Size 16!!!!!!

 This morning I tried on a pair of size 16 jeans and the fit perfectly. I then sat down in my bed and cried  I have gone from a size 28 to a size 16 in 7 months. It's so crazy. Is it weird that the attention freaks me out a bit? Don't get me wrong...  I like it and I appreciate the kind words but sometimes it's just akward lol

that is great! and overwelming at the same time I am sure.. im a 28/30 now waiting for surgery and like you im sure it will feel crazy.. all the best on your journey and that is so cool i can hardly wait

Congratulations! That's amazing. I was a 26/28 and today is my one month surgery anniversary. I am down 35 pounds!  I can't wait to be a size 16 and I think when that moment comes I'll join you in the tears.

All the best!

Tamara

Congrats on your amazing success.  If a size 16 fits, buy it in 14!  By the time you assimilate the fact that 16 fits, it won't!

It would be weird if the attention didn't freak you out.  Think about it...the transformation from 28 to 16 in 7 months is akin to a teenager growing a foot in the time since you last saw him or waking up one morning and dying your hair green...wouldn't you expect there to be a reaction?    I find that when attention or comments start to bend my mind, it is a sign that I need to surrender myself to the experience and trust other people's experience of me.  I only got to the point of needing surgery because I was distorted in my thinking and beliefs about my body, so i think that opening myself up to the attention that comes with these changes is good for me...it makes me check in on what I am telling myself.  In a nutshell, if 90% of the reaction is positive and I really am looking good, then maybe the little voice in my ear filled with self-doubt or can't believe this is real is full of crap!

How wonderful and exciting!!! Happy tears.
Congrats on your success in such a short time.

Way to go girl! Enjoy the tears of joy!  The attention is overwhelming at times for all of us. We are so used to trying to fade away into the woodwork. Wearing baggy clothes to over our rolls, wearing darker colours because we want to look smaller. What I hate is the attention from men, who didn't have a nice thing to say when I weighed 130 more than I do now.  Do they think that our memory fled with the extra weight. lol

You've done a great job.....just wait because I too used to wear a size 26/28 and I am now wearing a size 10 jeans. Who would have ever guessed the differences a year could make. I wish you continued success and future happy tears. Hugs, Muriel

Cheers to happy tears!!! A huge congrats on your success Dollface...and get used to the compliments because I am sure they will keep coming from all that cross your path.

Congratulations of hitting size 16!  You realize this means that you can shop anywhere now, right?

I find that sometimes the attention makes me uncomfortable, and at other times I'm ok with it.  I think it depends on where it's coming from.  With family and close friends, it's ok.  Otherwise, it can be awkward.

What I really don't like is when someone who has always been skinny comments on my weight loss but adds a "but".... like "You look great, but I hope you're losing the weight in a health way"  or "but make sure you don't lose too much weight".  Drives me crazy!

thats so amazing Amy!!! Truly deserved success!

Congrats!!! Keep rockin it :)

Amazing!  Feels good, doesn't it. 

I'm almost 7 months out myself, and today wore a size 20 pant into work (formerly a 26/28 as well).  My friend/co-worker that I rarely get to see (we work different hours), gave me a big hug, then grabbed me and turned me around.  She was amazed!  She said that my 20s looked like 16s.  I'll take that any day!!