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NtvTxn    1,262

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My personal "goal" was not a weight, not really....it was a size....I wanted to wear a size 8! I went shopping last week because my size 8's are too big. That's right, now I'm wearing a size 6! Shocking. I'm 51, and I wasn't wearing a size 6 in highschool. I don't remember EVER wearing a size 6, I'm serious. I am certain I went from a 6x in elementary school to a size 12 in jr. high!!! :)

It feels good, I look at them and am sure there is NO WAY I can actually slip into them, but lo' and behold, they fit. Of course, I thought the same thing about the size 8's, I didn't think I could really put them on!! I love my sleeve.

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MINI-Me    196

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Isn't it great???

I totally get the "I can't fit into these" mentality. I have it all the time. What a wonderful problem to have!

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NtvTxn    1,262

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Thanks Y'all!!! ** Davida - I was JUST thinking of you!!!! How are you? Give me an update here or e-mail me when you have time!!!

Wow...how cool is that. Thank you for all the encourgagement you have given me. You truely are a role model...

Davida

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Globetrotter    1,340

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When I get frustrated still being in a plus size, 16, I try to remember what a pair of 16s would have looked like to my pre-op self, when I was in a 24. I try to remember that I had a pair of 22s that I couldn't get over my hips and that those same pants are now in the bottom of my wardrobe because they are too big to be worn even with a belt. I try to remember all this and not be greedy, but I can hardly WAIT to get into the single digits! I haven't worn a single digit since I was 17!

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NtvTxn    1,262

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IT WILL happen, I rememeber when I first wore a sixteen, it was exciting! Luckily I had a couple of pairs, because don't most of us have several sizes in our closets??!!! LOL! Wow....I've gotten rid of everything from 'before' - as advised from somebody wiser than me. Dr. Oz I believe said don't hang on thinking you MIGHT re-gain, but somebody in my support group said keep one piece of clothing to remind yourself of WHERE you started. I kept a pair of jeans and a dress. The jeans are a mens size 40x32 and the dress is a size 20. I cannot BELIEVE how huge the jeans are!! I put them on about a month ago just to see.....and they are so big it is hard imagine that they fit me snugly a year ago!!! Good luck.....it's such a fun journey!!!

When I get frustrated still being in a plus size, 16, I try to remember what a pair of 16s would have looked like to my pre-op self, when I was in a 24. I try to remember that I had a pair of 22s that I couldn't get over my hips and that those same pants are now in the bottom of my wardrobe because they are too big to be worn even with a belt. I try to remember all this and not be greedy, but I can hardly WAIT to get into the single digits! I haven't worn a single digit since I was 17!

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sleeve 4 me    910

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YOU GO GIRL!!!!

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NtvTxn    1,262

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I wasn't even a six in HS....i don't ever remember wearing a six.

That is awesome! Ihaven't been a size 6 since HS!

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Kris    78

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That is amazing and I'm so happy for you! I love stories like yours -- they help me get through the days when I get on the scale and am POd because I'm not losing as fast as I think I should be. Right now a size 6 seems like an impossible achievement -- my goal is to be a size 8 too. I hope I can be as successful as you!

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NtvTxn    1,262

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Kris,

Do NOT get discouraged, there was a time when a 12 seemed like a dream and I told myself that if I never wore a smaller size, that is what I was wearing in in high school and I was NOT big!! An 8 was my goal, I never even considered a 6....it still seems unreal....it just happened recently, I'm still in shock! I know it may seem out of reach some times....but I assure you, it is not! You'll look back and see that although NOW it may seem like it is slow, when you look over the course of your life and all the ups and downs - a nice steady weight loss is great and it really does happen quickly. (many times I'd lose a lb or two and then gain a lb the next day and do that a few days before it would stay off, but it WOULD stay off!!) It takes a while for your mind to catch up! Good luck!!!

That is amazing and I'm so happy for you! I love stories like yours -- they help me get through the days when I get on the scale and am POd because I'm not losing as fast as I think I should be. Right now a size 6 seems like an impossible achievement -- my goal is to be a size 8 too. I hope I can be as successful as you!

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