Children's Clothing
I feel like I did before when I was obese. None of my pants fit me. I just bought about a dozen pairs of jeans (from thrift stores and garage sales) in sizes 0, 1, 2 and 3 and none of them fit. Well, the 0 does but they are those God awful low things that teens wear and they keep falling off my ass. I'm not getting rid of the jeans, though. I will be back in them I am sure. Most of them I never even wore.
I thought about doing what I did when I was gaining. I bought a bunch of sweat type pants with drawstrings so I could keep wearing them as I gained without having to buy more as the scale went up. I went to the thrift store to see what they had and decided to look in the children's dept. I found 4 pairs of really nice jeans. They were size 14, some regular, some slim. And they were a bit loose but at least they fit. The 4 pairs cost me $11 so it least I am not out much. I also checked Goodwill and Value Village and found a pair that I like that fit in size 0. I hate the way I look in them. Talk about depressing. I really thought I was done changing sizes. What's next, toddler clothes?
I thought about doing what I did when I was gaining. I bought a bunch of sweat type pants with drawstrings so I could keep wearing them as I gained without having to buy more as the scale went up. I went to the thrift store to see what they had and decided to look in the children's dept. I found 4 pairs of really nice jeans. They were size 14, some regular, some slim. And they were a bit loose but at least they fit. The 4 pairs cost me $11 so it least I am not out much. I also checked Goodwill and Value Village and found a pair that I like that fit in size 0. I hate the way I look in them. Talk about depressing. I really thought I was done changing sizes. What's next, toddler clothes?
WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010
High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.
Oh Tazz, I hope this ends soon for you and your body stablizes. first we wear baggy clothes to cover our fat, then to cover our bones. I want you to have some meat on your for winter time.
66 yrs young, 4'11" hw 220, goal 120 met at 12 months, cw 129 learning Maintainance
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on 10/6/11 2:14 am, edited 10/6/11 2:17 am
on 10/6/11 2:14 am, edited 10/6/11 2:17 am
can we please change places ? IM BEGGING .....
Ok heres how to handle this ... high end thrift shops ( find the hamptons near U ) have higher waist 400 dollar jeans in smaller sizes . Yes walmart " small " and xtra small are a joke .
but the ladies in the Hamptons or Madison avenue go to stores where the sizes start at your children's 14 .. and end even tinier .. with the proper leg length and waist height ... NOT cheaply made unflattering trendy teenybopper stuff ....
its better to have ONE good pair of jeans than ten badly fitting ones
if U cant find Madison Avenue thrift stores .. go to a Black area and look for stores there
U will find cheap wel made jeans in amazingly small sizes with high waists and the proper leg lengths for around 19 bux . Try apple bottoms they make a TEENY TINY size zero and a size one i bet even U wont be able to get a leg into lol .
tell me how it goes Hottie
Oh man I am SUCH a green-eyed monster right about now ......
can I PLEASE have a revision ?
Ok heres how to handle this ... high end thrift shops ( find the hamptons near U ) have higher waist 400 dollar jeans in smaller sizes . Yes walmart " small " and xtra small are a joke .
but the ladies in the Hamptons or Madison avenue go to stores where the sizes start at your children's 14 .. and end even tinier .. with the proper leg length and waist height ... NOT cheaply made unflattering trendy teenybopper stuff ....
its better to have ONE good pair of jeans than ten badly fitting ones
if U cant find Madison Avenue thrift stores .. go to a Black area and look for stores there
U will find cheap wel made jeans in amazingly small sizes with high waists and the proper leg lengths for around 19 bux . Try apple bottoms they make a TEENY TINY size zero and a size one i bet even U wont be able to get a leg into lol .
tell me how it goes Hottie
Oh man I am SUCH a green-eyed monster right about now ......
can I PLEASE have a revision ? I don't want to buy any more jeans because hopefully I won't need these long. And I really can't afford to spend any more money on clothes right now. Things are very tight.
I don't even know how to address the envy thing. Did you know that my doctor is close to putting in a feeding tube if I don't stop losing? Being underweight is as unhealthy as being obese. It is unattractive as well as unhealthy. Why on earth would someone wish that on themselves? That is like wishing for a fatal disease like AIDS or cancer so you can lose weight. And right now I have people asking if I have something like that.
Please, I am not trying to be rude. I really like you but I worry about your attitude. God knows I would be scared to death if one of my daughter's expressed that to me. I am afraid I may die! Don't you get it?
I don't even know how to address the envy thing. Did you know that my doctor is close to putting in a feeding tube if I don't stop losing? Being underweight is as unhealthy as being obese. It is unattractive as well as unhealthy. Why on earth would someone wish that on themselves? That is like wishing for a fatal disease like AIDS or cancer so you can lose weight. And right now I have people asking if I have something like that.
Please, I am not trying to be rude. I really like you but I worry about your attitude. God knows I would be scared to death if one of my daughter's expressed that to me. I am afraid I may die! Don't you get it?
WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010
High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.
