frustrated

RANT...

I had revision from sleeve to bypass almost 1 yrs ago. and I am down almost 70 pounds. well last night I was going through my clothes to find pants to wear to work today. I found the pants that I wore the day I had my revision. again, I have lost almost 70 pounds so I was expecting them to not fit and get frustrated and have to change up my outfit for work this morning... NOOOOOOOPE! they still fit. they are looser in the butt and leg area. but after 70 pounds they still fit. WTH?! why?! I feel like anyone else who loses 70 pounds (my sister) would be in 2-3 sizes smaller but nope, guess im not one of those people. why does this happen? I feel like it was all a waste of time and effort at this point! I just want to say F it and not care anymore.

I've found that the more you weigh, the more you need to lose to go down a clothing size.

I'm going to ask (please don't be offended) do you have a large belly/apron over hang? If so I would bet anything the pants still fit around you because of that. You've lost a good amount of weight between your original surgery and your revision. Most of us know those darn skin aprons make it difficult to get into the next size down.

Please don't get discouraged and give up. Maybe talk to your surgeon about what can be done to have extra skin removed.

You got this.

That is exactly what I have going on. I HATE IT! I think in the weight that I lost I have maybe lost 3 pant sizes but my shirts are so much smaller and they all have to be bigger than I need to cover the belly/apron thing I have going on.

and I did check into skin removal. Plastic surgeon said NO WAY! I am still too big and have too much more weight to lose before she will even begin to TRY to get it covered through my insurance. I have about 70 more pounds before she will even attempt to try to work with me. needless to say I am thinking of a 2nd opinion at this point.

so not sure where else to go at this point and it is suuuuper frustrating especially since my sis lost 70 pounds on her own and shes down from a 26 to a 16 and im still the same size even when losing the same amount weight... but I just gotta keep truckin'

Definitely get a second opinion. I have watched shows where folks who lost a good amount of weight, but still have more to go had their belly apron removed. Best of luck to you.

thank you! I wasn't sure that I liked her anyways she wasn't so skinny herself but basically said if you can get to 200 pounds ill make you skinny you don't want to be chunky anymore after you have this done... umm no maybe I wanna be thick and a little fluffy just not FAT any more lady. and she had a nurse who kept side eyeing her. so yeah I should have just said OK and scooted on out of there.

I can understand being leery of this provider based on her behavior, but evaluating her on her personal body weight/shape is not cool.