Re: GLP-1 MEDS AND PLUS SIZE CLOTHING SALES

spumoni99 · ‎02-16-2019

@I am still oxox wrote:
@MarnieRez3 wrote:
Interesting piece from Forbes: Retail analysts say the growing popularity of GLP-1 medications has contributed to an overall decline in the sale of women AND men's plus-size clothing.
"Plus-size clothing, known in the retail trade as extended sized clothing, generally starts at size 14 or 16. Sales of extended sizes at Target, Old Navy, Loft and Men's Warehouse have
fallen extensively in the past 6 months, including a 30 percent drop off on Target's website.

The influence of drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound has apparently led several major retailers to cut back on their fourth quarter orders for extended sizes, or eliminate the lines entirely.
The increased availability and lower cost of GLP-1s has also been tied to declining pizza, baked goods, snack foods and alcoholic drink sales nationwide.
Clothing company DXL, which sells men’s big and tall apparel, estimated that up to 25% of its customers are on weight-loss drugs in its March earnings call. JP Morgan estimated around 10 million Americans were on GLP-1 treatments in 2025."
@MarnieRez3 14 and 16 are not plue size. They are with in the range of normal sizing. Plus starts at xL and 18. I was plus a good partion of my life

@I am still oxox Many stores start at 14W for their plus sizes, yes you can get 14 and 16 in regular sizes also but the W next to the number usually means it run a bit bigger.

MarnieRez3 · ‎02-19-2015

Yes, all 3 of us are micro-dosing, meaning we do the smallest dose of the medicine every 2 weeks. I FULLY understand the fear and anxiety surrounding tapering off the meds...I LOVE that you know you have to have a "battle plan" ready. I did not think that far ahead, so kudos to you! I also lost the weight slowly, which will help you since you did as well.
Key thing: Even on the lowest vial shot, the food noise and what I thought was my abnormally-large appetite did NOT return at the full amplification I expected it to! I promise you. They return, yes, but not at the volume and intensity they were before, so please don't have the tremendous fear I had about tapering off. I pray you have the same experience. Like you, my mental health and energy radically improved for the better and my night sweats and being constantly hot and sweaty changed to always being cold. So odd, right? I bought some beautiful sweaters, though, of course, to compensate. 😉
Gurrrll...I was yo-yo dieting from age 12 and I am 53 now. Wow. Sad to write that, but that's my truth. I started when the Dr. Atkins Doet Revolution book came out in paperback and my
entire family went LOW, and I mean LOW carb.
You got this, friend. The hard part is over!
Now, all 3 of us strive to make really good choices when we eat, and we literally take it One Meal At a Time.
Personally, I journal, I go on a lot of walks, dance in my kitchen, and celebrate a lot. I also cry and get angry rather than eat away all the hard feelings.
So happy your weight loss was successful. Reach out to me or post here if you need anything as there are countless others on this Forum who are on the same journey.
Sending you lots of hugs! 🩵 Celebrate your fabulous self! 💚

MarnieRez3 · ‎02-19-2015

@spumoni99
Yes, I agree with you, but RETAILERS quoted in this article identify plus size as starting at 14 or 16.

smoochy · ‎03-10-2010

@MarnieRez3 wrote:
Yes, all 3 of us are micro-dosing, meaning we do the smallest dose of the medicine every 2 weeks. I FULLY understand the fear and anxiety surrounding tapering off the meds...I LOVE that you know you have to have a "battle plan" ready. I did not think that far ahead, so kudos to you! I also lost the weight slowly, which will help you since you did as well.
Key thing: Even on the lowest vial shot, the food noise and what I thought was my abnormally-large appetite did NOT return at the full amplification I expected it to! I promise you. They return, yes, but not at the volume and intensity they were before, so please don't have the tremendous fear I had about tapering off. I pray you have the same experience. Like you, my mental health and energy radically improved for the better and my night sweats and being constantly hot and sweaty changed to always being cold. So odd, right? I bought some beautiful sweaters, though, of course, to compensate. 😉
Gurrrll...I was yo-yo dieting from age 12 and I am 53 now. Wow. Sad to write that, but that's my truth. I started when the Dr. Atkins Doet Revolution book came out in paperback and my
entire family went LOW, and I mean LOW carb.
You got this, friend. The hard part is over!
Now, all 3 of us strive to make really good choices when we eat, and we literally take it One Meal At a Time.
Personally, I journal, I go on a lot of walks, dance in my kitchen, and celebrate a lot. I also cry and get angry rather than eat away all the hard feelings.
So happy your weight loss was successful. Reach out to me or post here if you need anything as there are countless others on this Forum who are on the same journey.
Sending you lots of hugs! 🩵 Celebrate your fabulous self! 💚

