First WOW moments!!

I'm sorry if you read this on another board, but I am so excited I am posting it on all the boards I read. I got a shell and shirt outfit out of the closet that I haven't been able to wear in 2 years. It's 1 size smaller than I was admitting to wearing pre-op, and it is probably 2 sizes smaller than I should have been buying. It fits!!! Then I tried on an outfit I bought to wear last summer which didn't fit by the time I decided to put it on July 2004. It fits too!! I'm having a happy day. I just had to share this. I am 3 weeks pre-op today, and these are the first wow moments. People say my face is thinner too. I can sort of see that. Linda

Linda - Congrats This is the first of many WOWS for you, enjoy them all Nancy

Nancy, Thanks. How are you feeling since your surgery? You are a little ahead of me. Linda

Congratulations Linda, That's wonderful news!! And this is just the beginning! Can't wait to see all the changes that are going to continue to happen. p.s. like the pic Take care, Amy

Amy, Thanks so much. I can't wait to lose enough to have a new picture posted. The chipmunk cheeks from the first picture are beginning to thin out. Whew!! Linda

Hi Linda and good for you. I know that feeling. Just last night I was trying on smaller clothes and for the first time in 2 years a shirt fit that I adore and I was astastic. So I know the feeling. Like everyone posted we all have alot of wow moments to come. Keep up the good work. Cheri

Cheri, Isn't this fun? What better or cheaper place to shop than in your own closet. I do have some clothes in there that I have never worn. It won't be long now, because most of them are a size or 2 smaller than I was wearing. Some of the stuff I have been wearing is so bad I may have to pay someone to take it off my hands. Linda

Hi Linda, Cool topic! I have been super bummed because my size 30 jeans still fit! I've lost over 60 lbs (not just the surgery) and they still freaking fit! So I've been a bit bummed about that. I mean, it's good to have clothes I can wear cause who can afford to buy a whole new wardrobe for every size (I was never one to hang onto all of my outgrown sizes. Luckily for me, my girlfriend was, and she is giving me everything she's growing out of. Thank goodness!!!), but that's been bugging me. So anyway, I'm poking around in my closet, and I have a couple of button up shirts that I haven't been able to wear in quite awhile. (A couple of years, at least). Anyway, it was bedtime and DH wasn't quite done with what he was doing so I thought, what the heck, I'll try them on. AND THEY FIT!!! YAY! That was a cool WOW moment for me! I am so pleased! In fact, I'm wearing one right now. One of the first moments I can remember is about 2 weeks post-op. I'm washing my face in the shower, and I swear I can feel the bones in my face better. I'm not sure it was noticable to the eye, but it felt different. And I don't think it was in my head either, because I wasn't even looking for any changes at that point! So that was neat, too. Oh, I had to see my PCP today. (I have a terrible rash on my legs; will prob put in a different post.) As normal, I get weighed every visit. I AM DOWN TO 296!!! OMG, I think this may be real!! Maybe this will work for me! I was so shocked. Not quite sure I believe it. So I guess that was another wow moment for me. To be under 300lbs. I can't hardly believe it. Yikes, I guess I've rambled enough. I love hearing others' wow moments. Take care, Lisa

Lisa, Isn't this great? I really feel this will be the key to better health for me. I had almost given up hope. Your wow moments were wonderful. I hope someone at your PCP's office gave you pats on the back. You deserve them. The change in my pants size is going to be slower I fear. I am riding my stationary bike (and I don't feel like I'm croaking), so that is good. I think I am supposed to wait for my next appt with my surgeon (next week), before I start any serious exercising. Boy, are you lucky to have a friend who can and will give you clothes. I'm afraid I am bigger than all of my friends, so I don't think that's going to happen for me. Linda