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Several years ago I found this awesome Tommy Hilfiger dress that I just LOVED!! I bought it and hung it in my closet! After dieting many times over the years I never quite got down low enough to wear it!!!

Well guess what I WILL be wearing that dress on a cruise sometime in the near future!!

I get sleeved on 8/8/13, so to help pump me up I am envisioning things like this:)

Kim

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Congrats!

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I think it's great to have that motivation! Many moons ago I was going on a cruise and had bought a dress for it that was a bit tight (I wasn't nearly as heavy as I was at the beginning of this journey)! I hung that on the outside of my closet so I could see it every morning. When it was cruise time, the dress fit perfectly.

Good luck with your surgery and we'll see you on the other side!

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Thats Great!!!!

I had sort of the same motivation, (not nearly as exciting as a pretty dress and a cruise) but mine was a pair of jeans. They're so soft and perfect in EVERY WAY!! and I bought them in 2007. wore them ONCE and grew out of them. so my "first goal" was to get into those jeans... I had Surgery in January and now I can wear them (and I do just about 4 days a week haha) but now I'm almost too small for them =/ so I guess this means I need to find a cute new something -- possibly an awesome dress for a cruise! and hang that front and center in my closet for me next goal!

Congratulations, and best of luck to you on your journey!

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Awesome. I've been holding onto clothes that I've outgrown for years with hope. Well, I've been able to wear them post op, only to outgrow them again, but in the opposite direction. Not disappointed at all. TALK ABOUT HOPE!!!!

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Same here I am holding on to clothes that I purchased for my niece that were too big and I was supposed to return to the store and did not. Now the 3 pieces are my motivation clothing.

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That's awesome! You will smoking hot in it!

I have some Juicy Couture denim leggings that I bought 2 years ago. They just never stretched enough to fit. I am pretty sure I'll be able to wear them this year when the weather gets cooler ( November at least here in TX).

It's going to be a major victory.

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I have had my eye on a pair of size 9 Rockie jeans i have had since 1996. My goal has always been to slide them on. Now i have faith i will do it one day.

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I just bout a beautiful dress at Coldwater Creek, a size 12. I wear a 20 but its really stretchy material so I tried it, and it fit!!! Skin tight, but it went over my hips! And I've only lot about 22 lbs so far. It's great motivation.

I also have a list of things I can't wait to buy that I've never been able to wear:

Leggings with a short cute skirt

A tight sheath dress in white linen or eyelet

Lacy sexy panties and other lingerie

Short skirts without chub-rub

Linen dresses, same as above

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That's not silly at all!! I used to do the same things, so I've got a few cuties waiting for me in the closet :-) it's great goal setting material.

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Several years ago I found this awesome Tommy Hilfiger dress that I just LOVED!! I bought it and hung it in my closet! After dieting many times over the years I never quite got down low enough to wear it!!!

Well guess what I WILL be wearing that dress on a cruise sometime in the near future!!

I get sleeved on 8/8/13' date=' so to help pump me up I am envisioning things like this:)

Kim[/quote']

Yay!! I have many clothes in my closet that way!

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I am pre-surgery but have already lost 24 pounds and 2 pant sizes. I went shopping in my own closets and found many outfits that I've never even worn. My husband keeps commenting on my "new" clothes. I don't think he actually believes me when I tell him, "I've had this in the closet for years".

I did go shopping the other day at JC Penneys. They were having a terrific sale along with coupons I was able to score HUGE! I bought jeans for less than $2.00, blazers for under $5.00 and all sorts of tops between $1.00 and $5.00. I also bought 5 pairs of shoes for less than $2.00 each I ended up buying stuff in my current size and down to 3 sizes smaller. I probably spent less than $150.00 but I walked away with complete wordrobes in 4 different sizes.

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Several years ago I found this awesome Tommy Hilfiger dress that I just LOVED!! I bought it and hung it in my closet! After dieting many times over the years I never quite got down low enough to wear it!!!

Well guess what I WILL be wearing that dress on a cruise sometime in the near future!!

I get sleeved on 8/8/13' date=' so to help pump me up I am envisioning things like this:)

Kim[/quote']

I'm 7 days post-op and I'm already in my daughters closet planning my future outfits. She's mad but whatever!-lol

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