Although I've yet to meet my first goal, I am so happy about something that I just had to share it with you!

For the first time in about 7 years I FIT INTO A PAIR OF JEANS!!! Not the stretchy kind with the elastic waist, but real jeans! WITH A ZIPPER AND POCKETS! This may not seem like a big deal, but I hated the stretch 'denim leggings' i've been squeezing into for years.

When my friend and I go to rock concerts, I have to give her my phone and money to carry in HER pockets, because I have none and dont want to take my purse in. Hated that! ...not to mention I felt like a total dork. How uncool are stretchy denim leggings on a 250 pound woman, right??? :thumbup:

At my biggest, I was in a 26-28 stretch pant and yes, I was stretching them out! :yikes: Now that I've lost 63 pounds I got brave and ordered some jeans from Roamans a few weeks ago in a size 24 (I still have the body image that I'm still 266 pounds!) and they were huge! I had to send them back. When I went to reorder, all they had left was a size 18! Booooooo! I wanted to order a 22, but....

Well, I ordered them anyway, telling myself that I would fit into them at some point in the future... I really liked the style and fit. PLUS they were on clearance.

Anyway, I tried them on last night, just to see how close they were to fitting me, AND THEY FIT! THEY ACTUALLY FIT!!!

I cried so hard! My daughter didnt understand why I was crying... I couldnt explain it. I thought I'd never fit into a regular pair of jeans again.

Yes, I know they do make jeans in larger sizes, but I never liked the way they looked. My thighs are huge so they would always be too baggy on the bottom (I'm not a fan of wide legged pants). Or they would be too low in the waist... or create muffin-top... or bag out in the back... or have hangy crotch. I finally gave up trying to buy jeans. Although I've lost some weight, I just didnt feel good in the many i've tried on and always left the store depressed and dejected.. WHICH in turn made me wonder why I was wasting my time trying so hard to lose weight when I would never be able to look the way I wanted. I know... I know... self sabotage.

I was always hoping that SOME DAY I would be able to wear some jeans and feel good in them. :biggrin: THAT DAY IS TODAY! I'm so happy!

Congratulations! What a great NSV! Keep up the good work.:thumbup:

Congratulations! I am so looking forward to new clothes. I always wanted to order them, but everything I liked went to a size 16. I was just banded on Oct. 8 so I am only a week in, but am hoping to be wearing them sometime soon. I have had an extremely hard week emotionally and am hoping that it will get better and hear a good story helps.

sad thing with me even skinny ive always had a fat tummy,when im done losing dont know how but ive got to get me a tummy tuck,or hit the lotto lol.or find a rich friend lol,that be my dream a flat tummy