Today I had an unexpected and surprisingly satisfying NSV. I noticed that my belly button shrank. It's about 50% shallower than it used to be! Who knew I would be so pleased about less depth to my belly button? ?

I’ve lost 30lbs preparing for surgery (on Dec 5) and the most exciting NSW for me is that when I take a bath my butt no longer serves as a stop gap when draining the tub. Previously water would be able to pass by but now there are multiple inches between my sides and the tub walls on both sides.

A local online platform had a big sale on clothing recently. I was really frustrated that all the size M shirts were already sold out and only bigger sizes up to 5XL were available. I was complaining to my wife and then she started laughing and reminded me that is this not what I was complaining about last year ?.

My husband was folding clothes today and asked whose underwear are these? Yours or Iz’s..,our 11 year old daughter. They were mine. ?☺️

Edited November 28, 20223 yr by HeatherBradham

3 hours ago, HeatherBradham said:

My husband was folding clothes today and asked whose underwear are these? Yours or Iz’s..,our 11 year old daughter. They were mine. ?☺️

This made my day hahaha

On 11/25/2022 at 2:15 AM, BigSue said:

Torrid is a plus-size store, so their size 0 is equivalent to a large in non-plus sizing.

It was weird for me to size out of plus-size stores. For my entire adult life, I was limited to a handful of stores that made clothes in my size, and now that I can find clothes in my size almost anywhere, the options are overwhelming and I have no idea where to shop!

I LOVE Torrid jeans, I will actually be sad to size out but still looking forward to it. I don't even know where to find good jeans. HAHA! I plan to go shopping with my cousin who has my style and smaller so she can guide me on where to find jeans equivalent to torrid!

22 minutes ago, kcuster83 said:

I LOVE Torrid jeans, I will actually be sad to size out but still looking forward to it. I don't even know where to find good jeans. HAHA! I plan to go shopping with my cousin who has my style and smaller so she can guide me on where to find jeans equivalent to torrid!

That’s how I felt sizing out of Avenue’s petite butter denim Jeans which were so comfortable. Not that I’m complaining about being too skinny now!

It's nice to see finally see your body's shape & not just rolls when you see your shadow!

Put my Apple Watch on for the first time since pre-op yesterday. I used to have to have it on the furthest hole thingy because it’d be too tight otherwise. Put it on and it was way too loose on that same one I used to need. Can hardly believe it.

On 11/18/2022 at 2:32 PM, 2021NewMe said:

Awesome This second time I got on plane, no stress belt buckle easily with some belt to spare! I even got front seat passenger cell phone that fell, slid to my feet! NYC how was Lion King ? I want to see it too!

Thank you! Lion King was WONDERFUL!!! The little kid in me ooohed, aaahed, laughed, cried, all of it. lol!

I have three.
1. I have reached that point where my armpits are actually pits. Weird.
2. I can feel my hip bones. And my hip bones can feel stuff. Weirder.
3. I can row on the rower with my knees inside my arms instead of outside my arms. The weirdest.
It feels so strange but I love it.

Bitter sweet.

I lost my wedding ring. Before surgery I had to take it off because it was so tight.

Then about a month after was able to put it back on, a smidge tight but comfortable. Within a few months loose side of comfortable and before I new it too big.

I noticed when I dried my hands it would slip off into the towel while drying (etc)

Then, all of a sudden it was gone. I dug threw the trash piece by piece and searched the entire house! Next we are taking the bathroom drain apart to see if it fell in.

It wasn't expensive, more of just a statement. It sucks and is bothering me!

On 7/28/2022 at 7:22 PM, Smanky said:

I'll experience my first summer at goal at the end of this year (Southern Hemisphere), so I'm really curious to see how differently I feel in the heat.

On the flip-side, this winter we're currently in down here... I feel the cold like I never did before. I look at other folks who aren't rugged up like the Michelin Man in puffers and beanies and multi-layers and wonder how on earth they can stand it! I've never been so low on insulating blubber!

Ha, yeah, I've never been so cold as I've been since surgery. It think it's getting better, but it's summer so I can't tell. Except that the heat is not bothering me... like at all.... like I barely sweat. I imagine the winter will be cold again for me. Will see soon enough.

I don't know how much of this is due to weight loss vs just getting older, but according to the marks on the wall at my Mom's house, I'm almost 3/4 of an inch shorter now than in 2007. Guessing I had pretty fat feet! ... or fat on the top of my head, Lol!

9 hours ago, kcuster83 said:

Bitter sweet.

I lost my wedding ring. Before surgery I had to take it off because it was so tight.

Then about a month after was able to put it back on, a smidge tight but comfortable. Within a few months loose side of comfortable and before I new it too big.

I noticed when I dried my hands it would slip off into the towel while drying (etc)

Then, all of a sudden it was gone. I dug threw the trash piece by piece and searched the entire house! Next we are taking the bathroom drain apart to see if it fell in.

It wasn't expensive, more of just a statement. It sucks and is bothering me!

Edited December 5, 20223 yr by summerseeker
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Sitting down and crossing my legs with out straining or keeping it up on the other leg.