What Size Am I?

Gwen M.
on 9/1/14 11:05 pm

VSG on 03/13/14

A friend of a friend linked this on Facebook today -- http://sizes.darkgreener.com

What a lifesaver! I'm going thrift shopping with a friend today and I have no idea what sizes I should even be looking at! I like that this gives me a bit of a ballpark. (And, OMG, it says 16s. I was 26 in January!!)

I've also never in my entire life gone shopping for clothes with a friend. Ever. I feel like this is some female rite of initiation that I'm finally getting to go through at the age of 37.

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

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Kelly Jean
on 9/1/14 11:39 pm

VSG on 04/08/14

Awwwww Gwen !!! Welcome to your initiation !!! You are such a wonderful person!!! I'm so excited for you!!!! Get alot of new thing and maybe even post a pic or 2 we all wanna see 26 to a 16 that's freaking awesome lady!!! :-)

♡ Kelly

Tracy D.
on 9/1/14 11:52 pm - Papillion, NE

VSG on 05/24/13

You'll have a lot of fun and will find out that you'll be 3 different sizes depending on the store you go to. Want to feel really GREAT about yoursel*****o Old Navy - all their clothes run about two sizes smaller than most department stores - lol! It's the only way I'll ever see a Size 4 on these hips :-)

Tracy 5'3" HW: 235 SW: 218 CW: 132 M1: -22 M2: -13 M3: -12 M4: -9 M5: -8 M6: -10 M7: -4

Goal reached in 7 months and 1 week!

Lower Body Lift w/Dr. Barnthouse 7-8-15

mickeymantle
on 9/2/14 2:51 am - Eugene/Springfield, OR

VSG on 07/22/13

do you mean there cloths are larger so you wear a smaller size ?

175 lb lost,412 hw 336sw,241 cw surgery July 22 2013,surgeon Dr Colin MacColl,

Tracy D.
on 9/2/14 3:51 am - Papillion, NE

VSG on 05/24/13

Yup - I worded that in a very confusing way - lol! Sorry!

Tracy 5'3" HW: 235 SW: 218 CW: 132 M1: -22 M2: -13 M3: -12 M4: -9 M5: -8 M6: -10 M7: -4

Goal reached in 7 months and 1 week!

Lower Body Lift w/Dr. Barnthouse 7-8-15

Stacy_WLS
on 9/2/14 12:06 am

I know what you mean about shopping with a friend. Shopping was such a chore before -- now it can be so much fun!

Remember you can be much more picky now :)

VSG: 12/12/13, LBL, small TL, BL/BA: 11/7/14 Twins 12/9/18 HW after Twins 260. 5'10 37 years old - Stacy_WLS (MFP)

themexcellentone
on 9/2/14 10:35 am

VSG on 07/08/13 with

Agreed--you can definitely be more picky now. I'd encourage you to do just that. Buying something just because it fits is an old habit I have had to break myself of. Have fun shopping!

VSG by Nick Nicholson in 2013. Revised to DS 2/23/2023 by Chad Carlton.

cappy11448
on 9/2/14 12:35 am

Enjoy your shopping spree! I remember my first clothes shopping trip after reaching maintenance - going to a regular dress shop and finding I fit into mediums and even a small! That was the best NSV! You'll love it!

Best wishes,

Carol

Surgery May 1, 2013. Starting Weight 385, Surgery Weight 333, Current Weight 160. At GOAL!

Weight loss Pre-op 1-20 2-17 3-15 Post-op 1-20 2-18 3-15 4-14 5-16 6-11 7-12 8-8

9-11 10-7 11-7 12-7 13-8 14-6 15-3 16-7 17-3 18-3

Bufflehead
on 9/2/14 1:39 am - TN

VSG on 06/19/13

If you are looking at pants, I read a great trick here and it works -- at least for me! Hold the pants up to your neck and wrap the waist around your neck. If the waist goes comfortably -- not too loose, not too snug -- around your neck, the pants will fit you.

Sounds crazy but it works like a charm for me. Helps me narrow down which pants I will even bother taking in to the dressing room.