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Watching Ryan lost 63 pounds over the past year on Nutrisystem has been incredible. Many of the achievements that he’s passed were clear and obvious when they happened. For example, we couldn’t have missed milestones like when he lost 20 pounds, or lost a shirt size because they were really obvious. However, we’ve had a few milestones that were much more subtle. I recently noticed that he passed a subtle milestone.

Before his weight-loss, Ryan’s short-sleeved shirts would end at almost his elbow. I knew that my own short-sleeved shirts ended much higher, about mid way between shoulder and elbow. However, I thought the fit was due to the styling difference between men and women’s t-shirts. I noticed recently that Ryan’s shirts now end much higher on his forearm. In fact, we noticed because he has a bit of a ‘farmers tan’ so his shirts now show-off a few inches above his elbow that is really pale! It took me a few days to realize why his shirts are now ending higher on his arm.

Ryan has lost 3 shirt sizes in the past year. In part, smaller shirt sizes have shorter sleeves. However, when looking back at old photos I noticed that the hem of his shirt sleeve used to always fall on his arm, instead of sitting at his shoulder. Here is an example:

As you can see, the shirt is designed for someone with wider shoulders than Ryan had at the time, even though he is not narrow through the shoulders. It’s a little hard to tell from this photo, but the shirt was not too big for him overall. He had to buy shirts in that size because smaller shirts would have been too tight across his mid-section but it clearly was too large in the shoulder area which caused the sleeves to droop down so low. Now that he’s lost weight, and is down 3 shirt sizes, his t-shirts cover his (much smaller) belly and the hem ends where it should on his shoulder because his belly is not significantly wider than his shoulders, like it used to be.

The photo directly above was taken about 3 months ago, so this changed happened a while back. We just recently realized why his shirts are fitting better though. Making the realization that he hasn’t just lost a significant amount of weight, and dropped 3 shirt sizes, but his body proportions have changed dramatically as well amazes me.

Emily

Hi there! I am Emily Evert, the owner of Emily Reviews. I am 28 and live in a small town in Michigan with my boyfriend Ryan and our two pugs. I have a large family and I adore my nieces and nephews. I love reading memoirs, and learning about child development and psychology. I love watching The Game of Thrones, Teen Mom, Sister Wives and Veep. I like listening to Jason Isbell, John Prine, and other alt-country or Americana music. I created Emily Reviews as a creative outlet to share my life and the products that I love with others.

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