When I started this journey on June 18, 2012 I weighed 334 lbs (surgery day), I wore a 5x from Catherine's which is the largest size they have, today I am down 83 lbs and went in there to find a warm up/track suit to wear on our vacation to Gatlinburg in a couple of weeks, well the only size I could wear was the 0x which is the smallest size they have! So I'm standing at the checkout and my eyes were welling up with tears and the ckout lady thought something was wrong with me, so I made it to my car and I just sat there and cried like a baby! I am so grateful for this surgery!

What a great feeling! Congrats on your weight loss I primarily shopped at Lane Bryant before surgery and I swear I am having withdrawals. When I realized I could no longer fit into their smallest size' date=' I had a panic attack. I hadn't shopped for non plus size clothes is such a long time I was lost. I love shopping for clothes now![/quote']

I cannot wait to never shop there again!! Lol

Everyone on this site is so great, so positive, so uplifting. You guys just make my day! Thanks for all the support, I wish you were all here so I could hug your necks!

WOW, what an amazing weight loss in such a short time! Congratulations!! Truth be known, you probably didn't even need to purchase that outfit from there, you could can now go shopping at the "regular" stores!! How awesome is that!?! Keep up the great work!

Congrats on your amazing journey so far! You are doing wonderfully and I'm sure the best is yet to come.

Good for you! You go girl!!! Hahahaha so happy for you!

Thanks everyone! You guys are great!

great story....i'm really happy for you!!!!!

What a great story! Thank you for sharing, damn near had me crying!!

I love this! I too remember almost crying in a Ross dressing room so thankful and grateful! Congrats and best wishes!

I mourned the loss of lane bryant. I went shopping with my mom there for her last week and still had problems realizing I could no longer shop there.

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!!!! I know exactly how you feel!!!! Congratulations!! It only gets better from here!!!!

It is overwhelming' date=' isn't it??

I am having/getting to buy a complete new wardrobe. I had to buy all new summer clothes, and now I'm buying at least 2 sizes smaller for fall/winter clothes. Today I am wearing a gorgeous new outfit OF MY CHOOSING. Not something just to hide my nakedness. Not something black. Not something stretchy. Not something flowy. Not pull-on pants. Not monochrome.

Something GORGEOUS. IN MY COLORS THAT FLATTER MY SKIN TONE. IN A BEAUTIFUL PATTERN. WITH STRUCTURE.

I FEEL LIKE A MILLION BUCKS. LIKE AN AGING BEAUTY QUEEN. I CAN'T GET OVER IT. I CAN'T STOP GLOWING.[/quote']

I can so relate, ugghh the clothes I have had to come home w/ because they are the only ones that fit. I have a ton of clothes in my closet, all of sizes smaller so I think my closet will serve me well for another 2 months or so. I did buy two XL tops that might fit around Thanksgiving. The clothes smaller than a 1x are so much cuter, arms and necks fit better, oh what a relief this is.

Everyone on this site is so great' date=' so positive, so uplifting. You guys just make my day! Thanks for all the support, I wish you were all here so I could hug your necks![/quote']

What a sweetheart YOU are, I love your story, I am on the success stories thread cause I needed encouragement. I typically weight every two weeks, I jumped the gun and weighed in 5 days early, anyway I weighed the same as I did 9 days ago. I know it will go down soon, your story helps. Thanks

I got all teary eyed when I saw this. Awesome!! Just awesome!! Last month I passed by the stores and thought, i'm never going to shop in those stores again. It's a REALLY weird feeling. I can cut up my silver plated LB card! I've been busy 'shopping' in my own closet! I had so many diff sizes it's embarrassing.

Anyway, HUGS to you and all of us future 'regular' clothes shopping.

BTW, WHERE DO you now skinny ladies buy your clothes. Casual wear? I really don't want a closet full of Wal-mart specials anymore.

I went through this too, almost cried after shopping at The Avenue as I couldn't find anything that didn't seem to be tent size, everything looked HUGE. Not long after the same thing happened at Catherine's ....I was looking for jeans and none fit...finally I walked out empty handed, but mourned it a little, for so many years these have been my go-to stores.

I'm between sizes..kind of doing the 14-16 thing...but I can definately find clothes that fit in the regular stores now, and yes I am happy about it, I've put the past behind me along with bags and bags of 3X, 4X clothing!!