Kilts make you watch the old waistline.

[GreenDragon]

Just have to say that wearing kilts will definitely make you watch your waistline. As much as they cost, it's far more motivating to lose weight just so you don't need to buy a larger one.

I haven't worn mine in a few months and the other night I tried them on and they have gotten snug. A little wake up call. Time to cut out the ice cream and take the stairs more often.

[budd4766]

Amen to that!

[mrtackytn]

Yeah, and wearing a 3" kilt belt is better than a girdle anyday !!

[Lallans]

My own 8 yd kilt, at least, keeps me locked in at the weight I was when I bought the thing, give or take a pound or two (ie, a kilo). Meaning I will have to stick with a (hopefully slight) beer gut look in perpetutiy- but on the other hand can never become a two-seater guy on an airplane. The fact of the matter is that I'm just too cheap to abandon an $850 custom-made garment.

[tinksdad]

The fact of the matter is that I'm just too cheap to abandon an $850 custom-made garment.

It doesn't have to be an expensive kilt either. I recently gave away the first two X-kilts I made because the waistlines no longer fit my expansion. Two of my Stillwaters are on the last belt hole. Guess it's time to stop using the exer-cycle for a clothes rack and ensure that the kilts I do have (and any future purchases) don't keep shrinking.

[Geoff Withnell]

My own 8 yd kilt, at least, keeps me locked in at the weight I was when I bought the thing, give or take a pound or two (ie, a kilo). Meaning I will have to stick with a (hopefully slight) beer gut look in perpetutiy- but on the other hand can never become a two-seater guy on an airplane. The fact of the matter is that I'm just too cheap to abandon an $850 custom-made garment.

Barb Tewksbury recently had a thread about how simple it is to make a kilt SMALLER. Don't feel locked in to the beer gut. Besides, you would be amazed at how fast the health problems of being overweight can use up the price of even a tank.

Geoff Withnell.

[Lallans]

Barb Tewksbury recently had a thread about how simple it is to make a kilt SMALLER. Don't feel locked in to the beer gut. Besides, you would be amazed at how fast the health problems of being overweight can use up the price of even a tank.

Geoff Withnell.

Actually my kilt came in a few inches too large at the waist (the maker assured me it had to be my fault and possibly it was, me and last few of the eleventy-seven women who did the measuring- never ask for such-like urgent help at work- so the kilt in question is already taken in somewhat past the point of maximum attractiveness. Now that I've thought of it, what I need to do is to gain weight. That I can do, or at least die trying.

[Sir William]

I recently lost 30 pounds and several inches around the waist - enough to fit into a kilt I hadn't worn in about 20 years!

I had to have a newer kilt taken in, but I figure that is more than worth it.

[GreenDragon]

My own 8 yd kilt, at least, keeps me locked in at the weight I was when I bought the thing, give or take a pound or two (ie, a kilo). Meaning I will have to stick with a (hopefully slight) beer gut look in perpetutiy- but on the other hand can never become a two-seater guy on an airplane. The fact of the matter is that I'm just too cheap to abandon an $850 custom-made garment.

$850 ...... I can't even imagine that. Mine are all SWK's.

I recently lost 30 pounds and several inches around the waist - enough to fit into a kilt I hadn't worn in about 20 years!

I had to have a newer kilt taken in, but I figure that is more than worth it.

Good work, sir!

I have a friend that recommends a "all scotch" diet. He said he has lost 5 inches and two wives on it.

Definition?

[Lallans]

[QUOTE=GreenDragon;902025]$850 ...... I can't even imagine that. Mine are all SWK's.

If my memory is correct, that includes exchange. The Canuckistanian dollar, affectionately known as the loonie, was rather weak at the time- our previous government held the value down until the loonie almost drowned.