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After your surgery, what body part of your, was the first you notice getting smaller?

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  • desertgirl_74
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    I noticed my shoulders, neck and face first. And yes @@BLERDgirl, I too have lost in my feet. I'm almost 6mo post-op and I'm down one shoe size.

  • @@byebyefat thanks! My surgery was 4/28, I'm 5 months out. I went back to work at 3 weeks post op, so I vividly remember how I felt. Lots of uncertainty for me, and hopefulness. Now I'm just confid

  • The Candidate
    The Candidate

    Face definitely, followed closely by butt. Boobs sadly, are still in the Grand Tetons arena.

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@@byebyefat

I have gone from.a 44DD to a 38D and I am only 10 weeks out. I would love to be a 34C.

Face & muffin top.

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@@byebyefat

I have gone from.a 44DD to a 38D and I am only 10 weeks out. I would love to be a 34C.

omg u give me so much hope, I'm a 42dd, and I so want to be a 36c
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Thank you so much for answering my question, yall are awesome and congratulations on all of your progress, I see my lost in my feet and face , everyone says my stomach, I'll be 3 weeks post op tommorow, and I was a tight size 24 and went into lane bryant today and I tried on a 22 , wayyyyy to big, so I tried on a 20 , their a lil big but a 18 fits but too tight so I bought neither, imma check out old Navy n get a pair on clearance

@@byebyefat

I have gone from.a 44DD to a 38D and I am only 10 weeks out. I would love to be a 34C.

omg u give me so much hope, I'm a 42dd, and I so want to be a 36c

There's hope. I started at 46DD and now I'm at 40/42C.

Mine was face and butt / hips. I keep looking behind me wondering where that darn thing went!

@@byebyefat - have you looked at Poshmark.com? You can actually search for clothes by brand (including Lane Bryant, Avenue, Torrid, etc.) and by size and then buy some at a huge discount since they are "used". I have a closet on there and have posted several pairs of pants and jeans with tags still on. (You can actually search for New With Tags.) That would be a cheaper way to go while changing sizes so quickly. Amazing that you dropped that many sizes in such a short time! I was in 26's (which were tight) pre-op and have just transitioned in to 20's (which were a little baggy yesterday but not enough to get in to 18's).

Oddly, my right wrist. I have this weird habit of encircling my right wrist with my left hand. When I'm heavy, I can't get my finger and thumb to touch. When I would lose a few pounds, I could -- barely-- get them to touch and that always felt fabulous. Now, I can touch my finger and thumb with a lot of overlap -- all the time! Yeah! I've also lost about 3 inches in my stomach.

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Mine was face and butt / hips. I keep looking behind me wondering where that darn thing went!

@@byebyefat - have you looked at Poshmark.com? You can actually search for clothes by brand (including Lane Bryant, Avenue, Torrid, etc.) and by size and then buy some at a huge discount since they are "used". I have a closet on there and have posted several pairs of pants and jeans with tags still on. (You can actually search for New With Tags.) That would be a cheaper way to go while changing sizes so quickly. Amazing that you dropped that many sizes in such a short time! I was in 26's (which were tight) pre-op and have just transitioned in to 20's (which were a little baggy yesterday but not enough to get in to 18's).

thank you so much, I never heard of that site, but I'm going check it out tommorow, what's your store name on there?

Oddly, my right wrist. I have this weird habit of encircling my right wrist with my left hand. When I'm heavy, I can't get my finger and thumb to touch. When I would lose a few pounds, I could -- barely-- get them to touch and that always felt fabulous. Now, I can touch my finger and thumb with a lot of overlap -- all the time! Yeah! I've also lost about 3 inches in my stomach.

congratulations, your doing great

I am two weeks out and oddly enough I have noticed my lower arms/wrists smaller and my stomach area.

Boobs for sure!!

@@byebyefat - well the body part I noticed getting bigger, oh wait, this isn't the guys room ;-) Sorry, carry on talking about bra sizes.

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Oooohhh love this. I'm preop but id love to lose a bra size or 3 lol. Awesome work ladies!

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