So im at a christmas party , at my best friends home. His wife who has supported me and I are talking about clothes shopping. I like talking about thrift shopping and my latest finds ( got a pair of dress pants, gorgeous ones, from goodwill the other day, 4.99, they were from Barney's of New York and had the tags still on them for 250 bucks retail....( yay me!)

Anyway, she tells me she has a few pairs of american eagle jeans that her son ( then 16) outgrew last year, and would I like them? SO of course i said sure! I never looked at the size i had already mentioned i was wearing 32 waist 30 inseam jeans that day. SO i assumed they were my size. My friend even laughed and said, man can you imagine wearing jeans my 16 year old son wore?

Now i only recently even tried getting into 32/30 jeans. End of november i was wearing 36/30 jeans, then 34/30 jeans a few weeks ago.

So the move to the 32's has been very recent. SO anyway, I get home later that evening and i look at the jeans.

The tag reads 29/30 . Of course i laugh and hold them up, they look like something ELmo would fit into. Straight cut by the way.

As a joke i throw a leg into them, and then the other.....

Yes you guessed it, THEY FIT! No not wonderfully. I wouldn't tuck in a dress shirt in em. But damn! i could wear em. Holy %$#k! Are you shitting me? People, just for reference, it was 1 year ago I was wearing 56's Now 1 year and 1 week later post surgery and Im able to fit into a 29 waist?

Yea i don't think I stopped smiling for several hours.

Heck i'm smiling now just thinking about it.

My in laws came over today for our christmas, and they gave me a very nice gift card to nordstroms ( which i have never shopped at ) and said to " buy something you wouldn't normally buy for yourself , to celebrate" ( my birthday was 3 days ago.) So im going to do a little shopping! ( with Nordstroms prices, it wont be much, but? it'll be fun!)

If it seems like i'm bragging, I apologize, i'm sure there's a little brag in there, but I wanted to say to those who are fighting the good fight and struggling....You can do this! I anxiously wait for your GOAL post! Keep all those NSV's coming.

They all add up and mean a lot. You can get there. Don't give up!

Brag away! This is so awesome to hear! Congratulations.

Congratulations. You are an inspiration. I also wore 56 before my surgery 5 weeks ago and cam currently wearing a loose 50. Be happy if I get to 36. Keep updating your progress.

Congrats man! Awesome story!

love NSVs!

You definitely have bragging rights!

That is a super big deal!

I'd be smiling and bragging too!

P.S. it's not bragging. Lol

I'm so happy for you!

Congratulations!!!!!!

That's awesome! DH and I were both sleeved this past summer and have found some awesome deals at Goodwill. Secretly becoming a shopping addiction, lol.

Brag away! You've earned it!

Sometimes when I'm doing laundry, I hold up my size 4 or 6 jeans and still can't beleive I can fit into them. It's fucking surreal.

That's amazing and I can only imagine your happiness! Congrats!

I love it!!!

Congratulations!

And maybe see if you can use that gift card at Nordstrom Rack and it will go a tad further!

lol i bought some great timberland boots from nordstrom rack online, but i bought, some underwear for 12 bucks a pair (????) a spanx t shirt for 58 bucks. a pair of northface gloves, a pair of ralph lauren gloves, ( both half price) some facial dry skin moisturizer by jack black. for like 18 bucks, ( stuff is awesome though, ) and some hand cream as well. and two pairs of ralph lauren socks, purple and range! lol at like 8 bucks a pair on sale... Very happy, i had picked up a pair od diesel jeans but even marked down they were 180 bucks...sorry even with a gift card im not buying 180 dollar jeans.