Comments on: Trouser sizes http://www.hollandodiet.com/2004/08/11/trouser-sizes.html The Internet's Best Diet Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:57:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Holland A. Sullivan, Jr. http://www.hollandodiet.com/2004/08/11/trouser-sizes.html#comment-19 Holland A. Sullivan, Jr. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.hollandodiet.com/2004/08/11/trouser-sizes.html#comment-19 I'm not sure if khakis and trousers have different measurement standards, but I haven't those measurements since early college, or perhaps even high school. You're probably safe.<br /><br />As for me, my belly enjoys an unplanned excursion over the beltline when I shoehorn myself into size 36 pants. I definitely need to loose 20 lbs. I’m not sure if khakis and trousers have different measurement standards, but I haven’t those measurements since early college, or perhaps even high school. You’re probably safe.

As for me, my belly enjoys an unplanned excursion over the beltline when I shoehorn myself into size 36 pants. I definitely need to loose 20 lbs.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.hollandodiet.com/2004/08/11/trouser-sizes.html#comment-20 Matthew Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.hollandodiet.com/2004/08/11/trouser-sizes.html#comment-20 Yes, reducing waist-size -- rather than the dubious BMI -- is my corollary goal as well. I haven't been a 32 since high school (early high school) and until college could comfortably wear a 34 in most styles.<br /><br />Since then, it's been pretty much 36-ville.* At the start of this diet, it was a *tight* 36. Now, I've got plenty of breathing space and am down to the last hole in my size-36 belt. I may be approaching 34, on the way, I hope, to 32, but I won't buy pants differently until I settle somewhere and maintain that position for a while. It's always better to buy too big and tighten the belt than have to pour yourself into something too small.<br /><br />* With one principal exception: I recently bought size-38 jeans for the express purpose of having them baggy. Yes, reducing waist-size — rather than the dubious BMI — is my corollary goal as well. I haven’t been a 32 since high school (early high school) and until college could comfortably wear a 34 in most styles.

Since then, it’s been pretty much 36-ville.* At the start of this diet, it was a *tight* 36. Now, I’ve got plenty of breathing space and am down to the last hole in my size-36 belt. I may be approaching 34, on the way, I hope, to 32, but I won’t buy pants differently until I settle somewhere and maintain that position for a while. It’s always better to buy too big and tighten the belt than have to pour yourself into something too small.

* With one principal exception: I recently bought size-38 jeans for the express purpose of having them baggy.

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