My WOW moment

Hi everybody, This has been a great WOW day for me..Not a WOW day to a person who has never been super morbidly obese...But a WOW day for me. I went shopping. I went to my favorite outlet store. They usually have a pretty good selection of big girl clothes. Before my surgery I hated to shop for myself, and if I bought anything for myself, you can be assured that I just held it up to me to "eye-ball it" I was not going into that little dressing room...by the time I changed my clothes, I had to sit on that little bench to rest...whew!! this time as I was looking at clothes I found some really pretty stuff..out of habit, I searched and scrounged for the largest sizes that I could find right??? I grabbed a 3x ,2x and I threw in a 1x just for good measure. This time I tried the clothes on. I had to cry out-loud when the 1x fit me with a little extra fabric across the shoulder area. Hot dog!!! I went back to that little room 3 different times with my max of 6 items each time!!! I fit in a size 22 pants..the pull-on type. Last November I wore a size 30 pants!!! I knew that I was eating just a tiny bit of food and that I was just lately adding walking to my life, but...I was totally blown away. Later this evening my hubby and I went out to dinner. He usually follows my lead to where I wanted to sit...I guess my family knows the drill..table please no booth! This time I just slid into that booth like I belonged there..this time The table didn't touch me at all!! My hubby just sat there in shock. I told him, I guess you must know what I am gonna be doing later on....that's right , posting my WOW moments to the people *****ally understand where I'm coming from....my SMO gang. Even though I am no longer BMI over 50..can I still hang out??? HugsGinger

I totally understand and can only imagine how exciting all this was for you! Don't even think of leaving us! Kix

Hi Kix, Your day will come too when you will do a double-take when you walk by a mirror!! Your head will tell you you haven't changed much, but the mirror will confess the truth! I bet your mirror is telling you kind things now, and you didn't even have the surgery yet..congrats to you!!!! Hugs, Ginger

Ginger!! Congrats on your great WOW moments!! I love to hear about them. They give me hope! Of course you can still hang out!! SMOs and former SMOs alike need each other because there are not a lot of people out there who understand what we go through! Jacie

Hi Jacie, I still love to look at before and after pics here on OH. But I can definately NOT relate to those who have the surgery and start out being 200 pounds. I'm sure those extra pounds are just as devestating to other patients..but don't tell me that those same people feel as hopeless and depressed as we feel. I can't go any where else. There is no way I could forget what is feels like to do "normal things" for the first time in years! HugsGinger

That is a great WOW moment. I know how I felt when I could fit in the booth at a restaurant for the first time. I rocked back and forth like a little kid because I had enough room to do that. About the clothes, that is awesome too. I know that it seems just when something fits me, the next time I put it on, it is big. Anyway, thank you for that wonderful moment in your life. Take care Erin

Hi Erin, I totally had a resaurant booth phobia!! I was with a group of friends as a Mexican resaurant, and I was too shy to tell them that I knew that I couldn't fit. I could see that there was another heavy girl there and she fit. At that time I could fit..but the table was literally cutting by belly!! I was in so much pain..but I kept smiling and kept the pain in untill I got home and checked out the welts across my belly..I think the pain of humiliation hurt more than my scars. I knew I was ready to have wls when my sister who was in town for a night came over with my other sister and we decided to have a girl's night out. After shopping...I was huffing and puffing and needed to rest on a bench a few times..but, at the end of the evening, not many restraunts were open for business. We found a 50's type bar and grill and went in. All they had there was booths. I tried to squeese but couldn't budge. My sis asked if they had any tables with chairs. They looked at us like we were freaks or something. The waiter told us that they had tables out on the patio...hello????I live in the Phoenix AZ. area. Why would we want to sit outside??? plus the chairs were those dreded white plastic stackable kind. We left, and drove way out of our way to find a place that had regular chairs and tables..can you say..embarrassed??? Have a great WOW moment day Erin! HUgsGinger

Congratulations I have been there, not being able to sit in a booth!! But you are not there no more!! Congratulations it only gets better. love marie

Ginger it's 12 here and I couldn't sleep so I thought I'd hop on to see what my smo family is up to and boy am I glad I did!! CONGRATULATIONS ON BOTH YOUR WOW MOMENTS!!! I Love to shop for clothes now and I even love trying them on!! I am so happy for you!! I know you had a really rough start with this surgery and some complications but it's really paying off in the long run and I have a huge smile on my face and I wish I could give you a great big hug!! CONGRATULATIONS>>>CONGRATULATIONS>>>>CONGRATULATIONS!! Keep up the fantastic work!! You know we love ya girl and this place wouldn't be the same without you!! Great Big Hugs, Jamie

((((((((((Jamie)))))))))) Back at ya!!! How is your summer with the kids going??? I usually don't have the junk food around...but we had company this past week and I bought the cookies, chips and pop for everybody. I thought, no problem, I can have this stuff around and not have a problem. Oh my heck..wrong!! I sat by the computer and ate a bowl of chips without even tasting them...I inhauled them if you know what I mean. Old habits die hard! I could smell the regular Mountain Dew and Dr Pepper..it drove me crazy, and I thought I'd be fine. The guests are gone and so is the junk food!!! HUgsGinger