oh wow what a positive, encouraging post! Talking about dieting from a young age- i kept a diary in high school for three years. On the top corner of each page I wrote my weight. 102, 108. In that range. Followed by the words "fat!" or "must lose five pounds by weekend" I was 5'3" at that time, petite. My mom was beautiful and petite too. She was obsessed with weight and appearance. I used to drink carnation instant breakfast in the morning before school. Sometimes i went on this kick where I drank cans of Metrical (a popular diet "shake") to try and blast off a few pounds before the next football game and sock hop. This was in the mid sixties. Other times I binged on junk food. No happy medium. No grasp of appropriate eating or food as fuel. In that time period our pop culture icons were Twiggy and the 1960s fashion/beauty models. Our mothers taught us the art of getting and keeping a man, which was the ultimate goal-and first on the agenda was to have a slim figure.its no wonder that so many Baby Boomer women have spent our lives fighting with our bodies and our mindsets around food

MICHIGAN STATE MOM

MarnieRez3 · ‎02-19-2015

@smoochy
Can you believe how long we have been monitoring and obsessing about our weight?? My heart breaks for both of us. Yes, our models of beauty back in the day were thin and flat-chested with no curves whatsoever. I forgot about Carnation Instant Breakfast! Yes, that was a meal replacement for my sister and me too. Then we discovered the Cambridge diet shakes. It never ended.
I think if people really understood what it was like to be writing your weight in a high school diary followed by the word "fat!" or if they remember Karen Carpenter and her agonizing death from anorexia, or if they could have seen my sister and I obsessively counting carbs in our teens instead of having fun and enjoying our youth, they would not rush to judgment about GLP-1 medications. I am so grateful, as you, to be able to afford them and to have access to them. I know we speak for many others when we say they are life-changing.
Smooch, you absolutely nailed it when you wrote: "No wonder so many Baby Boomer women have spent our lives fighting with our bodies and mindsets around food." Amen, sister. That is my truth, your truth and the truth for SO MANY. I cry when I think how my life and the lives of many of my friends and my own sister would have been SO different if we didn't spend so much time worrying about our weight, trying to change our weight, envying other's weight and going up and down the scale in a futile attempt to LOOK a certain way.
Geneen Roth writes extensively about what we really lose in our endless quest to lose weight. My hope is that the next generation of young men and women have a clearer understanding of weight issues and the toll that yo-yo dieting takes on their bodies. I hope these medications becoming less expensive and the shame and judgements surrounding their use ceases.
Thank YOU for your honesty and raw, emotional candor. Keep the faith. Call out if you need a sister-in-arms. We'll ride at dawn. 💚

smoochy · ‎03-10-2010

@Puppy Lips wrote:
I am glad those meds are working for people. I have to wonder though if there are long term side affects that are still unknown. Plus, do you really want to be on them for the rest of your life? If once off the drugs you go back to where you were before as far as appetite and cravings, then what have you really accomplished?

the unknowns of long term side effects applies to thousands of drugs not just GLP1. I wont be taking it the rest of my life. As I mentioned earlier, I only have five pounds to lose to reach goal weight. A return of cravings or appetite like before? To some degree, yes. So that does have to be managed.

MICHIGAN STATE MOM

geezerette · ‎03-16-2010

Those old enough to remember know that women's clothing sizing was different years ago. My mother was considered "average" and she was 5'4", 120 lbs. She never let herself gain more than 5lbs. And she wore a size 12 but often size 14, which was considered to be "average" then.

Sizing has changed over the years. I now consistently wear a smaller numeric size than I did years ago at basically the same weight. And I also think the sizing was more consistent back then than now.

CalminHeart · ‎03-09-2010

@september wrote:
I think there is plus sized clothing, which I interpret as people who are just bigger than average, and then there is plus-plus sized clothing, which I'd say is for people who are seriously overweight and unhealthy. For whatever reasons, I'd say it's a good thing if the demand for this extreme is being diminished.

There are a thousand reasons why someone may be overweight Sure, it isn't always healthy but don't diss those who are plus sized.

I've lost 80 pounds and it was the most difficult year of my life. I still see a woman with those 80 pounds when I look in the mirror. I need to lose another 20 and I don't care anymore. I have bigger issues to deal with.

One of the thngs I hate most is how some people look down on, judge, or talk with disdain about overweight people.

charsha · ‎03-28-2010

Not everyone can tolerate these weight loss drugs, and many take them that shouldn't based on ego. Plus sized clothes will always be produced.

Still Raining · ‎03-30-2014

As child of the 50s, I can see that something changed. Look at historical photos of people on the sidewalk or a game. Sizes are inflated too, didn't a 12 used to have a 25 or 26 inch waist? One of my aunts was 'fat' and looked the host Mary.

Our options and diet is so very different now. Processed food is not our friend.