Guest guest Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 HI Everyone! I thought I should give everyone an update now that I am 4 months post op, as of last Friday the 28th! I started out at 336 in Orientation. Day of surgery I was down to 290. Today I weighed myself and I am down to 210~ Only 11 more lbs till I am in the ONES!!! I can't wait! I haven't been this weight in 10 years! I tried on my one pair of shorts that are jean that I had saved for 10 years hoping some day to get back into them. I used to wear all the time at this weight and now they fit again. I wore them Sat even though it wasn't very warm outside! lol My personal goal was achieved as far as those jeans go. I still don't have the heart to pass them along, so my husband said he would like to wear them. So now they are his. :-) As far as sizes go I went from a 4x in shirts/pants 30 to now a XL/14. I have even fit into some size L skirts and sweaters. This is so unbelieveable to me. I used to dread shopping for new clothes so much, now that I can play around in the " normal " sizes it is a whole new frightening world. How do I pick a new style? What is REALLY me vs what I " had " to wear that was in my size before. I find it all so overwhelming and exciting at the same time. Luckily I have a few die hard shopper girlfriends that are helping me out, they think it is great fun to " dress " me and we roll with laughter on the dressing room floor at some of the stuff they bring in for me to try. Slowly I am adjusting to the person staring back at me in the mirror wearing hip fun clothing. I have walked right by co-workers now that don't recognize me at all until they see my security badge. That is really weird to be invisible, yet out there in the open. I find it hardest to part with my money when I can only wear something for a month at a time. I am getting better at finding things now that I know will last longer than a month. I have found that I have to stay away from pants, for the most part. Skirts with elastic waist bands are now my best friends and knit shirts with stretch stuff in them are good as well. As for traveling, I went to Maui earlier in the month to celebrate 7 years of marraige and the flight over was incredible. I didn't have to fret about if the seatbelt would fit. In fact there was at least 4 inches of overlap going on. I could react down in front of me and sort through my carry on bag and when I had my tray down I still had room to spare. YAY! I just felt like I belonged, not like I was trying to squeeze into someone else's idea of what the perfect sized seat was. Stupid airline industry! The trip itself was amazing and we want to move to Maui so badly! We were definatley romanced by the island and can't wait to go back to do more snorkeling and hiking and driving to Hana. :-) All the skin hanging around the arms and thighs and stomach is really making me upset though. My chest really shrank. Thank goodness for Secret! I know it is the price to pay and I would never change what I did but this loose skin is something else! I have been told that the skin will retract a bit and I will get to concentrate on toning once at goal weight, which is 130-140 lbs) but I have absolved myself to continue to look like a wrinkled prune in the meantime. Eeek! My husband is starting to get a little weirded out by how much weight I have lost in such a short amount of time. He is very happy and excited for all my milestones, it is just that I look so different now. I just see that it is the old me coming back. He tells me every day that I look more beautiful than the day before and that is really sweet. He is a wonderful man and without his support this would have been a lot harder to go through, he is my anchor. I am really looking forward to getting to my next goal of being 199 lbs before x-mas! What a present to give myself! I even bought a beautiful dress in Maui for the occassion. I fit it now though, oops! All those with upcoming surgeries, it is THE best present you could give yourself and those that love you! It has changed my life and now there is no looking back! There is literally a whole new world to conquer! Thanks for reading this! Congrats to all the new surgeries and milestones everyone is reaching! We are GREAT! Kay 336/290/210/? 6/28/05- surgery Dr Baggs- First day of the rest of my life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 >congratulations!!!! dama > HI Everyone! > I thought I should give everyone an update now that I am 4 months post > op, as of last Friday the 28th! > I started out at 336 in Orientation. Day of surgery I was down to 290. > Today I weighed myself and I am down to 210~ Only 11 more lbs till I am > in the ONES!!! I can't wait! I haven't been this weight in 10 years! > I tried on my one pair of shorts that are jean that I had saved for 10 > years hoping some day to get back into them. I used to wear all the > time at this weight and now they fit again. I wore them Sat even though > it wasn't very warm outside! lol My personal goal was achieved as far > as those jeans go. I still don't have the heart to pass them along, so > my husband said he would like to wear them. So now they are his. :-) > > As far as sizes go I went from a 4x in shirts/pants 30 to now a XL/14. > I have even fit into some size L skirts and sweaters. This is so > unbelieveable to me. I used to dread shopping for new clothes so much, > now that I can play around in the " normal " sizes it is a whole new > frightening world. How do I pick a new style? What is REALLY me vs what > I " had " to wear that was in my size before. I find it all so > overwhelming and exciting at the same time. Luckily I have a few die > hard shopper girlfriends that are helping me out, they think it is > great fun to " dress " me and we roll with laughter on the dressing room > floor at some of the stuff they bring in for me to try. Slowly I am > adjusting to the person staring back at me in the mirror wearing hip > fun clothing. I have walked right by co-workers now that don't > recognize me at all until they see my security badge. That is really > weird to be invisible, yet out there in the open. > > I find it hardest to part with my money when I can only wear something > for a month at a time. I am getting better at finding things now that I > know will last longer than a month. I have found that I have to stay > away from pants, for the most part. Skirts with elastic waist bands are > now my best friends and knit shirts with stretch stuff in them are good > as well. > > As for traveling, I went to Maui earlier in the month to celebrate 7 > years of marraige and the flight over was incredible. I didn't have to > fret about if the seatbelt would fit. In fact there was at least 4 > inches of overlap going on. I