So I had surgery on June 6th of this year and I have lost 70 pounds so far. 70 pounds, yay!

No.

NOT yay.

When I think of 70 pounds lost, I think of total body transformation. Even though I havn't seen much of a difference, my family (including my mom who had the same surgery a month later) says they can definitely see some change. With the exception of a FEW loose fitting sweats, my clothes have all been fitting pretty much the same as before surgery. I've been chalking it up to the fact that I really only wear yoga pants/leggings/sweats etc, so those stretch or shrink to your body even if your weight fluctuates.

Tonight I found the jeans that I wore a lot before surgery. I got so excited because I just KNEW that there was no way those babies were gonna stay up when I tried them on. THEY STAYED UP JUST FINE. They fit like a normal pair of pants. NOOOO! I was so pissed all day because of it.

Because Im such a high weight (was 383, now 313), I know 70 pounds lost wont look as drastic as 70 pounds off of someone who was starting at 200 pounds, but come on. This is nuts.

The range between sizes 18 and above can be many inches and many pounds. As you get into the single digits or even size 12 and below, the difference between sizes can be as little as 10 pounds or less.

definitely one of those things geared to mess with our heads. It is totally normal to want to see visual evidence and validation of all your hard work. Keep hanging in. You will get there and this will be but a bump on the road.

We women are so hard on ourselves. As others have said, as you get into smaller sizes, they'll go by faster.

And I sooo get teh psychology of it all. I typically wear a medium in tops, but I have 36DD breasts, so if I shop in juniors or a teen store like Hollister or Abercrombie, I may need an XL. It used to play a game with my head, but i got over it a few weeks ago because I just like those clothes sometimes. It's not the size but how sexy I look in it. <----- own that statement.