My first NSV

I was getting dressed to go to knitting group for the first time since surgery today, and since it was quite warm out I wondered if I could get away with the 3x yoga capris I had waiting in the guest room drawer instead of my usual 4x. Tried them on - they fit better than the 4x ones. Hmm.. Went to the closet for a top and chose a tank and blouse to wear with them - they were droopy and sad. What the heck? Then I realised - as of this morning I'm down 18# from the start of my pre-op diet. Ah...

So - I went through my closet and yanked out ALL of the 1x tops I'd thought would last the summer AND all of the 4x pants. Put them in the car and texted my daughter that I needed an emergency clothing intervention. I picked her up and we headed for Marks Work Warehouse, where we found me a tank, a t-shirt and 2 pretty blouses. I asked after paying and the girl was fine with me changing into one of the blouses right away.

They, with the 4 pairs of 3x pants I have will be my wardrobe until I need my next intervention. My plan is to buy just a few things at a time, but try to always wear clothes that fit and make me feel pretty. My theory is that people will notice my weight loss less and get used to whatever size I am at the moment, eventually "forgetting" my former size. As it is, none of them "remember" the way I struggled and lumbered around at 303#.

Oh yes, knitting was fun, I felt really pretty, and they had LOTS of questions about the surgery. I'm not shy about answering sincere questions - this was a GREAT decision!

 Fabulous News!  Yeah!  I'm sure I will go closet shopping in my own closet soon as I have a variety of sizes.  Fun!  

My closet won't be quite so useful. Other than yoga pants and capris in 3x, 2x, and 1x and swimsuits in 1x and x I only had what fit at 270. I cleared out all tops 2x and above before I headed south for surgery, figuring my 1xs (which I had way too many of) would take me through the summer and into fall. It seems I was mistaken. Darn.

WOW Kelly -- what a super NSV!  I love your term of intervention regarding your wardrobe! 

You're do so well................you should be proud of yourself 

Thank you! It was very freeing to clear out most of my closet and now the few things I own are pretty and look really nice on.

Start saving your money because you've got a lot of clothes to buy!  This was a wonderful frustration.  I bought as few clothes as was absolutely necessary because in a week, I needed another size.  Even when I didn't lose weight, I would go down a size.  I have a friend who had vsg, but she started out much smaller than me.  It's come in handy, because she passes her wardrobe down to me as she loses.  It didn't give me everything I needed, but it sure did help!  Congratulations!!

Thanks! My daughter is really good at finding treasures at Goodwill and Value Village, so I'll likely be getting stuff there as I go down. I really want to stick with just a few things in each size though. I had WAY too many clothes - nobody needs so many.

I figure that I should generally be able to get by with 2 pairs of pants, 3-4 tops, something jackety and possibly a dress.

This is so cool!