Question:
Does anyone fnd themselves still browsing in the PLUS SIZE section?
I hope I am not the only one with this issue...but...I am a year out from my open RNY. I have lost 153 pounds to date and am now 168. I can fit in a 12 pants and Med shirt. Tummy Tuck Nov 7. I always seem to bypass the regular section and head to the PLUS Size section. I can't seem to get in my mind I am smaller and no longer can fit in the PLUS size. Will my brain ever catch up with the rest of me so I can enjoy shopping? lol — EMN (posted on September 25, 2003)
September 24, 2003
Yes, and no. I find that my 'instinct' is to head to the plus size
area...and I just can't help 'looking' as I force myself to keep going. I
have found that if I am really going to 'shop' it is extremely helpful to
take someone with me at this point...or else I end up buying saggy baggies!
I know it will pass sooner or later...I just hope it's sooner
— eaamc
September 24, 2003
I do the same thing. I still love to look at Lane Bryant and Romans
catalogs. While at an outlet mall I went into a Dress Barn for Women store
and the clerk asked me if I was shopping for myself. When I told her yes
she said we don't have anything your size here. I felt like hugging her. I
told her about losing 135 lbs and about a time I had gone into a bridle
store ( not shopping for myself) and the clerk told me the same thing. What
a difference those words meant that time.
— Tawnda C.
September 25, 2003
It's funny you asked this, just yesterday I found myself in a dept. store
looking in the plus dept. and I keep saying to myself this is pretty, but
too big and then strolled across this isle and tried on regular sized
close. It made my day.
— Lora T.
September 25, 2003
I am in a 16 headed for a 14, 5 mos post op. I have a hard time staying out
of the Plus size section, plus size catalogue, plus size stores. I head to
"plus size" first, then back track to the smaller sizes. I went
shopping for blouses with my husband last week and I felt very strange
shopping in the regular section.
— M B.
September 25, 2003
Ugh, I know exactly where you're coming from. I just received the stuff I
ordered from LL Bean. They had an online sale and one of the shirts I
wanted was only available in a 1X--- so I grabbed it, thinking, "yeah,
that'll fit." Right--- it's like I'm wearing a tent.
— lizinPA
September 25, 2003
I don't do that too much, but I do look at the sales ads we get in the
Sunday paper. What gets me is that now that I don't need to wear the plus
sizes anymore, I can find all kinds of nice looking clothes! Before I lost
weight, I couldn't find anything decent looking in the plus size dept.
— Ali M
September 25, 2003
Hi there. I wanted to tell you that I have often done this both in stores
and in catalogs. I still do it now. It seems as if there is something in
my mind that draws me to them because for years plus size clothing has been
the ONLY clothing I could wear. Now I am beginning to focus more on what
fits my body. I am taking longer to try clothes on and seeing how they fit
and getting an opinion from others (not that they matter but are nice to
know). I am also making myself realize that I have lost all this weight
and that I need to adjust accordingly. It will come in time I think. I
wish you luck.
— Kitty Kat
September 25, 2003
I've lost 103 lbs and am just on my way out of the plus size section. I'm
sure it is an instinct just like Pavlov's dogs. . . we've spent so long in
that section. I guess the only good thing about making the trip when you no
longer need to is you get the extra exercise. . . the plus sizes are always
at the back of the store!!
— Donna S.
September 25, 2003
I'm in a size 12 pant and L top but I still head to the Plus Size's and
look there first before heading to the misses section. Several people in
my support group do this too. Funny huh?!!! ~Sidney~ Open RNY 10-23-02
down 115+ and counting
— Siddy I.
September 25, 2003
Hi, i have that problem all the time, and my partner tells me, that i can't
fit anything in the PLUS SIZE section anymore. im 7 months post-op -75lbs.
I wear a sze 14 pant large or extra large top. But it feels good to wear
smaller sizes, but i feel funny in that section for some reason. I think
we are all going to go through that period of time, but well get over it
and move on to the misses and junior size. Good Luck
— sexysag37
September 25, 2003
I am 6 years post-op and in a 10/12 and some times still go to plus size
without thinking. Then realize I don't belong there anymore. That is such a
great feeling!!!!!!!! Sometimes I still feel heavy in my head, if you know
what I mean, even if my body doesn't look heavy. I'm still working on that.
— christine M.
September 26, 2003
My dearly beloved husband gave me $300 for my birthday for CLOTHES!!!! As
I was shopping in the PETITE dept I felt like an imposter even tho the
size 12 petite pants and Medium shirts fit so perfectly. I kept waiting
for someone to come up and say "maam, the fat clothes are over
there"
— **willow**
September 29, 2003
I still check out the Plus Size area. I'm in a 12-14 right now and I have
to be honest, I don't care for the style in the regular section. I'm
supposed to get my TT done the week of Thanksgiving and hopefully I'll get
to a point that I can catch everything up together. Good luck! If you
find a way to get over the compulsion to shop plus sized let me know.
— Rachel W.
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