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BigTink2LilTink    723

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So tonight I stopped by my local Walmart after work. I wanted to pick up a few food items, a new tooth brush, and some jeans. Yes I wanted a pair of non-big and tall, not gonna cost me $60/70/80/90/100+ a pair jeans. So I found some jeans. $10 jeans, and $15 jeans. So I brought those jeans. Like 5 pairs of jeans. What I would normally pay for a single pair of jeans a few short years ago, can now get me at least 5 pairs now.

This picture shows my 18 month progress from a few months before I started my pre-surgery diet to tonight. Bottom pair are a 56 waist 34 lenght pair of pants. Those were my pants before the surgery. They were also starting to get real tight to put on when I finally agreed to go through with surgery. The middle pair. Those are a 44 waist 34 lenght. I started wearing these around this past July. They were the first non-big and tall store only pair of pants I got. This was about 7/8 months post surgery too.

Now we are here. The new pair. The pair that tells me I no longer have a four foot wide waist anymore. The pair that says I can now walk into any store I want to and can more than likely get a pair of pants that fit. That feeling is a really damn good feeling. Its not as good as smoke a great fucking grade of weed, but damn it its real real close to that feeling. Well thats it. I just wanted to share my non-scale scaled victory of the moment for me.

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SeahawksFan    444

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Great job. You've got this!!!

~LA

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VSGAnn2014    12,992

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:)

Don't you love it?

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BigTink2LilTink    723

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For the first time ever I am literally happy going shopping for clothing. I use to dread doing this cause it was either a reminder of gaining weight, or me having to spend so much on clothes that weren't necessarily cool or the "in" trend at the time. I swear this has also helped restore a lot of my confidence that I had lost over the last 12 months or so. With the troubles from the surgery its finally good to see some real true progress that's tangible. To look in the closet and see where I came from to where I am now....very eye opening experience to say the least.

:)

Don't you love it?

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fernandfj    469

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Congrats on the awesome progress! Fantastic job! That picture really says it all!

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BigTink2LilTink    723

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I kinda wish I would have gotten the vest. But instead I'll just go get a tailored suit made.

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thegentleoso    65

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Congrats! I can't wait to by pants in a regular store.

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BigTink2LilTink    723

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In due time my friend. You will get there in due time and you will enjoy it. To be able to buy 4 and 5 pairs of pants for about the same amount of money that would usually get you only a single pair out of the big and tall stores.

Congrats! I can't wait to by pants in a regular store.

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