yippeeee

i am now well and truly in the normal sized section ... ok i am still a XL .... but at least i don't have to limit myself to clothes in the "plus size" section.

i have been able to drag out clothes that i haven't worn in years ... including above the knee skirts.

i just feel so good. i still have a long way to go, but i can see the weight reducing most everyday!

i have in the past brought clothes thinking "it will fit soon" ... now i buy clothes a size or two too small and i know i will be in them in a month or so. It is just so exciting.

yay for meeeee!!!

love to hear your stories ... and successes

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! That is SO exciting! I haven't been banded yet . . . but let me tell you . . . as soon as I get down to where you are, that Lane Bryant card will be cut into BITS. Good job!

Congrats to you! I know what you mean. My loss is about 24 pounds, but thanks to a membership at Contours I am also down 4 inches (after the pounds), and I am pulling jeans out of my closet that haven't fit in so long. I was shocked to discover that I had to buy my dress pants in the juniors section at Fashion Bug. I was just so used to having to buy things big. What a great change!!!! Of course I still have to wear a 14/16 top because I am busty. It is so wonderful to watch your body transform into what it used to be or what you want it to be!! Keep up the good work.

yay for all of us!!!

I am sOOOOO ready to join you at the "Regular" sizes and sooooo ready to get banded and get going!!!

CONGRATS!!!!

Hi Tracy,

Congrats, I know how you feel, I have exhausted all of my old jeans, they are all too big now. I am so glad I don't have to shop in the plus size section anymore, they are all so shapeless. Buying off the rack is a new phenomena - trying things on is too hard for me now, I'm glad I can give it a miss.

you will be there before long amsderb.

at last i feel like this is actually going to work!!

wow you are going great greeneyez, you are almost 1/2 way to goal weight, thats awesome!!

I am "almost" out of the plus size section. What a great feeling! I can actually find clothes in XL at the regular store that fit...it seems to all be happening so fast!!

What an awesome accomplishment! Keep up the good work. I get my band on Friday and can not wait to shop in the "regular" stores and pay "regular" prices. Keep up the good work!

kellygirl, i so agree with you. plus size clothing is alot more money than regular size. i don't want to be a size 2 or anything if i can be a size 12 or 14, would have reached my goaled. i'm also getting banded in may but on the 29th

What an awesome NSV!! I'm so close! I can buy XL tops at normal stores now, but my bottom half (really just my bottom) still won't squeeze into anything smaller than an 18.

It does so much to one's self esteem to get out of the plus sized stores! Nothing against Lane Bryant - they've been good to me over the years....but it is time for me to move on!

kellygirl, i so agree with you. plus size clothing is alot more money than regular size. i don't want to be a size 2 or anything if i can be a size 12 or 14, would have reached my goaled. i'm also getting banded in may but on the 29th

Bean Bean, I know what you mean. I told my dr that I am not trying to be a swim suite model! Everyone in my family is extremly thin and i DO NOT want to be walking around in a 4/6. An 11/12 works for me anyday! Good luck with your procedure at the end of the month!

What an awesome accomplishment! Keep up the good work. I get my band on Friday and can not wait to shop in the "regular" stores and pay "regular" prices. Keep up the good work!

THat is great news good luck with your surgery on the 9th, I willl see you on the other side May 14th!

Congrats, I find myself walking the plus section. Does anyone else find it hard to get it their head that they are getting smaller? I have people at work telling me it's time to give up some of my clothes. I have to give them away to keep myself from wearing them.

congrads on your success i can't wait until i can try something on without loosing my breath! LOL

It is awesome to hear peoples stories!!

it is such a good feeling to hold something up in the plus size section and now there is no way you will fit that again!

i too don't wont to be super thin ... if my some miracle i get there, i don't complain ... but the chances are slim. i just want to be healthy and normal!