NSVs! One really great one!
on 11/15/15 11:12 am
Yesterday I went clothes shopping. I've been a few times since surgery, but yesterday was the best.
I'm 5'0, HW 260, SW 234, CW 171. I'm about 4.5 months out from RNY
At my biggest, I was wearing a size 26. I've been wearing 14s and 16s the past few weeks, and even a pair of "curvy fit" 12s! I've been very pleased with my progress, but the 16s and 14s are starting to get baggy, so it was time to shop again. I had 30% off at kohl's, so I went there. For giggles, I started in the juniors section. I found a pair of jeans to try on, the hanger said they were 13s. They were snug, but they fit! I wore a 13 in high school, and have been bigger ever since (I'm 33).
But it gets better! I was just putting everything away, and the hanger was wrong, they're actually 11s! WHOA! this has truly been an amazing journey!
I wrote these NSVs on my Facebook page a month and a half ago, but they are still true:
I can feel bones I've never felt before in my life. I was 1 size smaller than I am right now at my smallest adult weight, but even then I was muscular from working out. I can feel my collar bone and my shoulder bones, even my hip bones (even though those are still buried pretty well). I notice that when I'm walking through a narrow opening I often turn sideways before realizing I don't have to! I have lost so much so quickly that my brain hasn't yet adjusted to my new size and it surprises me sometimes!
I shaved my legs for the first time since March (don't judge me! Lol) and I swear it was like I was shaving someone else's legs!
I no longer spill out of the chairs in class and have fat oozing over the edge!
I'm no longer considered "morbidly obese" and am now just "obese " according to my BMI. I've lost a little more than 1/2 of my excess body weight and I'm less than 3 months out from surgery!
