How consistent is your body form?

[Alan H]

In this poll, I'm asking how your body form changes over the span of several years.

For myself, I know that my chest measurement has grown from 44, five years ago to nearly 49 now. This is because I've been lifting weights and throwing a lot. However, even before that I was consistently (slowly) uh.....*cough*....expanding. At some point I'll probably shrink. This fact affects how willing I am to spend a lot of money on a custom or bespoke garment which in theory should last decades. While I absolutely agree with the fact that top quality costs top dollar and is worth it, I have to take into consideration that a jacket bought today may not fit me three years from now. It also affects how I make my kilts.

Some of you might remember that I made a kilt while I was sitting in the living room of my in-laws house, "being there" for Joan, while her mother lay on her deathbed in the bedroom. I used moms thread from her thread stash to make that kilt. I made it to fit spot-on, and it did. But that was two years ago, and now that kilt is about an inch too small.

But this is just me....Alan H.

How about you? Does your body form stay steady for years at a time, or do you change? How does that affect your kilt-purchasing or kilt-making choices?