I've been taking measurements...and my 60" tape wasn't quite long enough to measure my hips (gulp) ...but today, THE TAPE FLIPPIN' TOUCHES!!!!!! (TMI perhaps...but that includes the 'apron')

Like others have said...this is the ONE place you can come where we completely and totally GET IT!

Embrace it and do a happy dance! (Besides, happy dancing burns calories!)

YAY!! Great NSV!!!)))) it is just stuff like these that keeps ensuring us how great we are doing!! WAY TO GO and congrats!!! thanks for sharing and drawing a smile on our faces:)

Congratulations!!!!! You're on your waaaay!!!!

BTW - I take two measurements - I measure my "belly" - which is what I call the largest part of my stomach / apron. I also measure my "hips" - which is where the widest part of my butt is - and it is (now) just below where the apron ends. I even lifted up the d**n apron to get this measurement early on. I take that measurement to let myself know what my hips would be if I get the apron removed. (I can dream, right?)

DITTO! Glad to realize I wasn't alone in this. In my tracking journal I list: waist, hips, pouch. As in kangaroo pouch since I got the damn thing carrying my little princess and never lost it after the c-section.

Thank y'all!

I AM glad to know I'm not alone...I think I may try two measurements and adopt the label "pouch" too! (I hope I don't hurt something lifting it up)

Ha ha! that's great Sue! You rock! I have been measuring my pouch from the belly button down just to see when it will get smaller! LOL!

I measure my hips seperate from my pouch I measure it from belly button to the top of my where my "hair" starts LOL I have lost like and inch and a half from there since surgery 8 weeks ago!

That must be an amazing feeling! We all have had some type of experience that caused us to feel 'not normal' and like some out cast in society! The worse for me was when I couldn't fit into one of the roller coaster seats at Cedar Point. I'm thankful they had a seat stationed outside the ride, before you got in line so you coud see if you were able to fit and put the seatbelt on properly, otherwise I would have gone through the line and wasted a lot of time and been really embarrassed when I finally reached the end of the line. So, it's moments like yours that makes us feel so free and like we do belong in society.

Keep up the good work, you are doing GREAT!

WOW great job keep us posted on your progress, you have to be so happy!!!!

I am SO thankful for this site...and my sleeve! Seriously can't imagine what it would be like to be sleeved but without this awesome place. It's a GREAT combination like Protein AND water!

I am 1 day shy of my 8 week surgiversary...and I'm feeling completely gob-smacked at the number I suspect/hope to log tomorrow for a weigh-in. It's a number I wouldn't have even DARED to "hope for" in 8 short weeks--or just 56 days. The anticipation is delicious!!!

Thank you all for being a part of my journey. In the immortal words of Rachel Scott, you have started a chain reaction!

That is just totally amazing! You must feel awesome!

That's not TMI, that's AWESOME!!!!! Keep up the great work!

Sooooo great! Yayyy!