Celebration - almost ruined!
Today I passed the 70-lb loss mark - five and a half weeks since my surgery. To celebrate, I decided to wear jeans to work - even though we're only supposed to do that on Friday. I got out the new jeans I had purchased about a week ago, and they're almost too big! LOL What a problem to have!
I just tightened the belt, and wore them anyway. Next pair will come from a "normal folks" store instead of the Big & Tall place...
I just tightened the belt, and wore them anyway. Next pair will come from a "normal folks" store instead of the Big & Tall place...
Good problem to have. Don't go hog wild on buying new clothes. You really should ask friends and family to borrow clothes for a few months...Also look at thrift shops (Goodwill, Salvation Army) till you hit the size you settle at. My favorite jeans for the first year, were an old pair I got from my nephew...Go figure.
LOL - I didn't go wild at all... I had purchased a new pair of jeans with an elastic waistband that was a little bit too small for me - in anticipation of the upcoming WLS. By the time I was 2 weeks post op (and ready to wear something besides sweat pants for the first time) I found they were WAY too big for me. So I took them back to the store to exchange for a smaller size. The guy was very apologetic that they didn't have them in a smaller size, but they were the same price as the "standard waist" jeans, which were on sale (2 for the price of 1), and would I like to exchange this pair for two of the other jeans?
Well, I tell you, I had to think about that for all of about 1 second, and picked up a pair in the "one size too small for me" size, and one in the "two sizes too small for me" size... And promised myself that when I broke -70 lbs I could wear the first one, and at -100 lbs I could wear the second one. And today was the 70-lb day...
The only other trousers I bought were also on sale 2 for 1, plus discounted 15% for black Friday, plus because we bought another item for my wife, we got $50 off our purchase. So my trousers were about $1.59 each. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it. My wife, of course, says she got $50 off her boots... But what does she know?)
I wish I had some friends / relatives / neighbors who were remotely my size. (Or maybe not - don't want to wish ill health on any of them.) But I don't, so I'll have to just keep checking the thrift stores. So far, no luck. But I'm about to deliver a whole bunch of pants and shirts to them!
Well, I tell you, I had to think about that for all of about 1 second, and picked up a pair in the "one size too small for me" size, and one in the "two sizes too small for me" size... And promised myself that when I broke -70 lbs I could wear the first one, and at -100 lbs I could wear the second one. And today was the 70-lb day...
The only other trousers I bought were also on sale 2 for 1, plus discounted 15% for black Friday, plus because we bought another item for my wife, we got $50 off our purchase. So my trousers were about $1.59 each. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it. My wife, of course, says she got $50 off her boots... But what does she know?)
I wish I had some friends / relatives / neighbors who were remotely my size. (Or maybe not - don't want to wish ill health on any of them.) But I don't, so I'll have to just keep checking the thrift stores. So far, no luck. But I'm about to deliver a whole bunch of pants and shirts to them!
Jim - that is AWESOME!!!! Congratulations!!! Keep up the great work and great progress. You will be passing on those 70 pounders and into those svelt 100 pound jeans before you know it! Mike
Eating junk food and CRAP is not a reward...it's a punishment...
it's a DEATH sentence...Reward yourself with Good Health!
Highest Weight: 287 Lbs-January 2010; Reached Goal 195 Lbs - Dec 2010
Total Lost: 92 Lbs; Completed FULL MARATHON (26.2 Miles) 10-16-2011
it's a DEATH sentence...Reward yourself with Good Health!
Highest Weight: 287 Lbs-January 2010; Reached Goal 195 Lbs - Dec 2010
Total Lost: 92 Lbs; Completed FULL MARATHON (26.2 Miles) 10-16-2011
OneFinger
on 12/9/10 10:19 am
on 12/9/10 10:19 am
Wow, what a problem to have.
I can't believe your weight loss after just a couple of months. Wish mine was coming off that quick.
Just a suggestion for your next pair of pants. As my weight has come off I've had to go with a longer inseam. Seems that with the smaller waist I need a longer leg length or I'm wearing "high water" pants.
I can't believe your weight loss after just a couple of months. Wish mine was coming off that quick.
Just a suggestion for your next pair of pants. As my weight has come off I've had to go with a longer inseam. Seems that with the smaller waist I need a longer leg length or I'm wearing "high water" pants.
High Weight = 310 Surgery Weight = 300 Dr's Goal = 200 My Goal = 190 
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