Why am I not changing clothes sizes, even after 78 lbs. lost?!

I'm getting alittle frustrated here. Lots of people talk about rapidly dropping clothes sizes after surgery, but I'm still wearing the same clothes I wore pre-op. Granted, they are alittle loose on me, but not loose enough to go down a size. When am I going to go down at least one size??? My scale says I lost 78 lbs. but I'm starting to wonder if it's broken or something. I know we shouldn't compare ourselves to others because we're all different, but this is frustrating. Has anyone else had this happen to them? I guess the clothes size will go down eventually, but geez - 78 lbs. is alot of weight; one would think that would warrant a size or two down? I don't know, maybe its all the skin being left behind that's leaving alot of bulk, therefore filling out my clothes. Btw, I had rny (distal) 5/21/01, so about 13 weeks ago. I started at 375 lbs. & this morning I weighed in at 297 lbs. I must say, I am thrilled to finally be out of the 3's! That was my first goal, to get under 300 & I did it!!! That is if my scale is working properly; I still have a difficult time believing this weight loss. I still would like to loose another 130 lbs. or so.

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