I am 8.5 weeks post op and have lost 31lbs so far. I went shopping for the first time yesterday for some clothes and I tried a size down because my clothes from home seem bigger but everything I tried on was too small. So I went back to trying on the size that I'm used to and everything fit, so I'm feeling a little discouraged and wondering why I'm seeing the difference in the mirror and on the scale but not in my clothes? Has anyone else experienced this?

That's one on the reasons I haven't gone. I just think it maybe the skin. That's just a guess, I'm right at 7 weeks out. Way to go on the lost...WOOOHOOO!!!!

Ya that could maybe be it! Thank you! [emoji4] hopefully it continues!

I didn't need new sizes for the first two months- reality was that what I was wearing was tight.

I would bet money that all the clothing you own was actually too small for you -- but you didn't realize / didn't want to go up a size. That definitely was true of me. Now, roughly 85 pounds down, I have some clothes that fit me perfectly, but that I was still wearing while I was bigger...

If you are in plus sizes it takes forever to lose a size, because of how they are designed also what @Brandeis said.

When you get smaller, every 5-10 pounds is a size

I have been avoiding it as well. I have many xl and size 18 in the closet. I went out today to find an interview outfit, and tried on a 16 pants and a large top. They fit! Just go back in a month and try again, you don't want to waste too much money on clothes now anyways, you still have many more pounds to lose. ?