I had surgery on 11/29 and I’m trying to not focus too much on the numbers on the scale or on my clothes.

My non scale victories since 11/29

Had to have a spacer put on my wedding ring

I’m wearing a coat I haven’t worn in 2 yrs

I got rid of my pre-surgery work uniforms

I’ve cleaned my closet twice already

What are your non scale victories?!

14 hours ago, Molly23 said:

Love this one!! Definitely relate to it big time! Even squeezinga top out of 1 yard sometimes!!

Would love to see pics of your handmade clothes! Are you in any sewing Facebook groups?

Today I discovered completely by accident that I can wrap a bath towel around me comfortably. No more need for extra large bath “sheets”! Omg!

Similar to towels fitting comfortably ...

Hotel robes - Not only do they fit, but they have plenty of extra room to wrap around me!

2 hours ago, sillykitty said:

Similar to towels fitting comfortably ...

Hotel robes - Not only do they fit, but they have plenty of extra room to wrap around me!

It's crazy the amount of ordinary things that you cannot enjoy when you are a certain size. I have a long way to go before I am anywhere near your loss, but I am beyond thrilled with the progress so far. So many things that thin people take for granted that I am so happy about.

3 hours ago, Swanton_Bomb said:

Today I discovered completely by accident that I can wrap a bath towel around me comfortably. No more need for extra large bath “sheets”! Omg!

Omgggg. I went overseas and ALL of the towels there were like... hand towels on me. I could barely cover a boob. So embarrassing! That'll be a nice thing to experience. lol!

Today my pants fell down at work. Does that count as a victory?

(No one was in the hallway at the time so... thank god for that. lmao.) I'm riding out these baggy pants as long as humanly possible.

On 12/17/2018 at 10:31, sillykitty said:

Similar to towels fitting comfortably ...

Hotel robes - Not only do they fit, but they have plenty of extra room to wrap around me!

Yaaaas! Whenever we’d stay in a hotel, my husband would wear the robe and I’d be pretty jealous. We were just a hotel and even though I’ve got a ways to go, the robes were massive on me! ?

Oh, this? Just my prom dress. NBD.

6 minutes ago, MegPRN said:

Oh, this? Just my prom dress. NBD.

Nope we need details...

8 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Nope we need details...

Lol, well, that dress is old enough to be going to its own prom (I’m 34, so it’s 16 years old) and this is the first time since high school I’ve fit into it

7 minutes ago, MegPRN said:

Lol, well, that dress is old enough to be going to its own prom (I’m 34, so it’s 16 years old) and this is the first time since high school I’ve fit into it

CONGRATS ?!!!

Omgggg. I went overseas and ALL of the towels there were like... hand towels on me. I could barely cover a boob. So embarrassing! That'll be a nice thing to experience. lol!

Today my pants fell down at work. Does that count as a victory?
(No one was in the hallway at the time so... thank god for that. lmao.) I'm riding out these baggy pants as long as humanly possible.

BaHhaahaha oh no, get yourself some new pants, sis, you deserve them!

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Lol, well, that dress is old enough to be going to its own prom (I’m 34, so it’s 16 years old) and this is the first time since high school I’ve fit into it [emoji4]

Wowweee. I'm seriously impressed and it's a lovely prom dress too, you could totally wear that as an evening dress now!

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So, I bought some tall boots online and ordered a size down, which I knew my feet had shrunk), and wide width and they were too wide. I love the boots though so fortunately they have a little strap to tighten the boot and I’ve had to make a hole all the way at the other end of the strap so they they don’t look too big. I can wear them with Jeans and still have lots of room around the calf. Didn’t realize how much my calves have shrunk. My legs have always been big especially my calves.

As of today, I am obese. Normally, the knowledge of being obese is pretty distressing, but pre-op, I was "Morbidly Obese", then I scaled down to "Severely Obese". As of today, I am merely "Obese. The next hurdle is to get to merely "Overweight", and hopefully, someday, "Healthy Weight". So yay for being obese, LOL.

My dream is to be merely overweight, but my goal might still be at the bottom of obese. Forget what BMI 175 and 5ft8in is, maybe 30? Guess I should look it up, yeah.