I started at size 24/26. Surgery was 9/3/2013. Today I tried on 2 different outfits in a size 20...and they FIT!!! OMG I am beyond excited!!! It's been sooooo long since I have worn that size!!! I honestly didnt even think they would fit!! I was extremely shocked and oh soooo ecstatic!! :D

Way to go redbean. You're doing great.

Thank ya, sir:)

Thank you ma'am:) </blockquote> There you go with that ma'am thing...oh you make me feel so old..Even though you learned as being polite...Where I come from it means showing respect to the old ones around you...yikes!

I don't even remotely feel like your old, I promise!! Hah, I say ma'am to lotsa folks on here...come on down south, you'll see what I'm talking about

I don't even remotely feel like your old, I promise!! Hah, I say ma'am to lotsa folks on here...come on down south, you'll see what I'm talking about

Yes down south, where little kids get "slapped upside the head" for neglecting to say ma'am. She's right, I have found myself saying yes ma'am to women much younger than me.

I've been told I say y'all way too much. I didn't think that was possible.

Yes down south, where little kids get "slapped upside the head" for neglecting to say ma'am. She's right, I have found myself saying yes ma'am to women much younger than me.

Yep, pretty much how it works. My MMA instructor calls me "Ms. Heather" and "ma'am" ALL the time and he's older than me!

I've been told I say y'all way too much. I didn't think that was possible.

Yes, it's possible!!

Thank you ma'am:) </blockquote> There you go with that ma'am thing...oh you make me feel so old..Even though you learned as being polite...Where I come from it means showing respect to the old ones around you...yikes!

I don't even remotely feel like your old, I promise!! Hah, I say ma'am to lotsa folks on here...come on down south, you'll see what I'm talking about

I don't even remotely feel like your old, I promise!! Hah, I say ma'am to lotsa folks on here...come on down south, you'll see what I'm talking about

Yes down south, where little kids get "slapped upside the head" for neglecting to say ma'am. She's right, I have found myself saying yes ma'am to women much younger than me.

Here in Canada we say sorry a lot even if it does not apply or there is nothing to be sorry for...We can bump into a chair and say sorry to it....I guess that may not be the same...different strokes for different folks eh....Guess I will have to live with the ma'am comment..Don't want anyone forgetting their manners now would we.....lol

I've been told I say y'all way too much. I didn't think that was possible.

I say it all the time--with an almost-Indian accent I have even been known to say all y'all and fixing to.

But I have never stooped to "over yonder". Yet.

It was a military thing for me. I say ma'am and sir a lot. However I cuss like a sailor when I'm mad! lol

Ya'll I picked up in NC but have lost that one being back in the Northwest for 7 years. I have not lost soda tho, here is pop.

I'll correct that....I wasn't military my husband was. But I lived it too damn it.

Or what about "BABY" I got called baby by everyone in the south

Here in Canada we say sorry a lot even if it does not apply or there is nothing to be sorry for...We can bump into a chair and say sorry to it....I guess that may not be the same...different strokes for different folks eh....Guess I will have to live with the ma'am comment..Don't want anyone forgetting their manners now would we.....lol

That's right! ;-D

Or what about "BABY" I got called baby by everyone in the south

I cannot stand that!! I call children baby, but once you're grown - it's CREEPY!! I don't like that. I work with a woman who calls everyone baby...yuk!

I cannot stand that!! I call children baby, but once you're grown - it's CREEPY!! I don't like that. I work with a woman who calls everyone baby...yuk!

How about the sweetie and honey from people you just met? Followed by "now baby, what church do y'all go to?"

How about the sweetie and honey from people you just met? Followed by "now baby, what church do y'all go to?"

I do call people "Hun"...gotta admit that...not sweetie...but of course we all go to church somewhere ;-P

Ummm I might have gotten mad at a few creepers calling me "Baby" Seems like I lost a lot of the hun and sweetie while being in the ruder NW. And it's so different here. sigh