My eyes are playing tricks on me

ItsMyTurn
on 11/1/13 7:13 am

RNY on 08/28/13

I have gone from a size 20 to a size 16 in two months. My old pants come off without opening them and I swim in my shirts but I still see the old me in the mirror. My daughter and mom both recently told me your not plus size anymore! Your in the wrong clothing section! I still say I cant fit that and I will try it on to prove to you I cant and then I CAN fit it. Wow

250/193/150
Heaven is where you'll be when you're okay right where you are. (Borrowed from a friend)

Melanie C.
on 11/1/13 7:33 am

Congratulations!! That is so exciting!

PetHairMagnet
on 11/1/13 8:08 am

RNY on 05/13/13

YES....those are GREAT times!

I love not having a W in my sizes, that is FOR SURE!

YAY FOR YOU!!

HW333--SW 289--GW of 160 5' 11" woman. I only know the way I know & when you ask for input/advice, you'll get the way I've been successful through my surgeon & nutritionist. Please consult your surgeon & nutritionist for how to do it their way. Biggest regret? Not doing this 10 years ago! Every day is better than the day before...and it was a pretty great day!

TurnThePage
on 11/1/13 8:13 am

Comparing before and after full length photographs in a similar pose is the best way to grasp the change. Congrats on all your hard work!

MrsLitch
on 11/1/13 10:05 am - Morris, IL

RNY on 06/04/12

I'm over a year out and now wearing a size 0 or little girls 14 in pants a woman's M or L in tops due to belly skin, and i STILL go to the plus size section at times. I hope your eyes catch up quicker than mine. I am taken aback when I am people say "you skinny girls!" or "your skinny minny self" I look around wondering who the heck they are talking to! Enjoy it!

5' 3" - HW: 244 SW:234 GW:120 LW: 107 CW:110 Made goal 3/16/13!

Ingrid K.
on 11/1/13 10:24 am - Canada

Congrats to you!!! I still am surprised when I see my size 14 pants. I think I can't fit into them cos they seem too small. And then I put them on and they fit. Our brains will eventually catch up.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 11/1/13 1:22 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

It happens to a LOT of us!

i am six years out, went from a size 28 or 30 jeans to size 10 jeans, and just in the past year have I stopped looking at my jeans when they are fresh from the dryer and thinking "those cannot possibly be mine!"

Eventually your brain will catch up. Sometimes it gets worse before it gets better, though. It is so much better being smaller than your brain thinks than to be larger than your brain thinks (which a lot of us experienced before surgery).

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

triciaanderson17
on 11/2/13 12:11 am - WA

Congrats! I took my husband with me to buy clothes at first because I kept going to the woman's section. My mind didn't see the new me. Now I have no problem heading for the size 4. It still feels weird that I am that skinny girl in the mirror. But it is awesome to have so many choices.