I own three companies, and I interview people all the time, and its amazing how stupid people are, I am a "defensive" interviewer, I try to find the weakness' in people, their ability to handle the negative issues tell ME a lot about a persons personality. Im usually the last person interviewees see before a decision is made, and I have to suffer the consequences of hiring a "lug".
I wouldn't be ashamed to talk about the weight loss as a positive, this shows real control, I wouldn't bring it up as a conversation, but if asked for any positive's this would be a great one to mention, and it is a very impressive issue in my eyes.
The clothes...well they tell the whole story, yep, its the first impression that is gonna turn an interviewer on to your future. The hand shake is the second, I one hired a woman because of her hand shake!! She later asked me what turn me on to her (from a job stand point!!), and when I told her the hand shake, she crapped, she was amazed because her dad told her the night before that the hand shake was important!!
Most of all, confidence, practice your interview with family members.
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