could react down in front of me and sort > through my carry on bag and when I had my tray down I still had room to > spare. YAY! I just felt like I belonged, not like I was trying to > squeeze into someone else's idea of what the perfect sized seat was. > Stupid airline industry! > The trip itself was amazing and we want to move to Maui so badly! We > were definatley romanced by the island and can't wait to go back to do > more snorkeling and hiking and driving to Hana. :-) > > All the skin hanging around the arms and thighs and stomach is really > making me upset though. My chest really shrank. Thank goodness for > Secret! > I know it is the price to pay and I would never change what I did but > this loose skin is something else! I have been told that the skin will > retract a bit and I will get to concentrate on toning once at goal > weight, which is 130-140 lbs) but I have absolved myself to continue to > look like a wrinkled prune in the meantime. Eeek! > > My husband is starting to get a little weirded out by how much weight I > have lost in such a short amount of time. He is very happy and excited > for all my milestones, it is just that I look so different now. I just > see that it is the old me coming back. He tells me every day that I > look more beautiful than the day before and that is really sweet. He is > a wonderful man and without his support this would have been a lot > harder to go through, he is my anchor. > > I am really looking forward to getting to my next goal of being 199 lbs > before x-mas! What a present to give myself! I even bought a beautiful > dress in Maui for the occassion. I fit it now though, oops! > > All those with upcoming surgeries, it is THE best present you could > give yourself and those that love you! > It has changed my life and now there is no looking back! There is > literally a whole new world to conquer! > > Thanks for reading this! > Congrats to all the new surgeries and milestones everyone is reaching! > We are GREAT! > > Kay > 336/290/210/? > 6/28/05- surgery Dr Baggs- First day of the rest of my life! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 80 lbs in 4 months is simply outstanding!!! I'm proud of you!!!! Robynndamaris524 wrote: >congratulations!!!! dama> HI Everyone!> I thought I should give everyone an update now that I am 4 months post > op, as of last Friday the 28th!> I started out at 336 in Orientation. Day of surgery I was down to 290. > Today I weighed myself and I am down to 210~ Only 11 more lbs till I am > in the ONES!!! I can't wait! I haven't been this weight in 10 years! > I tried on my one pair of shorts that are jean that I had saved for 10 > years hoping some day to get back into them. I used to wear all the > time at this weight and now they fit again. I wore them Sat even though > it wasn't very warm outside! lol My personal goal was achieved as far > as those jeans go. I still don't have the heart to pass them along, so > my husband said he would like to wear them. So now they are his. :-)> > As far as sizes go I went from a 4x in shirts/pants 30 to now a XL/14. > I have even fit into some size L skirts and sweaters. This is so > unbelieveable to me. I used to dread shopping for new clothes so much, > now that I can play around in the "normal" sizes it is a whole new > frightening world. How do I pick a new style? What is REALLY me vs what > I "had" to wear that was in my size before. I find it all so > overwhelming and exciting at the same time. Luckily I have a few die > hard shopper girlfriends that are helping me out, they think it is > great fun to "dress" me and we roll with laughter on the dressing room > floor at some of the stuff they bring in for me to try. Slowly I am > adjusting to the person staring back at me in the mirror wearing hip > fun clothing. I have walked right by co-workers now that don't > recognize me at all until they see my security badge. That is really > weird to be invisible, yet out there in the open. > > I find it hardest to part with my money when I can only wear something > for a month at a time. I am getting better at finding things now that I > know will last longer than a month. I have found that I have to stay > away from pants, for the most part. Skirts with elastic waist bands are > now my best friends and knit shirts with stretch stuff in them are good > as well.> > As for traveling, I went to Maui earlier in the month to celebrate 7 > years of marraige and the flight over was incredible. I didn't have to > fret about if the seatbelt would fit. In fact there was at least 4 > inches of overlap going on. I could react down in front of me and sort > through my carry on bag and when I had my tray down I still had room to > spare. YAY! I just felt like I belonged, not like I was trying to > squeeze into someone else's idea of what the perfect sized seat was. > Stupid airline industry! > The trip itself was amazing and we want to move to Maui so badly! We > were definatley romanced by the island and can't wait to go back to do > more snorkeling and hiking and driving to Hana. :-) > > All the skin hanging around the arms and thighs and stomach is really > making me upset though. My chest really shrank. Thank goodness for > Secret! > I know it is the price to pay and I would never change what I did but > this loose skin is something else! I have been told that the skin will > retract a bit and I will get to concentrate on toning once at goal > weight, which is 130-140 lbs) but I have absolved myself to continue to > look like a wrinkled prune in the meantime. Eeek! > > My husband is starting to get a little weirded out by how much weight I > have lost in such a short amount of time. He is very happy and excited > for all my milestones, it is just that I look so different now. I just > see that it is the old me coming back. He tells me every day that I > look more beautiful than the day before and that is really sweet. He is > a wonderful man and without his support this would have been a lot > harder to go through, he is my anchor. > > I am really looking forward to getting to my next goal of being 199 lbs > before x-mas! What a present to give myself! I even bought a beautiful > dress in Maui for the occassion. I fit it now though, oops! > > All those with upcoming surgeries, it is THE best present you could > give yourself and those that love you! > It has changed my life and now there is no looking back! There is > literally a whole new world to conquer!> > Thanks for reading this! > Congrats to all the new surgeries and milestones everyone is reaching! > We are GREAT!> > Kay> 336/290/210/?> 6/28/05- surgery Dr Baggs- First day of the rest of my life!> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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