Before surgery I bought a dress for my sons wedding. Size 24. I beat myself up over my weight. I was embarrassed.

I went shopping for my birthday today. Brought me to tears. Here is my new sweater dress. I love the photos everyone has posted of styles they are wearing. I know this is a girly thing..Sorry men..... @@Babbs @Elode. Can I steal your style...I love the cute clothing you both find.

Jenn1,

Happy tears indeed! You look amazing – congrats on your weight loss and new life! Thanks for sharing.

@@Alex Brecher - you are not excluded....let's see a new pic, sir. we appreciate too!

You don't see many pics from guys on style because some of us would like adult giranimals to match clothes together. It's like my style maturity stopped when I gained my weight.. Stuck at about 1990..

@@Alex Brecher - you are not excluded....let's see a new pic, sir. we appreciate too!

Here's a pic of me at ObesityWeek in LA last week.

I uploaded a few more recent pics to my BariatricPal Album.

@@craigcu

giranimals! My generation my friend!

@@Alex Brecher

Looking pretty GQ. Here's a thought. We need a calendar for 2016 with the men of bariatricpal.

@@Alex Brecher

Looking pretty GQ. Here's a thought. We need a calendar for 2016 with the men of bariatricpal.

Ha! Although I do love the idea of a WLS calendar with before and afters....pretty nifty idea.

@@Alex Brecher - Post plastic, maybe. Geez, I did this to be a sex object to one and only one.

@@OKCPirate

A well played sexual harassment card.