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    Gastric Sleeve Member LORAW's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Lora
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    Smile Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    So I am one of those people who shops A LOT!! I love a good clearance rack. All my life I am one of those people who buys stuff that is just a little too small and I will say "I will lose twenty pounds and these will fit great!!" Of course those things just gathered dust in my closet as I continued to add weight instead of subtract it.

    Well, last night I went "shopping" in my own closets. I tried on all these outfits that had never fit. OMG, I have a whole new wardrobe!! Many things that still had the tags on them fit now. ha ha. And I have even more that will probably fit in the coming weeks/months. Wow, how cool is it that I do not have to go shopping to buy new clothes? They are all waiting for me in my own home.



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    Gastric Sleeve Member ariggs's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    ammie
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    05/28/2014
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    Dr. Russell Van Husen
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    Default Re: Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    thats awesome! I moved just about a year before I had my sleeve so I finally got rid of all those cloths that I would get into eventually so I am desperate for cloths right now. Went to Good Will no luck! going to hit consignment shops today!


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    Gastric Sleeve Member Lillyn's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    K Shillingford
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    Default Re: Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    Fantastic! It is great that you have your own little store inside your closet to shop! I too love shopping and it has been a highlight of this journey putting on clothes I could not have worn before! Keep up the great work! You are doing so good



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    Gastric Sleeve Member PITSTOP's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    ERICKA
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    PHILLIP CHIN
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    Default Re: Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    Im the same way. I cant resist buying something for a great price even if it is a size or two off. There's always that "one day" its gonna fit. I have sizes 14-20 in my closet for after surgery. Good thing for us because its less out of pocket now! Dont you just love it when that "one day" is today? Yippie for you.....
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    Gastric Sleeve Member justilou's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Justine
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    Blair Bowden
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    Default Re: Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    I'm going to chuck it all out now so I will just HAVE to buy new stuff!
    “I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.” [/SIZE]
    ― Dorothy Parker




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    Gastric Sleeve Member Beth Pets's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Dr. Douglas Ewing
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    Default Re: Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    I used to work for Eileen Fisher and they are extremely generous with their clothes. I have about a $10,000 wardrobe, much of it with the tags still on packed away in perfect condition. Her stuff never goes out of style and they still sell most of these items. The coats alone are amazing. One sapphire blue, Italian wool boucle and full length that I only wore once. Silk Velvet dresses in every color!
    I have spent the last 8 years wearing cheap Woman Within black knit head to toe. Nevermore!!!!!!



    I lost 25 pounds on my (2 month) pre-surgical diet and my weight the date of surgery was 290.

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    Gastric Sleeve Member bikrchk's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Heather
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    Default Re: Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    I was the same way. I had clothes jammed in every closet in the house, (and I live alone!) before surgery. I skipped more than 1/2 of them on they way down! Just blew right through some sizes on my way from 18's to 4's. Today, I have a few things I need to get rid of in one "fat" closet" and my bedroom closet is comfortably roomy.



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    Gastric Sleeve Member Journey Tobeme's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Default Re: Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    I have clothing from size 4-22 in my closets lol
    I'm ready to be on the losing side because I have some super cute clothes waiting.



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    Gastric Sleeve Member Ann2's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Default Re: Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Beth Pets View Post
    I used to work for Eileen Fisher and they are extremely generous with their clothes. I have about a $10,000 wardrobe, much of it with the tags still on packed away in perfect condition. Her stuff never goes out of style and they still sell most of these items. The coats alone are amazing. One sapphire blue, Italian wool boucle and full length that I only wore once. Silk Velvet dresses in every color!
    I have spent the last 8 years wearing cheap Woman Within black knit head to toe. Nevermore!!!!!!
    Oh! I am so jealous!

    Eileen Fisher truly never goes out of style. Classic, quality stuff.

    What sizes of EF do you own? (ahem)



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    Gastric Sleeve Member azladyrider's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Sue Ashe
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    Default Re: Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    I was the same way with Carole Little clothing - when I worked in corporate america and had a reason to dress up I had a clothesline full of just her dresses in my old basement. When I moved here I brought 27 large industrial garbage bags of nothing but clothes. Over the years I have donated and given away most of my dressier stuff and now dress for Arizona style. When I finally hit my goal I tried a bunch of clothes on and kept the sweater dresses and things that I could belt. I looked like a 5 year old playing dress up in mommys clothes they were all so huge on me. I have jeans 0 - 5 but the 5's are really loose and the 1 - 3's are just right. I refused to keep any 16s in my closet - they all got pitched.
    Quote Originally Posted by Beth Pets View Post
    I used to work for Eileen Fisher and they are extremely generous with their clothes. I have about a $10,000 wardrobe, much of it with the tags still on packed away in perfect condition. Her stuff never goes out of style and they still sell most of these items. The coats alone are amazing. One sapphire blue, Italian wool boucle and full length that I only wore once. Silk Velvet dresses in every color!
    I have spent the last 8 years wearing cheap Woman Within black knit head to toe. Nevermore!!!!!!



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    Gastric Sleeve Member readytochangemylife's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Margaret
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    Default Re: Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    What I am jealous of is not the clothes, but that someone who weight is 143 and wearing a size 4! OMG, green with jealousy Even when, as a teenager, I weighed 120 lbs, I wore a size 9. And some called me big ass then. I am only 5 ft tall, and at 166, I still wear 16 in slacks and XL in tops.



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    Gastric Sleeve Member BillyJ's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    07/15/2014
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    Ramiro Sonny Cavazos
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    Default Re: Shopaholic in my own closet!!!!

    I have so many clothes that I need to get rid of. I bought a lot of Igigi dresses which are not cheap and I am thinking of selling them on EBAY. My problem is I don't know how to set up an account. I looked through the closet and thankfully I kept a lot of clothes in different sizes. So I don't have to go out and buy while I am in transition. One thing that gets me is the consignment shops stop at 22/24 and I was a 30/32. So I can't leave them there.



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    Gastric Sleeve Member LORAW's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
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    Lora
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    08/29/2014
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    Dr. Almanza
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    Setting up an eBay account is quite easy. Just go to ebay.com. Click on Sell. You will see a box on the right that says "New to eBay? Register."



    7/29/2014: 324 lbs
    8/29/2014: 305 lbs (surgery date)
    9/29/2014: 289 lbs
    10/29/2014: 281 lbs
    11/29/2014: 271 lbs
    12/29/2014: 263 lbs
    1/29/2015: 257 lbs
    2/28/2015: 250 lbs
    3/29/2015: 246 lbs
    4/29/2015: 239 lbs
    5/29/2015: 237 lbs
    6/29/2015: 232 lbs
    7/29/2015: 227 lbs
    8/29/2015: 225 lbs

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