Aprilgal

Kitty, you and I need to go out together in our Journey tees! Mine is from the 80's!

Thursday errands with the kids (flute lesson, Doctor appt, Target, and lunch)

Heading out to an active team building event!

Ok, workout gear (only to go out, I wear a super big tank that hangs like a tunic). LOL. And yes, my leggings need to be downsized to mediums. I think they would hold my flab in more. These are XL. (Tummy still pouchy from surgery 2 weeks ago.)
 

New to this thread, hi beautiful people! This is my outfit for heading out to walk my dog and run some errands. Never in a million years would I have worn a crop top in public before now! Also strategically posing to hide my arms heh heh heh
I feel that clothes sizing struggle so much... I feel like I buy a new pair of pants or shorts and then by the time I get the chance to wear them they’re already loose. I’m bleeding $$!

Thanks! And you are right. Under the bed I have a couple of bins with my “to shrink into” clothes. It’s getting pretty empty in there, so it’s time to go to Goodwill and see what’s there! And maybe ModCloth clearance, and ummm Anthropologie clearance.....

And yes, you need new clothes!

More in-service today! Yesterday was a rough day in general, emotional fatigue city. There were a number of people that came to me with trauma, unrelated to the in service we had in the afternoon. So, I guess yesterday’s outfit made me look approachable, which is good. Today should be more positive.
I fit in these jeans now! And while I love the linen jacket I’m wearing, it’s getting a bit floppy. That’s the downside of the weightloss, saying goodbye to so many cute clothes!

Cute outfits everyone! I swear everything I own is stripes or polka dots. I also don’t know if I should tuck/untuck or French tuck so I just wing it.
I’m feeling preppy today.

I do still GAF, but there are some concessions I am not very willing to make these days. Cuz I feel like, "Gah! If you're offended by my wrinkly batwings that wave in the wind, you shoulda seen me 190lbs ago! LOL. I'll show you offended!" LOL. So I do wear shorts and sleeveless shirts. Yay!
BUT! LOL, I can say I have a serious case of the T-Rex or praying mantis arms. I rarely wave my arms out and up over my head in a sleeveless shirt. LOL. (in public).

Going for a walk on the beach!

The OOTD for this morning as I was out and about doing a bunch of errands, then my run, and then some strength training. MInd you I had a hoodie on for the errands and the first 2 km of the run. All sweaty in this pic, but did not actually feel hot (As an aside I find this really weird: I will notice that I am dripping in sweat when I run but I still feel kind of cool and feel fine wearing a hoodie/sweater. I will take it off eventually though, not because I'm hot, but because the sweater is getting wet...anyone experience this odd sweaty-but-cold thing too? )

Such an important problem that requires empathy which leads to emotional turmoil. You can borrow my favorite sign if you wish! (It’s not MY sign, just my favorite.)

I have a lot of purple going on today. I am in an in-service today - we are focusing on social justice so things are gonna get emotional. Hence the comfy stretchy clothes.

Big meeting today. Bringing my A game 😃

Meeting some old time friends 👭

Love this thread!
I still have 27 lbs to go but I already feel awesome!

You look great, how much weight did you lose prior to surgery? I was doing well losing and my dr told me to stop and not go below 40 BMI or my insurance might deny me :(. So now I wait until the magical day of August 26th!

Real clothes

Ok, the crowd went wild to see me out of flannel pjs (size 4x drawstring).
 

Travel day followed by a casual business dinner

Out and about.

Staying casual these days

And I am out of gray- black- brown forever! Bought into that Dark Shades are Slimming HooHah! Have you EVER heard anyone tell a Charcoal Briquet they are looking Especially Slim Today? Nope, me neither! So Frustr8's Sartorial Rebirth? Colors, prints, Maybe polka dots? Leggings, always envied others wearing them, Now I do in 17-19 JUNIORS,my original goal was a 15 Junior, so Achievable? Oh Yeah!.And a NSV - type Victory? Saw my profile as I passed something Reflective, I am still a Larger- than- Life person, this regenerated Tomboy will NEVER BE PETITE, but no booty protruding in the back, little if any Pooch in the front, I actually look like somebody You might want to meet and greet on the street instead of a Train Wreck of Flesh, And I Think I actually look Taller now! And you'll please Excuse my 💦 of Joy because although it too also happened for OTHERS it never did before for ME!
Although the Bariatric Clinic has gone out of their way to ignore and frustrate ME, Thank You Again Dr Needleman ! Between your skill and my perseverance ---A Miracle has been Wrought! Frustr8 is Absolutely, Positively Fantabulous!🌈😛😛😛

Typical work from home outfit (although more coordinated than usual today 😂)