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on 10/6/11 4:18 am, edited 10/6/11 4:21 am
on 10/6/11 4:18 am, edited 10/6/11 4:21 am
Yeah I do. Im not making light of Ur situation and since I can't actualy SEE U I can't judge how U look ... but yeah a zero is pretty small . Still I wear a zero and i look perfectly healthy and im much taller than U so please forgive me if I fail to be " properly " alarmed at the mere mention of the size . Today's "zero " was a size four four years ago .
I work with a lot of women who wouldnt be caught dead being my weight either ... as in theyre WAY smaller and taller than ME ... and they wont eat anything if they gain an ounce .
I was just making a suggestion on where to find attractive smaller size ( but proper length ) clothes cheaply .
As far as putting on weight .... well if it was me and i was afraid .. id be constantly munching .
And probably working in the yard or something ... because actually USING your muscles helps Ur food digest better and helps the body to remain far healthier ion my opinion .
hugs
I work with a lot of women who wouldnt be caught dead being my weight either ... as in theyre WAY smaller and taller than ME ... and they wont eat anything if they gain an ounce .
I was just making a suggestion on where to find attractive smaller size ( but proper length ) clothes cheaply .
As far as putting on weight .... well if it was me and i was afraid .. id be constantly munching .
And probably working in the yard or something ... because actually USING your muscles helps Ur food digest better and helps the body to remain far healthier ion my opinion . hugs Sorry if I sounded snippy. I'm just feeling frustrated.
If you feel good in a size 0 and look good that is great. I look like a cancer victim. I've been told that and asked that several times. Also, it sounds like the women you are talking about are models or actresses? Of course they have a different standard because the demand of the industries are so stringent. Who knows, I might be considered overweight to some of them but I know the camera adds weight so maybe in order to look normal they have to be very thin.
As far as putting on weight, that is frustrating, too, because obviously I know how to gain weight. I'm an expert at that but there are a few things that are different now. For one, I can't eat a lot. Also, I hardly ever get hungry and it is hard to eat a lot when you have no appetite. Eating more often feels like a chore to me and I often get very busy and forget to eat. Since I am not hungry it just doesn't cross my mind.
The other factor is that I really don't want to go back to the habits that got me obese in the first place. After this last surgery I really looked hard at why I got morbidly obese and a few of the reasons were because I at all the time, hungry or not. I had no structure to my meals. I also ate a lot of junk, things with sugar and a lot of bread. I feel I am addicted to refined carbs and when I start eating them I can't stop so I refuse to eat any to put weight on. Add to that the fact that I would probably dump if I ate them and I hate dumping. I had sugar by accident a few times and it was miserable. In my first year those were the only time I dumped but in the last few months I have been trying to regain some weight I have dumped often from things like nut butter, cottage cheese and Greek yogurt, too much fruit, half and half, even sugar alcohols. I don't exactly dump from carbs but if I eat too many at one time I don't feel great. So I am limited pretty much to protein, vegetables, some fruit, some dairy, some healthy fats, but too many and I am sorry.
My feeling is that my stomach capacity will continue to increase over time and like most post ops my appetite will improve. I really feel strongly that this is a temporary situation and that eventually things will get better and I may even be posting someday about wanting to get rid of some bounce back.
If you feel good in a size 0 and look good that is great. I look like a cancer victim. I've been told that and asked that several times. Also, it sounds like the women you are talking about are models or actresses? Of course they have a different standard because the demand of the industries are so stringent. Who knows, I might be considered overweight to some of them but I know the camera adds weight so maybe in order to look normal they have to be very thin.
As far as putting on weight, that is frustrating, too, because obviously I know how to gain weight. I'm an expert at that but there are a few things that are different now. For one, I can't eat a lot. Also, I hardly ever get hungry and it is hard to eat a lot when you have no appetite. Eating more often feels like a chore to me and I often get very busy and forget to eat. Since I am not hungry it just doesn't cross my mind.
The other factor is that I really don't want to go back to the habits that got me obese in the first place. After this last surgery I really looked hard at why I got morbidly obese and a few of the reasons were because I at all the time, hungry or not. I had no structure to my meals. I also ate a lot of junk, things with sugar and a lot of bread. I feel I am addicted to refined carbs and when I start eating them I can't stop so I refuse to eat any to put weight on. Add to that the fact that I would probably dump if I ate them and I hate dumping. I had sugar by accident a few times and it was miserable. In my first year those were the only time I dumped but in the last few months I have been trying to regain some weight I have dumped often from things like nut butter, cottage cheese and Greek yogurt, too much fruit, half and half, even sugar alcohols. I don't exactly dump from carbs but if I eat too many at one time I don't feel great. So I am limited pretty much to protein, vegetables, some fruit, some dairy, some healthy fats, but too many and I am sorry.
My feeling is that my stomach capacity will continue to increase over time and like most post ops my appetite will improve. I really feel strongly that this is a temporary situation and that eventually things will get better and I may even be posting someday about wanting to get rid of some bounce back.
WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010
High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.
Good luck to you Lady Tazz, I feel your pain, everybody keeps telling me I have lost too much also and all of my clothes are baggy.
Highest weight 227, 200 day of surgery, 120 goal, at 109 now and still dropping
Stretch goal reached 7 months post op! www.FollowMeWell.com
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