I am outta the "X:'s forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am sitting here in front of my computer wearing my new summer pink night shirt........in a SIZE LARGE!!!!!!!! No SH*T!! I am out of the Xtra large FOREVER!!!! I am also wearing ordinary pink bikini panties.....3 sizes smaller! Even my bra is from the regular dept. Shopping there is a trip!! A cornocopia of colors, styles, and variety. Everything is so cute and FITS!!!! Now, I have to learn about what looks good on me. I am an infant in this dept. All my life, if it fit, I bought it! Color, no choice, style, HA! Now, I find that I have choices. Mah lil' ol' brain is gonna bust! My husband is torn, too. He hates how long it takes me to shop because the selection is huge, but he LOVES picking out clothes and "dressing" me, almost as much as he likes "undressing" me. God, what a fantastic day!! Work was great, too.

YAAAAAAY For you LouAnn!!!! Congratulations and keep up the good work. If you're in a large already you musn't have that far to go anymore! Keep us posted on your progress! Sarah

Congratulation. I know how you feel. I dont need anymore X in my closet. I have large and some med. and feel so goooooood. I even have a pair of thongs No more granny panties for me ..keep the good work ... Vanessa 265/187/160?

I knew you could do it!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

It is just the best feeling in the world when you realize that you no longer have an "X" associated with your clothing sizes! CONGRATZ! I know what a milestone this moment is... especially when you finally get to that point in "name brand clothing" and other manufacturers with odd ways of sizing clothes! LOL! I finally no longer have an X in ANY CLOTHES! Whoo-hooo! Name brands and foreign stuff are all Medium or Large... no more X anything for me either! Yeah Baby! My aunt was able to buy me a shirt in Europe in a medium and KNOW that it would fit! YEAH! My friends and family do not know why it takes me so long to shop now. I have to remind them that since I vary from a 10-12 that I have to try on multiple sizes of the same clohtes, not to mention that once you get down to these sizes it becomes increasingly harder to find clothes in the woman's deptartment. If you move to the Misses or Juniors you run the risk of looking like you are trying to dress like a kid! No wonder why skinny chicks complain about having a hard time shopping or having to only buy from name brand lines. OYE! I never knew how hard it would get since I am young but I don't want to dress "young" since I am a mother and I pride myself at looking beautiful yet professional. KWIM? Brightest Blessings for a Wonderful Day~ Jamie M. aka Lady Autumn Weight- 257/176/146 BMI- 44.1/30.2/25 Height- 5'4" Total Weight Loss: -81 lbs. Surgery Date- 1/19/05 Visit my OH profile or stop by My Weight Loss Journey Website at: home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-LadyAutumnsWLSjourney

I'll dress young!!! I couldn't when I was young, but at age 47 I DON'T CARE!!! I am going to wear the latest styles and fashions. Although, I have to be careful. While shopping for clothes yesterday, I held up a pink outfit in front of me,very chic, youthful(I love pink) and said to my 5 year old son, Jake, "Well, how would this look on mommy?" His eyes got big and he looked scared. I said "Tell mommy what's wrong?" He looked embarrassed and said " but mommy, you told me if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all!"

LOL! Now that is funny! I ask my son's opinion all of the time too. Usually he is very honest with me on if he thinks an outfit looks good or not. He hates shopping so I ask his input and it cheers him up. Of course it helps that he has pretty good taste. Last week he picked out a pair of hot summer shoes for me... they are so cute! It was his thought that all the bright colors would match my summer clothes! Hehehe... smart kid, let me tell you! I do dress young but I try to watch how young... KWIM? I think my most frusterating expierence was trying to find a jean skirt. Every store I went to, I couldn't find one small enough in the women's section, in the Misses I found some small enough but they didn't fit my hanging skin very well and when I went to the Juniors section they felt too short for me. It was so frusterating. Hubby convinced me to buy this cute one from the juniors section but I still think it s too short for me...lol... I prefer things just below the knee or 2- 3" above the knee.... this is MUCH higher than that... lets just say... standing, I feel OK. Sitting... not so OK, I spent all this time pulling it down or wrapping it under my legs...LOL! I must say... for the first time in my life, I actually care about how the clothes fit and make me look. I mean before it was buy whatever fits and doesn't make you look like the titantic. NOw, it is a whole other ball game. I am learning more about cut, color, and fit than I ever knew before! It is kind fun. My sister however fears that I am "changing too much" and perhaps becoming self centered. I admit that in a way I am... for once I am focusing on myself. However I don't think I have changed that darn much. People forgot how self concious I used to be growing up. After I had my son I managed to just block it all out and ignore myself and what others thought of me. So I guess for 7 years people got used to me appearing self confident... unfortunatly, I was just masking my discomfort for those years. Oh well... folks are just gonna have to learn to like the "new me" I guess... because life is so grand now! Brightest Blessings for a Wonderful Day~ Jamie M. aka Lady Autumn Weight- 257/176/146 BMI- 44.1/30.2/25 Height- 5'4" Total Weight Loss: -81 lbs. Surgery Date- 1/19/05 Visit my OH profile or stop by My Weight Loss Journey Website at: home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-LadyAutumnsWLSjourney