hey guys!!!!

Well i havent been on here lately..and the husband and kids and i went to the mall and went to lane bryant..i needed new bras..i had no idea what size of pants i am in..what size shirt..panties..well yesterday i bought a pair of shorts..and i bought a size 22...well i wont be keeping them because i dont like the shorts..i hate my legs..but i would have to have a size 20..and then the panties that i bought tonight were a size 18/20 so i was super excited that they fit and they fit perfect!! so i have gone down TWO sizes..and the bra..i went down to a 40 instead of a 42..which i was happy about..i cant wait to be down to a 38 so i can start buying from victoria secrets..thats my next goal!! And as christa had said at one time..when she was losing her weight..she went up in cup size..and it seems that i have to..cause i had to go up a cup size tonight. but i was just kinda excited..i'm getting out of the 20's in my clothing..i'll be glad to be a 18..here lately i have just been staying away from sugar...breads and pastas..and pop of course..cause all of those is what makes me swell and hurt so bad!!  so anyways i hope that everyone is doing good..i havent weighed in well over a month so i dont have a clue what i weigh..but its still exciting! my only problem is clothes..i have been on the look out for new clothes but all the shirts these days come between your elbow and shoulder..and i have to have them down to my elbow..i want my fat arms covered...so i'm having a really rough time finding clothes..

we should do a clothing exchange on here!!

Thats terrific Stacey! What a great surprise! I don't know if you're gonna be able to find shirts with the longer sleeves this time of year. I know I havn't been able too. Ive got VERY flabby arms, more so now that I've been loosing weight, which doen't seem fair! I think you would be surprised at how cute shirts with normal sleeves (going halfway between your shoulder and elbow) can be! I just try to focus on how good the shirt looks, and that it's a smaller size and that I look good, even with the arm flab. And to heck with what anyone else might think! I just cant' do the same thing with my legs... I hate shorts because I hate my legs. But one thing at a time!! You've lost TWO sizes!! Be proud of your loss and your smaller arms!

Heather-
Makes perfect sense what you are saying..and i should think of it as..i have a husband that loves me and two kids that love me..i shouldnt care what others think..but as i had said to someone else i still see myself the same when i look in the mirror..and i just cant buy those kind of shirts..or wear shorts..i would be very uncomfortable in those kind of shirts..and i get very aggravated when i put one on..i just hate how it even feels..i just start pulling on the sleeves..but as i believe it was Kim maybe? who had the plastic surgery on her arms..and the scars she said was horrible..i dont know that i would be able to do the surgery either..so who knows..i'm just going to start toning them hopefully and maybe they will shrink some...i'm hoping..

 wow great Job! isnt it exciting to find that smaller clothes actually fit!  way to go, I agree on the clothing exchange, I think that would be a great thing to do!! I have been buying a few things on ebay lately, but I love the idea of clothing exchange!

clothing exchange sounded good to me!! i have thought about seling them on ebay so that i am able to buy some new ones..i get mine mainly from old navy..they seem to fit like they should or i like them too anyways..and i dont know about around other people..but around here..the old navys dont have the plus size in the stores...you can only order online..which stinks!!

 Old navy is cool, yeah I think they did away with the plus size in the actual stores! I get alot of clothes from Torrid, but they are pretty pricey so I mainly buy Torrid stuff on E-bay, I wouldn't mine trying to start up some kind of clothing exchange on here, would you be interested in helping me?  

we could try..i know these days..people sale their old clothes so they can afford to buy new..or i would have to anyways..

i have looked at the clothes on torrid..they are a bit pricey but about the same if not cheaper then what lane bryant is..but our their sizes pretty well on...i know some places..their sizes seem to run a bit small..

and then i seen that their sizes were like...1..2...3
i'm guessing 1 for a 1x..and so forth ...am i right?

 you are right, the 1 equals 1x and so one, their sizes seem to be pretty right on and not small, maybe a tad but not so much. Id have to go through my closet and see what i even have that is worth post about, I just bought a super cute sun dress from torrid on e-bay, it's pink and it has cherry's all over it, I cant wait to get it, I purposely got it a little small so it will be a "goal" dress! 

yay Stace! It's working...and you are working it!

My best advice for buying a bra (somebody told me):  buy one size smaller around and go up one cup size. Most women buy smaller cups than they need!

So I used to buy 38B...now I buy a 36 C (even a D in some styles!).  Try it and see!

PS:  i would have been happy to send off my old clothes - but I offed them! I buy good clothes, too.

well i did just that!! Bought a size down..and had to go up a cup size..so why is that anyways?
I think i could have actually gone up another cup size..
I guess i need to take some recent pictures...all i have ever taken is face shots..no body shots..and i dont know that you'd be able to tell in my face...