How much you can pack into a pair of pants....

[Susan3343 0]

Isnt it amazing how much you can pack into a pair of pants? I have lost 24 pounds and you would think that I would need to run out and buy something to wear....but noooooooooo......the old ones still fit. They dont fit as well of course but geesh. I did finally get into a pair of slacks that I havent been able to wear in 2 yrs so that was good but I put on a pair of jeans that I wore when I was 24 pounds heavier and they fit great. Makes me wonder what I looked like before when I was cramming all that extra pounds into them. Things that make you go ewwwwwwwww. LOL. Have a great day all!!!

Susan

[susansilver 0]

Susan great post. I had lost 60 lbs and in September bought some new clothes. In the meantime put on about 35 and was still wearing the same pants! Nothing like feeling like an overstuffed sausage! Now that I lost 25 lbs they are definitely better, but it still amazes me that I was able to breathe!!!

[areellady 1]

It is a great post...in fact my mom and I were just talking about this yesterday...she mentioned the fact that she didnt understand commercials or magazine articles that had people saying I lost 15 pounds and 8 sizes!!!!! She stated the same thing...she said I can lose a LOT of weight and still fit into the same clothes....and not be able to change sizes...I guess it is good that we dont have to go buy new clothes every ten pounds, but it does make you wonder what you really look like stuffing in 25 pounds more that before...but then again, you dont just loose in your pant area...sooooooo.....My pants are falling off of me at 35 pound loss, but I refuse to go buy new clothes yet...good thing for elastic waist bands!!!!! Good luck to you...Deanna

[Syrah 0]

I think weight gets redistributed too. You can gain 15 lbs and put it all on in your butt and thighs, then lose 15 lbs and it could come off somewhere else (like your arms and upper body), but your bottom half stays the same. It sucks.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could decide where the lost weight would come off? lol! lol! I've lost 15 lbs and stuff just gets baggier and baggier on top. I still have my major problem area (my gut) which hasn't really changed at all. Meanwhile my chest (of course), arms and upper body is slimming down. I can't really change sizes yet. In facts, I'm at a stage where stuff actually works worse on me right now.

[Susan3343 0]

It is funny about those commericals! Its not that I want to go buy new clothes everytime I drop a few pounds but well..I guess I was just excited and had unreal expectations when it came to clothes. Its funny because when I was putting away the winter clothes I packed up all the ones that I just "know" I wont be able to wear this winter. I have to go to IA in June and am going to take them to a friend....so I have the pressure of losing because I wont have anything to wear when the first snow flake falls LOL.

It seems that my pants are too big in the butt and legs...and do fit much better in the waist but the weight around the waist isnt going like it is in other places. I know that is normal but at this moment I hate normal

Good Luck to you all and thanks for responding.

Susan

[Susan3343 0]

Syrah you posted while I was trying to get mine typed....I soooooooooo agree with you!!!! That is what I am feeling!! Hang in there I am sure that it is bound to get better

Susan

[Syrah 0]

Hey Susan I live in Iowa. Where, in Iowa, are you going?

[jackie506 1]

I am from Iowa as well. THe New Hampton area.

[Susan3343 0]

I am kind of going to be all over the state. Going to Des Moines and then to Iowa City, Marion and parts still unknown LOL. I am geographically challenged so not sure where the New Hampton area is.

[Syrah 0]

I live in Iowa City.

New Hampton is in the northeastern part of the state. Jackie, who did your surgery? I had mine done in Grinnell.

[areellady 1]

OMG..my pants fit like that tooo...comfortable now in the waist and looking ridiculous in the butt and leg area...LOL...too bad we dont all live around each other we could go to the mall and make a new fashion statement...baggy butt and legs!!!

[Susan3343 0]

the visual is .....ummm....breathtaking LOL

[angelnurse 1]

They say the first place you put on weight is usually the last place you take it off. I always put on weight in my abdomen and of course it's the last place that it comes off. I've been there done that with the baggy-butt and legs look. Hopefully, I lose the gut and I'm planning on a belt lipectomy 6 months to a year down the road. Thank goodness for plastic surgery!

[Ollie 0]

its so funny that you started this thread. I am wondering the same thing. I have lost 50 lbs and altho my clothes are a bit on the loose side, I can still wear my same jeans and tops. I will say my shoes are alot looser so I guess I lost most of my weight in my big toe

[Susan3343 0]

Oh I so hope that by the time I lose 50 lbs that I cant get into the clothes I have now. They look funny on me just from losing in my butt, hips and leg area. I also have to go bra shopping today or I am going to have to stuff the ones I have LOL. Hmmm on second thought might not be a bad idea...might make my tummy look smaller LOL.