Re: surgery scheduled!

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Your progress is amazing, I keep reading all these posts to my husband and he can't get over it (He is most likely going to have surgery in April once I am back to 100% and can help him out.). This really seems like a miracle tool that will help us both win this battle to lose the weight and keep it off and live a healthy life.

I had a period of time a few years ago, before I moved out here to Vegas, that I lost about 60 pounds and thankfully I kept some of those smaller clothes and the sizes in between where I am now and where I was then so hopefully I can just use those for the most part so I don't have to buy much. I guess that is the one reason that I can be thankful for my yo-yo weights over the years - I have clothes in every shape and size!

Thanks for the encouragement - it really helps me know for sure I have made the right decision.

From: Gail <sweetsmile1955@...> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 8:24:25 PMSubject: Re: Surgery scheduled!

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As for clothes becoming too big....for me it goes in cycles. I still buy elastic waste pants since they will last longer in between sizes. I have now been buying the leggings in size medium. They stretch a lot, but before my largest size was a 2X in pants. So, to go down to a 12/14 in pants is a huge drop for me at 5'3" and originally 236. Of course my legs are thinner than the rest of me and my weight was mainly in my stomach. I can wear long tops and leggings that will cover any remainding bulge, but look and feel so much better!

My clothes drop seemed to stay steady for the first 30 pounds, then all of a sudden the clothes were noticably too big and I had to go down a size. Until then I could still wear a lot of the stretchy pants and tops, but they were baggy and not fitted. Between the 30-55 lbs, I have had to buy a couple of more sizes since my shoulders, neck, and hips have gone down more and I had to buy more clothes. I have already given away five 33 gallon bags of clothes and need to give away about 5 more. I don't mind since there are so many other people who need clothing and will be able to use them.

It is always a fun shopping trip to see what size I am in now! Although I do experience a few stalls here and there, I have found that I am still losing inches and my clothes fit differently. So, we are your biggest fans out here and will definitely cheer you on in your weight loss endeavors!

Warmly,

Gail

From: Kloth <knkloth (DOT) com>Subject: Re: [Dr-Aceves-bandster s] Surgery scheduled! @groups. comDate: Sunday, December 14, 2008, 7:46 PM

Thanks Suzanne - I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions to ask.

And... I can't wait for my clothes to be too big too!

Take care,

From: "SuzanneSHaol (DOT) com" <SuzanneSHaol (DOT) com> @groups. comSent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 1:17:01 PMSubject: Re: [Dr-Aceves-bandster s] Surgery scheduled!

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Welcome to our world. You will never regret your choice. You will have lots of things go through your head in the next 5 weeks before you have the surgery. Just remember this is the place to come and voice your feeling, questions and ask for support. There is always someone here who will be willing to jump in and talk with you and you will have excellent support from most everyone on this site. There are a lot of people with some great knowledge on here--there are NO bad questions to ask--ask away. I am very proud that you took the first step. I had my surgery about 7 weeks ago and I feel great. I have giving lots of clothing away (too big Tee Hee) from the weight loss I have had so far. I tried a jacket on today because I don't have a lot of clothes that fits and it was way toooooooooooo big for me. I am learning to look at the smaller size clothing

now.

Take Care,

Suzanne

217lbs 184 lbs 125 lbs

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In a message dated 12/14/2008 6:13:30 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, knkloth (DOT) com writes:

Well, I did it - I am scheduled for sleeve surgery on January 24th. I know it is going to be hard work - but I am so excited to start a new healthy life on the other side of this!

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