Question:
Has anyone gotten thinner than they ever have been in their adult life after WLS?
Has anyone gotten thinner than they have ever been in their adult life after WLS? — Grace H. (posted on February 4, 2003)
February 4, 2003
Me! Me! *waving hand high in the air and jumping up and down* LOL I have
never been in less than a size 12 since puberty. I swear I jumped straight
from a 6X to a 12. :P So a size 12 was my goal. When I hit the 12's I went
out and bought clothes. Which fit me for exactly 2 weeks. Yep, I shot right
past 12's to 10's. Then 8's. And finally, after being in 8's for several
months to 6's. I NEVER dreamed I would be this small. I would have been
happy in the 12's . . .
— ctyst
February 4, 2003
I love this question because I can honestly say I have never been this
skinny in my life. I mean if you take into body proportions I haven't. I
love saying I'm skinny.
— DRutherford
February 4, 2003
ME too, ME too, Me too...
I'm a freaking size 6 going on 4 and I'm 5'7" picture a tall thin
chick with a smile bigger than her head and that's me, I've never, ever,
ever been thin and now I am....Glorious!
Diane
— Diane B.
February 4, 2003
ME too, ME too, Me too...
I'm a freaking size 6 going on 4 and I'm 5'7" picture a tall thin
chick with a smile bigger than her head and that's me, I've never, ever,
ever been thin and now I am....Glorious!
Diane
— Diane B.
February 4, 2003
Yes. By Far. The thinnest I ever was as an adult before wls was 230
(pretty much there since high school). I am now 175
— Cara F.
February 4, 2003
ME TOO! I have never seen a size 8, hell I have never seen anything under
a 16 until I had this surgery. It feels so great I can walk into any store
and pull and 8 or 10 depending on how they are made and the fit. I can even
fit into my husbands jeans 30x32. My weight now is 158 and I am 6'1.
— Lisa B.
February 4, 2003
Not there yet, but if I reach my goal of a size 8 I will remember this ?
and come back and CLAIM IT! I was a size 8 for about ten minutes in 1988
before I ate my way across Europe, so it doesn't really count. Does it?
— rebeccamayhew
February 4, 2003
Oh, and if I make it to a size 6, I will be sure to tell you all when to
look up for the sky writer : )
— rebeccamayhew
February 4, 2003
I am smaller then I ever remember being, I went from a tight size 26/28 and
3x/4x tops to sm tops and size 0 in jeans/pants..
— bikerchic
February 4, 2003
I was told my "ideal" weight is 120. At one time I weighed
125...that was in 2nd grade. I have no idea what it is like to be anywhere
near a normal size. Watch out world here I come!!!! 6 more days!
— Sarahlicious
February 4, 2003
I am thinner now than I was in 6th grade! My thinnest in high school I
wore about an 11. When I had the surgery I wore a 24, at 8 months post op
I am now wearing a 4. I would have never even thought that my skeleton
could fit into a 4! My goal had been to wear a 16 again and if I really
dreamed I thought a 14. When I blew by that in the first three months I
was in shock.
— Linda A.
February 4, 2003
Yes, oh yes. I think I blew thru this weight at about 8 y/o. All my life,
this size stuff looked like doll clothes to me. The best I could gety
dieting was 25# more than I am now. And that was STARVING.
— vitalady
February 4, 2003
I was a fat kid and a fat adult. The lowest weight I had ever got down to
was 130 when I was 17. I was a junior size 13 then. I'm now at 128 and
wear a size 7 in juniors!!
— Patty H.
February 4, 2003
I am smaller now than my smallest in highschool. I've been fat since grade
school...lost a lot of weight in my teens by vomiting up everything I ate.
Gained it all back when I stopped and topped out in my adult years at a
hefty 282 on a 5'2.5 frame....size 28's fit tight. Now I'm 133lbs and wear
a comfy size 7/8. I did weigh about 10 lbs less in highschool but wore size
9/10. I keep hearing about denser bones caused by carrying weight, but I
truly suspect the size system's been revamped at some point over the
years...but hey, I'm pretty daggon happy! -Kim open RNY 7/17/01 -149lbs
— KimBo36
February 5, 2003
Whoo Hoo !! I didn't post the question, but I sure do appreciate the
answers. I'm still waiting to see my surgeon so I'm a ways off from
"being skinny" but all your answers are helping me believe it can
happen for me too.
Thanks Angels!
— Tammyjo
February 5, 2003
I am now the same weight I was in 6th grade. I am too small to wear any of
the clothes that I wore in high school! I feel wonderful and I am so proud
of myself. Tonight, someone who I think has a dynamite figure told me that
I'm so tiny and she'd love to have a body like mine! I actually made her
repeat herself because I couldn't believe what she had said. You bet I
love this surgery. 6/11/02, -102 lbs, 5'8" and 148 lbs. : )
— cjabates
February 10, 2003
OH MY, you all have made my day seeing you jumping in the air and saying Me
me me.. I am only down to a size 16 now, the same size as my wedding dress
at 17 yrs old. I can't wait until I am thinner than I have ever been in my
life. Congrats to you all on your success, and I am right behind you.
10mos post op and down 105lbs Hugs and smiles to all...
— MnShadows
February 10, 2003
Hi! I was 5'7" & 240 when I had WLS. I have no doubt that I will
be smaller then I ever have been as an adult. When I was 18 I was 130-135
with some exptra flab & HUGE breasts. 125 lbs is my goal weight. I'm
now 31 & 170 5 months post-op. I'm really enjoying this process!
— LionGirl2k
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