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The Absolute Torture Of Clothes Shopping

Gabe Johansson
2 min readApr 14, 2023

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One of my least favorite things to do is shopping, let alone shopping for clothes when you’re 30–40 pounds over weight…

Back before I took diet and training seriously, it felt impossible to find a single shirt that fit right.

They all seemed to make me look a little bit chunky.

And since this was before my brutal wake up call when my grandma told me how it really was…

(more on that story in my ebook here)

I thought it was an issue with the clothing, not myself.

So I’d find myself wearing a lot of slightly oversized, ever-so-forgiving black t-shirts, polos, and hoodies.

The only times I felt truly confident was when I slapped on this one particular black long sleeve shirt…

…and my classic work outfit which was a button up dress shirt, dress pants, and dress shoes.

There isn’t a man on the planet who doesn’t gain 10 confidence points by dressing in business casual.

Aside from that?

I absolutely hated shopping for clothes, so I would avoid it like the plague.

But once I started to drop the weight and build a bit of muscle, something amazing happened…

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Gabe Johansson
Gabe Johansson

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