Emotional Breakdown in Macy’s
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, 03-16-2019 at 10:41 AM (4143 Views)
So I went to Macy’s yesterday to return some items I had purchased online that did not work out. After returning the items I did a lap around the clearance racks and found some other clothes I wanted to try on and ended up in the dressing room. These days I never know what will fit me, since my size seems to change every couple weeks, so I grabbed several size ranges in clothes. I am four months out from surgery and have been doing good losing the weight. I’m a pear shape and have been buying my tops from the regular size section for several months now but my bottom half is much larger and slower to decline in size. But through the weeks my pants sizes have decreased (20W, 18W, 16W,14W) and finally yesterday when I was trying on some clothes I was able to comfortably fit in regular size jeans and pants. It was only after I took off the second pair of bottoms that the realization hit me...I AM NO LONGER PLUS SIZE! I can for the first time in my adult life go into any regular clothing store and buy off the rack! No longer forced to the corner or basement of department stores were they hide the plus size section. The emotions just overwhelmed me and I literally fell to my knees in the dressing room and started bawling. I have been over weight my entire life. I was wearing plus size clothes in high school and now for the first time I can proudly buy my clothes off the rack. I realize my journey is far from over and I will likely have more emotional moments like yesterday but I just wanted to share this milestone I’ve been looking forward to. If I had only one thing to change about this experience I would have made the decision to have the surgery early.