Going up a dress size..

Ok, so I have never been a Size O (although at my very first figure comp I was 48kgs so maybe I was), but it is time to clean the wardrobe out and go up a dress size. During my off season I have added some fat - maybe 3kgs, but the truth of the matter is that I have been doing some pretty fierce training over the past 12 months I am not the size I was this time last year. In fact I am about the same body fat % but about 5kgs heavier. Now that is a lean mass increase, so I am not saying I have put in 5kgs of muscle, but however you measure it it is a definite dress size bigger. Try as I may my arms, back and butt just will not fit comfortably into the clothes I have in my wardrobe. There is nothing worse than having clothes that don't fit, as the act of trying to get them on simply makes you feel huge.

I have always loved growing and getting bigger as I train my muscles to be strong and powerful; I think I am born to be strong. At 161cm I am on the small side and have until last year competed at 56kgs, so all in all I have been "small" through it all even with a few kgs of fat on in the off season. However things are now different. I compete at 60kgs and my off season weight is above that, and I am getting BIG. My upper body is getting BIG. It is an adjustment that I struggle with sometimes, and having clothes that don't fit bring attention to my growth. So today I am shopping for clothes a that fit.