Sizing down… what a weird and amazing feeling!

[Enthusi]

Hi all,  I wasn’t sure the right forum for this as it applies to “all of the above” so I apologize if this isn’t the right place. 
 

Due to a combination of intentional and unintentional factors I’ve been losing some weight.  I tend to be on the cusp between medium and large, and traditionally I size up. But with the recent slimming down I feel like larges are just a tad too large now.  
 

This is weird.  The diaper looks and feels so much more snug.  I’m not used to feeling the tapes (with larges the tapes are over the front panel).   So it’s simultaneously thinner and thicker feeling.  

The real test will be seeing how it holds up.  

[Little Cub Pants]

47 minutes ago, Enthusi said:

Hi all,  I wasn’t sure the right forum for this as it applies to “all of the above” so I apologize if this isn’t the right place. 
 

Due to a combination of intentional and unintentional factors I’ve been losing some weight.  I tend to be on the cusp between medium and large, and traditionally I size up. But with the recent slimming down I feel like larges are just a tad too large now.  
 

This is weird.  The diaper looks and feels so much more snug.  I’m not used to feeling the tapes (with larges the tapes are over the front panel).   So it’s simultaneously thinner and thicker feeling.  

The real test will be seeing how it holds up.  

Congratulations on the weight loss buddy. I'm very proud of you. Yeah I see what you're saying, it can be hard to adjust to new diaper sizes especially when you're in between sizes like that. But whatever the case I hope the new sizing feels the perfect combination of snug and comfy for you and I hope the tapes hold up well. I'm actually more curious if the new sizing will impact the capacity of the diaper but like you said we'll just have to wait and see. Again, congratulations buddy. I know how hard it can be to lose weight. I've lost so much weight over the past couple of months and I'm very proud of myself.

[Little Sherri]

Congrats, @Enthusi - assuming that's appropriate, of course. I tend to view losing weight as aspirational, but I know that's not always the case. I tend to trend in the opposite direction, although I did drop a fair bit of weight about a year ago. My body is a strange shape, with tree-trunk legs that are bulky relative to my waist size - often my legs need an XL while my waist could work within a large or even the outside edges of a medium.

I also buy diapers from a number of manufacturers, which leaves me in this position: Rearz' "newer fit" diapers work best on me as an XL, but L will fit, though snugly. Whereas in their "original fit" diapers, XL is large on me, and L is generally just right. However, I still have medium NorthShore MegaMax diapers in my inventory and they fit. Their size L would also work, and their size XL is approaching bariatric proportions and would probably leak on me and go up to my chest. 

When I wear the medium MegaMax or the new Rearz large diapers, I know what you mean - the tabs are over towards my hips, rather than out in front of me, and the whole diaper feels slimmer and snugger. I don't mind the feeling, because I grew up wearing diapers that were small on me (it was the pre-pull up era), but I do have to be careful about leaking over top of the front of the diaper, for example, if I'm sitting or laying down, and I'm pointed the wrong way down there. Whereas in an XL diaper, I'm covered past my belly button, so I don't have to worry about "orientation" down there. 

[jeremy12312]

I dig the "just a little too tight" feeling.  It's good for "aren't you too old to be wearing diapers?" scenes.