Please don't take this the wrong way. I am 47 pounds down since the start of my journey (banded Dec. 19) and I am very pleased with my progress. In watching some videos on YouTube and reading some responses on here I am seeing how people are dropping dress sizes left and right even with as low as 30 pounds loss. I am ready to lose a dress size or two! LOL I can still wear my same size. Don't get me wrong, everything is baggy, I just don't think I can justify shopping just yet. We are all different from our doctors to our journeys to our body types and weight falls off differently for different people. I am just itching to buy a new outfit in a smaller size.

Go to a resale shop. New outfit but only a little money spent. I too was banded 12/19. Down 35lbs and just one size. So I haven't bought anything new. Just been shopping in my closet.

The bigger you are when you start, the longer it will take for you to drop a size. It's weird but true.

I started over 400 pounds and I didn't have to buy the next size down until I'd lost about 60 pounds. But the lower on the scale I go, the sooner I seem to need new clothes. Now, I lose 15-20 pounds and I start feeling like my clothes are getting too baggy.

Hang in there, it will come and soon

Thanks for the responses ladies. I have been shopping my closet (ranges from 24-28) so I won't really be shopping for a while... Maybe just a little. It's more of the wanting this so bad, I guess. I started a little over 350 so I know what you mean, Mis. I see a lot of the before pictures of people and I think to myself, "man you were small." Now that I haven't mindset that I want to so this I am ready for things to start happening. I just have to keep telling myself- its a marathon, not a sprint.

Goodwill has become my new best friend. I've gotten so many amazing deals there. some things are new with tags still on. I didn't want to waste money by buying new as I shrank, but when pants and tops are $5 or less it isn't a problem. When I out shrink my new smaller clothes I can donate them back to Goodwill.

If the employees at Goodwill don't know you on a first name basis by the end if month 3, you are either, not working the program, a extreme introvert or have money to burn money. Lol lol.

I didn't need a smaller size until about 50 pounds. I even lost 1.5 shoe sizes. Shopping in your closet is awesome! Try on things in your closet even if you think it won't fit. I waited to try some things and by the time I did they were too big! Thrift stores and clearance racks are great. I get alot of designer stuff cheaply on the clearance rack at Nordstrom Rack. It will come eventually--be patient! It's alot of fun when it does, but it gets expensive.

I didn't need a smaller size until about 50 pounds. I even lost 1.5 shoe sizes. Sh.

You lost a shoe size!!!! I guess I never thought about my feet getting smaller. I am in a 12 right now.