Summer 2018 Surgery Buddies: POST-OP Discussion

[Megan Sadler 186]

On 02/23/2019 at 07:10, Kris77 said:

Is that Salt Lake City, Utah?

Yes Salt Lake City utah. I live about an hour south of there in Orem. And I’m terrified of going clothes shopping. It makes me panic. I’ve always had anxiety clothes shopping

[Kris77 1,530]

Oh I see. Well with the weight loss hopefully it becomes more of a fun thing as oppose to anxiety inducing. I get that too. I never liked shopping before bc I’d see myself in the mirror and also had to see the sizes I had to put on. Now I have to say it’s more fun.
Hope you’re able to find some cute stuff!! I just bought a few things here and there as I lost weight bc I knew I was still losing. I have 22 pounds until I hit my goal weight.

[Megan Sadler 186]

I have 54lbs to go. I’m going to the gym about 2-3 times a week. So that’s nice

[Megan Sadler 186]

I actually had to brave it for a pair of leggings recently and used one of my husbands shirts and it was a huge difference. I still look in the mirror and I feel strange

[Kris77 1,530]

! I’ve never been to Utah but I hear it’s beautiful

[Kris77 1,530]

Yes me too. When I take pics I am excited to finally feel confident in the pics but then I look st the pic and all I see is that I still have big legs etc. I don’t see the insane amount of weight loss when I take a pic but when I look bk at pre surgery pics I do see it. Guess everyone is their own worse critic and clearly I am on myself. My brain needs to catch up with the changes in my body.

[Megan Sadler 186]

On 02/23/2019 at 07:20, Kris77 said:

! I’ve never been to Utah but I hear it’s beautiful

Some people say it is. But the air is as bad as LA was when I was there last. A lot of the businesses don’t even take care of their fronts and lots, the roads are bad. Ugh. I’m biased. I hate utah. I miss home more than anything (Colorado Springs Colorado) home was stunning. We had the garden of the gods, the incline, everything was beautiful.

[libbyleeb 97]

They say there has never been a better time to go thrift shopping. So many people are watching the Marie Kondo series on Netflix and purging there closets of anything that does not “spark joy” that the thrift stores are overflowing with good quality items. I should make a trip myself. I am interviewing for new jobs and had to face the fact that all of my suits made me look like a little girl in her mother’s clothes.

[Kris77 1,530]

@libby leeb
But that’s a great feeling though to have dropped in sizes like that!!
@megan Sadler now Colorado is on my bucket list!! I want to go white Water rafting there w my husband and my boys. Everything about Colorado is appealing!! I hear it’s expensive to live there though. We are just outside of Houston in Texas.

[Megan Sadler 186]

I wonder if that’s true in SLC. Out here it’s just big families who pass their old stuff down to their youngest kids or it’s college student. One of our thrift stores just closed down recently. I’ve never had much luck at the other one because people finally purge stuff that should have been burned in the 80s . I always had great luck elsewhere. Especially Colorado but out here people are like “oh this item is still usable” and it most certainly is not. I had one lady donate old clothes to me... it was bad. Like shoulder pads and sequins bad.... thank god it didn’t fit.

[Kris77 1,530]

Lol shoulder pads!! That is so very 80’s and 90’s!!

[Kris77 1,530]

We have a lot of great resale shops down here. Some still have tags on them or are gently used.

[libbyleeb 97]

Hmm, I don’t know if it is true in Utah as well. I hope so! I wish you some some wonderful cheap finds so you can get through this transition feeling cute.

[Megan Sadler 186]

I’m going to brave the thrift shops in salt lake today and then go to chipotle for a burrito bowl with no rice and added guacamole 😍😍 of which I’ll eat maybe 1/3 lol

[Kris77 1,530]

Let us know if you found anything!