Wow - my self image is really screwed up right now. Around 40 lbs is the most I’ve ever lost at one time and I’m well past that now. It feels good!!

I work from home so I have been able to put off buying new clothes.

I finally broke down today and bought 3 pairs of pants and a few tops. I had to go back to the rack twice for smaller sizes in the pants. Looking at the 20's I was trying on, I was thinking "there's no way these are going to fit"!

I was having a REALLY hard time seeing my weight loss and then last 10lbs has been a really shocking change (to me).

What have you guys been doing about clothes?

Good Luck Pizzi! I'm sure you will do well. See yourself walking into the place everyday and believe it is for you! My good thoughts go with you!

Val

I went from a size 26 in Seven Jeans to a size 18. I even got a pair of size 16 jeans to get on me and close, although they were way way way too tight on me. I cant wait till I am a size 16 for real. I think on top I am already out of the plus size section but it will take me another 15 pounds to get to size 16 jeans. I love trying on clothes because you can really see your progress.

Trying on clothes is such a mind f@ck!! I look at my size 16 jeans and think "NO way will I fit into these" and then they slide right on!!!

I just bought a pair of 14's that are just a little too snug - I can't wait to wear them! I think another 5-10lbs will do it. I am going down in sizes so quickly now - I can't even keep up.

Good luck pizza Cat. You'll do great!! I'm so jealous - I want to move and start a new life too! :rolleyes2:

Thanks for the good wishes, everyone! I'm really excited.

I did find the suit I bought on Amazon, and they do carry several styles. It's made by "It figures" and it's the "slender thighs" collection - very flattering! Hopefully the link will work, but at least you can google the brand name and see it.

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000OP4FTS/sr=1-11/qid=1204654621/ref=dp_image_text/102-9270930-2960151?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&img=MAIN&qid=1204654621&sr=1-11&color%5Fname=x]Image: It Figures! Slender Thighs Collection - Animal Print Floral Swimdress Swimsuit RETAIL VALUE $99[/ame]

Oh - and it's Pizzi cat (pizzicato or "pizzi" was my first kitty). No pizza for me any more! :-)

I know - but I still read PIZZA CAT when I see your name so I'm still calling you that :biggrin:

Argh!! I can feel the love...

Shopping for a bathing suit is sooo scary to me.

Shopping for a bathing suit is sooo scary to me.

Me, too! I bought fabric and am gonna make one!

Evidently I'm long in the torso.

I tried on a one-piece slimmer in the lingerie department the other day and about died laughing! The cups came no where NEAR my breasts, which are, IMHO, quite LOW!!!

Found a slimmer SLIP on a website, but it's sold out!

Grrrrr!!!

I boxed up the last of my big stuff to take to a friend when I go to Dallas this weekend.

2 pair of jammies

3 suits

11 skirts

13 jackets

14 tops, tanks, blouses and shells

It filled up a large moving box!

Hey Guys,

When you go shopping for bathing suits, just think that nothing can be worse than the experience I had, when (completely unsolicited) all three sales clerks at the swimwear shop would fling my dressing room door open every few minutes to see me in each suit I was trying on. A few times, they even managed to catch me in "mid change."

Worse yet, my dressing room was in direct view of a packed open-air restaurant just a few feet across from the shop!

It's a good thing that I had an (ultimately harmless) incident last year that precipitated a visit to the Mayo clinic, where I spent three days baring my breasts to anyone who asked, every hour on the hour -- so I no longer have any modesty whatsoever. Otherwise, I don't think I would have survived my bathing suit shopping expedition!

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If I could kiss Lane Bryant and Avenue goodbye, that would be amazing!!!! I am out of plus size tops and actually fit into a junior XL the other day (misses L) but I am still 18 on the bottom and can't wait to get into size 16!

I just bought a few things today at Lane Bryant. I think that will be my last time shopping in a plus size store!!!!!!! I bought two pairs of pants .... a 16 & 14 and two 14/16 tops.

OMG Frangi, you brave soul! I would have clobbered the salesladies! Good for you for getting through it.

I feel like my sizing is still weird on the bottom. I have a smaller waist and wider hips and thighs, so the misses size pants look TERRIBLE on me most of the time, gapping off my butt in the back and really tight in the bum and legs. Yuck! I can still wear the lower "w" sizes (I'm about a 16W right now on the bottom), but I'm not sure what will fit well once I get officially into the lower sizes, unless that hip to waist ratio gets more in line.

Has anyone else found any pants in misses' sizes that fits the waist and the hips? It's really bugging me! Thank goodness for long tops that cover the waistline.

Speaking of clothes... I bought my first Easter Dress that I don't feel like THE BLOB in :wub: I am actually seeing some curves. It is also 2 dress sizes smaller than pre-lapband.

I also dropped a size. What a wonderful feeling. Makes all my walking worthwhile!!

Good job, Brandottie and LBR! You're on your way!