Julie2015

Congrats!!!! I will be doing the same thing next Tuesday. I get my bypass 2/16/16!!!!

Congrats!!!! I will be doing the same thing next Tuesday. I get my bypass 2/16/16!!!!

Ok so today I went shopping because my size 12 jeans were getting fairly loose. I went to my favorite place to buy jeans since having WLS. Lucky Brand Jeans.
I grab a pair of sweet and straight jeans in a size 10 and I am grinning from ear to ear because I am confident they are going to fit and I love that feeling. I have not fit into jeans this small since I was a teenager.
I put them on and I am right! They fit fantastic! I come out of the dressing room and model for hubby who promptly says, those look a little big. Maybe you should think about a smaller size.
I the immediately say "no way!" An 8 is not going to fit me. I am honestly not sure if I have ever worn a size that small. I decide to encourage him and prove there is no way I will get them up.
I grab an 8 and head back into the dressing room. I look at this tiny pair of jeans and go, here goes nothing. They fit perfectly! I could hardly believe my eyes.
Then the sales clerk tells me that they are buy one get one half off but she says the darker dyes seem to be more forgiving so she gives me an 8 and a 6 to try on. I laughed but thought well just see how far off you are.
Well, I put the 6 on, buttoned them up and stood there in shock. Now, I didn't buy the 6 because although I could wear them, I do like my jeans to be comfortable and have a little room.
So when I started this journey I wore 24 jeans and 26/28 tops. I am now in a size 8 and a medium or large top. Sometimes I have to get the large because I have a lot of loose skin.
I cannot believe where I am today! For me, clothes shopping is when I can really see the thinner me.

I am starting a closed/secret page on Facebook for everyone having bypass in Feb 2016. If you'd like to join, search my name LaNae Davis Petersen on Facebook the add me as a friend. Then I can send you an invite to the secret group and remove you back off my friends list
Message me if you'd like to join the group! I know that some like to keep their privacy, so it's a closed group and no one would me able to see you're in the group, or the posts.
I got the sleeve in 2014 and there was a march 2014 group I was invited to. Tge great thing was we were all going through the same things at the same time. We shared victories, vented when necessay, and most of us have developed great friendships!

I as a person am always cautiously optimistic.
I am very positive but try to be realistic.
So, I am proud to say MY INSURANCE HAS OFFICIALLY APPROVED MY SURGERY!!! Thrilled and a bit shocked !
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I have had to order or have most of my clothes made for several years now. The last time I placed an online order for a sweater it turned out to be too big (even though I had measured a few weeks before). Today, I stopped at the local JC Penney and bought three sweaters a size smaller and they fit. This should tide me over through Christmas and New Years and I hope I can make it a couple of months before having to buy more since I don't mind sweaters that are a bit big. The next time I go in there I should be out of the Women's section, at least for my tops!