Down 4 or more pants sizes
I'm getting ready to go to Toby's Dinner Theater in Columbia MD to see The Wizard of Oz with my family for my Birthday (which was on the 25th.)
I got a new pair of pants 4 sizes smaller then my old size. As I got ready to put them on I held them up and looked at them for a while and said to myself, "uh oh .. no way these are going to fit."
I tried anyway and they fit! They are slightly too big for me in fact. I probably could go down a size smaller. Wow .. I have not felt this feeling in so long. I've always gone up in sizes not down. What a strange but wonderful feeling!
This makes it all so worth it. While I'm barely eating anything at the dinner theater tonight and everyone else is gorging on the buffet, I'll be there knowing exactly why I've made the sacrifice to have a smaller stomach and I'll be proud of what I've accomplished
I got a new pair of pants 4 sizes smaller then my old size. As I got ready to put them on I held them up and looked at them for a while and said to myself, "uh oh .. no way these are going to fit."
I tried anyway and they fit! They are slightly too big for me in fact. I probably could go down a size smaller. Wow .. I have not felt this feeling in so long. I've always gone up in sizes not down. What a strange but wonderful feeling!
This makes it all so worth it. While I'm barely eating anything at the dinner theater tonight and everyone else is gorging on the buffet, I'll be there knowing exactly why I've made the sacrifice to have a smaller stomach and I'll be proud of what I've accomplished
First, congratulations!!
Second, a word of caution. We have a tendency to get stuff "slighly loose" when we could wear the smaller size. It's how we've always done it. But right now it's a recipe for only being able to wear them twice before you have to pass them on to Goodwill. Try to break that thinking and buy clothes the right size for you!!
Second, a word of caution. We have a tendency to get stuff "slighly loose" when we could wear the smaller size. It's how we've always done it. But right now it's a recipe for only being able to wear them twice before you have to pass them on to Goodwill. Try to break that thinking and buy clothes the right size for you!!
Highest weight: 335 lbs, BMI 50.9
Pre-op weight: 319 lbs, BMI 48.5
Current range: 140-144, BMI 21.3 - 22
175+ lbs lost, maintaining since February 2012
Great advice. I took that more literally and for the first time ever, bought something that was slightly too tight, thinking it would last me a bit longer that way. Sure enough within 2 weeks, it fit perfectly, and now I can feel it getting looser. It is definitely a new way of thinking for us.
HW: 235 SW:227 Preopw:218 GW:120 HT:5'3
Enjoy the show, and birthday celebration! You have already received the best gift ever. Keep working that sleeve! 
Happy Belated Birthday!! Congrats on the pants, that is truly one of the best feelings ever from this journey!!
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My support system: God, my husband, my family and wonderful friends!! I am so richly blessed and God is a God of second chances and this is one He has blessed me with and I'm not taking it for granted!!! Yeah
My support system: God, my husband, my family and wonderful friends!! I am so richly blessed and God is a God of second chances and this is one He has blessed me with and I'm not taking it for granted!!! Yeah
YAY! You are doing so amazing, I am so proud of you!
Oh and that "no way it's going to fit" thing will keep happening for a LONG time, I swear every time I go to put on cloths I say it, even though they are things I have been wearing for a while now. I pick them up to put them on and I swear the first thing my mind does is tell me that THIS time it's going to be too small, not matter how many times I have worn it before, our minds will keep playing games with us!
I hope you have a fantastic time out, it sounds like a lot of fun!
Oh and that "no way it's going to fit" thing will keep happening for a LONG time, I swear every time I go to put on cloths I say it, even though they are things I have been wearing for a while now. I pick them up to put them on and I swear the first thing my mind does is tell me that THIS time it's going to be too small, not matter how many times I have worn it before, our minds will keep playing games with us!
I hope you have a fantastic time out, it sounds like a lot of fun!
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