I've lost well over a 100 pounds since my surgery. I went from a size 28 pants to a size 12. Problem is, when I go cloths shopping, I still go to the plus size section. Just the other day I bought a cute shirt - 3X! When I put it on the next day, it was clearly too big! Am I crazy? Does anyone else not "realize" how much weight they have lost?

I don't think I would buy the larger size but I am always asking my husband if I am smaller or bigger than someone walking by me. I have no idea how I look. I know I can wear size 16. but don't know what that means.

I don't think I would buy the larger size but I am always asking my husband if I am smaller or bigger than someone walking by me. I have no idea how I look. I know I can wear size 16. but don't know what that means.

OMG I do this too! I tell my husband "look around and show me someon that is the same size as me". He rolls his eyes! lol

No, sorry I don't have that problem. I just go to the size 10's, and then start giggling. To each their own, but congrats to all for your success ! Way to go !

I know my own concept of 'personal size' began shifting when I EMOTIONALLY realized I was no longer usually the largest person in the room.

And the sudden discovery there were entire STORES that sold clothing mismarked without "XXXX" in the size tag.

Perhaps the BIGGEST 'NSV' I've never listed here, is when I suddenly realized when wiping in the bathroom, I no longer was a "go between" but suddenly had the optional "go around" approach.

Body dysmorphia in our psychic software is subject to a lot of discussion from time to time.

Being able to slip between partially open doors, or when doing home chores, being able to fit into a space previously inaccessible, was a clue for me as much as 'size' on my clothing.

Getting rid of all the old XXXX stuff helped, but I did keep one set of 'fat clothes' just to remind of where I had been.

It's odd to hold those old 56-58 sports shorts up now, but there I was.

And here I am, still a bit confused about 'what size AM I'......

seeing that reflection in the store windows without the 'usual crowd' following my every step.....

Edited August 10, 201411 yr by Jack

You have done amazing work!!! Pat yourself on the back! I have only lost 30 lbs but I have a hard time seeing it..Everyone sees it but me..I've been used to plus sized clothes for so long that I'm sure when I get smaller I'll have to stop myself from looking there.

I am so confused about sizes that I don't even bother. I will know I am truly a size ten once I fit into a Levi's shirt I wore in college. I kept it, my daughters later wore it, and now they gave it back to me because I'm gonna fit in it by my next birthday. That shirt was from 1979 when a size ten was a size ten. I was five feet six and 155 pounds when I was a size ten. Now I've shrunk to 5 feet 5 inches, so I'll have to be down to 145 probably. I'm glad the shirt is a classic, and you bet your butt I'm gonna wear it till it falls apart.

I just bought a few shirts like 2 weeks ago when I tried them in the store they fit just right now I have to keep pulling them up so the girls or bra straps aren't showing also I still go to the plus size & start there then I go to what they consider the normal sizes and start at the biggest size and go down till I find what fits , sometimes I even take 3 of the same pants or shirts but in different sizes to make sure what fits and I'm comfortable with, some makes are smaller than others it depends on the cut.

Someone took pictures of our softball game Sunday, and got a good one of me....I kept looking at it thinking how fat I looked, and trying to compare myself to people in other photos.....

And Yet...in that photo.....I am wearing size SMALL Under Armour shorts, and size MEDIUM Under Armour shirt.....I still cannot get my brain to accept what it is clearly looking at?