That's The Beauty Of My Gastric Sleeve

[MissBliss 29]

I am almost 4 months post op and I have lost 72 pounds! All my pants are very loose and baggy (AKA "droopy drawers"). My "before" pair of jeans are a size 26. I could barely zipper them and now they almost fall off! So I was poking around in the back of the closet and found a pair of size 28 jeans, and I giggled to myself and thought it would be fun to try on them on and see just how small I had gotten...well...they were so tight I couldn't zip them!!! I was devastated! ARE YOU KIDDING ME????!!! I don't fit into size 28? Now intellectually I had control. All the rest of my pants were too big and I had just bought a perfect fitting size 22, so I knew that these pants were running small, mislabeled, or both. But emotionally...that was a different story. I kind of lost it and went into a tailspin. "See, even this stupid sleeve isn't working, I am a fat pig, I will never lose weight" Etc...etc... and then came the emotional eating, I made a Peanut Butter and fluff sandwhich on white bread and promptly started to chow down, but then something wonderful happened...restriction...I COULD NOT eat the entire sandwhich. I couldn't overeat, I had to stop, I was full. And that is the beauty of my sleeve. It stopped me from emotionally eating and I had to think about what I was doing. So I threw the sandwhich away, got up and put the jeans back in my closet and decided they will be my next goal, to fit into those jeans, whatever size they may be!

[LilMissDiva Irene 3,281]

Wow!!! Are you sure you read that label right? Like, it wasn't an 18 instead of 28 right?

Anyhow, I admit the sleeve has saved me on so many occassions. It's just so nice to recognize this and realize I made the right choice! Great!!

[ava2011 2]

way to regain control of the situation. it is important to recognize our triggers. and those jeans were a trigger. but you stayed rational and remembered you just fit into a 22. so many different brands have different sizes.

sometimes it is easy to just go back to the habit of eating. and whether we like it or not our sleeve is enforced behavior modification. thank goodness for our safety net!