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Ooof - the Trousers of Truth

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TawnyPippit · 31/03/2021 11:28

My colleague completely avoids weighing herself but has TheTrousers of Truth, a brutally simple concept: you choose a flattering but slightly uncompromising pair of trousers and either wear them or try them on regularly - if they fit, no action needed, if they don’t - have a word with yourself.

So Every Single Day of lockdown, I have worn leggings. Nice ones - thick ones, high waisted ones, some Lululemon ones, the sort that are called “compression” or “close hold” etc. When feeling giddy and in need of variety I have cracked out the Uniqlo joggers. So obvs my “sense of waistband” is entirely skewed. In practice for some imminent light socialising I have put on a pair of trousers (ie ones with no stretch) for the first time literally in a year (Mint Velvet Biker skinnies, I think). Oooof.

Result/observations: Well, I can get them on. Let’s just say that they won’t need a belt as I seem to have my own internal pressure system holding them up. I suspect I will be pretty pleased to take them off at the end of the day. I’m calling it a score draw, which actually isn’t that bad a result.

(I haven’t tried a underwired bra yet - too much at the same time!)

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dudsville · 31/03/2021 13:17

Love your post op! I keep thinking, "be careful, don't let it all get too much out of hand" and then I make a toasted cheese sandwich, and have biscuits.

ILoveShula · 31/03/2021 13:39

I have my confidence trousers. I rarely wear trousers but nearly always wear jeans.

If I fit into the confidence trousers, I'm slim. They've been packed away from decades, and as I post I am wearing baggy-arsed trackies.

The confidence trousers are size 0.

Crocky · 31/03/2021 14:04

I love this idea. I’ve just tried on a pair of my summer trousers and the button popped off so I am assuming from that that I am a little larger than last year!

ShangPie · 31/03/2021 14:11

I have a pair of ‘fat shorts’ in unforgiving stretch-free cotton twill for I keep for exactly this purpose.

If they fit well enough to wear outside in polite company, I am elated. If they do up, that’s pretty good going. If they don’t fasten, it’s time for drastic action.

I’ve had them coming up 20 years Blush

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 31/03/2021 14:12

I have been wearing normal clothes throughout (lecturer so non-stop video classes) but every week I have tried on all my jeans, just to keep myself in line. They are exactly 5lb snugger, but I think it would have been far worse without my weekly check-in on them. (I do weigh too, hence the 5lb)

QwertyGirly · 31/03/2021 14:13

My trousers of Truth are lying to me about 7 days out of the month... Blush

emerald1981 · 31/03/2021 14:14

I wore a pair of jeans the other day for the first time in a long time. They were definitely snug but I thought they just felt constricted as I have been rocking leggings and joggers for a year. Was out working that morning. By the time I got home had terrible stomach cramps and thought I was getting a tummy bug. Took the jeans off and the instant relief......ShockConfused

DomingoinLittleOakley · 31/03/2021 14:15

To paraphrase Jack Nicholson: "I can't handle the truth!"

ThatOtherPoster · 31/03/2021 14:19

I LOVE "trousers of truth". I've often thought that elasticated waistbands are the slippery slope to appearing on My 600lb Life.

When I was doing WW I had my "Victory Jeans". These were a pair of non-stretchy 27" waist Banana Republic jeans that I used to wear when I'd just divorced my first husband and was living in the gym. I started WW having just married my lovely second DH and piling on 4 stone in that first year - oops. The Victory Jeans only got as far as my knees. Now, they fit, but are horribly out of style.

cerealgamechanger · 31/03/2021 14:20

Love the way you've decided the trousers of truth! I used to have such a pair until I got pregnant... diastasis recti means they've (along with others) have gone to charity shop heaven. Leggings and joggers rule now.

cerealgamechanger · 31/03/2021 14:20

Described*

Diastasis recti- after pregnancy*

justanotherneighinparadise · 31/03/2021 14:21

Oh yes. I have a few pairs of trousers that only fit when my weight is the slimmer side of acceptable. Right now I know they won’t fit.

TawnyPippit · 31/03/2021 14:22

Soooo... have been wearing them for about 4 hours now. Definitely pinching around the kidney area!

I love the expression “confidence trousers”. That’s so glass half full. Mine are just Judgmental.

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AgnesWaterhouse1566 · 31/03/2021 14:28

This has reminded me that I have a Skirt of Truth - gorgeous A-line velvet Seventies number that, in my head, I use to measure svelteness.

Except I now that I think about it the last time I can remember wearing was at my friends 30th and we've both just turned 50. Hmm
I may be aiming too high if I try to get into it again.

TawnyPippit · 31/03/2021 14:28

Oooh, Victory Trousers similarly positive. You could do a little dance if they fitted. The Trousers of Truth just kind of shake their head at you in a disappointed manner.

I think the wearing of “unforgiving stretch-free cotton twill” should actually have its own date in the road map. Maybe we can get our haircut in April, drink in pub gardens in May but not be allowed to wear non-stretch clothes till August?

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PrimeraVez · 31/03/2021 14:31

Hahah yes. I have a pair of jeans and if I fit into them comfortably, I’m in good shape. If they are tight and result in a muffin top, I’m in trouble. If I can’t do them up, it’s a Big Problem.

Currently 18 weeks pregnant and have packed them away into a suitcase under a bed - I know just looking at them anytime in the next 6 months is asking for major upset!

redcandlelight · 31/03/2021 14:35

yup. I have a pair of unforgiving summer shorts.

if you hear that people go on a diet before their holiday I nod knowingly Wink

lifes2 · 31/03/2021 15:08

Ha ha! Just come back from the shop and wore my size 10 pedal pushers for the first time since last August, admittedly with a baggy shirt to hide my massive middle.

So that's given me a wake up call, I had to peel them off (elasticated waistband). But, I think the weather is going to cool down this weekend (UK), so I have time to (hopefully) shed a few pounds before it's warm enough to wear them again. Smile

IllNeverLetGoJack · 31/03/2021 15:33

Nooooooooo! Too much truth.

Pinkywoo · 31/03/2021 17:05

I have The Judgemental Jeans of Doom. Since having DS they just glare at me menacingly from my bottom drawer. Sad

QueenOfPain · 31/03/2021 17:11

I’ve hung onto a pair of wide leg khaki linen trousers that used to hang casually from my pointy 19 year old hip bones in a grungy boho fashion.

I’ve never really tried to get back into them, and I’m not sure what they’re a measure of, just that they’re a measure of something. Maybe this will be the year.

KitchenFairy · 31/03/2021 17:13

Yep I have a pair of judgy pants.

Black work trousers, beautifully cut, but absolutely no give in them whatsoever.

I’m not back in work till 12th April, I will try them on on the 11th and hope for the best.

TawnyPippit · 31/03/2021 17:39

Lol, I’m loving “Judgy Pants”. Smile

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goose1964 · 31/03/2021 17:43

Is love to be able to wear rigid waist band but my waist can change by 3 inches in a day depending on digestive issues. I weigh myself twice a week and use that to keep an eye on my weight.

LatteLoverLovesLattes · 31/03/2021 17:50

I have judgemental Jeans

The bastards are peering at me from underneath a pile of leggings. The shorts are screaming from the bottom drawer- they're fearful of not seeing any sun this year. - might have to cut the length off my leggings 🤣🤣