Ok Ladies I need some help. I love love love love to shop! On a recent shopping trip for some necessities for my 2 boys I decided that I will pick up some items for my post-surgery weight loss. I was looking to buy some clothes from a size 24 down to a 16. Just a few items nothing serious. As I was skimming through the smaller sizes I could not wrap my mind around that I may possibly be in those size 20, 18, or 16 pants and found myself so stressed out that I said forget it and just purchased some summer items in my now size 24. Once I arrived home I was down in the dumps about not being able to wrap my mind around purchasing smaller clothing. Have any of you ladies ever had this happen? If so, how can I get past this?

Please inform me if I am jumping the gun on shopping as I will not be sleeved until Sept. 23.

Thanks for the advice,

Rashaun

I have a very hard time. I was a 30 at my heavyiest and now in a 12 womens. I have alwsys been in plus sizes. My husbsnd took me to Catos one day to find a new dress. The plus size on one side of store and misses on the other side. I walked into store and straight to the plus side the sales woman came up to me and told me my size clothes is on the other side of the store. It made my day that the saleswoman told me to go to the misses sidw of the store. But I still mentally see myself as a big girl. I guess it just tskes time.

I have a very hard time. I was a 30 at my heavyiest and now in a 12 womens. I have alwsys been in plus sizes. My husbsnd took me to Catos one day to find a new dress. The plus size on one side of store and misses on the other side. I walked into store and straight to the plus side the sales woman came up to me and told me my size clothes is on the other side of the store. It made my day that the saleswoman told me to go to the misses sidw of the store. But I still mentally see myself as a big girl. I guess it just tskes time.

I could have wrote this .. This is how I feel

In six months I went from 18's and 20's to 4's and 6's. It was overwhelming, fun, exhilarating......there aren't really words to describe the feelings!!! That was 2 years and 7 months ago. For almost a year I'd automatically head to the women's section and then "remember". I use to dread having to go buy something new, now, I go for the fun of it, just to try on clothes some times. I STILL hold something up and think 'no way'. I still hold up my size 4 jeans just out of the dryer and think 'no way' - it is still unbelievable.

I would consider a size 12 'normal', and by that I mean, you can find size 12's anywhere, unless it's a boutique that caters to really smaller sizes. Personally, I would consider at 14 'normal' but they aren't as available as 12's. I remember going from a 14 - 16 and thinking, 'this is big' that one size made all the difference mentally, to me. Weird, the mind games we play.

I say wait to shop. I got such a lift when I went through my closet and all the clothes were getting looser and looser! I had clothes that I had gotten to large for and then they became too large for me! I would roll the waist down and pull my pants up as far as i could.

When I finally went to "look" I tried on my first size 18 jeans and started happy dancing in the fitting room! Priceless! Down from a 24-28! I felt FANTABULOUS! Shop your closet first by pulling all the old hopeful outfits out first then go "looking"

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