Today I finished all the pre-requirements for my insurance authorization to start! I am so glad to be over this part of it! Now as Tom Petty once said, "the waiting is the hardest part".....

so, to amuse myself, I am wondering if any Lapbanders tried to guess what size they would be in what upcoming season so as to try to pre-purchase clothing? I am especially in love with VINTAGE fashions and there are a few I would like to finally fit into!

any advice. Humor me, I am trying to stay calm and wait......(for authorization, not advice!)

Kimber-lilly

Why dont you go buy yourself something in a smaller sizze and use it as a goal to get into , thats what I did. I found the cutest pair of jean Capris that were a 14/16. I started in a 18/20. I can now fit into them 12 weeks later. It was so great to get those things zipped over my fat gut, I didnt even have to lay down on the bed to do it to make my tummy go flat.

Kimber-lilly -

Crossing my fingers for you!!!

It never occured to me to buy smaller clothes when I first started out. Maybe that's because I already had so many that I'd grown out of still...

I am with you Donali, my mom loves to buy clothes and fairly often they are too small for me (yes even my adorable mom under-estimates me). I have two whole drawers full of new clothes still with tags on in varying sizes. Just in the last few weeks I am fitting back into my last year summer clothes (recall I had a 40 lb weight gain last year that scared me into getting the band). I can't wait to where smaller and smaller things. T

Hi Kimber-lilly,

Here's hoping that things go just as you wish them to so that you will be on your way! Please keep us all posted, and know that we are pulling for you.

Sultana

kimber-lilly,

I wish I had kept a chart, but I didn't. I started out in 26W that had to be altered to be "bigger" because I was NOT going to buy a bigger size... I gave ALL my clothes away as I got smaller because I didn't want a fat reminder... Now I wish I had kept at least one outfit. At one point when I was going through clothes to see what fit and what didn't, I tried on my oldest and biggest and walked up to Joe (my wonderful husband) and I didn't say a word. He turned around and looked at me and just cracked up laughing. They hung on me like a sack.... And I didn't think anyone would be able to tell I had lost any weight, can you imagine that. I now wear an 18 or 16W... So I have gone down , but I am still a chunky girl... But thats ok, I am not like I used to be... One thing I did do, was to take pictures every month whether I could see or feel the difference or not... Now I am very glad I did it because when I look at these pictures, I am amazed at my size... I didn't think I was that big... But at 301 and 5'2" I was BIG.... I was in denial..... I was sick...... But now I am better.

I pray for you to get this done and have very good luck. Busy yourself with a journal, pictures, whatever..... I also did a journal, but the carpal tunnel in my hands slowed my writing down.... I just love to read it now... I wish I had kept it up..

I am really talkative today guys...SORRY