OMG OMG OMG ... size 8 jeans :)
I am nine months post-op. I went shopping last night for pants because all of mine were too big.
It's kinda funny how my brain still hasn't assimilated to the "new me." First I picked up a size 12 jeans and a size Large sweater and off to the dressing room I go. Too big. So I try a size 10 jeans and a M sweater. Still too big, and now I am jumping up and down in the dressing room like a lunatic.
I ended up with size 8 jeans and a size SMALL sweater. Ladies (and gents), I have never worn a small size anything! I was so excited. I still have about 15 pound to goal but don't know that I'll get there. I still have some flab I'd like to lose, but honestly, I'm happy with where I'm out now.
More important than the size of my clothes is the fact that I am no longer a hermit. I actually enjoy going out now and socializing and participating in my life instead of hiding in my house because I was too ashamed to go out and because I never could find anything to wear.
I have had a few issues with my sleeve but only when I did something wrong (sometimes twice; I'm a slow learner)! But I LOVE LOVE LOVE my sleeve and my new life. I'd do it again in a heartbeat and wish I hadn't waited until I was 41 to do it.
When I turned 40 I vowed to change my life. First I had a breast reduction and then I had the sleeve (backwards, I guess, but at the time of the breast reduction I had not fully decided to take the plunge into WLS). Now, almost two years later, I look and feel so much better about myself. It is so wonderful to have my life back!!!!
Thanks for letting me share :)
WOW - and yes OMG OMG OMG! That is fantastic Lisa, I'm so happy for you. Isn't life grand now?!! I'm in a loose 12 and hoping I'll skip by the 10's and go straight to the 8's - LOL, maybe by my 55th birthday in January! I too wish I'd done this sooner but so glad that I finally did!!
Gale Age: 55, Height: 5' 5.5", HW: 236, SW: 210, 1st GW: 150. Surgery BMI: 39.3 Extremely HBP, High Cholesterol & borderline diabetic.
My Sleeve is my , its my 2nd best friend! 
on 11/19/12 6:26 am - CA
wow size 8, how cool is that,,,,,,,,I cant wait to be size 12 i was looking at the jeans were so tiny, size 8 must really really tiny....good for you on your accomplishment..
