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Ready to wear sizing is very different than pattern sewing I purchase & wear a size 4 garments but I sew a pattern size 12 in most things. You'll need to check the pattern envelope and see where your hip measurements fit

And still have as much restriction as I did 2 years ago I reached normal BMI in 10 months. I'm 5'8" and I've been 145 pounds or under for over 18 months I just cooked a 4 ounce steak and made 2 heaping spoonfuls of cole slaw. Half of both is still on my plate and I can't take another bite Now of course I can wait an hour and graze to finish it but instead I'm saving it for dinner

I feel sorry for this person & his family. I'm sure his obesity led to being humiliated in life, now he is also in death. This was the most compassionate article I saw. The local news stations made crass remarks online and on live TV http://m.nbc12.com/nbc12/pm_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=od:CU6uSMZS

When I slack on probiotics, I get constipated. When I take them regularly, my bowels are happy

Crystal Lite has a stevia version. I use both products. Both have other flavors in stevia version as well

When I dump, I get overheated then loose bowels. Not always diarrhea. Sometimes just multiple episodes (3 or 4 in an hour) of sudden huge BMs. It's almost always preceded by a drink/meal that was high in sugar.

I get too much sugar and I dump. It's not pretty. I was sleeved 23 months ago

I liked it before & after. I usually add a lil crystal lite lemon or pure lemon and dilute with water over crushed ice. Nice cool drink for hot summer day

I cannot tolerate any dry meat. Gravy or condiments must be slathered on generously or up it comes within minutes And no matter what meat it is, it must be chewed well preferably starting with a small bite. Skin ( like fried chicken) is tasty but the hardest to digest no matter what. I eat it very sparingly

I found this out the hard way ( dumping ) last summer.

I eat everything I want just is greatly smaller portions thanks to restriction

I'm almost 2 years out and while I don't get that feeling often any longer, I do get it when ice eaten too fast or when I've eaten too much

I drink socially. I'm usually done after one and I drink it slowly. If I'm served additional drinks or can't finish the one, my husband swoops in to finish it and makes the joke that the older I get , the less liquor I can handle. Win-win !

Add probiotics to your daily routine and you'll never have constipation issues again

Though it's gotten better , for my first year post - op if I drank liquids too soon after eating, my sleeve imitated a plunger and up everything came. I still, at nearly 2 years out, must wait 20+ minutes and then slow sip. But to each his own