Last night I was shopping and I found a FABULOUS dress - in a size 14/16. I am currently a 24/26. According to my surgeon, nut, and others that have had the sleeve, I'm gonna be in this dress before fall (!!!).

Has anyone else bought a goal outfit like this? Are you planning on it? I'm hoping it keeps me motivated to stay in track and not cheat on my pre-op!

Yep, when I go buy new slacks I buy the next size smaller. Last night I bought several size 14 pair of pants for work and picked up a size 12. I know in a month I will fit them.

I purchased an XL shirt last week. Im in a Womens 2x thats a little loose right now. Its a 3/4 sleeve from WalMart that was on clearance for $1, LOL. I figured it would be cute in the fall. Its funny that I look at buying clothes for me right now the same way I look at buying for my 3 yr old son. Trying to guess what the size will be next to get things on clearance

I purchased an XL shirt last week. Im in a Womens 2x thats a little loose right now. Its a 3/4 sleeve from WalMart that was on clearance for 1' date=' LOL. I figured it would be cute in the fall. Its funny that I look at buying clothes for me right now the same way I look at buying for my 3 yr old son. Trying to guess what the size will be next to get things on clearance <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote']

Ha!! Exactly!!! I'm scared to get anything smaller than an xl right now for that purpose.

yes!!! and I made into the awesome out fit in no time and now it is too big lol!

yes!!! and I made into the awesome out fit in no time and now it is too big lol!

Woohoo!! That's what I'm hoping for :-). I have a good friend that can use it when I shrink out of it :-)

My work gives us Hoodies each year. This year I got mine in an XL. (I wear a 3X now) I have a goal to be wearing it by the time jacket weather comes around again.

I bought a 1x sundress and I was in a 4x - 3x. The dress is too big. The thing is though I lost a lot of weight before surgery, I was still wearing 3x pants and jogging clothes and just pinning the pants stomach. All my sweaters were big. Well we still had lots of cool days in the spring and I pretty much stayed in and exercised in the house for the 2 week preop. Most people didn't notice the 70 pounds I lost during the winter because of the heavy clothing I wore. Now it's extremely noticeable how much I lost and I am only 18 days out from surgery because of the summer clothes I'm wearing, they all hang on me. My husband said oh my gosh, you got bony shoulders lol.

I am having mental issues (the best I can describe it) buying new clothes - I still hate shopping but now it is combined with the feeling of dread that I am going to go in and still need size 20's (I am 14's some 12's) I am currently wearing clothing donated to me by a co-worker and friend - I bought the shoes, lol.

I went to Charming Charlie's and found a super cute sleeveless dress with lace detail. It is a size XL which is really like a L in normal people size stores lol. I tried it on and of course it was unbearably snug. Since it was on clearance I went ahead and bought it hoping that I'll be able to wear it in the near future! My surgery is this coming Wednesday!! AHH!!!