A continuation of our Summer 2018 Check-In thread...

Welcome all Summer 2018 Surgery Post-Op Patients! As we make our way into the Post-Op zone, let’s carry on the conversation and support.

Everyone is welcome, if you had surgery in the summer of 2018 jump right in!

The Ponies applaud your Post-Op Arrival!

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

@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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Let us know if you found anything!

I had by bypass August 6, 2018 and have been doing great. I am starting to volunteer at the zoo were I live and I have so much more energy. I can actually put my shoes and socks on without almost passing out. I have wanted to be able to sit with my legs crossed for about 25 years and now I sit with them crossed all the time. I wish I could get to the gym more though to firm up all the saggy spots. I had my official 6 month follow up on Valentines day and was so happy with my progress. I am wishing good luck to everyone

Pre surgery stats
Weight 231
BMI 40.6
Chest 45"
Waist 43.5"
Hips 47.5"
Clothes sizes
Pants 22
Shirts 2x

6 Month Stats
Weight 155
BMI 28
Chest 41.5"
Waist 37.5"
Hips 41"
Clothes sizes
Pants 10 Slim
Shirts Medium

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