NSV from an "old timer"!

laura_vermont
on 10/10/12 3:09 am

All summer long I looked at last year's winter pants.... thinking "damn those are small"  and wondering what I was going to do for clothing.... well, THEY FIT, maybe even a bit better than before.   Yes -- I'm wearing the same pants two years in a row!

I know many of you can relate!  Have a great day!
Laura

High Weight 278; consult weight 234; Surgery Weight 219 Surgeon's Goal Weight 150 -10/27/10  -  Personal goal weight 140 - Achieved 12/11/10  
  
jessann5
on 10/10/12 3:45 am - Kansas City, KS
That is awesome!

I kinda did the same thing this weekend when I got my winter clothes out of the basement. I was looking at this pair of Ann Taylor dress pants for work and looked at that size 4 tag and thought "I am going to need two pairs of these to stich together" but I put them on and the fit! wore them to work yesterday! And after all that I rememberd I was crazy and had obsessed over every bite of food I have put in my mouth for the past 5 years, and the staying the same size thing made sense :)~
 

 RNY 1/29/08
Pre: BMI 47.6 wt 279
Current: BMI 24.9 wt 146
total pounds lost: 133

laura_vermont
on 10/10/12 3:55 am
Thank you!  I watch what I eat about 90% of the time but exercise faithfully. 

I complicated things for myself when I bought a new scale... that puts me consistently higher than my old one.  I have wondered if it's just the scale, the exercise, or me....

Probably a bit of all but my pants still fit.    I know.  I have issues. 
High Weight 278; consult weight 234; Surgery Weight 219 Surgeon's Goal Weight 150 -10/27/10  -  Personal goal weight 140 - Achieved 12/11/10  
  
(deactivated member)
on 10/10/12 8:34 am
Ye gods, I hate a new scale. Getting rid of an old one is almost as bad as a breakup! 

My scale at my gym reads 10lbs higher than my scale at home. My scale at the doctor where I go reads 10lbs less than MY scale. So I vary by 20 lbs.

I had thought if maybe I could break her scale I could then kindly offer to replace it with the one at the dr's office.


Laura in Texas
on 10/10/12 4:00 am
4th year in a row for me. It is definitely an awesome feeling!! But I will say I do not worry about it anymore. Maintenance does not scare me like it did the first couple years.

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."

laura_vermont
on 10/10/12 5:28 am
Thank you! I'm hoping I can relax with time.

High Weight 278; consult weight 234; Surgery Weight 219 Surgeon's Goal Weight 150 -10/27/10  -  Personal goal weight 140 - Achieved 12/11/10  
  
Dee.spunk
on 10/10/12 4:26 am - Sacramento, CA
Maintanace sounds hard to me right now. But reading things like this and knowing there are people who are succesfully maintaining settles my nerves a bit. Wonderful NSV!

Height:5'1.5 RNY:11/30/11 HW:307 SW:234 CW:136 GW:140 (LOST 73 Lbs. PRE-OP)

 


 

Kim S.
on 10/10/12 4:56 am - Helena, AL
I know what you mean!  I'm still amazed when season after season, the same clothes fit!  I always have seasonal clothing anxiety....I don't know if I'll ever get used to it.

             
     
laura_vermont
on 10/10/12 5:29 am
Thank you!  Hope I get used to it eventually.
High Weight 278; consult weight 234; Surgery Weight 219 Surgeon's Goal Weight 150 -10/27/10  -  Personal goal weight 140 - Achieved 12/11/10  
  
(deactivated member)
on 10/10/12 8:38 am
Absolutely.

When I get out my summer capri shorts I think... these look a little small.. I dunno..

Then they fit! 

Then winter comes and I get out my ski gear and I think... wow, those ski pants are kinda little. I mean, look at that waist... uh oh. I don't wanna have to buy new ones! Geez, why did I eat all those carbs on vacation this summer.

And then they fit too! 

Year after year I do this to myself.
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