Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd EVER wear size 4 and 6 jeans. Tops that are mediums and some times even a small rather than 1X....a 2X felt even better! I knew I'd be thrilled with 12's but secretly hoped I'd sqeeze into 10's when it was all said and done. Then the weight started falling off and lickily split I was in 14's then 12's. I KNEW I'd wear be in 10's in no time.

My goal was, my realistic goal was not a weight, it was a size - I was certain I could lose enough to wear a size 8 pretty early on. I couldn't picture it because my wedding dress (at age 19) was a size 9, but an 8, that was my dream!!

Celebration took place when I got to a size 8, but alas, I wasn't through - HOW LOW COULD I GO??!!! I didn't look too thin, I felt good, this was easy as pie, I wasn't even to my surgeon's goal and here I was, in a size 8. Could I possibly EVER get into a size 6 EVER??!!!

I knew then and there that my expectations of what I could accomplish with this new tool was way too low. It was amazing what was happening to my body.....now if my mind could only catch up!!! It did, I finally started recognizing myself. To this day, when I go to try on clothes, I will take a 6 and 8 into the dressing room instead of a 4 and a 6. It is very hard to get use to and I still lean towards buying something that is a bit to big. I just bought capris and I almost got the size 6 instead of the 4's - i could stick my entire arm down the waist of the size 6, but I just could NOT believe the 4 was REALLY the correct size and "what if they shrink when I wash and dry them". This is just crazy thinking, but I think it happens to all of us to some extent. At least I hope so!! LoL

Anyway........I'm finally getting the hang of maintaining, it's been the most difficult part. I could continue to lose if I wanted to. I wish it were this easy for everyone. I hope it continues to be like this. I of course have this fear of waking up one day and I'll have put on ten or fifteen lbs., have that ravenous hunger and things will be like before. I am pretty sure that it is an irrational fear, and the further out I get, the less I think about stuff like that. I am learning to live like a naturally thin person. I hope I'll "think" like one.....all the time, one of these days!!

Good luck to all of you that are just starting out. What a great journey we are on!!!

Woo Hoo! That's a fantabulous NSV! Size 4- jees that must feel wonderful- I can't imagine putting on a size that small. Enjoy wearing your 4's!

Sunnyd - It's funny, I take them out of the dryer and when I look at them - I think "there is NO way I can wear these". I wonder if THAT will EVER change!!! Oh....thank you and good luck, looks like you're doing fantabulous!!!!

Woo Hoo! That's a fantabulous NSV! Size 4- jees that must feel wonderful- I can't imagine putting on a size that small. Enjoy wearing your 4's!

Me too Mini - Love the 4's - have you noticed that there is usually only ONE pair though, so you gotta get it when they put new inventory out it seems. Never any 2's, EVER, so I do not want to lose any more. My dietitian said I could easily go to 130 and still be fine, but all my pants would be too big, even the 4's - and I've spent to much $$ and it looks to me like 2's are near impossible to find unless you start looking in the junior dept. No thanks! I'm happy as a clam, and it feels like a job at this point to not lose any more. Let me state right now "I LOVE MY JOB" LoL

I know you're doing great.....yay for you!!!

I know exactly what you mean. When I was big, it seemed like all the clothes were smalls. Now that I wear 4's and X-Small/Small - all the clothes seem big. I have a theory that they see me coming and go switch up all the clothes just to frustrate me. LOL

But, it's a good "problem" to have.

NtvTxn, WOW CONGRATS!!! You do look very svelte and your small frame fits you well! Amazing results - I am sooo happy for you!!

In response to your comment on whether we all just "think" we are big boned, well for me I know for a fact I'm not small boned. I've been thin before (very thin - borderline too thin) and even then I only got down to a 8. Mind you this was 20 years ago too, so I think the sizes have changed a bit since then. So, I totally agree with the idea of size goals - I am going to stop once I get into an 8. I'm getting there slowly but surely, my 14's are starting to get a bit big.

Funny too, how you and Mini mentioned not being able to wrap our minds around our sizes. I have some 14's that after washing them they look so small too me and I think I'll never fit into them. Yet when I put them on, they are starting to get a little baggy on me and I'm constantly having to pull them up.

LOL!!! What an awesome problem to have ladies!!!

Thanks for the inspiration!!!

Congratulations on your success. You look wonderful.

LilMissDiva - thank you so much! Svelte and small framed, ok, you're the first to say that. I'm flattered. I am sure sizes have changed, although I don't remember, it's been soooo long since I was "small". I'd have to try on my wedding dress, which I keep meaning to do, like I said, it's a size 9. If it fits now, we know that sizes have definitely changed since 1979, and I'd guess they have, at least a little!!!

I remember when my 14's fell off me.....I wasn't in them any time before I was in a size 12. Going from a 16 to a 12 seemed to happen quickly for some reason!! Like you, looking at these smaller jeans, it was/is hard to believe I can put them on.....and slipping into them without laying on the bed to zip them, that hasn't happened in years! It's the small things!

Hey, You're welcome, and thank YOU, you've made my day!!

NtvTxn, WOW CONGRATS!!! You do look very svelte and your small frame fits you well! Amazing results - I am sooo happy for you!!

In response to your comment on whether we all just "think" we are big boned, well for me I know for a fact I'm not small boned. I've been thin before (very thin - borderline too thin) and even then I only got down to a 8. Mind you this was 20 years ago too, so I think the sizes have changed a bit since then. So, I totally agree with the idea of size goals - I am going to stop once I get into an 8. I'm getting there slowly but surely, my 14's are starting to get a bit big.

Funny too, how you and Mini mentioned not being able to wrap our minds around our sizes. I have some 14's that after washing them they look so small too me and I think I'll never fit into them. Yet when I put them on, they are starting to get a little baggy on me and I'm constantly having to pull them up.

LOL!!! What an awesome problem to have ladies!!!

Thanks for the inspiration!!!

Wow!!! I am still just hoping to be a true size 12.... but maybe I will be lucky enough to keep going like you did A BIG congrats to you!!!

Thanks!!! I'd bet on you!!! Good luck!

Wow!!! I am still just hoping to be a true size 12.... but maybe I will be lucky enough to keep going like you did A BIG congrats to you!!!

Ntvtxn,

what a fab story you have,.. I can feel your positive energy all the way across the pond!!!! You sound like a ball of energy now and that has to be an amazing feeling!

Congrats on your success... I am sooooo looking forward to see the scale move again and one day, one day, to be at goal too... =]

Thanks so much for sharing...I too have a size for a goal! It would be surreal to be into a 4 or a 6!! You have so mch to be proud of... Keep up the great work!!!

I fit into a size 14 now and I can't believe it.....

You are my inspiration!!!1

WOW! WHAT AN INSPIRATION!!!!! YOU GO GIRL!!! CONGRATS!!!! WHOOOO HOOO!