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I am a lover of all things '40s and '50's - particularly the clothes of the era.  I think they really honored a woman's shape - curvy/sexy and all that.  So about a year ago, I bought a whole slew of old patterns on ebay, intending to sew some of those great old styles for myself once I lost the weight.  I got ready to cut out my first one (and OMG - it is so darling, but I digress...).  I didn't know what size to cut out, because the sizes are so very different since 1955.  I had to measure myself and compare to the back of the pattern.

Now in 1977, I weighed 132 pounds, and wore a size 12.

In 2010, I weigh 160, and wear a size 5/6 (crazy, huh?).

But in 1955?  My current weight would have meant that I would have been about a size 18!!!  Of course, I'm the hipless wonder, and my hip measurement was smaller than the smallest size on the pattern back...............

It all goes to show that you need to count on something other than size to show your progress. 

But I do like wearing a 5/6!!

Last Feb JEllenator was a 24
She didn't want to be there no mo'
She went to get her stomach fixed
And now she having major kicks
It's all just making her beautiful head swim
But JEllenator's light will never dim
Today she's sportin' a little size 8
We're jumping for joy because's it's great!

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO!  OK, it was quick but it'll do.  Just imagine a drum track behind it.

hugs, Y

Not to sound like a broken record, I got to come home from the hospital yesterday. This was my third hospital stay in the past three weeks. Hopefully the third time was a charm. On the up side I weighed this morning and weighed 229. I haven't been under 230 since I was in the eleventh grade.

Hi Tressa!!

I hope you will start to feel good VERY SOON!!!!    Congrats for making it onto the bench!!


Suzy

How brave you are Tressa! ANd just think- you did it you did it- and surgery is OVER!   May you heal quickly and congratulations on the beginning of your new life.. :) I'm jealous. I am in the wee beginning stage..  I can't wait to make my post from the recovery room :)

Hugs~

Donna
jersey shore~