My mom just called me to say that she picked up a very generous gift card from Lane Bryant for me.

I do need clothes because I am pressed for money right now, and have been wearing my old maternity stuff for the last 2 years. But why does it have to be from THAT STORE ?

I've lost almost 70 lbs and if things keep going the way they are now I will be able to wear clothes from stores for 'normal' people in less then 2 months.

I feel as though she expects me to fail. That's what's bugging me ...

:cry

My mom asked me just the other day if I wanted an LB gift card for Christmas. I had to remind her that I am having surgery next year so I didn't want to but a lot of clothes right now.

At first I felt like maybe she didn't believe me that I was going to go through with it.

She did say, "Oh ya that's right." So then I told myself that I have been wearing LB since I was 12, thats years old not the size. So this will take some getting used to for everyone.

Remember too that LB starts at size 14. I'm a 22-24 right now so if I got to a 14 I would be happy and still maybe shop at LB.

My goal of course like most of us is to be able to shop anywhere, and not be retricted.

Ok I see what the consensus is !!! I'm glad I took pause before I opened my mouth!!

I appreciate all of your input.

Ang- Yep my mom is average sized, she lost 120 lbs years ago, so she has forgotten some of the tribulations that go along w/ being obese.

When I was a teen I lost 135 lbs on my own over a 5 year period, but like most ppl. I could not keep it off. So when I started talking about surgery she just didn't get why I couldn't do what she did.

Leena- No Flames here! Congrats on your weight loss you are doing a fantastic job!! Yep we're almost the same weight, although I am really tall for a woman. I've started to pull out some of the clothing that I wore before I was pregnant and have noticed that my top is already down to a size 18 but my bottom is still larger.

I'm thrilled to see the numbers on my clothes and scale go down for the 1st time in years !!!