That is a good feeling & it can be bad. The same thing happened to me 2 1/2 years ago when my Mother was dying of cancer & I caught the home care person abusing her & stealing her ID. Stress has always made me loose my appitite & I lost it so bad, I couldn't eat with the horrible nausea I was having. I lost so much weight I was down to 93 lbs which was more than a previous time I had a similar thing happen.

Unfortunately, that landed me in the hospital on & off for several months with mal nutrition & anemia & was on IV nutrition just to be able to keep going. I didn't have any cloths that fit & had to go out & buy all new cloths.....definitely love the look in jeans....that was the first time I really found jeans that I really looked great in.....which I agree with you...that is an awsome feeling. Only problem was, my skin was hanging on me & I looked like a 100 year old lady under the nice looking jeans.

I had a fight with my pdoc & PCP who were telling me that is was anorexia. It wasn't until one of the ED treatment centers said it was PTSD I was dealing with & that wasn't something they could help with, that they finally listened to what I was saying & believed what I had gone through.

It has taken me all this time to get to a healthy weight & still look good in my cloths. The previous time, when I got through the stress, unfortunately, my weight did a huge swing to the heavy side which was probably why my skin was hanging on me. I haven't gotten to a place in life where my stress has been reduced, so still am having problems with the low weight.....but I am also going to be very very careful not to let it ever swing to the heavy side ever again.

Your post sounded so similar to what I have experienced, just wanted to let you know, someone else knows exactly what you are feeling.....but also just want to let you know that an excessive weight loss can be as dangerous as anorexia even if it is not because of body image issues.

Please be careful.....but enjoy those jeans,
Debbie