Half Year Mark

I had my surgery April 16th 2010. My heaviest weight was 313 pounds. I was happy and other then the weight I was healthy (speaking on terms of blood pressure, cholesterol, Blood sugars, no diebeties, no sleep apnea).

I am a member of Kaiser (So.Cal) I love my insurance, they recommended the surgery and the sleeve.

Durring options I lost 41 pounds, and while waiting for surgery I drop 14 more pounds bringing my weight loss before surgery to 55 pounds. Now since surgery, I am down to a 90 pound loss in total.

I weight in at 223, I wear anything from a size 18-24 depending on the cut of the pants/skirt
My tops are anything from a Large to an Extra Large.

Offically I can claim to no longer in the plus size departments. And I have learned that "Plus size" Stores are miss leading in their sizes to make "me" feel better about shopping. I can no longer wear ANYTHING from The Avenue or Lane Bryant. Even thought their size's equal that of a size 14.... Bull **** So just how big was I?

According to them I was a size 30 pants 3/4x top. Now according to Target, I am a 16ish mostly 18ish size. So I hate shopping....

The big shocker my bra size... has only changed in the #'s not the cup size. My hubby is thankful, I was really hoping for some decreasment. So since losing weight in my upper back I am down from a 50 to a 42 (around) in bra's the Double Digits are still there.

I am very happy in my weight loss, my doctor tried to tell me I needed to lose it faster, and I informed her I didnt gain all this weight over night how could they expect me to lose it all over night. We chatted about my goals and how I wanted to get there.

We came to a balanced conclusion she likes my weight loss as LONG as I LOVE my weight loss. And frankly I do. My sleeve keeps me from "GORGING" food, I have lost a lot of my cravings for food. I can do a hell of a lot more things.

And, I changed my goal weight. I dont look like I am 223 pounds. Many people including my doc swear the scale is lying when they look at me. So I upped my goal weight (just not done it on my ticker yet). If I dont like it I will keep losing.

I still cant eat a lot of red meat, but I make do with getting all of my protein in. My hair loss is nothing shocking cause I was losing it while in options and its just been falling out. THANKFULLY I hate very thick hair and I always wear it short so its unnoticeable.

Thanks to everyone here who has helped me and answered all my questions.

You've done great Katrina, congratulations!!!

Congrats!!! You inspire me!!!!

Congratulations! You have done so great. You have so much to be proud of. Keep posting all of your wow moments with us because we love to celebrate them with you!