I just read a thread that reminded me of when I went shopping for a few new things last week (it's starting to get pretty chilly here in ND & none of my shirts or sweaters fit anymore - they're TOO BIG!!!!). Anyway, I found a few sweaters & even though I've lost a considerable amount so far, I find my head still can't wrap itself around my smaller size sometimes. I still go straight for the Plus section & seek out the largest size they have, only to try them on & realize..hello!!! that looks WAY too big on you!!! :cool2: Anyway, so I finally found 2 sweaters & a suede jacket (in a 16W by the way), only to find I needed a new pair of pants to go with the suede jacket for the Trans Siberian Orchestra concert coming up on Nov 1st. I searched low & high amongst the plus size for a 16 or 16W anywhere & almost gave up, when a funny little mule musta kicked me upside the head for not checking in the Misses Dept. I walked over thinking what are you doing, Liz.. you're fat butt is not gonna fit in stuff over here.. this is Skinny Land!!! :smile: 'Lo & behold there are the 16s, not even 16W mind you right there & sliding up over my much smaller behind (even though I was still thinking "THIS IS SO NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!!"). Anyway, they fit perfectly, not too loose, not too tight...call me Goldilocks!!! Anyway, just wanted to share that sometime our funny brains don't seem to catch up with our smaller size & you get to have these great moments to laugh at yourself & then smile because it's you that brought you here!:frown:

I know what you are saying...I have gone from an 18 to 10 (sometimes 8) and was trying on some 70% off shorts yesterday. They had very limited sizes..I thought I put on XL and they fit just a tad snug. When I got home and tried the stuff on again...much to my surprise I saw that the shorts were a small!!! I would never have tried them on in the first place had I seen the size. Who knew??? Now I know why they were a little snug...I thought the XL were cut small. What a trip to know that I fit into a SMALL.

Wow! I bet that made you both feel good to actually say I need a size smaller instead of bigger. I can't wait to experience that... I'm happy for both of you. :smile:

AWESOME! I hope i get to see what that is like. I'm tired of shopping at Lane Bryant.

that is so great. I get banded in Nov. and that is about the amount I need to lose. I will try to hit my goal in 5-6 mo. encouraging to hear about your success. good luck with diabetes...u can do it!

That is so funny and soooo encouraging!:smile:

I went out Monday to the mall and wasn't going to buy anything - just browsing & waiting on my glasses to get fixed. So, I cruised through Carson's plus size dept and decided I would ease over to the misses section - just to check. I tried on four size 16 tops and two of them fit snug, but I thought to myself... if my belly goes down - I can wear these. So, I got them! They were on clearance & oh, so cute! Could have never found that in my 20/22 blouses. I'm amazed.

Now that I'm getting ready to go back to work Monday, I've tried on a few of my business suits because I know I'll need to alter a bit. Well, the pants I can easily do, but the jackets look a mess on me and that's certainly a NSV for me!

So, yesterday I politely clipped all of the 20% off coupons off for Carson's and if I can find some really, really discount prices this weekend - I think I've found an excuse for at least 2 new outfits to mix and match for work!