat miracle', its not. Portions are getting bigger, there is a lack of healthy choices that aren't saturated with salt and sugar and food labelling is misleading. Take a soup can in your house and see what it lists its calories on the front of the tin, I bet it will be for half the can. No one eats half a can of soup.

Even though that meal counts as a healthy option it was a bit of splurge especially since I had a egg custard tart as well but I've done really well these past few weeks so I can afford to go slightly over my calorie intake for the day :) Everyone deserves to once in awhile. And to every girl out there struggling to fit into a pair of jeans, or finding it hell to diet when you're out and about or even at home, you're not alone :)

See you soon xo