Weirdest None-Scale-Victory - I'll go first

[ShooterInTheSix 98]

11 months post-op and 122 lbs lost; Sept 2023 on the left and today on the right.

Same shirt, same pants. My mind is constantly blown when I take these monthly progress comparison pix.

[summerseeker 2,060]

13 hours ago, ShooterInTheSix said:

11 months post-op and 122 lbs lost; Sept 2023 on the left and today on the right.

Same shirt, same pants. My mind is constantly blown when I take these monthly progress comparison pix.

You look fabulous, Great photo

[ShoppGirl 4,453]

16 hours ago, ShooterInTheSix said:

11 months post-op and 122 lbs lost; Sept 2023 on the left and today on the right.

Same shirt, same pants. My mind is constantly blown when I take these monthly progress comparison pix.

Great idea to use the same clothes. Although soon you’re going to need to add suspenders to keep from losing them pants. 🤣

[ShooterInTheSix 98]

5 hours ago, ShoppGirl said:

Great idea to use the same clothes. Although soon you’re going to need to add suspenders to keep from losing them pants. 🤣

They were around my ankles just walking the 10 feet from the camera to the chair.

[SleeveToBypass2023 2,527]

I wanna join in!!! When I started this journey, I weighed 421 pounds. I was in a size 28/30 and 5x clothes, size 10 ring, and size 11 wide show. Fast forward 2 years and I weigh 176, I'm in size 12/L clothes, size 10 medium shoes and size 5 ring (I actually need a smaller size but that won't fit over my knuckle, so 5 is as low as I can go).

I had high cholesterol (228), I had type 2 diabetes (A1c was 7.9 and glucose averaged around 168-175) and I had high blood pressure (even on meds, my "controlled" bp was averaging 135/85). Now my cholesterol stays around 125-130, my A1c is 5, my glucose was 96 last time it was checked, and my bp actually runs low now (105/58 on average).

I always needed seats with no arms, tables in restaurants because I was so big my stomach would be smooshed against the table in a booth, couldn't sit in movie theater seats, needed a cane to get around because my mobility was so bad and I had so much inflammation in my joints. Snored when I slept. Couldn't stand for very long. No way could I ride a roller coaster or even walk around a theme park. Always needed an aisle seat and seat belt extender on a plane. Now I can sit anywhere I want, in any kind of seat, never need any kind of seatbelt extender, and never be smooshed against anything!!

On another note, I noticed 2 things that still mess with my head. The first is that when I see my reflection in the mirror, I NEVER realize or remember it's me!!! I always think "man, I'd love to get down to that size" and it takes me a while to put 2 and 2 together and remember it's me I'm looking at and I'm already that size lol The other thing that messes with me is something my husband pointed out. When I walk, there's a gap between my thighs and they don't touch or rub against each other. WHAT??? I didn't even realize it!!! So I tried to walk with my thighs rubbing against each other and I ended up tripping myself because my shoes kept hitting against each other lol That was definitely crazy. But I love it!!!

[ShoppGirl 4,453]

59 minutes ago, SleeveToBypass2023 said:

I wanna join in!!! When I started this journey, I weighed 421 pounds. I was in a size 28/30 and 5x clothes, size 10 ring, and size 11 wide show. Fast forward 2 years and I weigh 176, I'm in size 12/L clothes, size 10 medium shoes and size 5 ring (I actually need a smaller size but that won't fit over my knuckle, so 5 is as low as I can go).

I had high cholesterol (228), I had type 2 diabetes (A1c was 7.9 and glucose averaged around 168-175) and I had high blood pressure (even on meds, my "controlled" bp was averaging 135/85). Now my cholesterol stays around 125-130, my A1c is 5, my glucose was 96 last time it was checked, and my bp actually runs low now (105/58 on average).

I always needed seats with no arms, tables in restaurants because I was so big my stomach would be smooshed against the table in a booth, couldn't sit in movie theater seats, needed a cane to get around because my mobility was so bad and I had so much inflammation in my joints. Snored when I slept. Couldn't stand for very long. No way could I ride a roller coaster or even walk around a theme park. Always needed an aisle seat and seat belt extender on a plane. Now I can sit anywhere I want, in any kind of seat, never need any kind of seatbelt extender, and never be smooshed against anything!!

On another note, I noticed 2 things that still mess with my head. The first is that when I see my reflection in the mirror, I NEVER realize or remember it's me!!! I always think "man, I'd love to get down to that size" and it takes me a while to put 2 and 2 together and remember it's me I'm looking at and I'm already that size lol The other thing that messes with me is something my husband pointed out. When I walk, there's a gap between my thighs and they don't touch or rub against each other. WHAT??? I didn't even realize it!!! So I tried to walk with my thighs rubbing against each other and I ended up tripping myself because my shoes kept hitting against each other lol That was definitely crazy. But I love it!!!

Congratulations on your many non scale victories. You have done so awesome. For the ring look into “jewelers balls” they are like two ball like dots of gold that go inside the ring to keep It upright. Makes it fit smaller while still allowing it to slide over the knuckle.

[SleeveToBypass2023 2,527]

34 minutes ago, ShoppGirl said:

Congratulations on your many non scale victories. You have done so awesome. For the ring look into “jewelers balls” they are like two ball like dots of gold that go inside the ring to keep It upright. Makes it fit smaller while still allowing it to slide over the knuckle.

Thank you!!! I'll have to look into that. I've seen it mentioned on here a few times. Never heard of them before lol