Small Successes WIll Add Up!!!

Hi Everyone: Well it's been 49 weeks since my surgery and my has the time has just flown by. It's 3 weeks to my one year anniversary and it seems like just yesterday that I was "in limbo" because my first surgeon had resigned from the hospital he worked at and I was implementing my Plan B. I'm still holding at 190 pounds (a 183 pound loss) and I'm feeling better than ever. Now that I've been weight training since January I am courious about my body fat %. I've been investigating various products that can determine body fat % on the market and will probably decide next week which product I will buy. Imagine, last year at this time body fat % was the farthest thing from my mind. I didn't even want to know. Now I want to know as an indication of how far I have come. Another funny thing happened to me this week. I went into the Men's store where my mother bought me 2 suits for Christmas. At that time I was a 50 Regular. I wanted to look around because now the suits are too big. As I was looking a salesman came to me and said "Sir, you're in the wrong section, your size is on the other side of the store." Imagine, being led to the smaller sizes just from someone taking a look at me. What a concept (LOL). I am now a 42 Regular so I guess next week I will be buying suits. Success comming from WLS can be measured in a variety of ways. Even the smallest things should be considered a success. I know that many people look for the big successes but it's the little daily trimumphs that mean the most. Count each day as a success and eventually each small success will build into the big success we all are seeking. Till next time, Jesse 373/190/-183

Hey Jesse I second that. Great job and well said. I am right there with you on the store, I can't get used to looking at large and extra large shirts, when almost all my life I was 3x, 4x, and 5x. Unbelievable. Have a great weekend. Luis

Jesse, I love reading your posts every week as they are always so positive. I know what you mean about shopping in the wrong part of the store. I, however, always feel funny shopping in the regular clothes department and figure someone is probably wondering what I am doing there! Being a size 10 now, I belong there but I still feel the fat. Crazy, I know but..... Patti

Patti: Allow me to finish your thought. but...that feeling will pass because of your success you belong in the regular department. It is a valadation of your hard work and the renewed pride and self-assurance you have in yourself. Jesse

Patricia, i feel the same way when i shop, I feel like I don't belong in regular size clothes department, that strange feeling like I don't belong. I can wear some 12 now I don't remember ever wearing a 12 Sharon