Goal Clothing/outfit?

Has anyone have that one piece of clothing you had always wished you could fit into but just didn't? Or actually gone to the store and purchased something cute  you hope to fit into someday through your hard work?


Melissa

I had saved a pair of jeans for 10 years because I remember how good I felt back then when I fit into them, well, fast forward 10 years and when I finally fit into them after WLS I was shocked to discover that they just didn't fit me in the same way anymore. I guess after 10 years my body was just way different and I also probably could've only worn them for a week. I went thru sizes very very quickly, I was not prepared for what size I would be in, in 6 months. My goal was to lose 100# in a year and I lost that and more in 6 months, so there was no way I could've figured out what size I would be and what season it would be. Good luck to you and just enjoy each moment now as you shrink into smaller sizes!! It really is a great feeling if your mind can keep up with all the physical changes!!

Yes and when I put them on after 16 sixteen years of saving them I thought these are awful why did I save them. Very outdated LOL

GREAT question!

I'm a big thrift store shopper, and since I have been PLUS sized for so many years, I know it will take awhile to move down into "normal" sizes... HOWEVER, that has not stopped me from picking up a very cute dress or jacket (on $1.49 day at GoodWill) that I know won't fit me anytime soon.

At least I am realistic, and know that since I'm a size 24 now, I shouldn't buy anything smaller than a 16... so I have a killer dress that I hope to wear by the end of this summer (as long as my surgery happens in the next few weeks.)

Once I've recovered from surgery I plan on venturing out of the PLUS sized section and keep my eye out for special items in the 10-12 range that I can hang in a prominant place in my closet for motivation!

Shannon

Sometimes I think I'm really an odd banana...

I never did this to fit into any certain outfit or anything.  My health was going to hell in a hand bucket, I TRULY did this so I would live longer for my kids.  Get rid of the pharmacy I had to maintain in my bathroom.  Kick insulin to the curb.  And I have done all that!

Which is NOT to say I didn't hold onto some of my favorite "oldies" - only to find they were horribly out of style!  (Remember 'acid wash' jeans??)   I have THOROUGHLY enjoyed wearing smaller sizes, cautiously trying styles that I wouldn't have found OR worn before WLS.

But in my head, I think I'll always be a fat chick.  And that's okay - 'cuz I never want to take this for granted.    

I have not purchased it yet but I always wanted a beautiful black Gucci dress! I do have some other items like a size 16 Ashley Stewart pair of jeans and a size 14 dress. Both of which I squeezzzeddd into and it made me more focused I can tell you that! lol

I have always thought sweater dresses were so cute on the right person but never thought I was that person. Well, I just bought a black sweater dress and am waiting for my tall boots to arrive (hopefully on Tuesday). Tall boots haven't been around my fat calves for 100 years! The very few that saw me in the dress, at home, think it looks great. Now lets see if I have the kahonas to wear it in public.