Hello all! I'm self pay so I actually don't know who to talk to about this but I'm 5'5" size 24/26 315 lb I'm guesstimating that I'll hopefully be right under 300 on the day of surgery 10/7/13. I'm thinking that I hope to make it to 170 when it's all said and done and be a 12/14. I feel like I'll never be in single digit sizes. Has anyone my size gotten down to like a 8? And if you are a size 8 how much do you weigh?

Hi. I am also 5'5"and 320lbs and size 26/28. I am not having my surgery until January but I can tell you once I do there is no stopping me! I am going to be in a normal BMI range I am not going to be overweight anymore and I will make it down to single digits - I cannot say how much I will weigh though because I have never been that thin before.

Once for a brief moment when I was on Atkins I got down to 170 and was a 12 - that was with doing pilates and swimming 6 days a week.

Don't sell yourself short, when I was sleeved 13 months ago, I started out weighing 354 and on the day of surgery I was 334, I am 5'9"... My goal weight is also 170, and this morning I weighed 189 and I'm still losing weight pretty easily, I wear a size 12 now but I don't see any reason why I won't be a size 10 in few months, so don't be discouraged you are going to do great and if you follow the diet plan and exercise moderately I don't see any reason why you wouldn't get to a size 8 if you want to be!

Thank you :-) I'll do what I can I guess it's one of the "I've been fat all my life so seeing a M for a label size is impossible!

Thank you :-) I'll do what I can I guess it's one of the "I've been fat all my life so seeing a M for a label size is impossible!

That's the truth! I have never been less than 200 as an adult! Wouldn't it be nice not to have to look for the sizes on the back of the rack or bottom of the pile at the store?? I can't imagine either, but I know it will happen!! Woo hoo

I'm 4"11- was a size 22 pre surgery. I weighed 248 surgery day BMI of 55ish. I'm now 148.8. My weight loss has slowed, but I am only 15-20lbs from my goal. I initially thought I would be in a 10/12 at my goal weight, but I am currently wearing an 8/10 solidly- even in fancy designer dresses. Don't sell yourself short and know your sleeve can help you get wherever you want to go. That being said- I am having to consciously think about what I am eating and what I need to eat now to lose this last little bit, but- I know I can do it.

I am of a similar plan. I am 5ft 5 and goal right now is 180. I have never been thin, so being a 12/14 would be amazing. I figure my goal can change as I get closer. My dr office set my initial goal to 210 based on 60% excess body weight loss. I do know I do not believe in the bmi as a goal setting tool.

I started out at 299 lbs. Now 19 months out weighing 173ish and wearing a size 8 to my surprise and I'm 5'6 tall I believe that anything is doable. I want u to take in to a count on ur body frame not all are the same.

Thank you :-) I'll do what I can I guess it's one of the "I've been fat all my life so seeing a M for a label size is impossible!

I have been big all my life, the smallest I ever was in high school after starving for months was 170 and I think I wore a 10/11 but that was almost 20 years ago, the transformation you will go thru along the way will be life changing but it also takes time for your mental picture of yourself to catch up with your body, even though I know I wear a 12 in dresses and pants and a large in most shirts, I still find myself going to the larger sizes first I pick up the size I wear and it just looks so small and I think there is no way I can fit in that so take a bigger size to the dressing room and its too big, it just takes a while to get the fat girl image out if your mind.

Sizes run so differently than they used to.. They got smart and yesterday's 12 is now an 8. Good news for us! It's motivating. I am 162 currently and have a 16 year old skirt in size 12, new shorts in 10's, size 8 capris and a stretchy jean skirt in a 6. I am a pear and carry my weight in my extremities, that makes a difference too.

Wellll I'm a 5'5" 207 lb pear. I found an Elle size small top that I loved. Decided to buy it as an inspiration piece. When I got it home and tried it on IT FIT!! A little tighter now that I've washed it but.... It fit! And, I've gotten a lot of compliments!

Oh, and I'm wearing size 16 bottoms.

I know what it's like to doubt, I have weighed over 200 for well over 30 years. Highest was 306. We can do it