Re: Well this sucks…. who cries over smaller clothes?

[Guest guest]

Ok, who cries over losing so much weight that they have to buy new

clothes? Isn't that what you wanted when you had this surgery? Man,

almost sound like my husbands kids at Christmas, they want presents,

but then complain when you buy them something (it's not the right

thing...blah, blah, blah)

I am actually glad to have that kind of problem. It does suck that I

don't have lots of money to shop for new clothes though. I have

clothes from all my yo yoing days. I was wearing a size 24 pants and I

am now in 16's mostly whoooo hooooo. I have shirts in ever size known

to man so I " re-shop " my closet. A couple years ago my Mom passed away

and when we cleaned out her closets I knew I was going to have ( or I

was working on) having the surgery done, so I kept alot of her things

that I liked. She was a small woman and had some really nice things,

but I have a ways to go to get in them yet.

H.

288/200/145 5'6 " surgery 7/18/06

> > I had smashed my knee up Saturday evening. I wasn't able to work out

> > Monday or Tuesday but was Wednesday after which I weighed myself at

> > 275.5lbs. I worked out pretty hard Wednesday and then on Thursday,

> > Friday and this morning even (burning about 1000+ calories cardio and

> > whatever amount weight lifting).

> >

> > My mother, bless her heart, had met me at Costco last Friday and

> > purchased a pair of 42 " waist jeans for me (I had another pair the

> > same size but different shade).

> >

> > Today, after my workout, I decided to weigh myself again. I know I

> > know I preach against weighing too often. Sue me. Anyway, I was down

> > to 269.1 lbs. What the heck? Who loses 6lbs in 3 days when they're 11

> > months out? Not to mention that I majoraly fell off the wagon last

> > night with our company's Christmas bar outing. I had a " few " glasses

> > of wine, they've got free drinks for 15 minutes half way though the

> > night (you might not be able to drink a lot in that amount of time

> > but you sure can ORDER a lot), and a mess of hot wings. I know bad

> > but I wasn't hung over because I waited for a couple hours before

> > ending the night and I drank a dozen or so waters at the bar. Oh you

> > can drink scotch (though I recommend single malt) and gin too (not

> > the cheap stuff, all they had was sapphire but that's bearable).

> >

> > Now I've got to use 269 or 270 when programming the cardio and will

> > have to work harder or longer to burn the same amount of calories.

> > It's a good thing I was actually doing about 1100 calories which will

> > probably be 1060 or so now. ARGH!

> >

> > Also, I decided to slob out a bit today and not wear a belt. Big

> > mistake they're almost falling off me. Fine maybe they didn't fit

> > last Friday either. I don't know. This really sucks I think I wore

> > these things like once or twice. Oh and Wednesday I tried to wear a

> > pair of slacks that were 46 " because, well, they're the only blue

> > ones I have. Smooth. I could have walked around with another person

> > snuck into my pants. The rest of my slacks are 44 " and probably too

> > big now too. Of course I purchased all of these for only $14 - $20

> > but it's the principle of the thing!

> >

> > If anyone sees slacks on sale at Walmart, Meijer, Kohl's etc. Let me

> > know. It looks like I'm buying a 40 " now. If I get down to a 38 " I

> > think that was my smallest adult waist. For the ladies out there

> > getting below a 40 " is sort of a big deal for guys, at least I think

> > it is, because normal weight people are all in the 30 inch area like

> > 32, 34, 36, and even 38.

> >

> > Mike in GR

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I agree with you H and Lin, I can't wait til I have that

problem. I'm looking so forward to it.

>

> Ok, who cries over losing so much weight that they have to buy new

> clothes? Isn't that what you wanted when you had this surgery? Man,

> almost sound like my husbands kids at Christmas, they want presents,

> but then complain when you buy them something (it's not the right

> thing...blah, blah, blah)

> I am actually glad to have that kind of problem. It does suck that I

> don't have lots of money to shop for new clothes though. I have

> clothes from all my yo yoing days. I was wearing a size 24 pants

and I

> am now in 16's mostly whoooo hooooo. I have shirts in ever size

known

> to man so I " re-shop " my closet. A couple years ago my Mom passed

away

> and when we cleaned out her closets I knew I was going to have ( or

I

> was working on) having the surgery done, so I kept alot of her

things

> that I liked. She was a small woman and had some really nice things,

> but I have a ways to go to get in them yet.

>

> H.

> 288/200/145 5'6 " surgery 7/18/06

[Guest guest]

Okay, Guys & Gals, We will all cry over needing smaller clothes at one time or

another. The solution I found was Thrift Stores and Yard Sales. I went to a yard

sale a few weeks ago and got Ann Loft dresses straight from the cleaners

with the plastic still on them for $1.00 each. Can you believe it? I have bought

lots of designer brands from Salvation Army too. Another good place is relatives

or friends who may have outgrown or gotten smaller. My aunt gave me 20 pairs of

jeans/pants. So... cry but you know you are totally happy to need all the new

sizes! It can be real expensive if you are buying stuff at full retail. I have

had to replace clothes so many times. I started out at a 3X and I am now in a

size 2 or 4!! I also had to replace nursing uniforms. Take Care everyone and

happy shopping!!!!!!!!!! in CA

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