Question for former yo-yo dieters

shannon0731
on 10/29/11 11:26 am - LA

Do you find that when you lost weight now, that your clothes did not fit as well as when the last time you were the same weight? I am thinking the last time I weighed what I weigh now, I was in a size smaller. (this was 3 and 1/2 years ago). these are the same clothes, so I can't say they are cut differently.

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Cicerogirl, The PhD
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on 10/29/11 12:34 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

I wasn't really a yo-yo dieter, but I saved a lot of my more expensive (and very classically-styled) clothes when I was gaining weight, so when I lost weight, I had smaller sizes already in my closet. In my case, the clothes were from a lot longer than 3 years ago (more like 15 or 20!), but I found that my body is shaped differently than it was the last time I was this size. My waist is thicker (partly because of aging and partly because I have two small areas of residual fat right above my waist), my chest is larger (because of the excess skin), but my shoulders, arms, and hips are a bit smaller.

If you are still losing, it may be because of the pattern of how you are losing the weight... so the weight is distributed differently than when you were gaining it.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Zeigled
on 10/29/11 2:30 pm - Parkton, MD

RNY on 07/20/11

I'm fitting fairly well but do you have extra skin that may not make the clothes fit the same way? I'm still heavy so the sizes are small enough for me to see a real difference.

HW 357 SW 341

shannon0731
on 10/29/11 9:53 pm - LA

RNY on 07/05/11

I don't THINK I have more extra skin, but--I guess I could

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Laura in Texas
on 10/29/11 11:16 pm

RNY on 09/17/08 with

Yep. Same here. I still have clothes from when I was in my 20's and weighed the same exact weight. That was 20 years ago and I know I was in much better shape back then and my waist was 2 inches smaller (I'm a numbers freak and remember these things). I'm working on losing those 2 extra inches.

Laura

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

gbsinsatx
on 10/30/11 12:00 am - San Antonio, TX

RNY on 03/22/10

It appears I have the opposite situation. I am actually in smaller sizes now than when I weighed the same weight 12 years ago.

Age at RNY: 55, Height: 5'4", Consultation Weight: 331 lbs-12/1/2009, RNY Surgery Weight: 281 lbs-3/22/2010, Goal Weight Reached: 141 lbs-6/23/2011, Lowest Weight: 126 lbs-12/11/2011,

Current Age: 61, Current Weight: 161 lbs-5/20/2016, Total Weight Loss Maintained: 170 lbs

Laura in Texas
on 10/30/11 12:22 am

RNY on 09/17/08 with

Are you talking about "sizes", which would be vanity sizing coming into play, or actually clothing you wore 12 years ago at the same weight that are too big now??

Laura

Laura in Texas

53 years old; 5'7" tall; HW: 339 (BMI=53); GW: 140 CW: 170 (BMI=27)

RNY: 09-17-08 Dr. Garth Davis

brachioplasty: 12-18-09 Dr. Wainwright; lbl/bl: 06-28-11 Dr. LoMonaco

"May your choices reflect your hopes and not your fears."

gbsinsatx
on 10/30/11 2:04 am - San Antonio, TX

RNY on 03/22/10

I am talking about actual clothing. It seems my weight loss now has resulted in me being leaner than I was at the same weight 12 years ago. Maybe because of my high protein, low carbohydrate eating and because I am now a vegetarian?

Age at RNY: 55, Height: 5'4", Consultation Weight: 331 lbs-12/1/2009, RNY Surgery Weight: 281 lbs-3/22/2010, Goal Weight Reached: 141 lbs-6/23/2011, Lowest Weight: 126 lbs-12/11/2011,

Current Age: 61, Current Weight: 161 lbs-5/20/2016, Total Weight Loss Maintained: 170 lbs

SoulLips
on 10/30/11 1:57 pm - Cloverdale, CA

RNY on 01/24/11

I am still quite a distance from being at goal. However, I've noticed that I can't wear clothes that are as fitted, particularly in the waist, due to the fact that I'm so squishy! I end up with looking like I have serious "muffin top" issues, even when my pants are too big in the waist! It's disappointing. I have two pair of size 14 pants that I would love to wear, but they make me look like I have flubber overhang when I sit down... it is NOT cute!

Start weight: 306 Surgery weight: 282 Current weight 199.5

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