■072: I've gained weight [One item discarded per day]

Hello, this is KUMA, blankly staring at an empty whiskey bottle (Sogaini).
The good thing about whiskey is that it's delicious.
The bad thing is that once you drink it, it's gone. *Sigh.*

Well, let's pull ourselves together for [One item discarded per day].
Here is what I let go of today.

Denim jeans.

A model called 'LEA' by Yanuk.
For a while, I wore them seven days a week.
I intended to keep wearing them for a long time.

However, I have gained weight.

The waist is quite tight now, oh my. Ho ho ho.
And I have my own set of rules for judging which clothes to keep.

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1. Do I look good when I wear this?
2. Do I feel comfortable wearing this?
3. Is it a burden to live with this piece of clothing?
4. Does it fit my 'current lifestyle'?
5. Is the size really for 'the current me'?

If I don't look good, there's no benefit in wearing it.
I don't need to force myself to keep things that are uncomfortable.
If it becomes a burden, it's better to let it go.
If it doesn't fit my current lifestyle, I don't need it now. There's no point in wearing clothes that don't fit.

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This time, it falls under [5].
Time to say goodbye.

Some of you might be thinking, 'What a waste. Why not just lose weight and wear them again?'
However, I don't want to lose weight anymore.

Height 160cm. Weight 42-43kg.

This body type continued for about 10 years.
What do you think when you see these numbers?
You, being kind, wouldn't say it out loud.
But you know, quite a few people do say it.

People who know 'you shouldn't call a chubby person fat' will still say 'it's okay to say anything to a skinny person, right?☆'
I wonder what that is. It's strange, isn't it?

Things I've been told for about 10 years:

Too skinny. Are you sick? You're just skin and bones. Unhealthy.
Eat properly, will you? Your bones are sticking out. It's painful to look at.
Wait, 42kg!? Go to a hospital. Wow, that's crazy, haha.
KUMA-san, you definitely have anorexia, right? (Whisper)
I want to lose weight, but I don't want to end up like that, haha (Whisper)


That's an enviable problem to have! I want to give you some of my fat, haha.

...Nobody ever gave me any meat.
They just mocked me, lectured me, and called me sick.
I don't mind them saying that, but at least leave the meat behind.



I tried hard to eat because I was being nagged at,
but when I'm reading books, watching anime, or trading stocks, I inevitably forget to eat.
I'm not sick, and I don't have an eating disorder.
But I also have a habit of slacking off, so I couldn't really gain weight.


Even for someone like me,
I've recently caught the wave of aging and gained weight!
Yay, yay! Hurray for my 40s!
I'm going to ride this upward trend
and become a madam whose bikini is about to burst!


As I look toward a future with a curvy body,
I no longer need these 57cm waist jeans.


Thank you for everything. You were truly wonderful.
I loved your color and your shape.
We went to so many countries together.
Keep doing your best with your new owner.


I sold them to ZOZOTOWN, where I originally bought them.
They were expensive jeans, so I hesitated when buying them, but the buyback price was also quite good.
Thank you, Yanuk. Thank you, ZOZOTOWN.



Don't you have any in your closet, too?
Clothes that aren't your current size.
We lose weight and we gain weight.
We will keep changing. Because we are alive.


'I'll wear them again if I gain weight'

'I'll wear them again if I lose weight'

If you keep them for reasons like that,
you're also keeping the 'I need to gain weight' or 'I need to lose weight' pressure along with them.
There's no benefit to hoarding tasks like 'I have to do this or that.' It's just stress, stress.

If you gain weight or lose weight, you can just buy new ones then.
Fortunately, clothes have a clear expiration date called 'trends'.



Don't be bound by words like 'a lifetime item',

and don't force yourself to fit into clothes that no longer suit you.

You should match your clothes to the you that evolves every day.


It's not 'clothes first.' What's important is you.

Whether you gain weight or lose weight,

fashion is fun. Yo-ho-ho-ho-ho♡



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⬇️ This is an article I wrote about how I let go of my clothes.
This time, I used the [4] ZOZOTOWN trade-in discount.
If your closet is bursting at the seams,
please feel free to read it!
(It's a long post, so you might faint!)