New thread! Wooooo! Good way to kick off the spring/summer season!
I am soooo ready for April to be over. It's been a pretty bad year academically, socially, mentally, emotionally...and I can't wait to be back home again. I binged this weekend a couple of times, but today I got back on track, about 1300 calories today? Not too bad. And I tried limiting my carbs/sugar--had a little bit of rice with lunch, and two pieces of cookie dough (my biggest *whoops* of the day! 170 calories...guess it could be worse)! I didn't weigh myself this morning but I'm going to assume I'm 280 or 279. I'm going to do even better tomorrow cause the scale NEEDS to move!
Shelly, I can
completely relate to your shopping story. I haven't been clothes shopping with friends in YEARS--I believe the last time I did, I was in 8th grade and a size 14/16 (so I barely made my way into the regular sizes, depending on the store). Most recently, however, a size 8 friend and I were in the mall and said she wanted to stop at Victoria's Secret. OK, that's fine. I made the mistake of mentioning that I needed new bras, and she asked me if I wanted to try any on while we were there. Ugh. "Um...they don't carry my size." She gave me a confused look, said "What?" and when I shrugged, she said, "They go up to DD, I'm sure you can find one here." Then there was a few minutes of me reassuring her that, no, they don't carry my BAND size (though, after checking on the website, they do have a few with a 40 band size, even though I usually get a 42). I think after I looked like I was about to cry, she felt really bad and we left the store. It's just something normal sized women will never understand. They don't know what it's like to walk into a clothing store and not be able to buy anything because of their size--let alone TRY anything on. Oh, and by the way, don't know if you know, but Forever 21 has a plus line. I ordered a dress and a sweater and they're pretty cute; I'm thinking of making another purchase sometime soon...thing is, it's only online. Sigh!
Speaking of clothes, I have a good find! I LOVE clothes/fashion, and that's one of the most difficult things about being heavy; I can't express myself through what I wear, if that makes any sense...I'm not saying that I want to express who I am solely on appearance, but I want to have my own style that sort of reflects who I am, and unfortunately the selection of clothing in my size is pretty limited. Anyway, I somehow found
THIS and think it's great! Haven't bought anything because I'm poor (blegh!) but I have my eye on a couple of the dresses.
OH, and HUGE congrats on your hitting your 50 pound mark, Shelly! 50 pounds! WOW!! That's friggen amazing! I hope to catch up to you there soon!
Merissa, VERY happy to hear of your 257 & that you are BACK ON TRACK! Ohhh I'm so excited! Loooove all this good news.
I carry my weight fairly proportionally, though if any part of me is bigger than the other, at least while I'm obese, it'd probably be my bottom half. At my lightest, 210ish pounds, I was a solid size 16 (on the verge of 14!) and wore L and XL tops. At my heaviest, 315+ pounds, I was probably a 26 and wore 2x & 3x tops. I was only over 315 for a short time--probably got over 300 sometime in late 2009 (like December maybe?) and gained to 323 in May of last year. That being said, once I couldn't fit into my 22s anymore, I stopped wearing most of my clothes, and didn't buy any new ones--meaning, I wore mostly leggings and the one pair of size 24 pants I could fit into. Right now, I'm a 22 again and wear 2x tops. With dresses, though, I'm more like a 20. I actually went into Old Navy two weeks ago to try on a pair of size 20 jeans. To my surprise, I could get them on! Granted, they were still too small and I had to suck it in to button them, but I was OVERJOYED that I could even pull them up over my big butt! This time a year ago, I couldn't get my 22s over my knees...it was awful. So I'm happy that I can fit into all of my old clothes again.
According to my own history, size wise...in the 270s I'm a 22, in the 250s I'm a 20, 230s an 18, and 210s a 16. I know in another 20 pounds or so I'll be down a size, so I'm excited.