Clothes, clothes everywhere and nothing to wear!

Mar 05, 2011

I wrote a blog a few weeks ago about the dreaded "6 month stall"... Newbies, be WARE...It will happen... Sometime between 5-8 months you will hit an awful stall that can last up to 3 months where NOTHING comes off no matter what you do...

(Obviously a few people are lucky... We all lose differently, but from what I hear the "6 month stall" is uber common for any WLS).

So anyway, I hit mine and it lasted for nearly 2+ months... I kept going back and forth on the same 2 lbs. I wasn't worried because I was expecting it. I did what I needed to keep doing (Following the rules) and occasionally "mixed it up".

Neither weight OR clothing size moved and in fact I was in some serene way pleased because I could wear my clothing more than a couple weeks...I was at a 16 and had purchased a two really nice jeans that fit awesomely.

The stall broke almost LITERALLY within 3 days... I didn't lose a ton of weight (only 5 lbs) BUT...My clothing size shrank it seemed overnight from a 16 to a 12 or 15 juniors.

Problem is, now that spring is arriving I have NOT been able to find any jeans that fit...Most are "relaxed fit" many are NOT petite..I bought some 14's (just 2 weeks ago from American Eagle, while I was stalled) that when they arrived were sliding off my frame.  

I am grateful...(the stall broke) I really am...I wasn't worried, but now I have clothes that just do not fit... They are two baggy or worse, my ass has literally "metled away" and so have the dreaded baggy butt... I had to go and buy new shapewear, new underwear, everything.

Every since I started my WLS journey this is the BIGGEST drop in clothing size I have ever had, even though it is just a 3-5 lb loss....Go figure!

Yeah I know about buying second hand at the Thrift store, which I do a lot...Problem is, you can't "try stuff on".  (Not in the thrift stores I've been in). So if you grab a size 14 or 12 or 10 then you hope and pray it fits.

I never had this problem being obese...All 3XL's or 28's were pretty much the same...Tents! But man....How do normal people SHOP!?! Seriously, I can see why they have to try on clothing all day... a 12 is not a 12, could be a 14, could be a 10 and nothing you try on might fit at all...

What fits Sally might not fit Sue and so on...
Again..I am grateful...I am. I will just be so happy when my body PICKS a size and sticks to it.
I am NOT at goal, but even if I never lost another pound the surgery (for me) was already sucessful MONTHS ago.

I had the surgery for health reasons, and those reasons are resolved. My medications have dropped from 13 prescription meds and chemo and narcotics to just 4 medicines a day and 1 narcotic pain med. I can do nearly anything physical and fun. I LOOK and eat and FEEL healthy.

I just will look forward to the day I am also a "veteran" and my size stabilizes so I can buy a nice solid wardrobe one way or the other.

Peace and good luck to all!
Warmly,
Jackie

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