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Topic: RE: Pictures are on.
Hi Lester!
Your pictures are amazing! Isn't it great to NO LONGER have type 2 diabetes!!! This surgery is awesome! I still get comments all the time. Everyone who hasn't seen me in a long time are just shocked!! I am not ashamed to say I had surgery! I want everyone who is overweight and miserable to have the chance I have been given......I am a new person!
Congratulations!!!
Ladena
lap rny 10/13/03
259/163
Topic: Pictures are on.
My before and current pictures are on my profile if any one wants to see them. I am now at 190.
Lester
Topic: RE: I finally did it!!
I am having a garage sale the first Saturday in July, I have people asking me all the time to come and pre-shop....I can't wait to have that small fortune in my hand to go and SHOP SHOP SHOP !!!!!!
Kathy
-101 lbs
Topic: RE: I finally did it!!
Good for you Tanya. It feels so good to get rid of that stuff, doesn't it? Be sure to keep a few of your favorite things...you'll enjoy pulling them out once in awhile to remind you of how far you've come.
Are there any support groups in your area that would be interested in having a clothing exchange? I considered selling some of my things but decided it would be more satisfying to donate them to a WLS clothing exchange. Pre-ops can always use your big stuff, and others will appreciate having access to some smaller sizes as they shrink. Some of my things have been through five different people already. I laugh everytime I see them show up at another clothing exchange...looking for a new home.
Sandra in San Antonio
317/190/185
Open RNY 10/17/03
Topic: RE: I finally did it!!
Peggy, thanks for the support and right back at you baby you are doing fab!!!
Tanya
Topic: RE: I finally did it!!
Tonya - I know the feeling. I've been doing mine little by little as I have a sister who is not in good financial straits so I've been passing on my clothes to her.
I saved 2 pairs of pants though and a couple of shirts so I can have something to look back on. One of the pair of pants are flannel pajama bottoms - I wear them around the house sometimes but I have to roll them a few times to get the elastic to hold em up - when family stops by to visit and catch me in them - they laugh (and so do I). These pants and shirts give me comfort and remind me of my "roots".
Congrats on your weight loss - I'm proud of you. 
Peggy
-92 (only 20lbs more & I'll be at the Dr. Goal, 35 till my goal)
Peggy
-92 (only 20lbs more & I'll be at the Dr. Goal, 35 till my goal) Topic: I finally did it!!
I cleaned out my closet and took out everything that does not fit. I was cracking up 
at the amount of clothes I had compared to what I have now. My walk in closet can fit ALL of my clothes on one rack!!!! But I do not care. I feel clensed, I feel new again, I feel like I have to call and get those old clothes picked up!!!! I have bought some clothes and can say for the first time in many many many years the criteria for an outfit was not how much it covers but what it shows off! 
I have always had big boobs, and small waist, and big butt. I used to say that I was the economy size hour glass figure. Now I am working toward the normal size. I still have about 50-70 pounds to go but heck that sure sounds better than what I needed which was 205!
Thanks for listening! 
Tanya
-105 since surger
-135 from highest
at the amount of clothes I had compared to what I have now. My walk in closet can fit ALL of my clothes on one rack!!!! But I do not care. I feel clensed, I feel new again, I feel like I have to call and get those old clothes picked up!!!! I have bought some clothes and can say for the first time in many many many years the criteria for an outfit was not how much it covers but what it shows off! I have always had big boobs, and small waist, and big butt. I used to say that I was the economy size hour glass figure. Now I am working toward the normal size. I still have about 50-70 pounds to go but heck that sure sounds better than what I needed which was 205!
Thanks for listening!
Tanya
-105 since surger
-135 from highest 
Topic: RE: POLL
My weight the morning of surgery was 298 lbs. My current weight is 168 lbs.
I didn't really set a goal, but wanted to be in "normal" sizes. Now, my goal is to be where I should be for my height, which i'm told is between 155 and 165 lbs. 3 more lbs till I hit the highest end. I also have a consult for the reconstructive surgeon in 2 weeks to see if i can get rid of the excess skin which is killing my back from my "girls" and my panni.
Dawn
Topic: RE: Smallest size in the store!!!!
Isn't that an awesome feeling??!!! I received a gift cert to the avenue for my college grad, and I can only buy jewelry, socks and pantyhose with it. Nothing, and I mean nothing else in there fits me! Its soooo strange, after well over 20 years of plus size shopping, I know am wearing meds and 10/12s.
Here's to us! We are awesome! 
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