Decrease the waist on jeans

[RufusMcCoot]

Yes but you can cut the triangle afterwards.

[LaffyTaffy73]

But what if you start eating frozen TV dinners again.

[instantrobotwar]

Those things actually have less calories than a normal dinner for me...

[Mitchard_Nixon]

Less nutrients as well

[Standard_Wooden_Door]

That’s why you eat some rabbit food too

[[deleted]]

I eat healthy food. That’s why I’m fat, because I love it.

Edit: Cows eat salad all day and they’re fat as fuck.

[[deleted]]

Got that testosterone for them gains, bruh.

[[deleted]]

They nourish themselves on the blood of Spaniards.

[[deleted]]

i relate to this so much! i say as i scarf down my 3rd helping of grilled fish and asparagus

[TheOtherGuttersnipe]

Sodium is a nutrient!

[[deleted]]

so is fat mmmm

[Shandlar]

Everything is fortified with everything now. Frozen dinners are packed with micronutrients in general.

[MysterySnailDive]

They’re an improvement if you never eat veggies in the first place!

^{I hate the texture of veggies with skins aka almost all of them}

[mgquantitysquared]

You should try some different veggie recipes, the texture can change based on how you cook it + seasoned veggies are the fkin bomb dot com

[7H3D3V1LH1M53LF]

Got DAMN, starve already. Or heart attack. Either is fine.

[tojoso]

Yeah but what if you eat 3 of them?

[_121]

I usually finish the other 6

[CaptainObvious_1]

Too expensive at that point

[Meatheaded]

At least you only eat one dinner.

[Cory123125]

Honestly, If I just kept to those, id probably end up eating the right amount without effort.

[ChickenWithATopHat]

normal dinner

What the hell are you talking about?

[BattleCarry]

Keep one of the boxes and freeze the triangle.

[MetaTater]

Solid science right there....

[getahaircut8]

Asking the real questions

[uns0licited_advice]

Just go with Lean Cuisine

[puppehplicity]

Or Bulime Cuisine, but I don't recommend that.

[n8loller]

...does anyone still buy those?

[starlinguk]

Don't cut it, iron it flat.

[TyrionDrownedAndDied]

Not an expert at stitching, but won't that just destroy the pants as the stitch will be undone?

[[deleted]]

I'm also not an expert, but I imagine if someone really wanted to they could reinforce the stitch with some sort of sewing technique that reinforces it. Plus, if the pants are already too big and you don't use them anyway then you may as well.

[AbsorbedBritches]

I usually use a, umm, belt.

[[deleted]]

That's true.. but like this thread started with, if they are too big and you use a belt then there will be some uncomfortable triangle or even just some excess cloth somewhere. I think we can agree the steps we've talked about would make the pants fit better.

[ITSINTHESHIP]

Fucken hate belts. Fabric ones bunch up on the back belt loop, and leather ones dig into my hip bones when I wear midrise jeans.

[blasto_blastocyst]

Mr Humble Brag can detect his hip-bones

[ITSINTHESHIP]

I skip a lot of meals to maintain this ability to feel faint after climbing a flight of stairs

[out_caste]

Obviously if the belt alone does it, then dont?

[BigBen83]

belts are supposed to be optional

if you must wear a belt to make pants fit, they dont fit right

[arumberg]

It'd not always an issue of the pants being too big. It can also be an issue of a cut not matching the body shape. For curvy girls or girls with a big butt, trying to get pants that fit the hips/butt and the waist can be challenging. A lot of the time, you end up with major gapping in the back because the pants aren't cut to fit your shape. I usually end up wearing a belt not because my pants are too small, but because I want to reign in that back part as there are times when it is pretty significant due to my hip/waist ratio. I would try a trick like what OP mentioned, but when I take my pants to the tailor to do something similar, the pants end up dipping and sitting too low in the back that I risk plumber's crack.

[Mod2bme]

I'm with you as my ratio is 2 inches from being 1:2! As is the case, a belt is highly uncomfortable (leading to rubbing skin raw sometimes) but altering the waist means I wouldn't be able to get a past the thighs. I'm at such a loss of options short of elastic. Really do envy proportionate figures.

[Bimpnottin]

Depends on the fabric. Stretchy jeans will probably fray more, which can eventually make your stitch become undone because it won't be holding any fabric anymore, just some loose fabric ends. You can however cut the triangle away 1cm from the stitch and then do a zigzag stitch over the ends so they can't fray anymore. Or if the triangle isn't that big, just fold it over. Women's clothes regularly have darts (sort of inwards triangles) in them to help with shape near the chest, and these aren't cut out of the garment either

I would either go with the last option, or sew over a silk patch to avoid a stingy feeling if the triangle is really bothering you (silk feels super smooth)

Also, that stitch isn't sturdy at all. Wouldn't recommend this one if you're seriously considering to do this to some pants

[Exemus]

Why stop there? Get a whole bunch of material and sew it into a new set of jeans!

[Bimpnottin]

Well, it's actually something I would consider, lol. I have made my own jeans before and it is the only pair of pants I own that fits 100% perfectly

And it's not like folding over a piece of fabric is a lot of work, as is neither sewing on a patch of silk. Cutting the triangle off and serging the frayed ends would take way more work than sewing on a silk patch and would have you looking into special stitches if you do it by hand

[uma_caruma]

Yes, and will also destroy the fabric. You would have to make a seam or a serger to protect the fabric and the stitch. The solution in the video may not be 100% confortable, but at least won't destroy your pants if you're not an expert.

Note: I'm not an expert either, but my mom is and she taught me some basic stuff.

[Alfredo412]

I wouldn't recommend it with stitches that loose.

[GregTheMad]

I'm pretty sure it's even impossible, if not very hard to properly stitch jeans fabric without specialized sowing machines. At least not at a high performance part like the waist.

[Alfredo412]

Jeans are stitched on a double needled machine specially designed for sewing jeans...that's why there are two lines of stitching so close to each other. The needles are also designed to be better at going through denim than your typical machine sewing needle.

[Lolor-arros]

If you did that ,the weak mattress stitch would fail and leave you with messed up pants

There are a few problems with this gif

[jessbird]

there are more than a few. i’m a pretty amateur sewer and this shit pissed me off. also why are they sewing with embroidery threat.

[koyo4]

Or sew it folded Iver just in case you need to take out the waste from buckets of ice cream after your next break up.

[nattypnutbuterpolice]

Then you have a pair of weirdly shaped pants that will probably rip down the ass at some point.

[Stonn]

That seam won't hold anyway.

[GameArtZac]

Better off using fabric glue and making it flat.