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Today was 8 weeks since my surgery on March 28.

My clothes have been getting extremely too big on me and I realized in a picture that was taken with the family over the weekend that I actually am starting to look sloppy because my clothes are just hanging so I decided to go look for at least one pair pants and maybe a couple of tops that I can wear with a bunch of different things to try to get away with them for a while. ..... So I grabbed a couple pairs of pants and couple tops one size smaller went to the dressing room and much to my surprise I actually needed to go down another size I started out 1st of this year in 4x 30/32 tops and 28/30 3x pants. I am now a 22/24 top and bottom. Can almost get into an 18/20 top.

I can't even begin to describe how excited I was, I was almost in tears in the dressing room from excitement. ..... Definitely motivating for me. The scale may not move too much sometimes since surgery even though I am down 33 pounds in eight weeks total 85 pounds since 1st of year, but the inches go down.

This has been an amazing journey so far and this has been the best decision I've ever made in my life I still have a long way to go but I'm enjoying every minute of it.

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Congratulations. When I went shopping I actually bought close that just barely fit. The kind you need to take a deep breath and hold it in order to put them on. It was a great motivator to come back a week later and find that they were now fitting like a glove.

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Congrats! Keep up the great work!

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NSV. this afternoon there were two techs in the back hallway when I was walking through. one had her leg up writing on paper with her thigh as the surface to write on. the other gestured for me to go on through and I said, I can't fit through there! they both said, yes you can! I said to the one girl, put your leg down and she said - no, I promise you will fit just fine.

well. I'm astounded. I walked right through there like it was the grand canyon.

do you all have any trouble with judging how much room you need?

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Well done that's really motivating. Can you tell me what pureed food your eating? I'm 3 weeks post op and don't want anything pureed!

Thanks @@gerbrared I mostly eat yogurt, cottage cheese, tuna, and drink premier Protein drinks. I occasionally eat salmon or tilapia. But I'm still at a phase where even though I should be on solids, I don't want then much.

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Congratulations. When I went shopping I actually bought close that just barely fit. The kind you need to take a deep breath and hold it in order to put them on. It was a great motivator to come back a week later and find that they were now fitting like a glove.

Thanks @@James Marusek. I will have to do that next time.

NSV. this afternoon there were two techs in the back hallway when I was walking through. one had her leg up writing on paper with her thigh as the surface to write on. the other gestured for me to go on through and I said, I can't fit through there! they both said, yes you can! I said to the one girl, put your leg down and she said - no, I promise you will fit just fine.

well. I'm astounded. I walked right through there like it was the grand canyon.

do you all have any trouble with judging how much room you need?

@@Christinamo7 I do I still see myself as the woman I 1st started out as I am sure it will sink in someday lol

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