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So yesterday I went shopping for some clothes for a vacation i'm going to be taken... Before I got banded I was a size 22/24 in pants yesterday I bought size 18!!! I was so excited I started to scream in the dressing room.. Everyone must've thought I was nuts... Oh well but i'm sooooo excited!!

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Thats wonderful Congrats and keep up the great work..:biggrin:

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That is Great! I know how you feel. I had to go out and buy some new clothes for work. I feels really good to buy smaller clothes... Keep up the great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Congrats, Stacey-- that's awesome!

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Congrats, I know the feeling. It's been awhile since I loved shopping as well, I went from 20 to 16 and I can actually enjoy trying on clothes :-)

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Oh, I totally agree. I used to have a closet full of clothes. But, those were my fat clothes. My closet is pretty empty, now. But, everything in there fits me, and they are 14 petits. I was in 20/22w before dieting. Last spring when I was on the pre-op diet I bought tight 18w. They are long gone. I still have belly over-hang, so having trbl fitting into jeans in 14's. But been working on the tummy, so soon, I hope. I, now, am becoming a shop-a-holic, much to my husbands chagrin. Haha! I am always dragging him along, because I hate to shop alone.

IT Is A great feeling to go down sizes, isn't it?

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So Happy For you!!!!!! I am so jealous! I am down 35 pounds and am still in same clothes and size! guess I was stuffing myself into those 18/20.LOL I think I am bordering on dropping a size and need about 10 pounds to go! This is why no one has noticed any weight loss I guess since I am in the same old outfits!!!!

Keep it up. The day I can't shop in the Avenue will be a very happy day for me!! Hate that store!

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Oh yes, still getting my Lane Bryant catalogs, and Catherine's.etc... Those are for the old me. I now just put them into the recycle and canceled my credit card for the store. Yeah! It is great feeling to not have to shop in the Woman's section of the store. You will get there as you loose weight. Sometimes it just comes and you turn around and your pants a dresses are looking and feeling really big. Good luck to us all, and hoping to see less o:thumbup:f us daily!!!!

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I'm so excited for you...and I am SOOO walking that journey, too...it really IS more fun than the law should allow!!!

I have been very blessed in the fact that I have a colleague at work who is shrinking out of the sizes that I'm currently shrinking into. She was kind enough to give me 8 big bags of clothing, which I'm now proudly wearing. I've been passing my old clothes along in turn. I've also picked up some great things on eBay for a fraction of what they would cost if I got them in the store. I've been avoiding buying new, but I have to admit, today I broke down and bought myself a dress for the first time in ages.

I've heard many people on here say, "nothing tastes as good as weight loss feels"...I would have to add "and looks"! Although I did this for the health benefits, and not the vanity issues, I'm certainly enjoying the side bennies :confused:

My very best to you!

Christine

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Thats SOOOO Cool ! Congratulations! I was banded 16 months ago, and just bought new pants a month ago... I went from a 26/28 to a 16/18 - talk about screaming in the dressing room! LOL !

Best of luck to you, and keep up the good work :confused:

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Thanks everyone! I also cant wait to not have to shop in Lane Bryant and the Avenue.. thats one of my goals..

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Thanks everyone! I also cant wait to not have to shop in Lane Bryant and the Avenue.. thats one of my goals..

You are on your way to a happier healthy and thinner you. Wait until your 1st trip to shopping that you can pass right by "those" stores and head to the "other" stores. Hurrah!!!:confused:

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